ShuttleLuv
Supreme [H]ardness
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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.
Can you share your insight into this knowledge?
Is Intel going to gimp S1155 IB so that it isn't as appealing to enthusiast? I can see how a strong S1155 IB CPUS could hurt socket 2011/cpu sales.
It's smaller and requires less voltage/power to reach its rated speeds which are superior to SB speeds. Has higher multipliers, has stronger memory controller performance, has much stronger integrated gpu.
Based on everything that I have researched about IB it looks like one of its strong points will be over clock ability. If anything it should reach similar SB OC speeds with less voltage and heat. I like less voltage and less heat I think it's going to be great for over clocking.
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.
I didn't mean a I7 at 4.0 is bad but I have seen my fair share of people with that chip upgrade to Sandy. But anyways, Kyle, is your info based on what you've heard or based on what you've tested?
Of course I'll upgrade.
PCI-E 3.0
More Cores/Threads than my current CPU (4/4 VS 4/8 or 6/12)
Faster Single Core/Thread speed (CB 11.5 SC score AMD 1.12 vs 2.0+ with OC on Ivy)
Quad Channel Memory support (vs my Dual Channel board support)
Better efficiency/lower wattage consumption
A build like that will last a long time for even a [H]ardcore PC gamer IMHO. If you see it like that it's actually very value oriented in the end I think...I'll most likely get an ASrock or BIostar mobo lmao call me elcheapo. Hopefully Kepler and MSI have a nice GPU out that OCs more than a 1ghz on core like my 560ti does. The Future looks good.
Holding out for more cores than what I currently have.
Yes! All the hex/octa cores are still waay too expensive for what they are (usually a 2-4x premium over the quad). An extreme edition isn't worth the premium, but if they made the more affordable models with more cores, I could definately see myself wanting to upgrade. Even for a small premium. The better value 900/2000/3000 chips have all just been quad core. They need to move things forward!
This.
I really don't understand why Intel never makes the "extreme" editions extreme at all. When I think of the word extreme, 10% better than everything else doesn't cut it. FFS, for the price of ONE extreme processor, you can make TWO workstations using the second-best processor, overclock both and do double the workload easy (KVM, anyone?).