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    Ivy bridge i5 worth the extra £

    Hi, Is the extra cost of an ivy bridge i5 worth the extra money solely for the better speed when couples with a 3.0 PCIe video card? I doubt I'll use the quicksync and don't need the improved integrated GFX

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    Re: Ivy bridge i5 worth the extra £

    No it's not, but you are forgetting about the improved IPC and reduced power requirements.

    Unless there is a big price difference, which there isn't afaik, then get the Ivy.

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    Re: Ivy bridge i5 worth the extra £

    thanks for your reply, what do you mean by IPC?

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    Re: Ivy bridge i5 worth the extra £

    ok i googled it, Instructions per cycle... so this effectively allows the CPU to run faster at the same clock rating? ivy bridge it is then

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    Re: Ivy bridge i5 worth the extra £

    That's basically how efficient the processor is.
    An Ivy can do slightly more work at the same clockspeed, it's not a big difference, but then neither is the price.

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    Re: Ivy bridge i5 worth the extra £

    very well put, although i have a feeling the sandy bridge will start to drop in price as vendors start stocking ivy bridge
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    Re: Ivy bridge i5 worth the extra £

    Ivy Bridge is the way forward..

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    Re: Ivy bridge i5 worth the extra £

    so it seems, i'll definitely pay the slight difference for the newer tech

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    Re: Ivy bridge i5 worth the extra £

    Over the next 2 years you will save more in electricity bills by going with the ivy cpu. If you went with sandy you would probably end up paying more ££ over time due to higher electrickery usage.

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    Re: Ivy bridge i5 worth the extra £

    Quote Originally Posted by elbaid View Post
    very well put, although i have a feeling the sandy bridge will start to drop in price as vendors start stocking ivy bridge
    thanks
    I think Ivy has been out long enough now for prices to be considered stable.

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    Re: Ivy bridge i5 worth the extra £

    Quote Originally Posted by elbaid View Post
    Hi, Is the extra cost of an ivy bridge i5 worth the extra money solely for the better speed when couples with a 3.0 PCIe video card? I doubt I'll use the quicksync and don't need the improved integrated GFX

    Thanks for reading
    Are you overclocking or running everything at stock clockspeeds?? PCI-E 3.0 might be useful,but even ATM it does not apparently make a huge difference. The thing is IB has slightly higher IPC and clockspeeds,so in many cases it makes more sense unless you are getting a decent reduction on a SB CPU. Novatech actually had OEM SB Core i5 CPUs for under £120 for a long time for example. A 2.8GHZ IB Core i5 should be broadly similar to a 3GHZ SB Core i5 IIRC.

    Power consumption again is not really a big deal for a normal size system. Idle and low load power consumption is not massively different between the two platforms. IB has better load power consumption,but again unless you are loading the system at 100% for long periods,the difference is not going to be very noticeable. People obsess about the CPU only,but motherboards and other system components also are important to consider too and do make s significant impact to power consumption.
    Last edited by CAT-THE-FIFTH; 15-09-2012 at 04:22 PM.

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    Re: Ivy bridge i5 worth the extra £

    Just my two cents; I have a ivy i5 3570k which is supposed to run at 3.4GHz stock, but it runs at 3.8GHz all the time!

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    Re: Ivy bridge i5 worth the extra £

    Why go backwards if the cost is minimal? So yeah! Ivy it has to be :-)

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    Re: Ivy bridge i5 worth the extra £

    Quote Originally Posted by MoneyShot239 View Post
    Just my two cents; I have a ivy i5 3570k which is supposed to run at 3.4GHz stock, but it runs at 3.8GHz all the time!
    Did you have to up the voltages for this or is it set to some kind of 'turbo' mode?

    Thanks for all the responses, I ordered Ivy Bridge 3.4ghz K edition, it was only about £10 more than the sandy bridge

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    Re: Ivy bridge i5 worth the extra £

    3.8ghz is turbo mode, although some motherboards put it into turbo mode 100% of the time.

    You only need to increase voltages once you get over 4.3ghz (YMMV).

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    Re: Ivy bridge i5 worth the extra £

    My friend was debating between the SB CPU I have (2500k) and the IB (3570k), and for the £10 difference I don't see why you wouldn't...

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