*****Oooooops I did it again - Sandybridge CPU's LIVE & IN STOCK!*****

Looks good, nice to see 4GB sticks of DDR3 getting to reasonable prices too, hopefully they'll still be as overclockable with 16GB of ram plugged into them.
 
Good Morning Nath!

I thought that you might be having a cople of days of this weekend, after a hectic week... or up you perhaps up at 'HQ', personally signing the boxes for the queue of eager customers lining up outside to purchase their shiny new Sandy Bridge CPU's and motherboards? :D

Thanks for all your feedback anyway... it certainly has been an interesting few days! ;)
 
Oops just like Gibbo, my finger slipped and I clicked on the buy button. Now I have a 2500k system on the way to replace my current socket 939 system:D

I am ready to be blown away!
 
Are these sandybridge processor better than the core i7 920? why would i need the sandybridge intergrated graphics when i have a geforece 470?
 
bulldog147 said:
I think u can disabled sandybridge intergrated graphics ? Not sure
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If you get a mainboard with the P67 chipset the sandy bridge graphics are disabled, if you get H67 you will get onboard graphics, I'm sure I read that the H's do not support SLI, and they do not support overclocking.
 
dmxdex2020 said:
Are these sandybridge processor better than the core i7 920? why would i need the sandybridge intergrated graphics when i have a geforece 470?
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The 470 is better and yes it can be disabled or you can use it at the same time to power a 2nd monitor.
 
Trofeo said:
If you get a mainboard with the P67 chipset the sandy bridge graphics are disabled, if you get H67 you will get onboard graphics, I'm sure I read that the H's do not support SLI, and they do not support overclocking.
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Sound like pro's and con's by intel. What the point to have cpu chipset with graphics, what happen if the graphic doesn't work in a few years later mean the chipset could be dead. I prefer PCI graphic card instead.
 
I haven't been following the threads on these at all but wondering how much difference I would see between the previous i5 range and one of these new bundles?

I have an i5 750 @4Ghz at the moment. Is the extra .6Ghz and lower power consumption the only differences I would notice? I wouldn't be using the onboard gfx.
 
ringo747 said:
I haven't been following the threads on these at all but wondering how much difference I would see between the previous i5 range and one of these new bundles?

I have an i5 750 @4Ghz at the moment. Is the extra .6Ghz and lower power consumption the only differences I would notice? I wouldn't be using the onboard gfx.
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AnandTech have a fairly detailed write up of Sandy Bridge with benchmarks that include the i5 750 and the new i5 2500k among others, heres a link to the first page with benchmark results:

http://www.anandtech.com/show/4083/...core-i7-2600k-i5-2500k-core-i3-2100-tested/15
 
ringo747 said:
I haven't been following the threads on these at all but wondering how much difference I would see between the previous i5 range and one of these new bundles?

I have an i5 750 @4Ghz at the moment. Is the extra .6Ghz and lower power consumption the only differences I would notice? I wouldn't be using the onboard gfx.
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i5 750 is decent enough TBH.

If I were you I'd clock it a bit more (I'm running one at 4.2GHz daily and 4.4GHz for ****s and giggles). Then when LGA2011 arrives at the later part of this year (and dropped in price a month later) I'd think about upgrading.
 
Westyfield2 said:
i5 750 is decent enough TBH.

If I were you I'd clock it a bit more (I'm running one at 4.2GHz daily and 4.4GHz for ****s and giggles). Then when LGA2011 arrives at the later part of this year (and dropped in price a month later) I'd think about upgrading.
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I know nothing about overclocking really which is why I got a pre-overclocked bundle - I have H50 cooler so I'm sure I could get a fair bit more out of it. Not sure that it would make much difference for all I do!
 
dmxdex2020 said:
Are these sandybridge processor better than the core i7 920? why would i need the sandybridge intergrated graphics when i have a geforece 470?
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Yes, they are. Here is a comparison.

Hence if you were planning to upgrade to either an i7 920 or a Sandy Bridge Quad core - definitely go for the Sandy Bridge.

However, if you already have an i7 920 - then I would not recommend switching. The performance increase is not worth the money/hassle of a full upgrade IMHO, and an i7 920 should be plenty fast enough for most tasks.
 
What is the situation with the warranty on the K versions, is it only applied if the CPU has had no adjustments, or is it a blanket warranty including overclocking as you paid more?
 
just wait until ivy bridge later this year or LGA2011 (successor of 1366), 22nm, dx11, likely integrated usb3 and e-sata 6gbps (which is soon to be ratified), maybe pcie3 and lightpeak. So many new technologies coming out that aren't in sandy bridge by default which makes it seem outdated on the same day it goes on sale.
 
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... and I am sure that when Ivy Bridge does go on sale, there will be something else equally 'exciting' coming along behind that as well.

If you aren't careful, you end up waiting for ever, for the next latest & greatest advancement! :)
 
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