*****Official Ivybridge Review Thread*****

[stulid]

http://www.guru3d.com/article/core-i7-3770k-and-3750-review-with-z77/
http://hexus.net/tech/reviews/cpu/37989-intel-core-i7-3770k-22nm-ivy-bridge/
http://www.hardocp.com/article/2012/04/23/intel_ivy_bridge_processor_ipc_overclocking_review
http://www.vortez.net/articles_pages/intel_ivy_bridge_core_i5_3570k_core_i7_3770k_review,1.html
http://www.xbitlabs.com/articles/cpu/display/core-i7-3770k-i5-3570k.html
http://www.tweaktown.com/reviews/4673/intel_core_i7_3770k_lga_1155_ivy_bridge_cpu_review/index.html
http://www.hardwarecanucks.com/foru...054-intel-i7-3770k-ivy-bridge-cpu-review.html
http://www.pcper.com/reviews/Mobile/Intel-Core-i7-3720QM-Ivy-Bridge-Mobile-Review-Monster-Kill
http://www.anandtech.com/show/5771/the-intel-ivy-bridge-core-i7-3770k-review
http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/ivy-bridge-benchmark-core-i7-3770k,3181.html
http://vr-zone.com/articles/ivy-bridge-vs-sandy-bridge--4.8ghz-quad-core-cpu-showdown/15637.html
http://www.motherboards.org/review/ivy-bridge-unveiled-look-inside-intel-core-i7-3770k?page=1
http://www.bit-tech.net/hardware/2012/04/23/intel-core-i7-3770k-review/1
http://www.firingsquad.com/hardware/Intel_Core_i7-3770K_Ivy_Bridge_Performance_Review/
http://www.overclockersclub.com/reviews/intel_corei7_3770k/
http://www.hardwareheaven.com/revie...dge-processor-launch-review-introduction.html
http://www.hardwaresecrets.com/arti...AMD-FX-8150-and-Core-i7-2600K-CPU-Review/1537
http://www.techradar.com/reviews/pc-mac/pc-components/processors/intel-core-i5-3570k-1077183/review
http://www.pcper.com/reviews/Processors/Intel-Core-i7-3770K-Ivy-Bridge-LGA1155-Processor-Review
http://www.legionhardware.com/articles_pages/intel_core_i7_3770k_ivy_bridge,1.html
http://www.madshrimps.be/articles/a...idge-i5-3570K-i7-3770K-Review/0#axzz1t6sRK46W
Will update as people post them

 

[Doop!]

http://hexus.net/tech/reviews/cpu/37989-intel-core-i7-3770k-22nm-ivy-bridge/

 

[[timko]]

http://www.tweaktown.com/reviews/4673/intel_core_i7_3770k_lga_1155_ivy_bridge_cpu_review/index.html

http://www.anandtech.com/show/5771/the-intel-ivy-bridge-core-i7-3770k-review

http://hardocp.com/article/2012/04/23/intel_ivy_bridge_processor_ipc_overclocking_review

http://www.hardwarecanucks.com/foru...054-intel-i7-3770k-ivy-bridge-cpu-review.html

http://www.xbitlabs.com/articles/cpu/display/core-i7-3770k-i5-3570k.html

http://www.pcper.com/reviews/Mobile/Intel-Core-i7-3720QM-Ivy-Bridge-Mobile-Review-Monster-Kill

 

[SeraphX]

http://www.vortez.net/articles_pages/intel_ivy_bridge_core_i5_3570k_core_i7_3770k_review,1.html

http://www.vortez.net/articles_pages/asus_maximus_v_gene_review,1.html
http://www.vortez.net/articles_pages/msi_z77a_gd65_review,1.html

 

[-Mike-]

The reviews don't tally very well with overclocking results. A lot of them are ES not retail units too

 

[Chaos]

 

[SD2k]

http://vr-zone.com/articles/ivy-bridge-vs-sandy-bridge--4.8ghz-quad-core-cpu-showdown/15637.html

 

[Stripes]

The reviews don't tally very well with overclocking results. A lot of them are ES not retail units too

From the looks of things the Vortez review is using retail CPU's rather than engineering samples. They got both CPU's to overclock to over 4.6GHz, but heat does seem to be a problem.

 

[Redmint]

The reviews don't tally very well with overclocking results. A lot of them are ES not retail units too

Aye read a few of the reviews and overclocking seems to be a mixed bag, probably due to a mix of retail and ES units as you say. Overall I don't think OCing really matches the current SB chips though which is what we've been expecting for a while. Hopefully after a couple more BIOS updates OC results might improve a little but I don't think we'll be seeing a higher proportion of stable 5GHz chips than we had with SB. For people who will be running at stock IB should be a nice little improvement though.

 

[-Mike-]

Now the question is ivy or sandy! I also want to know where stulid got his from

 

[the_director]

Seems like 4.5 is achievable without too much extra voltage...

I'm still not sure whether to choose Ivy or Sandy. Will come down to price...

 

[sunama]

From what I'm seeing, the new Intel CPUs don't offer much of an advantage over the SandBridge cpus.

The ivybridge cpus run cool HOWEVER, the moment you start increasing voltage, the heat increases repaidly (much higher than SB).

If you are running at stock then buy Ivybridge (but watch the price first).
If you want to overclock, then perhaps get a 2700k (SandyBridge).

I was in the market for Ivybridge, but after reading reviews, I think I am going to get a SB (looking for a good price).

 

[Buckster]

what the heck is with the number of reviews using ES chips ? makes the reviews completely meaningless - unless they are identical to retail (which we know they are not)

also some are still touting 77W as the TDP

 

[sunama]

Seems like 4.5 is achievable without too much extra voltage...

I'm still not sure whether to choose Ivy or Sandy. Will come down to price...

4.5ghz is achievable with both CPUs.
The IPC is almost identical (Ivy is slightly better, but nothing mind-blowing).
I would definitely not pay even £5 extra for Ivy, over SB.

I'm looking for a cut-price deal on SB.

 

[the_director]

@sunama well the 2600k is on sale on OCUK for £209.99, this seems a great price if 3770k is near £260/70...

 

[mmj_uk]

I'm more interested by the dual core Ivy's tbh, any word on an exact release date?

 

[Buckster]

can we filter the review list to those only using retail chips please ?

I don't care how good ES chips are as you can't buy them

 

[MyBrainz]

I like how they are all mostly trying to avoid temp results

 

[Buckster]

I like how they are all mostly trying to avoid temp results

^^ yeah I thought that too

I thought in past you'd get a whole page of analysis of temps in a lot of reviews ...

on a lot of these a cursory - yes they get hot heres how hot - now lets move on ....

more and more and more it looks like a 2700k for me - I feel these aren't as expected

 

[psychas]

2600k for me by the looks of it