Ivybridge a week earlier

mikeym · 17 Apr 2012 at 11:59

I was looking at upgrading mine and a family members PC to Ivy Bridge from Q6600's. Not so sure after seeing temperature issues. Might just go with Sandy - depends on pricing and further reviews of Z77 / Ivy setups...

GnollinZ · 17 Apr 2012 at 12:24

Upgrading from an ancient Athlon 64 X2 4200 - roll on the 23rd!

KyleOC · 17 Apr 2012 at 12:33

Also upgrading from a Q6600! Exciting times

MyBrainz · 17 Apr 2012 at 12:50

Think i'll stick with my 2700k + Z68 board

Roll on Haswell

james_ati · 17 Apr 2012 at 13:11

I am upgrading from i7 920, was looking forward to IB a lot until i saw temps, I just hope its so high because either the software is not reading the new chip correctly OR because its a dodgy chop from china ;p

the_director · 17 Apr 2012 at 13:13

Another Q6600 mover here. To be fair, the chip is still great, it is the lack of DDR3, SATA iii and so forth that is my problem. Better to change sockets and get all these little leaps than stick with Q6600 and hideously expensive ram.

Andrew Moore · 17 Apr 2012 at 13:14

Ive had an email from Intel confirming that NOTHING has been said about an early release or at least nothing confirmed. Sorry guys!

StonedPenguin · 17 Apr 2012 at 13:15

Think I'm gonna wait for Haswell, Is it due sometime in 2013?

Bottle · 17 Apr 2012 at 14:33

Kyzou said:
Its staggering the amount of people (including myself) who are going from a Q6600. That little beasty lasted

+1

Rex-Kramer · 17 Apr 2012 at 15:00

Another Q6600 mover here too!

djxput · 17 Apr 2012 at 15:00

the_director said:
Another Q6600 mover here. To be fair, the chip is still great, it is the lack of DDR3, SATA iii and so forth that is my problem. Better to change sockets and get all these little leaps than stick with Q6600 and hideously expensive ram.

ya maybe I should have waited myself fpr ib - upgraded my q6600 system (when the 2700k came out). Still wanted to upgrade to ivy at the time (err sort of doubting it now depends on price/performance).

btw I noticed a nice speed upgrade from my q6600 to my 2700k; system just felt springyer

Krono5 · 17 Apr 2012 at 15:01

Kyzou said:
Its staggering the amount of people (including myself) who are going from a Q6600. That little beasty lasted

This ^^

If I wasn't getting ****ed off with ddr2 and needed half a new system anyway I would be quite happy sticking with it until Haswell.

Krono5 · 17 Apr 2012 at 15:03

djxput said:
ya maybe I should have waited myself fpr ib - upgraded my q6600 system (when the 2700k came out). Still wanted to upgrade to ivy at the time (err sort of doubting it now depends on price/performance).

btw I noticed a nice speed upgrade from my q6600 to my 2700k; system just felt springyer

If IB doesn't OC well I'll be getting a 2500k/2600k instead. Either SB or IB will last as long as the Q6600's have as there's no games that will be pushing a 2500k @ 4.5Ghz+ anytime soon and i don't do a lot else that requires a good processor.

ahenners · 17 Apr 2012 at 17:04

Another potential q6600 mover, rumours on over clocking ivy don't sound too promising though

eyetrip · 17 Apr 2012 at 17:25

Andrew Moore said:
Ive had an email from Intel confirming that NOTHING has been said about an early release or at least nothing confirmed. Sorry guys!

So will Ivy be here in time to take advantage of the 10% discount?

If not, this may swing me over to Sandy-E

Double07 · 17 Apr 2012 at 19:58

Upgrading from a athlon 2 X4 640 so even if I buy a 486dx2/66 it will be a huge boost

the_director · 17 Apr 2012 at 20:12

What is the average clock a 2500K can achieve?

Spenty · 17 Apr 2012 at 20:13

the_director said:
What is the average clock a 2500K can achieve?

4.5-5ghz on any decent CPU cooler. Usually depends on the motherboard.

the_director · 17 Apr 2012 at 20:23

I have a Asus Maximus V Gene Z77 on the wag which is a good clocker according to reviews.

ssmacc · 17 Apr 2012 at 21:06

Moving from a Q9550, looking at the 3770k as I'd like the HT, might go 2600k or 2700k depending on reviews...