Get Sandy or wait for Ivy?

joeyjojo · 8 Jan 2012 at 18:45

shuffle said:
Anyone thinking of upgrading from Core Duo chips might as well wait for Ivy Bridge in April. I dont think you can call Ivy Bridge an 'in between'. What with pci 3.0, Tri-gate tech and lower power comsumption, its worth waiting a few months.

That's me. Upgrading every other "Tick" seems sensible - the teething problems with the new architecture are fixed, and you get a die shrink (lower power) too. Wolfdale -> Ivy Bridge for me.

gurusan · 8 Jan 2012 at 18:57

kmetek said:
Which chipset 1155 will support Ivy's?

P67 supports it....won't get PCI-E 3 though but who really cares about that.

Jokester · 8 Jan 2012 at 18:58

You'll still get PCI-E 3 off the first GPU slot though.

Richard_16v · 10 Jan 2012 at 12:00

I have just gone from Q6600/4GB RAM/6850/WD Raptor to 2500k/16GB/6850/M4 SSD and I can say it was well worth the upgrade, i'm sure it was mainly the RAM and SSD but BF3 now runs so much smoother than it did before. I will be happy with the current rig for a few years now (bar gfx upgrade) and am glad I didn't wait for Ivy.

=XDC=FluphyBunny · 10 Jan 2012 at 13:19

Ah another chip to tempt me away from my Q9550!

SB nearly convinced me IB ...... maybe?

RizlaKing · 10 Jan 2012 at 14:46

Don't understand how anyone can say "Glad\happy i didn't wait for ivy" because until it is out and we know exactly what it is and what we are getting there might be something very useful that people are missing out on. Don't get me wrong i only think ivy is worth waiting for if you have an older system mainly cause if you have an old system your clearly in no rush so a few more months to see all the options isn't going to hurt.

I know a lot of details are out on ivy but usually there is something that only comes clear when a product is released and i am happy to wait a few more months before making the leap. Used to upgrade every two to three years but as time has gone on there really isn't the need for that for me personally so i am now looking for cpu and mobo to last four+ years.

opethdisciple · 13 Jan 2012 at 16:15

RizlaKing said:
Don't understand how anyone can say "Glad\happy i didn't wait for ivy" because until it is out and we know exactly what it is and what we are getting there might be something very useful that people are missing out on. Don't get me wrong i only think ivy is worth waiting for if you have an older system mainly cause if you have an old system your clearly in no rush so a few more months to see all the options isn't going to hurt.

I know a lot of details are out on ivy but usually there is something that only comes clear when a product is released and i am happy to wait a few more months before making the leap. Used to upgrade every two to three years but as time has gone on there really isn't the need for that for me personally so i am now looking for cpu and mobo to last four+ years.

Same.

We have very similar set ups, and although I woud love to upgrade, the need isnt there yet.

I can run skyrim on ultra and BF3 on ultra with no msaa at 1920x1200, so what do I need an upgrade for.

Mookzen · 14 Jan 2012 at 18:58

Athlon 64 X2 5200+ here har har har.

Will probably wait for Ivy, though I do like current offerings.

Ice Tea · 16 Jan 2012 at 09:14

Has there been any hints about low powered desktop CPUs like the G620T and 2100T range. ?

Vimes · 16 Jan 2012 at 09:55

I have a P35 board and a E8500 with 4GB of DDR2 memory and it is running fine.

I am waiting for the Ivy bridge release not necessarily for the CPU's, I'm hoping they might lower the price a little of the SB chips, but more of what the Z77 chipset and boards will bring. With their native Intel USB 3 support etc etc it might be time for me to consider making a change.

Considering I have gone that long with a P35 chipset board and CPU it would do no harm to wait for a while after the Z77 boards launch to ensure there are no major issues or problems with them and then decide what to do.

Then again if the actual performance difference between what mine can already do for me and what such a Z77 board, cpu and memory could offer is minimal, then I might not bother at all.!!! No need to spend a few hundred pounds for a small incremental difference.

Psyisk · 16 Jan 2012 at 11:36

Get sandy

Nightglow · 16 Jan 2012 at 11:54

Wait, it's only about 3 months to go.

masscrazy · 16 Jan 2012 at 23:55

I pondered the same as op, im getting i5 for now upgrade in year.

Atom · 17 Jan 2012 at 04:40

Just get a Gen 3 board and a 2500K then if you want drop a Ivy cpu in and flog the 2500K.

It is what I planned on doing as I purchased 2 weeks ago but looking at the performance of a 2500K I don't think I will be swapping it out this year..

RedvGreen · 17 Jan 2012 at 08:44

For gaming the sandybridge look very tasty; but for desktop tasks, the 2011 socket CPUs are preferable. I was all of the belief that the 3960X was the mother of all CPUs at the moment, but some very very interesting benchmarks (if you do your research) show that the i7 2600K @ a very achievable and cool 4GHz can outperform the 3960X at about 1/4 of the cost for gaming.

For CPU heavy tasks though, you can't beat the 3960X...

I don't know about ivybridge, but i'm not holding my breath - I was honestly quite amazed at how capable the i7 2600K actually is.

Raiden82 · 19 Jan 2012 at 01:54

strange you have issues with the SSD, i have a fx-4 and no problems for me, but will go soon for a 2500k and good mobo this time, i think that makes the difference.

Redmint · 19 Jan 2012 at 02:13

f00f1ght0r said:
For gaming the sandybridge look very tasty; but for desktop tasks, the 2011 socket CPUs are preferable. I was all of the belief that the 3960X was the mother of all CPUs at the moment, but some very very interesting benchmarks (if you do your research) show that the i7 2600K @ a very achievable and cool 4GHz can outperform the 3960X at about 1/4 of the cost for gaming.

For CPU heavy tasks though, you can't beat the 3960X...

I don't know about ivybridge, but i'm not holding my breath - I was honestly quite amazed at how capable the i7 2600K actually is.

I'm pretty sure at 4GHz even the 2500k is better than SB-E for gaming as the extra cores don't really give much benefit.

Freddie1980 · 19 Jan 2012 at 13:39

I would like to know about overclocking on Ivy Bridge. With SB overclocking was very limted on the non K models where you could overclock a few bins to the highest turbo setting but on SB-E there was a limited bclk which you could overclock with. I wonder if Ivy Bridge will have this feature so overclocking will be available on all models and not just unlocked K models.

tobev · 19 Jan 2012 at 14:29

It'll be the same as SB as far as only the K models being really overclockable.

Inaharry · 19 Jan 2012 at 14:59

Atom said:
Just get a Gen 3 board and a 2500K then if you want drop a Ivy cpu in and flog the 2500K.

It is what I planned on doing as I purchased 2 weeks ago but looking at the performance of a 2500K I don't think I will be swapping it out this year..

I did this too. Just before Christmas, I was thinking of waiting, but when I saw that the only new feature I was interested in on the Z77 was PCI-E 3.0, I decided not to wait any got the MSI GD65-G3 which has PCI-E 3.0 and should support Ivy CPUs when they're out.

However, like Atom, I probably won't bother upgrading my new 2500k as it's happily running at 4.5GHz.

All I need now to complete my upgrade is an Atomic RX 7970!