Micro Center?
Maybe I missed it because it's so small.
Do you think this is a good choice of mother board to stick it in?
GIGABYTE GA-X79-UD3 LGA 2011 Intel X79 SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX Intel Motherboard...
Thanks for all the great information, but the need for instant gratification won in the end.
New Egg has the 4930K on sale for $549 and my attempt at resistance was futile.
Hi Geok1ng.
I thought about the dual processor Xeon option, but the base clocks are a little over 2 GHz, and the "Turbo" is listed at 2.5GHz
Are 2 of those really better than a single 4930k clocked up to 4.4 GHz?
I thought the point of those server chips and boards is to push data over...
It would have been nice if they called it LGA 2014 or something.
After a little more poking around I really don't see much of an advantage of these Haswell-E chips over the 3930K, especially if they are both overclocked to a reasonable thermal limit.
Is it just the compatibility with...
It seems that these new Haswell-E chips are based on a LGA 2011 socket, so will we be able to use them with dual socket motherboards like this one? http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813131817
Might be a bit of an overkill for gaming but I am also involved in chess...
Hi Tsumi.
I understand what they are, that's why it's mystifying that the newer faster cooler version is $20 cheaper.
I ended up buying the 32 nm version of the 4 core processor instead of the 22nm because of an article here on [H] that showed the 32 nm chips were a little more stable to...
Hi everybody.
Does anyone know if there will be a 6 core version of the Devil's Canyon processor?
That would be ideal for a new rig that I am dreaming and scheming about.
My fall back options are the 3930K or 4930K, and my second question is why does New Egg sell the 3930K for $20 less...