New Build Advice Please

stulid · 14 Feb 2011 at 16:23

You dont have to change anything.

upto you if you want hyper-threading that the 2600K offers, or save the £70 difference.

more sandybridge review here - http://www.bit-tech.net/hardware/cpus/2011/01/03/intel-sandy-bridge-review/1

edshee · 14 Feb 2011 at 16:28

stulid said:
You dont have to change anything.

upto you if you want hyper-threading that the 2600K offers, or save the £70 difference.

Well looking at http://www.anandtech.com/bench/Product/288?vs=287 even for the processes like rendering there's not a massive difference. I think it'll probably be worth saving the money.

Predicament · 14 Feb 2011 at 16:33

switch out for i7 for an i5-2500k
switch out your 6870 for a 6950 <unlock it obviously>

stulid · 14 Feb 2011 at 16:38

Predicament said:
switch out for i7 for an i5-2500k
switch out your 6870 for a 6950 <unlock it obviously>

he has.

and he has selected the GTX560ti.

do keep up.

edshee · 14 Feb 2011 at 19:46

Sorry to keep asking questions but i've just come across this thread:
http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?t= 18236550

Have the faulty sandybridge boards been replaced now or are they still being sold? the last thing i want to do is buy one and risk my computers hardware. I've also noticed a lot of competitor's sites aren't stocking them at the moment.

Any info would be great.

stulid · 14 Feb 2011 at 19:50

The issue affects just five of the SATA2.0 ports

there is less than 5% chance of data being lost on the harddrive connected to one of these ports.

you can use the SATA3.0 ports without any issue.

no hardware (cpu/gpu etc) is at risk.

you get a replacement board when you send a faulty one back.

you get the warranty period reset, with the new replacement board.

edshee · 14 Feb 2011 at 19:54

stulid said:
The issue affects just five of the SATA2.0 ports

there is less than 5% chance of data being lost on the harddrive connected to one of these ports.

you can use the SATA3.0 ports without any issue.

no hardware (cpu/gpu etc) is at risk.

you get a replacement board when you send a faulty one back.

you get the warranty period reset, with the new replacement board.

Any idea on when the replacements will be brought out? I'd rather just wait to buy one of those than deal with the hassle of sending one back and installing a new one.

stulid · 14 Feb 2011 at 19:59

New chips are being sent out some time this month.

But if you play it smart with the faulty board, you could get almost 6 years arranty, buy sending it back for RMA just before the 3 year period is over, get the new board and an extra 3 years.

edshee · 14 Feb 2011 at 20:06

stulid said:
New chips are being sent out some time this month.

But if you play it smart with the faulty board, you could get almost 6 years arranty, buy sending it back for RMA just before the 3 year period is over, get the new board and an extra 3 years.

Cool, think i'll wait for the new ones then. Hopefully it'll be obvious when they arrive.