CPU/Mobo sandy bridge vs ivy bridge and few other queries.

[quan chi]

Guys i have some queries regarding 3570k and 2500k.The question is i am planning for i5 3570k but the reviews of this proccy are mixed.Therefore i have few questions.

1.What will be its temp with stock cooler.
2.Considering the fact that the cost of ivy bridge is approx 12% higher.Is it worth it?
3.Can any mobo supporting the sandy bridge (lga1155) will support the 3rd gen ivy bridge?Or it will require a special lga1155 ivy bridge supporting mobo.
4.what i know is all mobos supporting lga1155 will support it but wont have usb 3.0 etc etc.am i correct.
5.should i go for it or get the 2500k instead?Or i5 3550?

 

[cyberwarfare]

Guys i have some queries regarding 3570k and 2500k.The question is i am planning for i5 3570k but the reviews of this proccy are mixed.Therefore i have few questions.

1.What will be its temp with stock cooler.
very high. depending on your ambient temps, at load and stock i would say 70c.
2.Considering the fact that the cost of ivy bridge is approx 12% higher.Is it worth it?
that depends, are you going to use the PCIE3 bandwidth and are you going to use the IGP?? i would say no if you plan on using any GPU except perhaps the GTX690.
3.Can any mobo supporting the sandy bridge (lga1155) will support the 3rd gen ivy bridge?Or it will require a special lga1155 ivy bridge supporting mobo.
most lga1155 will support IVB after a BIOS update. But i would suggest going for a z77 based chipset rather than the older ones
4.what i know is all mobos supporting lga1155 will support it but wont have usb 3.0 etc etc.am i correct.
I dint quite understand your question
5.should i go for it or get the 2500k instead?Or i5 3550?
If you plan on overclocking then get the 2500k otherwise the 3550

answers in bold

 

[quan chi]

^^Thanks for the reply.That means 2500k is still the best bet.

 

[quan chi]

Does no lga1155 mobos support IDE?

 

[ALPHA17]

Does no lga1155 mobos support IDE?

No, it does not (not natively). They will be added by third-party controllers but are absent in most motherboards.

^^Thanks for the reply.That means 2500k is still the best bet.

Will you over-clock OR not? That decides the answer.

 

[quan chi]

^^you mean to say i have to use an IDE to SATA converter if i plan to use any ide device on my system.

As for the overclock.I am still thinking.I really dont like to overclock too much but a 3550 can go max upto 3.7ghz i believe that would be sufficient i think for now.I am still confused between 2500k and 3550 because the price difference between the two is not too much.