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Ivy NDA?

Cheers, I have a feeling that the reviews are by and large going to confirm what has already been leaked - higher temps, limiting overclocks, slightly mitigated by stronger per MHz performance. A good buy for those upgrading from older systems, not a real upgrade for Sandy users unless they are crossfiring high end PCI 3 graphics cards
 
Price is £155 for 3570k and £220 for 3770k in America, so depending on how much the Uk gets gouged it should be £185 & £265ish with VAT.
 
If my main use is gaming, is there any use to me getting the i7 3770k over the i5 3570k? Will the i5 run cooler due to the lack of hyperthreading?
 
Yeah, although it is the replacement for the 2600k not the 2700k which was a later SB and the 2600k's got a massive £40 off this week at OCUK.
 
People will say I5 for gaming. However, some people with big GPU setups have reported that I5 2500k was holding them back in BF3 and that game utilises hyperthreading so it runs better on I7s. However, that is probably only applicable to powerful CF setups.

I'm tempted by all round power of the 3770k.
 
jb7 said:
If my main use is gaming, is there any use to me getting the i7 3770k over the i5 3570k? Will the i5 run cooler due to the lack of hyperthreading?
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1) No and 2) yes. From benches I've seen from Hong Kong chips the 3770k runs a lot hotter with HT on.
 
the_director said:
People will say I5 for gaming. However, some people with big GPU setups have reported that I5 2500k was holding them back in BF3 and that game utilises hyperthreading so it runs better on I7s. However, that is probably only applicable to powerful CF setups.

I'm tempted by all round power of the 3770k.
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Were their 2500k's OC'd though? I can't imagine one at 4.6Ghz+ being bottlenecked by more than a handful of FPS. I've also heard of people getting microstutters with HT on in BF3.
 
I think people should also check what steppings are used in the reviews too.

The E0 engineering samples have a rated TDP of 77W and the E1 production samples are rated at 95W and die shots indicate this is down to the fact the IGP is now much larger in this stepping.
 
Krono5 said:
Were their 2500k's OC'd though? I can't imagine one at 4.6Ghz+ being bottlenecked by more than a handful of FPS. I've also heard of people getting microstutters with HT on in BF3.
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I had mine at 5Ghz with two 7970's. On the large map and big explosions it would jump and skip every now and again with GPU usage dropping into the 60% region and with the i7 they only drop to the 80% region. The game feels much smoother aswell, performance is more consistent. The hyper-threading and micro-stuttering issue was fixed in a January update.
 
The 2600k at £209.99 is a great deal. If the Ivy reviews are average then I may well just buy one from here. I don't need the improved graphics of Ivy, nor is PCI 3 essential for a while yet.
 
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