Will you buy Ivy Bridge?

Will you buy Ivy Bridge?

  • Yes - upgrading from Sandy Bridge

    Votes: 61 12.3%

  • Yes - upgrading from something much older

    Votes: 199 40.2%

  • No - Everything I have at the moment is good

    Votes: 223 45.1%

  • No - I like AMD and it's good for the moment

    Votes: 12 2.4%
  • Total voters
    495
Would need to clock in 5,5 Ghz area to make it even worthwile for jump from 2500K @4,5 for me.

But my CULV laptop could use upgrade to IB based ultrabook but that will have to wait till next year :)
 
My current computer has an i7 2675QM, all the power I need and then some..
 
Wage said:
I voted for No, as I just bought a used i5 combo.

I was almost going to go AMD (it'd be a first, not counting the AMDs I have to repair for clients), because I'm getting a little fed up with Intel gouging customers with extremely small upgrades just because AMD continues to drop the ball. But then I got a great deal on the i5 combo, and that was that :D
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No - still going to i5-2500K (live near two MicroCenters) - too much power for too little money to pass up.

Because my motherboard choice (see sig below) is IB-ready, unless something spectacular comes out of the two new Z-series chipsets launching simultaneously with (actually a little ahead of) Ivy, I will likely pick up the Ivy version of i5-K as a spare.

Finally, I'm hoping the new Z-chipset mobos send pricing of existing (especially IB-ready) stock down, as I will be crossing off any non-Ivy ready Z68 motherboards from my recommendation list (I've already knocked off all non-Z68 LGA1155 boards)
 
Based on the what I've been hearing about Ivy bridge's clocking on air, hell no I won't be upgrading.
 
DrDoU said:
I do not need any updates unless I want a divorce.
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LOL hear you brother! I am getting married in december, and I am trying to get one good last system upgrade that will last me possibly several years. Since we got together I have only built one rig, and that is a Q9400/ 4gigs/ GTS250. Way underpowered for my needs, and I do plan on going Ivy Bridge. The only reason I got the green light for IB is because I told her it will lower our electric bills :D

When I built my current system I wasn't doing much PC gaming but a lot of console gaming, so I saved a few bucks and did it on the cheap. Now I have since realized that I do not enjoy playing FPS games on the console as much as I do on the PC, and I have a strong desire to get back into playing them on the PC again, and leave everything else (Racing, Fighting, Platformers, ETC...) on the consoles.
 
You think she'll notice the $1.50/month savings on the electric bill? That's also assuming you keep the GTS250 in there.
 
Wheres the option
No - I'll buy Sandy Bridge because Ivy Bridge will make it really cheap
 
I was planning on holding out for Ivy, but since it shouldn't be significantly better than Sandy I gave in and just picked up a 2500k combo at the Microcenter this morning. I'm way past due for an upgrade anyway.

I'm sure Ivy will be at/near current Sandy prices sooner or later or the launch could lead to some better Sandy deals (esp. used), but I gave up on the waiting game.
 
Not only am I holding out for Ivy, but I'm also holding out for Kepler to see how the GPU market shapes up. I plan to upgrade everything this year; not just my gaming PC, but my notebook as well.
 
No upgrade for me, my 2600k is chugging along at 5ghz 24/7. Definatley upgrading gpu's though, selling the 6970's soon.
 
Vithar said:
Wheres the option
No - I'll buy Sandy Bridge because Ivy Bridge will make it really cheap
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There are only 2 things Intel don't believe in:

1 - The red-headed hammer God, Thor, to be the mightiest of all Gods.

2 - Reducing in any significant manner the prices on older chips.
 
I read somewhere that Sandy Bridge would be replaced by Ivy Bridge at some point in time.

I'm sure there will be some main boards that will not be compatible with IB so SB will be the only option. I see 2500k, 2600k being phased out by IB.


To me it seems like the new IB is a good option since SB performed so well. With IB you get some nice power saving features with similar over clocking with lower temps and improved integrated graphics on some of the IB cpus.


Upgrading or buying IB seems like an easy choice to me.
 
Wage said:
Do you actually NEED anything else atm?

Need and want are two different things, dude.
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Those with i7's might not need the upgrade, but those of us still rocking the Phenom II series would greatly benefit from an upgrade to Ivy Bridge.
 
If you're buying the CPU in may and don't have one is there a reason to go with the 2700K over the 3770K?
 
ShuttleLuv said:
Yeah but people with I7's said that too, I7's at 4.0 everyone thought they'd never need anything else. Now look at us.
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To be fair, SB vs Nehalem includes a 10-20% boost with overclocking, on top of a 10-12% IPC improvement, so you're going as high as 20-30%. The problem with IB is there may be no overclocking improvement, so only a 7-10% improvement. That's really what it comes down to for me. If IB isn't hitting 5ghz easily, then it's a no go for me.
 
blade52x said:
If IB isn't hitting 5ghz easily, then it's a no go for me.
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I'm at 5ghz with 2500k. 5,5GHZ is the magic number that I would like to see for clock speeds. Overall I think the improved power and lower heat out put is quite a bit to motivate me to get it. Big factor is I'm planning on going PCI 3.0 with the video cards. PCI 3.0 may not make a big difference this year but over the next 3 years it could prove helpful for higher power video cards.

IB has been reported to have a significant improvement in memory performance. SB has fantastic memory performance and any improvement with IB will be very appealing to me. I don't see how an improved memory controller could hurt in the over clocking department, seems like it will only lead to faster over all system over clocking performance.
 
KingerXI said:
NO - because I love my 2600k, and it runs between 28C-34C at idle @ 4.4GHz (on air). I upgraded to SB from 1366 because of the lower heat, lower power consumption, and Sata 6GB. IB is not compelling to me personally. But if someone is on a 1366 platform or older, I say "do it!"
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is 4.4 all you were able to get out of your 2600k on air? I run mine at 4.5 at 1.33v, because I like the temps and am able to run all of my fans at inaudible RPM's. my cpu will run at 4.8 stable at 1.44v but it requires all of my fans to be at 100% and I really see no noticable improvement in gaming or in 3dmark (P9200 at 4.8, P9160 at 4.5)
 
SonDa5 said:
I read somewhere that Sandy Bridge would be replaced by Ivy Bridge at some point in time.

I'm sure there will be some main boards that will not be compatible with IB so SB will be the only option. I see 2500k, 2600k being phased out by IB.


To me it seems like the new IB is a good option since SB performed so well. With IB you get some nice power saving features with similar over clocking with lower temps and improved integrated graphics on some of the IB cpus.


Upgrading or buying IB seems like an easy choice to me.
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SB and IB are only platforms using 1155 socket, so there always will be backward and forward compatibility of motherboards and CPUs from both generations. When HW compatibility is there, it's no a problem. LGA775 held like 5 processor generations and all of them work on any board(assuming older boards have updated bios)
 
xblindvisionx said:
Wouldn't IB be better for mini-itx boards because it will use less voltage = less heat?
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Not necessarily less heat. The die is smaller, and because it's on 22nm -- though the voltage is lower -- everything is crammed together so tightly that the heat can become an issue. I think that's what we've seen with that engineering sample that required a ton of voltage and put out a whole lot of heat when OC'd.

The up shot is the price should be lower, but with the IPC bump and minor clock boost and yield issues, there's little chance we'll see Intel lower their prices significantly enough until AMD steps up to bat and/or Intel gets their process in order.

I've seen CPUZ shots of IB at 4.7ghz at 1.2v and the engineering sample was using more power. I guess this all depends on when which chip was produced and then what we'll be seeing in retail. I guess one problem Intel have been having with tick-tock is that their releases are so tightly packed that it leaves little room for steppings (like C2 for 2011) and silicon maturation. If you screw something up and need a stepping to fix it you're looking at ~6 months closer and therefore halfway to your following tick or tock release. I guess in some ways IB is actually just that: a die shrink and 22nm process maturation for Haswell :p
 
jaredpace said:
2700K > 3770K
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Unless you need a laptop :p I can't wait to see these chips in ultrabooks or Trinity for that matter. I'm about ready to give up my desktop altogether if I'm able to purchase a laptop that can game at 1080p with decent framerates and doesn't cost an arm and a leg. Trinity already drives 3 monitors without a discrete GPU so here's to hoping that a discrete GPU (6670?) + Trinity APU will bring exceptional crossfire performance whereas Llano's APU crossfire was worthless.
 
So my original plan was to get an displayport/HDMI ivy bridge mobo and an 3770K cus then I could fall back to the ivy bridge gpu when I'm between selling my gpus which I like to do and get a the latest model. But now all this talk has me worried but then again if ivy will go to 4.0 or 4.5 with less heat I guess I don't care cus I'm not trying to do a heavy 5.0 overclock. So in that respect I got the thumbs up to go Ivy bridge right?
 
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And even more to the point there's not a Kepler GPU that I want just yet in sight and I'm going to have to wait for the really cool MSI lightning version anyway. So there are reasons to go ivy bridge I think if you're going to use the GPU. this also gives my system a bit of redundancy in case my gpu goes bad.
 
I will probably upgrade from my 2600K but i will not be an early adopter. My Z68 board is compatible with IB so why not you know! All I will have to do is take my block off replace the chip and paste and boot up, then put the 2600K in the box and sell it.
 
Acer_Sheep said:
SB and IB are only platforms using 1155 socket, so there always will be backward and forward compatibility of motherboards and CPUs from both generations. When HW compatibility is there, it's no a problem. LGA775 held like 5 processor generations and all of them work on any board(assuming older boards have updated bios)
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BIOS update will not fix lacking PCI 3.0 support. Current S1155 motherboards that support PCI 3.0 are known as Z68 Gen3 boards and they are the only current mb that will support PCI 3.0.

Z77 mb will support PCI 3.0 as well.
 
SonDa5 said:
BIOS update will not fix lacking PCI 3.0 support. Current S1155 motherboards that support PCI 3.0 are known as Z68 Gen3 boards and they are the only current mb that will support PCI 3.0.

Z77 mb will support PCI 3.0 as well.
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That's true, but unless you are going to run more than 2 graphics cards, you wont notice the increase in PCIe 3.0 at all, and if you going to run 4 cards, than I assume you get a board which supports it already, or get an LGA2011 board. So the herein described situation should happen very rarely.
 
I am a bit undecided. I dont feel much need to upgrade my CPU from my current i7-860 @ 3.8ghz, but I have been itching to SLI my GTX580 or SLI Kepler, and when I originally built this system it was with a HD5870 with the intent to crossfire it, thus, only a crossfire motherboard and not SLI.

After AMD screwed me over so many times with driver issues I switched over to nVidia, and now am wanting SLI. Go figure. So my decision will be based on its overclocked performance next to a 2500k most likely.
 
SonDa5 said:
PCI 3.0 may not make a big difference this year but over the next 3 years it could prove helpful for higher power video cards
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If PCIe 3.0 is your primary concern, why not wait 3 years and build a haswell system?
 
if it hits 5.5 or 6ghz i will, just because so i can have the best for epeen!
 
I'll probably get one and a z77, simple because I have a third PC I'll put my current p67/2600k in when I upgrade (just need mobo/proc/hd/ssd for third comp). If it wasn't for that, and the fact that I will actually use all the pc's, I'd probably wait. As it is I won't get it right at launch, I'll wait and see what happens.
 
I'm getting the sense that it's best to build an entirely new rig whenever Intel hits a Tock in their schedule. The performance hits a certain plateau and holds within 5-10% over the course of two years. If you bought a 2500K/2600K back in Jan 2011 there would really be no reason to upgrade except for those that need the latest part or highest possible overclock.
 
Safety said:
I'm getting the sense that it's best to build an entirely new rig whenever Intel hits a Tock in their schedule. The performance hits a certain plateau and holds within 5-10% over the course of two years. If you bought a 2500K/2600K back in Jan 2011 there would really be no reason to upgrade except for those that need the latest part or highest possible overclock.
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Does it even make sense to upgrade from the 1366 i7's?
 
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