CPU/Mobo Intel Sandy Bridge discussion thread

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The Sandy Bridge Review: Intel Core i7 2600K, i5 2500K and Core i3 2100 Tested - AnandTech :: Your Source for Hardware Analysis and News

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Intel Unveils Sandy Bridge: Core i7 2600K, i5 2500K, i5 2400, i3 2100 CPUs - Enter Intel Sandy Bridge Processors - Legit Reviews

Core i5 2500K and Core i7 2600K review

Intel Core i5-2500K Sandy Bridge GPU Performance Review - Page 1/10 | techPowerUp

http://www.kitguru.net/components/cpu/zardon/intel-core-i7-2600k-and-core-i5-2500k-review/

BENCHMARK @ 5GHz http://www.overclock3d.net/reviews/cpu_mainboard/i7_2600k_i5_2500k_2300_1155_sandy_bridge_review/1

BENCHMARK @ 5.1GHz v/s i7 980x http://www.kitguru.net/components/c...l-core-i7-2600k-5-1ghz-slay-its-980x-goliath/

Guess who wins????
 
^^ Thats the issue, TR reports that not since the 1990's would mobo's have such a great say on the performance as now. I feel the performance difference between an H67, and P67 chip would be large. Although the chip's a downer for ocing enthusiasts, atleast at present you can only play with the multiplier of the K proccies. Boy but is the performance awesome, and to top it better power efficiency then the previous gen chips.
 
Using the OEM heatsink, the 2600K managed to overclock to 4.4GHz! Impressive. 5 GHz with a decent board should be a sure shot.
 
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That is what quite surprised me. The way they managed to cross 4 Ghz effortlessly. Imagine with a good OEM HSF and stable OC board. Heck, people will be targeting 5 Ghz like we try to achieve the golden 4.
 
Tech guy: We have this, like, great processor. It overclocks brilliantly, beats pretty much most of what we and the red guys have. How do you want to sell it?

Marketing guy: So, right. We'll offer it to super-geeks, let them overclock the crap out of it.

Tech guy: Great, so that sucker-punch the other team, right? Won't that lead to anti-trust?

Marketing guy: erm, no - we'll lock up the low end parts tighter than Tughlaq's chastity belt. What do you suggest?

Tech guy: Well, there's this clock generator....
 
I didn't expected $300 Sandy Bridge to perform on lines in 980x, and at same be the most power efficient processor out there. So, new architecture does the trick. Great.
 
Desecrator said:
Was completely blown away by Anand's review. Rivals the top-tier 980X in every other bench tested. And costs a quarter of the price of that processor.

Link - The Sandy Bridge Review: Intel Core i7 2600K, i5 2500K and Core i3 2100 Tested - AnandTech :: Your Source for Hardware Analysis and News

I think I'll bite the 2500K when it hits Indian shores - makes perfect sense IMO. Deltapage has listed the 2600 for 15k. I suppose the 2600K might retail around the 17k mark then.
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Seriously, the performance offered by Sandy bridge is just insane! I think im pretty much set on the i5-2500K. I dont think the i7-2600k is worth it for ~5k more, especially since you'll probably be able to hit similar overclocks for both. Im hoping i'll be able to reach 5 ghz with my Noctua NH-D14 :D

And since its multiplier based overclocking you wont even need a top notch motherboard to get good overclocks. Hopefully Biostar will release a nice 5k motherboard. I bought my TP35D2-A7 for 4.5k back in the day, and it overclocked better than mobos which cost a lot more.
dr.sankhadeep said:
super performance....i was thinking of core i7 980x or 990x .. i think i need to wait
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Didnt i say as much in your thread ;)
cranky said:
Tech guy: We have this, like, great processor. It overclocks brilliantly, beats pretty much most of what we and the red guys have. How do you want to sell it?

Marketing guy: So, right. We'll offer it to super-geeks, let them overclock the crap out of it.

Tech guy: Great, so that sucker-punch the other team, right? Won't that lead to anti-trust?

Marketing guy: erm, no - we'll lock up the low end parts tighter than Tughlaq's chastity belt. What do you suggest?

Tech guy: Well, there's this clock generator....
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Heh, the really retarted decision by marketing is that most of the chips they're gonna sell are going to have a significant portion of the chip disabled. Waste of die space and manufacturing effort. Earlier the lower tier chips used to have less cache than the top end but they were made that way and were fully enabled chips(Eg. 4 MB vs 2 MB).

The i3's have 1MB cache disabled, no turbo, and get half the graphics disabled(at least for the desktop versions. Im assuming about 60-70% of the sales are going to be i3's. It is absolutely pointless that for a chip that is going to form the majority of the sales so much of die area is going waste. They might as well make an entirely new chip by removing all these disabled features and sell them as i3's. It'll save them a chunk of die space and a ton of money
 
kippu said:
i hope this comes out in next 10 days and i can get it , any idea when it hits indian shores?
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Errrm some of the boards haven't been reviewed yet and are expected to be showcased in the upcoming CES. AFAIK only Intel boards are available ATM and the H67 variants cost as much as 8k and upwards. 1 month is a safe bet.

Haven't you got that AMD X6 machine yet? :S
 
This is going to be really difficult to wait for now.... I'm almost set on 2500K too, but the temptation to 2600K is also hot. :)

It's almost set now, either 2500K (mostly) or 2600K paired with Asus Sabertooth P67 and in case of 2500K I'm going to splurge on faster and more memory. I guess 12GB memory should be reasonable in this time and age, right? No more pagefile, no more memory bottlenecks... ;)
 
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