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i7 3820 release at OCUK
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pretty sure it's next week...
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But......you already have an i7 2600K....
Needing the extra PCI-E lanes for tri-SLI GTX 480s or just a second machine?
As for the release date, to echo what the guys have said above supposedly it is the 13th of this month (this coming monday).
Needing the extra PCI-E lanes for tri-SLI GTX 480s or just a second machine?
As for the release date, to echo what the guys have said above supposedly it is the 13th of this month (this coming monday).
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All sold doing a rebuild around a an asus sabertooth then gonna stick a couple of keplars in there. I've probably covered the cost of most of my stuff in the sale, so really a sideways movement for free. I expect that the IB E chip I stick in it next year will by my last upgare for a significan amount of time. So this platform seems like the best option.
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Fair enough. Shouldn't be too long to wait for this chip to arrive.
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I think they will be legally bound under a NDA, so they are obligated to not admit they even have them - so setting up pre-orders wouldn't be possible. When the NDA lifts (on release day) they should magically appear on sale.
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It really depends what you need the system for.
The 3820 has been tested and is basically only slightly faster than the already available i7 2600K and i7 2700K (here are some benchmarks). Also, overclocking doesn't seem to be any better - with most topping out at around 4.7GHz. At the same clockspeed the i7 2600K and i7 3820K will provide almost the exact same performance. To be clear - the i7 3820 is a Sandy Bridge technology 32nm quad core CPU clocked at 3.6GHz at stock, this compares to the i7 2600K/2700K which are also both sandy bridge 32nm quad core CPUs clocked at 3.4 and 3.5GHz- the main difference between these chips is not the CPUs themselves but the platform they use.
The 3820 has the advantage on CPU price as the wholesale price is $285, compared to $317 and $332 of the 2600K and 2700K respectively.
However, the motherboards used by LGA 2011 CPUs like the 3820 are considerably more expensive than the LGA 1155 boards used by the 2600K/2700K. The cheapest X79 (LGA 2011) board on OCUK is £175, while nice quality Z68 (LGA 1155) boards are available for ~£125.
The real benefit with going for a i7 3820 is with the memory bandwidth and PCI-E bandwidth. Therefore if you plan to run a number of graphics cards or bandwidth heavy PCI-E devices (RAID cards etc) or use applications that are very memory hungry then going for the X79 platform (and the i7 3820 CPU) are worth going for. If you won't really make use of these advantages then you would probably be better off with the cheaper LGA 1155 CPU and motherboard.
As for whether this is the "next generation" well this chip uses the same technology as that Sandy Bridge i7 CPUs that arrived at the start of last year - it is just used on a platform with more memory and PCI-E bandwidth and the ability to use hex core CPUs (just note that the 3820 is only a quad core, the hex core CPU prices start at £450). If you really want a next generation system then wait a few months until april when the Ivy Bridge (22nm) CPUs and motherboards arrive. Though if you really need a new core system now then a sandy bridge LGA1155 i5 or i7 quad core and Z68 wouldn't be a bad choice- bear in mind that these Z68 boards will also support the new Ivy Bridge CPUs, after a BIOS update.
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