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

anyon said:
With regards to price drops, it's important to remember that clock for clock the 2600K is actually better than the 3570K in a lot of multithreaded situations.

8MB vs 6MB cache and the hyperthreading makes a large difference in a lot of multithreaded scenarios.

If the 2600K and 3570K are equal in price, it's actually a tough decision.
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Indeed if I could have found the 2600k for £180 you said it was? I would have taken that i think.
 
Interesting article! we are, really, only getting the price that Intel charge but quite how that turns into what we buy is another thing. I can't see retailers charging less for the new processors than the only Sandys so we will either have some discounting of the Sandys before the launch (see this week only) or the prices will end up higher.
 
I thought intel stocks of SB chips was high going into 2012 ,that was one reason for IB release dates moving around .

Do you thing there still trying too get as much out of them as poss ? :confused:
 
anyon said:
With regards to price drops, it's important to remember that clock for clock the 2600K is actually better than the 3570K in a lot of multithreaded situations.

8MB vs 6MB cache and the hyperthreading makes a large difference in a lot of multithreaded scenarios.

If the 2600K and 3570K are equal in price, it's actually a tough decision.
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Well the 3570k should be the replacement for 2500k and it should be around 2500k price, if it's closer to 2600k pricing, I will just get a SB 2500k.
 
Intel are no fools with pricing. I pretty much expect the pricing to end up like this once the dust settles:

I2500K > I3750K > I2600K > I3770K

With £30-50 between each step it squeezes maximum budget out of the consumer.
 
Well, I expect IB and SB on i5 will be similar price for a long time, meaning a choice between probable safe 4.5ghz IB overclock or taking a chance on SB and hoping you can get one that's stable at 4.8ghz or above to get the same processing power.

As I said I don't expect price divergence until the dust settles i.e. IB matures and becomes capable of higher clocks on air cooling. It might not even happen if Intel have issues with this and any gains are delayed until Haswell.
 
covenantuk said:
Intel are no fools with pricing. I pretty much expect the pricing to end up like this once the dust settles:

I2500K > I3750K > I2600K > I3770K

With £30-50 between each step it squeezes maximum budget out of the consumer.
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100% agree.

Remember most people are not computer nerds, so will not know about the merits of SB, vs the IB. Also, at stock, IB is faster (vs SB).

When choosing to buy, most people will be prepared to pay more for the latest/greatest and faster (stock) CPUs.
 
prescott28 said:
They won't sell so many at that rate as the 2500K will look a lot better value
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You are right about the 2500k being better value, but there will be plenty of people willing to pay more IB. Even on this forum, plenty of computer "nerds" will prefer to go the route of IB, simply because it is newer, even though you and I know that once overclocked, both CPUs (SB and IB) perform almost identically.

There are plenty of threads in the CPU forum which show plenty of people happy with the performance of IB and willing to pay for it.
 
sunama said:
You are right about the 2500k being better value, but there will be plenty of people willing to pay more IB. Even on this forum, plenty of computer "nerds" will prefer to go the route of IB, simply because it is newer, even though you and I know that once overclocked, both CPUs (SB and IB) perform almost identically.

There are plenty of threads in the CPU forum which show plenty of people happy with the performance of IB and willing to pay for it.
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I'm one of them.
I'm more than happy to pay +£40 over the price of the SB equivalent :P
 
Even overclocked don't they still use less power? I'd say if ur green with epeen u can get the best of both worlds same perf less power pci 3.0 bragging rights etc
 
The power draw between SB and IV is very similar.
Most reviews sites post a difference of about 10W, which in the grand scheme of things is negligible.
 
Most users aren't performance users though and in general consumers are more canny and wise for value than ever before. It has been announced recently that we've dropped back into recession. Performance users only represent a small percentage of buyers so I'd be very surprised if Intel over do the price of IB. If it were going to be more expensive would it not have been announced to help clear SB? If Intel want their cost price to be low they still have to churn them out to make best use of their manufacturing facilities, price too high and they have the cost of storing something that isn't shifting. In general the price of electronics is dropping. There may be some that would pay a premium but I think a small minority, not enough to satisfy all that supply.
 
covenantuk said:
Intel are no fools with pricing. I pretty much expect the pricing to end up like this once the dust settles:

I2500K > I3750K > I2600K > I3770K

With £30-50 between each step it squeezes maximum budget out of the consumer.
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I think you meant this way?

I2500K < I3750K < I2600K < I3770K
 
I'm not sure of the maths - above - but i suspect that selling Ivy at prices much higher than Sandy is only going to work if Sandy is more of less sold out. As it is, Sandy seems to to more or less the same job as Ivy so if Ivy is much higher in price, no one much will buy it.
 
I honestly thought that a few retailers would have chanced it and put them on sale today, for delivery tomorrow. Intel must be leaning on them heavily. Never seen anything like it.
 
prescott28 said:
... if Ivy is much higher in price, no one much will buy it.
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I disagree. There are plenty of people who will gladly pay more for Ivy.
Have a read of some of the threads in the CPU forum and you will see that there are people who cannot wait to get their hands on IB, even if the price is higher.
 
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