Future Sandy Bridge availability

[DamoTourettes]

Hi all,

I have about 40 overclocked SB's deployed in data centres worldwide, and we're looking to implement about another 30 - now that IB is here and is a **** overclocker, we're looking to us 2700k's until the next Intel iteration creates chips that can comfortably clock higher than 5.1Ghz 24/7.

I understand the 2700k's are now EOL, but how long realistically are they going to be available for? Should I buy 30 now or later?

Cheers

 

[nightmare99]

There has been no intel PDN issued for those SB parts yet so I would say you are safe for at least 6 months.

 

[Buckster]

do you really use heavily overclocked CPUs for business purposes ?

 

[DamoTourettes]

Yes, I do.

 

[Tea_Bag]

IB doesn't clock as high, but its still 15% faster clock for clock. you only need to hit 4.5Ghz on ivy to represent a 5.2Ghz Sandy. not all Sandys can hit 5.2, but I'm yet to see an ivy that won't do 4.5.

I can't understand why you'd risk data corruption to get a small performance gain associated with OCing.

 

[P373]

Overclocked business hardware is becoming more and more common:

http://www.theinquirer.net/inquirer/news/2080637/intel-everest-xeon-server-submerged-48ghz-overclock

For mission critical applications that require large amounts of speed as opposed to parallel cores its a fairly good option. Having guarantees from venders obviously helps as well.

 

[hyperst]

IB doesn't clock as high, but its still 15% faster clock for clock. you only need to hit 4.5Ghz on ivy to represent a 5.2Ghz Sandy. not all Sandys can hit 5.2, but I'm yet to see an ivy that won't do 4.5.

I can't understand why you'd risk data corruption to get a small performance gain associated with OCing.

lol, the other day it was 4.5=4.8, really are these numbers just plucked out the air or is there solid proof?

 

[Purgatory]

I would grab them now. You may find retailers stop stocking them just because ivy is newer tech. Reality is no one knows what may happen but I personally wouldn't risk not buying them as soon as possible due to the number you are after. Do remember to buy a few spares incase some of your cpus go bad in the future and you find intel RMA send you an Ivy instead of a SB as a replacement.

 

[kitch9]

IB doesn't clock as high, but its still 15% faster clock for clock. you only need to hit 4.5Ghz on ivy to represent a 5.2Ghz Sandy. not all Sandys can hit 5.2, but I'm yet to see an ivy that won't do 4.5.

I can't understand why you'd risk data corruption to get a small performance gain associated with OCing.

Complete and utter hogwash.

 

[Wucked]

IB doesn't clock as high, but its still 15% faster clock for clock. you only need to hit 4.5Ghz on ivy to represent a 5.2Ghz Sandy. not all Sandys can hit 5.2, but I'm yet to see an ivy that won't do 4.5.

I can't understand why you'd risk data corruption to get a small performance gain associated with OCing.

Actually its more like ~5% IPC improvement. You appear to have a misguided idea of IB's capabilities.

And define "small" please. A 4.5Ghz+ OC imo represents quite a substantial performance gain over stock. Plus you have no idea what purpose they serve, data corruption might not be that relevant.

 

[namnoc]

Rendering CGI is one good example. If a thread crashes the frame has to be restarted and nothing is lost. With some the rendering software costing a grand or so per machine, the extra speed is well worth the occasional crash.