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Gigabyte x79 ud3 cpu solution?

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I have purchased the above motherboard and 16gb of the following memory while it was on special a few days back.

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MY-017-TG&groupid=701&catid=8&subcat=1387

I had hoped to get a 3930k wether it be new or used but i really don't think funds will allow so what do you good folk reccomend?

Will be used primarily for folding/crunching and the occassional game not decided on gpu yet am more interested in getting a cpu solution sorted. I have been reading through ivybridge threads and am a bit put off by seemingly high temps but it will be underwater so hopefully temps should be fairly reasonable.

Would probably be looking to overclock to 4.2-4.4 stability is more important than overclocked speed.

Point me in the right direction peeps would appreciate your input :)
 
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well if you have already bought that m/b then you will have to have a socket 2011 cpu, so you have 3 choices at the moment, 2 are expensive though, you can use the 3820 or the 3930 or the 3960, none of which are ivy bridge, they are sandybridge-e cpu's, you cant use ivybridge in that m/b until ivybridge -e cpu's come out.
 
SB-E CPUs don't have the ocing problems that ivybridge have. 4.4ghz stable for SB-E is dead easy.

If the rig is to be used for folding/crunching you have made the right choice platform wise.

Save your pennies and get a 3930.

Forget about IB-E (the performance improvement over SB-E will be quite small).
 
In contrast to that I say get a 3820, fantastic chips and every chance IB-E might be something a bit special to upgrade to. Remember it's due to launch after haswell indicating its performance may be better ;)

That or I have seen a few 3930k's floating about on the mm for around £350.
 
Thanks for your input nalla, Kaapstad and pgi947 hmmm looks liek a wallet busting 3930k then unless as pgi suggests i go the economy route with a 3820 ...... off to raid piggy bank :(
 
If you go with the 3820 your going to want some decent speed memory to go with it, for higher speeds you need to adjust the bclk and strap increasing memory speed in the process.
 
the 3820 is quad core, quad channel can be oc to 4-5ghz depending on cooling solution you go for. now depending on what you planning to do for example upgrade to IB-E when it comes out. problem with this is we don't know if the mobo maker are going to do the same thing what they did with the z68 when IB came to socket 1155 and do a bio update patch. now me when i got the money together i plan on upgrading to 3930k with 16gb of 1800-2100mhz ddr3 ram.
 
If you are going to use the setup for folding/crunching the 3930 is going to get a lot more number crunching done than the 3820. The 3930 is also a lot more straight forward to oc.
 
Thanks very much for your imput again pgi947, bemaniac , pecnark and Kaapstad think i will try shift a few excess items on mm and go all out for the 3930 yup the 3820 would have been economical and a "get me by" cpu but still a nice chip although i know myself too well after a few days i would be saying "why the hell didn't you go all out and get the 3930k ya muppet" especially with the last comment "The 3930 is also a lot more straight forward to oc" that won me over cheers Kaapstad :)
 
plus with the 3930k is a six core cpu so it got abit more future proof compare to the quad core as 4 years ago quad were just coming out c2q and the bulk of all apps were dual core, now you need a quad core if you want to play a game like bf3,cod,gw2,sc2 etc and considering another year maybe two you need 6 core to run some programs at their best.
 
Kaapstad said:
SB-E CPUs don't have the ocing problems that ivybridge have. 4.4ghz stable for SB-E is dead easy.

If the rig is to be used for folding/crunching you have made the right choice platform wise.

Save your pennies and get a 3930.

Forget about IB-E (the performance improvement over SB-E will be quite small).
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OC problems of Ivy news to me!!!!
 
I have the same motherboard but I chose a 3820 because I'm mostly gaming and 6 cores on the 3930K don't do much other than in 3Dmark11 and some high-end video rendering, which I'm not doing anymore :)
I'm aiming for a snappier Ivy Bridge-E some time in 2013 :)
 
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pgi947 said:
In contrast to that I say get a 3820, fantastic chips and every chance IB-E might be something a bit special to upgrade to. Remember it's due to launch after haswell indicating its performance may be better ;)

That or I have seen a few 3930k's floating about on the mm for around £350.
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I think thats a given considering IB-E = 'Enthusiast' chips, and will also come with a much heftier price tag compared to mainstream Haswell ;)
 
Well i had set my mind on a 3930k but as luck would have it i did not have the funds and i got a but impatient. I ordered a 3820 to go with the gigabyte. What nobody told me was the mobo is not compatable with the cpu out of the box it needs a bios update, couple that with some dody ram and that was the longest 24 hours of my life.
All up and running now at stock will leave the overclocking till another day but am liking the temps with the cpu at full load :)

 
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