***Official Intel Haswell Thread***

[Yaayuh!]

If i get a 1150 mbb and a 4770k, whats the next upgrade path?

Broadwell will use LGA1150 as well.

 

[Yaayuh!]

What's the opinions on this board?

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MB-234-MS&groupid=701&catid=5&subcat=2574

Looks cool.
Look out for reviews on it as well as others before making your choice IMO.

 

[Yaayuh!]

Anyone know if the non-K Haswells are limited unlocked ?

90% sure you're limited to a +4 increase only.

 

[Yaayuh!]

Ta....

Now looking for bargain ivys or Xeons

Non-K looks to be worse on Haswell actually

http://ht4u.net/reviews/2013/intel_core_i7_4770_4670_haswell_cpus_test/index18.php

Also, Non-K are strap locked:

So, while you only have a few MHz in each direction to change the BCLK, the additional straps--which will be available on K-SKUs only--give users the ability to set the BCLK to 100MHz, 125MHz, 167MHz, or 250MHz.

http://hothardware.com/Reviews/Intel-Core-i74770K-Review-Haswell-Has-Landed/?page=10

 

[Yaayuh!]

After reading the reviews and seeing the mediocre OC results I'm actually considering opting for a cheap used 2600k setup - It would be a nice upgrade from my i5 760 that won't budge past 3.8ghz, and the money I'd save by not choosing haswell could go towards a new GFX card or a couple of SSD's in RAID...

I don't think Haswell should be looked at as a step for performance, unless you're a benching enthusiast. It should be looked at for laptop users, home servers and HTPCs.
However, if you are on an older LGA1156 setup then it's the logical upgrade solution.

 

[Yaayuh!]

Greyfu keep it at 4.8 and 1.24v,temps and volts are fine

This!
72c is perfectly fine, actually surprisingly good for 4.8GHz!!

 

[Yaayuh!]

I wonder what colour 5UB's cape is? Red? Blue?

 

[Yaayuh!]

Guys do you still have to de-lid these like IB?

This:

It depends whether you get a decent chip or not

If you find that it's surprisingly hot then you may want to de-lid and re-TIM.

 

[Yaayuh!]

RAID-1 isn't a bad when implemented on decent controllers with hard drives as you can get very good read speeds. With SSDs you already have a decent access and read speed. Write speed will take a hit though but other than that, go for it.

 

[Yaayuh!]

One of my Haswell cores is a lot lower than the other 3. Anyone else getting this? One is sitting at 58, the others are between 65-70 (Prime 95'ing).

All idle around the same temp, only seems to happen under load.

Up to 10c difference is generally expected these days, however, any more and i would advise reseating the heatsink.