So, IB CPU is out.

[hoofhearted4]

if your upgrading from an old old PC or building a new on from scratch (like me) go with IB. at stock it is roughly 5-10% faster. and even if it uses only a few watts less, it still uses less power.

Only 4% for 3570K and 5.7% for 3770K.

That comes for $30-$50 extra, which currently is not a great deal.

 

I'm actually warming up slightly to LGA2011, which doesn't have and probably won't have IB. But i7-3820 is about $50 cheaper than 3770K, and you get same or better overclocking, PCI-E 3.0, with a ton of lanes, 4 channel RAM, and the mobo is about the same $50 more. For a Crossfire/SLI game system, it's reasonable. Not quite a better deal, but reasonable.

Not that you need it anyway, 2500K is well enough for any game, as games don't even take advantage of IB.

 

personally, if im already dumping $1500-$1600 into a new computer, $30 isnt anything.

 

ive looked at 2011 too and the CPUs are basically the best out there atm. but they just cost too much, and the boards too. even for the cheapest of each would add another $200-$300 to my build. if i were to get them, id get the 3930k hexacore

[FMod]

personally, if im already dumping $1500-$1600 into a new computer, $30 isnt anything.

Yes, but $30 here, $30 there, and it's a few extra hundred.

Not everyone buys PCs all at once, people who do tend to stay around the $1,000 mark, where -$30 is the difference between 560Ti (regular 384-core 1GB) and HD7850 (2GB).

Considering that you get pretty much nothing with 3570K vs 2500K for this money (presuming you overclock, why else buy a "K"), it matters.

 

In a while the things should change as the excitement calms down and everyone who really wanted the newest toy has got one. I'm just saying how it stands right now.

 

 

ive looked at 2011 too and the CPUs are basically the best out there atm. but they just cost too much, and the boards too. even for the cheapest of each would add another $200-$300 to my build. if i were to get them, id get the 3930k hexacore

3930K is twice more expensive ($600 vs $300), the extra cores are no use in games (though neither is HT). On LGA2011 you don't need "K" to overclock.

 

If you're buying a high-grade motherboard as it is, the difference is less than $100. Of these you save $50 on the CPU - 3820 makes a great alternative to 2700K or 3770K. On the upside you get tons of RAM slots, faster RAM (it rarely matters), still get PCI-E 3.0, and a lot more lanes.

I don't exactly regret getting LGA1155 over a year ago, but if I was building a system today, it would be LGA2011. My requirements are however somewhat different from the usual.

Edited May 4, 2012 by FMod