CPU & Builds

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I have looked on Newegg, TigerDirect and Amazon. I can find them but they are priced at around 350$, which is really expensive and made me think that it would be better to get a different more powerful set up. But if you have links I'd appreciate a share. :smile: and I don't like buying computer parts used. I bought two CPUs for my current computer and each of them ended up dying in less than a month.

I understand that it would make you unwilling to buy used parts. CPU failure rate is extremely low, only RAM is lower. Getting not one, but two CPU that would fail is pretty extraordinary.

 

Anyway, since Sandy Bridge is so new, chances are good that you'll find someone selling a part with warranty. Box variants have a 3-year warranty.

Do you have any better way to look than Craigslist/ebay?

 

 

 

You could also look around local stores - anything from really small shops to statewide retailers. They are more likely to carry older stock than first-line ones such as newegg.

 

 

If it has to be new and online, http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819115070 is not 2500K, but i7-2600K. The i7 part normally commands a $100 premium for having HT enabled.

 

http://www.bestbuy.com/site/core-8482-i5-2500-quad-core-3-3ghz-processor/1305172539.p;jsessionid=72BC04B06B935371C054DB9CC5AE7B76.bbolsp-app02-143?id=mp1305172539&skuId=1305172539&st=i5%202500&cp=1&lp=1#tab=overview - not 2500K, but 2500, same, but overclocks a bit less.

 

 

 

And I have been looking for other Sandy Bridge CPUs to replace the i5-2500k but I can't find any on the internet. Maybe I'm doing something wrong, but I can't find the info on each CPU to tell if it is a Sandy Bridge or something else--as anything else will kill the board without a flash to the BIOS.

Any information that it would brick the board? Usually the board just won't start with that CPU.

That said, all you need to flash it is to borrow any SB CPU from someone for a short while.

 

All CPU with names like i5-2xxx (2000 to 2700) are Sandy Bridge. Also all i3-2xxx and a few Pentiums. A list is here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sandy_Bridge#Desktop_platform