Are you skipping 2500K/2600K?

Are you skipping 2500/2600K?

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Currently on i7. Had a E6400 C2D a few weeks ago OC'd to 3.0GHz. Honestly, it was doing everything I needed it to do and I only upgraded because of opportunity. Very few games really need the latest and greatest (CPU). Most mid-range C2D would suffice.

But I'll be passing on Sandybridge and probably over past into their next product line, unless something really requires me to obtain that extra computational power (game-wise mostly).
 
I have an i7-860 at 4 GHz and will wait till there are Z68 based boards released to reevaluate SB. No point in getting a board that limits the CPU in one way or the other.
 
My current setup is more then enough, to handle anything I play or do right now. I'll wait to see how the high end fare, but there are no games being released that will push my hardware to the limits. I'd rather get 580 or 570, then changing mobo and CPU
 
Waiting for Skt2011 later in the year then blowing money on a huge upgrade.
 
running a p4 3ghz and geforce 6800.

I am upgrading come hell or high water this month.
 
getting myself a new rig as a graduation present even though I don't have a job lined up.
 
I'm Currently on I7 and skipping till IB.

She's currently on I3 and upgrading to SB.
 
Running an i7 920 @ 4.0 with 6 GB of DDR3. No need to upgrade any time soon.
 
Running a Core 2 Duo laptop and am upgrading to 2500k. If I had a regular desktop with quad core or better, I would probably wait until z68 boards though. At that time Bulldozer seems like it would be out and would be able to compare options better. Right now I want to go back to a desktop though. So even if Ivy Bridge is a lot better, Sandy Bridge will be a huge upgrade from what I have been using the past 3-5 years.
 
I have an oc'd 920 running around 3.6. It looks like the main gain would be lower power usage. I think the cost of upgrade will easily offset any money saved from using less power. I will wait for the higher end chips.

I am interested in upgrading my HTPC though. However, I will wait for it also because Intel made the mistake of only including the higher end graphics on the K series. I'm guessing this will get corrected within the next year. By that time, maybe there will be some better (a little more future proof with newest connections since an HTPC is not updated very often) and less expensive boards out there.
 
Definitely can't wait to upgrade. Coming from a C2D since release (e6400 then upgraded to e7500). My e7500 @ 4ghz was fine back when i was running a 4890 and there were not too many multithread games available. But since i bought 6870's in Crossfire i can really feel my old dual core holding me back on the CPU intensive games available today.

Already have some DDR3 ram sitting here, just gotta buy an Asus P8P67-Pro and a 2500k and i'm loving life
 
oscrogo said:
You know, in a way I kind of envy you. The satisfaction and wow factor that you'll get when you do upgrade will be like nothing most people on this board will experience :)

If you can afford, definitely think about getting at least a 1920x1080 res monitor, it'll make it that much better.
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I did something summer 2009 when I went from a Athlon 64 3000+ with 1gb ram and an AGP Geforce 6800GT to a core i7 rig :)

I didn't do my homework well enough though, and bought a Geforce 9400GT as my video card not knowing it was a downgrade from what I already had. I didn't really care much though, as when I did this my focus was more on price for the video card, as I hadn't played a single video game in over 5 years.

Turns out, having a decent rig again got me hooked on good games again and I went Geforce 9400GT -> Radeon HD5750 ->Geforce GTX470 -> Geforce GTX580 in less than a year and a half :p
 
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I posted no on desktop earlier, but I may upgrade my laptop. The CPU is fine (i7 720QM), but GPU performance is somewhat lacking (HD 4670). I don't need a top end GPU, but something faster would be nice.

And P4 guy, you're my hero. ;) My neices still use a similar system I gave them and they're perfectly happy with it. Those systems are still useful, even in gaming as you posted.
 
interesting poll. split right down the middle (at the moment) as far as number of people upgrading versus number of people skipping.
 
Adam.C said:
I want to upgrade to a 2600k sooo bad. Got laid off so it is going to have to wait until I can land back on my feet.
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Ditto.

I want to upgrade badly. But since I dont HAVE to upgrade just yet, and still have not found stable employment, the Q6600 will have to do for now.:(
 
Going from a Phenom II 920 to a 2500K.

Paired with two 6950's hopefully flashed to 6970's, should be a nice little system :).
 
SpeedyVV said:
Ditto.

I want to upgrade badly. But since I dont HAVE to upgrade just yet, and still have not found stable employment, the Q6600 will have to do for now.:(
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hope u and the other guy gets sorted mate. never good to be laid off due to cutbacks
 
Q9550 @ 3.6 that I bought used a while back - going to upgrade to a 2500k or 2600k. Mainly looking forward to a 50% reduction in my Handbrake transcoding times.
 
We need a few more i5 people to respond to make the survey statistically significant for that group..
 
I just build my current i7 930 last year, so I'll definitely be skipping Sandy Bridge.

Manage to overclocked mine to 4GHz, so hopefully this will hold me for some time beyond Ivy Bridge.
 
I'm on i5 750 and am skipping 1155. The quantitative performance increase looks great, but I doubt that it will give me any qualitative increase in daily use. In other words it's not worth it IMO.
 
I think I'm going to wait it out a little longer and see what the 8 core parts look like.
 
I'm on an E8600 and will be getting a 2600K. Can't wait - it's the longest period of time I've had a CPU without upgrading. (2+ years)
 
Unless my rig dies a sudden and horrific death, I am sticking with this for at least another 1-2 years. I am very happy with it, covers my computational needs perfectly.
 
I definitely want out of the 130W TDP i7 processor. Not sure I want Intel's hardware DRM, so I'm only considering P67 chipset. A nice 65W or 95W proc with similar performance sounds great to me. Limiting factor is money. I'll also consider whatever is current for AMD, once I gather funds.

I'm also sick of replacing motherboards for every different series of Intel chips. 1156 vs 1155? Seriously? Couldn't they just do the AM2+ vs AM3 thing that AMD did?
 
Hmm...System Upgrade -or- Three Dell 30" IPS Panels?

Tough choice...
 
I may go with the 2600K. The power savings is that significant since I use my PC all day and saving 100-150W off my OC is awesome.
If I wait for the 2011 part, the power and cost will increase substanially. Who's knows how much ram will cost in Q3.

Switching out the GTX 480 and i7 930 for the AMD 6950 and 2600K will allow my PC to use almost 250W less. Same performance with less power draw. A huge difference.
 
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My i5 750 system is more power than I really need so no point in upgrading that. I am due for a GPU upgrade though.
 
I'd rather buy another 5870. Will bump my 930 to 4.6ghz if I have to, same volts. Waiting for 2011.
 
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