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haswell, IvyBridge-E or Sandybridge-E?

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I'm in the middle building my PC, I've already bought my motherboard, but I've not even opened the box yet, should I wait for haswell?

I have an Asus Rampage IV Extreme and I really like the specs of the board (which will be a 2 years old specification come october!)

After some reading, IvyBrdige-E *should* be compatible with my motherboard (please correct me if I'm wrong!) but isn't coming out until september! So I guess I should get sandybridge-E now, then upgrade to Ivybridge-E later (assuming it comes out)?

also could someone explain to me what -E means? on these boards?
 
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Haswell will be nice, but I like to think of the midrange new stuff as a 'test bed' for the real high end parts. I.e Ivybridge 3570k / 3770k Z77 etc were nice yet hampered with poor tim, midrange motherboards.. The Ivybridge arch will be perfected and fully matured for 4930k / 4960x, will no doubt clock much better etc. If you build your X79 Sandybridge -E based rig now you can upgrade to an Ivy - E chip later on. The X79 range have more cores, Quad channel memory, full bandwidth PCI E lanes. Nicer motherboards imho. You can go from Sandy -E to Ivy -E then next year Haswell -E will be ready and fully matured by then, although will most likely require a new socket.
 
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What is the users for your PC. If your not doing heavy coding of video, photo's etc. Haswell is stronger.
 
Boomstick777 said:
Haswell will be nice, but I like to think of the midrange new stuff as a 'test bed' for the real high end parts. I.e Ivybridge 3570k / 3770k Z77 etc were nice yet hampered with poor tim, midrange motherboards.. The Ivybridge arch will be perfected and fully matured for 4930k / 4960x, will no doubt clock much better etc. If you build your X79 Sandybridge -E based rig now you can upgrade to an Ivy - E chip later on. The X79 range have more cores, Quad channel memory, full bandwidth PCI E lanes. Nicer motherboards imho. You can go from Sandy -E to Ivy -E then next year Haswell -E will be ready and fully matured by then, although will most likely require a new socket.
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yeah I heard it will need a new socket, I suppose I don't mind too much - if Ivybridge-E comes out in September, that will hold a major upgrade for a while :) at least until 2015 when the new NM process comes out :)

pretty relieved IvyBridge-E will be compatible :) who ever got that board in 2011 will have had a long life with it!
 
I switched from SB and Ivy to X79 as well. Don't regret it. Even when not performing intensive tasks, the overall smoothness and min frame rates in games are much better for me.
 
codec said:
is the 3970x worth the upgrade from 3930? http://cpuboss.com/cpus/Intel-Core-i7-3970X-vs-Intel-Core-i7-3930K doesn't look much of a difference in performance
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Kaapstad said:
I own both, my 3970X is a fair bit slower than my 3930k.

It is all down to the silicon lottery.
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^^ This, I swapped my 3930k out because it had a fault and wouldn't enable quad channel memory. Intel gave me a brand new 3930k but I had already picked up a 3960x for £500. Sold the 3930k, basically a free upgrade. Thank you Intel !!

Btw Intel's customer support was amazing, def makes me want to keep buying Intel products for sure.
 
Maybe it depends on the games but when I play WOW in 25 or 40-man raids, with everything on ultra, the 3930k system never dips below 60 fps. My 3570 had good max fps figures but it certainly struggled when all hell was breaking loose on the screen. At least 15-20 fps lower minimums than the 3930k.
 
2011 is definitely very solid system for gaming :cool:

I am also pondering whether to go enthusiast or mainstream. I am heavy gamer and like my rig to last 4-5 years
 
WingZero30 said:
2011 is definitely very solid system for gaming :cool:

I am also pondering whether to go enthusiast or mainstream. I am heavy gamer and like my rig to last 4-5 years
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Where X79 scores is when there is a lot of other stuff going on, like using more than one graphics card or online gaming, anything where it can use the extra cores/threads.
 
WingZero30 said:
2011 is definitely very solid system for gaming :cool:

I am also pondering whether to go enthusiast or mainstream. I am heavy gamer and like my rig to last 4-5 years
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well if ivybridge is 2011 x79 compatible, I think I'll be sorted for at least 2 years :) but I think by then my mobo, mobo block and cpu will definitely need replacing ;)

oh well gotta start somewhere!
 
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