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Ivybridge underwhelming

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This guy does a lengthy review and testbed bench with Ivybridge. If you skip to 21:00, he talks about how he's disappointed with it, how it heats up massively at the slightest voltage increase, and how it doesn't overclock as well as Sandybridge. These are his conclusions based not only on his own testing but 30 other Ivybridge chips. Quite interesting, see what you think.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9685x0ORYjI&feature=plcp
 
Exactly the same conclusions as I found.


Must trace the guy who purchased my 2500K and see if he wants to swap.
 
I went for a 2500K last week. I studied the (limited) evidence from reviews prior to the release of IB, and decide it wasn't for me. It seems strange that the majority of advice being given is that if you are upgrading from pretty much anything other than SB, IB is the way to go.

For those wanting to overclock (to a reasonable level, using reasonable cooling), surely a SB will provide a slightly cheaper and more proven solution.
 
If I wanted a PC for browsing and occasional gaming , to run at stock , then IB without hesitation , If you want a cheap duel core type i3 with low power consumption for everyday tasks , thats for you , But if you want high end hardcore use video editing , playing top games , overclocking , logic dictates SB and peace of mind that it will do the job , not catch fire .
If IB is about to take out your street at 4.5 on prime 95 , goalposts have to be moved to make it pass lesser tests to justify it , Then move along , nothing to see here , Go direct to SB
 
Uther said:
Question is now, will S/H 2500k's go down in price, or up...
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Stay the same most likely. Although you'll be able to pick them up 2nd hand for a good price as you'll have the idiots upgrading from 2500k's to 3570k's...
 
gadget^ said:
IB - clocks are a guaranteed 4.60GHz from OC / that with pci-e 3.0 usb 3 should you not then go IB ?
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Some people are obsessed with numbers I suppose. Just because it wont do 5.5GHz at 1V with the stock cooler its a fail. I'll be more than happy with 4.5GHz which is more than anyone really needs anyway.
 
RounD said:
Some people are obsessed with numbers I suppose. Just because it wont do 5.5GHz at 1V with the stock cooler its a fail. I'll be more than happy with 4.5GHz which is more than anyone really needs anyway.
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I personally award you a plus one sir
 
why 2 hell have you posted video thats been all over the forums in every other topic WEEK AGO ??
 
Personally, I'm glad I went IB.

Got mine to 4.75Ghz with temps between 75 and 80c which IMO for a chip with a 105c thermal limit, is acceptable.

For all the talk of Ivybridge being **** for overclocking, a lot of SB chips cant even hit 4.75-4.8Ghz stable with sensible voltage. People just automatically assume that SB = 5Ghz easy. The chips that do 5Ghz stable are in the minority.

But hey, maybe I just got a good chip, coupled with the fact that I'm not worried the chip is warmer than SB would be, since it was permitted in it's design to do so.
 
Dervious said:
I went for a 2500K last week. I studied the (limited) evidence from reviews prior to the release of IB, and decide it wasn't for me. It seems strange that the majority of advice being given is that if you are upgrading from pretty much anything other than SB, IB is the way to go.
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What CPU did you upgrade from?

Also the video is quite old as has been mentioned. The consensus was if you have anything other than a SB-E then go for IB.

So I followed the advice and went for the IB i5 coming from a Q9x. Knowing that the IB heats up and does not overclock well can only mean that another revision/stepping will hopefully address the issue, as well as the crappy TIM being used on the lid.

If and when the revision comes out then I'll sell my i5 and go for an i7 IB-E. The £80 extra for the i7 is a waste for me personally knowing the issue with the IB's.
 
reddev85 said:
Personally, I'm glad I went IB.

Got mine to 4.75Ghz with temps between 75 and 80c which IMO for a chip with a 105c thermal limit, is acceptable.

For all the talk of Ivybridge being **** for overclocking, a lot of SB chips cant even hit 4.75-4.8Ghz stable with sensible voltage. People just automatically assume that SB = 5Ghz easy. The chips that do 5Ghz stable are in the minority.

But hey, maybe I just got a good chip, coupled with the fact that I'm not worried the chip is warmer than SB would be, since it was permitted in it's design to do so.
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Sb has a high thermal limit, does not mean its recommended to go anywhere near it in the long term.
 
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