Ivy bridge q?

jpod · 14 Jan 2012 at 23:20

I am planning to upgrade my q6600 rig.

New CPU's in March/April

I like i5 2500k, for gaming, general PC use, but will there be a Ivy Bridge alternative (ie around £200) and will I need a different motherboard or will any of the current z68 ones work with the new Ivy bridge CPU's?

I can't tell!

Thanks

kiel367 · 14 Jan 2012 at 23:25

the socket 2011 will be ivybridge compatible

Atom · 14 Jan 2012 at 23:28

Current Z68 will work fine..

andybird123 · 15 Jan 2012 at 00:06

kiel367 said:
the socket 2011 will be ivybridge compatible

No it won't, ivybridge extreme will be for 2011, regular ivy will work on 1155 z68 boards

joem1983 · 15 Jan 2012 at 00:10

There is a replacement for the i5 2500k, assuming it sits at the same price. Not really going to be a big upgrade over the 2500k. So. Depends how desperate you are to upgrade.

It wont be any big loss if you chose to now upgrade though.

Plenty of Gen 3 z68 boards about. z77 doesnt bring much to the table over z68.

mickyflinn · 15 Jan 2012 at 00:14

The 7970 wont even stress pci express 3

jpod · 15 Jan 2012 at 00:18

TY

I see the z68 boards support it with a bios update, reading this wiki

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LGA_1155#Ivy_Bridge_Chipsets

Atom · 15 Jan 2012 at 00:21

I was in the same situation 2 weeks ago and decided to wait. After doing some reading didn't seem worth waiting and purchased a 2500K and MSI Z68A-GD65-G3..

Running at 4.5ghz and will take a Ivy cpu aswell.

Buchanan0204 · 15 Jan 2012 at 00:24

I'm personally holding out for Ivy. I'm not buying a 2500K now.

jpod · 15 Jan 2012 at 15:34

Sure, I assume there will be specific mb's for ivy bridge?

beejjacobs · 15 Jan 2012 at 15:46

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LGA1155#Ivy_Bridge_Chipsets
yes!

TwsT · 17 Jan 2012 at 09:03

joem1983 said:
There is a replacement for the i5 2500k, assuming it sits at the same price. Not really going to be a big upgrade over the 2500k. So. Depends how desperate you are to upgrade.

It wont be any big loss if you chose to now upgrade though.

Plenty of Gen 3 z68 boards about. z77 doesnt bring much to the table over z68.

I'm looking forward to the z77 ITX range myself. Hopefully asus will satisfy my need!

but yeah would seem the processors will just be 22nm versions of the current range.

There is one that's the same clocks and turbo as the 2700k.