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

[Krono5]

The actual, actual retail chips seem to be clocking better so far. 4.8 on a Hyper 212 is is Sb territory. I'm trying to find a reason not to get Ib now instead of not to get SB like over the past week.

http://www.overclock.net/t/1249693/my-ivy-bridge-3770k-oc-results

 

[prescott28]

Mmmm - looks like Ivy is the way to go then. I just have to find a cooler for it that will cope with some over-clocking.

 

[ahenners]

and to be honest 4.8ghz is not guaranteed on a SB - so the Ivys aren't all bad

Exactly. The Ivy Bridge chips have a higher TJmax as well so can take the higher temps. From where I'm sitting (S775 rig) there's no real reason to go SB over IB.

 

[The Halk]

The actual, actual retail chips seem to be clocking better so far. 4.8 on a Hyper 212 is is Sb territory. I'm trying to find a reason not to get Ib now instead of not to get SB like over the past week.

http://www.overclock.net/t/1249693/my-ivy-bridge-3770k-oc-results

OcUK bundles seem to support that. They're doing 4.6Ghz, that's a very encouraging figure.

 

[Krono5]

Someone needs to go out this morning and find a shop selling them and bench one for us

 

[The Halk]

That's what that overclock.net link is

I'm buying one anyway, the unexpected positive results on overclocking are just a bonus.

 

[Buckster]

OcUK bundles seem to support that. They're doing 4.6Ghz, that's a very encouraging figure.

agreed does look encouraging - I think I'll go Ivy rather than Sandy

all these voltages look silly low to me I have to use 1.51V (actual - 1.5875 bios) for my Q6600 to run at 3.45 !!

 

[-Mike-]

The actual, actual retail chips seem to be clocking better so far. 4.8 on a Hyper 212 is is Sb territory. I'm trying to find a reason not to get Ib now instead of not to get SB like over the past week.

http://www.overclock.net/t/1249693/my-ivy-bridge-3770k-oc-results

4.8Ghz has HT disabled. So 4.8Ghz currently is not really true.

 

[kitch9]

IB is destined to get that reputation. The hive mind has already decided it runs hot, and you can be sure everybody with Sandy Bridge is going to be making themselves feel better about not having Ivy Bridge by telling people with Ivy Bridge that their CPUs suck.

It depends on what you're after... if you want to hit 5Ghz for the fun of it and you don't want to go for a high end waterblock then Sandy Bridge seems to be the right choice. If your mum and dad pay the electricity then all the better.

If you want a moderate overclock then the reviews are overwhelmingly saying IB is the right choice.

In all honesty though I don't see a great deal of difference between SB and IB. There's nuances of flavour between them, but there's no ground shattering differences - and you can see that by the lack of a price hike.

LOL wat?

 

[philip j fry]

@ The Halk
Is nothing to do with being a fanboy i enjoy overclocking and when these chips are hitting 90 to 100 temps @ 4.6-4.7 with 1.2 v that just seems a little to hot tbh

@MonsterMoshi

Maybe i should have said ( Why would ( going by the reviews ) anybody who enjoys overclocking go with ib over sb, seems pointless imo )
my bad

 

[Buckster]

@ The Halk
Is nothing to do with being a fanboy i enjoy overclocking and when these chips are hitting 90 to 100 temps @ 4.6-4.7 with 1.2 v that just seems a little to hot tbh , they might be fine running at those temps but imo is just more heat inside the case to get rid of .

@MonsterMoshi

Maybe i should have said ( Why would ( going by the reviews ) anybody who enjoys overclocking go with ib over sb, seems pointless imo )
my bad

its less heat to get rid of

heat is different than temps remember ...... heat is power output which is different to temps

I'm not keen on high cpu temps though

 

[philip j fry]

lol yeah course it is , don't know what i was thinking ( i was'nt clearly ) must have been having a blonde momment .

Ranting & writing = fail

Amended

 

[jwsg]

(Gone IB by the way) Given a choice I wouldn't mind the chance to get the heat into and out of the case, less than before though it is, I'd rather a warm heatsink and cool core rather than the other way around - but if that's how it is then so be it.

 

[Subliminal Aura]

Loving the comments

" I've just spent 2K on a SB build THEREFORE IB sux "

LOL - Good times, good times indeed - good old OcUK

 

[Subliminal Aura]

Can we please get back OT and talk about IB... I'm particularly interested in how well/badly IB memory overclocks

 

[delpy8]

P8Z77-V DELUXE reached 7GHz

http://www.asus.com/News/D7vIIYoN3NGX3O6O/

Intel® Core™ i7-3770K processor with 16GB of DDR3 clocked at 2800MHz. Employing LN2 cooling WOW

 

[sunama]

http://www.bit-tech.net/hardware/2012/04/23/intel-core-i7-3770k-review/8

Thanks for that.

It seems that there are good power savings to be had when comparing IB with SB (when overclocked .... I have no interest in running at stock).

The only problem is that paying an additional £30-£50 to buy IB, over 2600K - I could use that money to buy a better motherboard, more RAM or a bigger SSD.

 

[prescott28]

So, those who are going for the Ivy choice - what cooler are you getting for it? It looks are though it is going to have to be quite a solid one for a 4.5GHz over-clock.

 

[delpy8]

H80 or h100 for me

 

[sunama]

Why not use the cooler which OCUK are using for their overclocked bundles? I assume that they have tested out the coolers which work best with the IB and concluded that the following cooler works best:

Cooler: Prolimatech Megahalems Black CPU Cooler w/ Sharkoon Silent Eagle 2000RPM 120mm Fan

All their overclocked IB bundles are using that.