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Who here is getting a Sandybridge-E Cpu?

A four core to a six core for gaming and normal everyday tasks simply isn't worth the upgrade for me.

Hell, even doing x264 encoding probably won't net you much of a gain over a 2600K. I'll be waiting for the 8 cores personally.
 
I've just ordered 32GB of RAM, and I took delivery of a new case and heatsink/fan today, all in anticipation. I will be going for the i7-3930K and a board with 8 RAM slots. It should be a dramatic upgrade from my existing QX6700/16GB system. I am not too bothered about the rumoured lack of VT-d, as my current system doesn't support it anyway I'm not really going to notice the difference.
 
It's not for anything exciting or inventive; I am going to be studying towards a certification for Microsoft Exchange and it'll be helpful to be able to run all the virtual machines I need on a single system. My quad core with 16GB RAM really struggles with three virtual machines.

There's also bragging rights, of course :)
 
They look fast, but really 130w TDP?
Kinda puts things into perspective when the Ivybridge 3700k will be 77w TDP. SB-E seems bit of a sledgehammer chip.
 
Stonedofmoo said:
They look fast, but really 130w TDP?
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I know what you mean, though my existing QX6700 has a TDP of 130w so I imagine it'll run at roughly the sort of temperatures. I'm hoping the Noctua NH-D14 I've just bought will be up to the job of keeping it cool.
 
I'll upgrade my kit in a few years, when it's really struggling.

I'd imagine I'd probably have to upgrade my graphics card(s). At least once or twice before I'd need a new CPU.
 
I'm in a tossup over SB-E and Ivy. I think I'll wait till review day as I'd like to know if the PCH is going to be the nerfed job that is basically a P67. If it is, I'll probably go Ivy and enjoy the far lower TDP, ipc increase and new Z77 boards. I'm coming from a launch day i7 platform so this machine has lasted me quite some time.
 
Jokester said:
Would rather just wait for Ivy Bridge to be honest.
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Ivy bridge won't be hexcore, for the things you'd actually buy SB-E for Ivybridge will suck in, as in, having 6 cores, needing more memory slots, needing more bandwidth.

SB-E though for 99.9% of people is entirely worthless, gaming it won't offer anything except higher power usage and the same performance. Encoding/rendering it will all be faster in but for "normal" people you've got to ask yourself if you need to spend £400 more on a hexcore than a quad core normal Sandybridge, for the two encodes you do a month, to save 2 minutes off each one, the answer is now.

As always, if you make money based off the work you do and its cpu limited so a better CPU will help you finish work faster, do more work, and get paid more, then its great, if not, worthless.

I really don't know why you'd go for a Sandybridge-e if you're moving just for the memory, you could have had a £200 i7 1366 years ago with 24gb memory very easily if you're memory limited.

To be honest, I'm sure you could EASILY put together two normal 2500/2600k systems for less than the price of one top end SB-E system aswell, all for studying for certification and not even for work, screams of massive massive overkill.

Not much point in waiting for Ivybridge either though, a little lower power usage, meh, no noticeable performance boost except for people who use the IGP a lot. Sandybridge now rather than wait is the pretty easy choice to make.
 
drunkenmaster said:
Not much point in waiting for Ivybridge either though, a little lower power usage, meh, no noticeable performance boost except for people who use the IGP a lot. Sandybridge now rather than wait is the pretty easy choice to make.
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So you've already tested it? Have you got any benchmarks handy?
 
somewhatdamaged said:
Hell, even doing x264 encoding probably won't net you much of a gain over a 2600K. .
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I do a lot of video HD encoding. I have a Q9550 and to do x264 encoding it takes hours with my PC.
I am going for a new build and was going to get the 2600K.
Do i stick with the 2600K or wait for the SB-K or IB?
It does depend on the cost too btw.
Any advice welcome please.

Thanks.
 
Depends what app you use. I use handbrake and find unless I do 2 pass (which I do) then 4 cores with a high clock speed is enough. If you do 2 pass, then SB-E will be worth it trusting you get the 6 core. 12 threads will blast through 2 pass as HT makes quite an impact as it is with quads.
 
drunkenmaster said:
I really don't know why you'd go for a Sandybridge-e if you're moving just for the memory, you could have had a £200 i7 1366 years ago with 24gb memory very easily if you're memory limited.
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But it's QUAD CHANNEL!!!

Even if it offers no appreciable benefit it will be worth the expense just to have bragging rights over the poor saps still plodding along with their dual and triple channel boards.
 
Jokester said:
There will probably be a IB-E further down the line, probably late 2012 I guess.
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There seems to be precious little (by which I mean zero) information about a 22nm Socket 2011 chip, which is unusual for Intel who are usually very open about publishing their roadmaps (they already have Skylake and Skymont penciled in for 2016 and 2017 respectively for example).

It does seem logical that a IB-E chip would be in the pipeline, however if it is as late as SB-E and Haswell is still on schedule then it may only be relevant for a few months before Haswell renders it obsolete.
 
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