Rate my build please?

Liampope · 23 Dec 2010 at 22:49

4.71GHz is great, but you can still get 4.4 out of a 45nm i5. Mine can do 4.2 on my H50. A Sandy Bridge i5 is gonna do around 5

LiamJ · 23 Dec 2010 at 22:52

Just for the record, here's Anandtech's comparison of the two chips.

http://www.anandtech.com/bench/Product/191?vs=142

cammy5477 · 23 Dec 2010 at 22:55

Cookeh said:
+1

I love people who automatically think that the most expensive thing is the best!

this statement is pretty cheeky fella

normally this is the case! and still is in this instance...

your i5 tops out at what? 4ghz....there is nothing that your i5 @ 4ghz is

going to beat my 980x @ 4.7ghz. im not interested in bang for buck..

just performance

thats why they make these chips for people with more

money than sense and want the fastest.....im not asking you to buy it so

dont knock me for having it

cammy5477 · 23 Dec 2010 at 22:56

Liampope said:
4.71GHz is great, but you can still get 4.4 out of a 45nm i5. Mine can do 4.2 on my H50. A Sandy Bridge i5 is gonna do around 5

yeah but what will a sandy bridge i7 do? :eek:

cammy5477 · 23 Dec 2010 at 22:58

LiamJ said:
Just for the record, here's Anandtech's comparison of the two chips.

http://www.anandtech.com/bench/Product/191?vs=142

my god......your i5 just took an ass whiping :rolleyes:

LiamJ · 23 Dec 2010 at 23:00

Make sure to take note of those benchmarks made on games too. :rolleyes:

cammy5477 · 23 Dec 2010 at 23:03

LiamJ said:
Make sure to take note of those benchmarks made on games too.

980x beat it in every test...or am i missing something?

ScottMC7000 · 23 Dec 2010 at 23:17

Liampope said:
4.71GHz is great, but you can still get 4.4 out of a 45nm i5. Mine can do 4.2 on my H50. A Sandy Bridge i5 is gonna do around 5

And burn out your CPU in 6 to 12 months.

As for stability, I doubt you could render anything without it blue screening.

cammy5477 · 23 Dec 2010 at 23:19

ScottMC7000 said:
And burn out your CPU in 6 to 12 months.

As for stability, I doubt you could render anything without it blue screening.

sandy bridge i7 will be out by then

Cookeh · 23 Dec 2010 at 23:21

cammy5477 said:
this statement is pretty cheeky fella

normally this is the case! and still is in this instance...

your i5 tops out at what? 4ghz....there is nothing that your i5 @ 4ghz is

going to beat my 980x @ 4.7ghz. im not interested in bang for buck..

just performance thats why they make these chips for people with more

money than sense and want the fastest.....im not asking you to buy it so

dont knock me for having it

My i5? Im still on a P4 here

Similarly, world doesn't revolve around you pal, it was a statement in general.

As already stated, i5 can beat your preposterously more expensive "4.71GHz" 980x in a single gpu set up due to the on-board PCI-E controller.

Also, how much has your point changed? Firstly it was i5 cannot possibly beat i7 980x, then it went to the manufacturing processes, then e-peen size - *sorry, amount one can overclock, then you're trying to justify your own purchase to yourself!

Again, this word performance crops up. Despite that fact that you are being told and shown that i5 can out-perform or match the performance of the i7 980x. Read posts, learn from them, stop being so stubborn.

I have no need to buy it, so don't worry, I won't be buying, and not knocking you at all.

cammy5477 · 23 Dec 2010 at 23:25

Cookeh said:
My i5? Im still on a P4 here

Similarly, world doesn't revolve around you pal, it was a statement in general.

As already stated, i5 can beat your preposterously more expensive "4.71GHz" 980x in a single gpu set up due to the on-board PCI-E controller.

Also, how much has your point changed? Firstly it was i5 cannot possibly beat i7 980x, then it went to the manufacturing processes, then e-peen size - *sorry, amount one can overclock, then you're trying to justify your own purchase to yourself!

Again, this word performance crops up. Despite that fact that you are being told and shown that i5 can out-perform or match the performance of the i7 980x. Read posts, learn from them, stop being so stubborn.

I have no need to buy it, so don't worry, I won't be buying, and not knocking you at all.

LiamJ said:
Just for the record, here's Anandtech's comparison of the two chips.

http://www.anandtech.com/bench/Product/191?vs=142

shown by what? this anandtech benchmark that the i5 losses in every test

LiamJ · 23 Dec 2010 at 23:28

cammy5477 said:
980x beat it in every test...or am i missing something?

No you're not. I was pointing out the fact that the i5 in these tests is not even close to beating the 980x in games.

cammy5477 · 23 Dec 2010 at 23:31

LiamJ said:
No you're not. I was pointing out the fact that the i5 in these tests is not even close to beating the 980x in games.

ok mate...good point well made

ScottMC7000 · 23 Dec 2010 at 23:42

If you are 3D rendering, processing video, and seeing how more music production applications are being optimised for I7's. Then it's a no brainer.
If you are just going to play games then you might as well buy an XBox 360 or Ps3, and save your money on an expensive PC.

Dark_Angel · 23 Dec 2010 at 23:45

To be fair, you can't use the retail speeds as a comparison.

For gaming, I'd argue that an I5 is more than enough. For more than gaming, well, depends.

Having said that, Sandy Bridge does batter the current I7 lineup, and clocked to 5GHZ it will likely keep pace with an 980. At the very very least give it a good run for the money.

Dark_Angel · 23 Dec 2010 at 23:46

ScottMC7000 said:
If you are 3D rendering, processing video, and seeing how more music production applications are being optimised for I7's. Then it's a no brainer.
If you are just going to play games then you might as well buy an XBox 360 or Ps3, and save your money on an expensive PC.

I own a PS3 and a 360... but I'd rather game on my PC. They look better and load faster.

Though, for me I only "have" to buy a GPU, as I do other things with it other than game.

ScottMC7000 · 23 Dec 2010 at 23:54

Dark_Angel said:
To be fair, you can't use the retail speeds as a comparison.

For gaming, I'd argue that an I5 is more than enough. For more than gaming, well, depends.

Having said that, Sandy Bridge does batter the current I7 lineup, and clocked to 5GHZ it will likely keep pace with an 980. At the very very least give it a good run for the money.

5 Ghz is a marketing myth.

Dark_Angel · 23 Dec 2010 at 23:56

People have hit it.

Remember, they are also still very early revisions, and people have barely had time to play with boards.

People on XS forums *ARE* easily hiting 4.5 with no effort. ANd many are reaching 4.8 - 4.9GHZ with a 2500 K.

*EDIT*

ALSO, they're more efficient anyway.

EVEN if I buy one and hit 4.7GHZ (which I think should be easy). Okay then! 10 - 20 percent better performance than current gen, at a higher speed than most can current achieve, and only on air. I'm happy.

ScottMC7000 · 24 Dec 2010 at 00:00

Dark_Angel said:
People have hit it.

Remember, they are also still very early revisions, and people have barely had time to play with boards.

People on XS forums *ARE* easily hiting 4.5 with no effort. ANd many are reaching 4.8 - 4.9GHZ with a 2500 K.

That will be the ones using dry ice then

Dark_Angel · 24 Dec 2010 at 00:01

ScottMC7000 said:
That will be the ones using dry ice then

Nope. They've not used dry ice. They've stated only on air.

A few are sure they can push higher, but they say they're hitting bugs at the moment with the early bios revisions (the major problem with being a pioneer with latest tech).