Features - QOTW: will you be buying an Intel Ivy Bridge CPU?

[bluepumpkin]

I will be upgrading to an i5 3570k, unless any amazingly good deals on 2500k's appear (not likely). I only run a Q6600 so it seems pointless to but anything else at this point in time (just need to decide what to cool it with, i suspect my gelid Tranquillo will need replaced)

[Vimeous]

I'm planning both 3570k and 3770k or 2x 3770k depending on finances, one for gaming/rendering the other for video editing (his/hers). The Q9450 will become a VM host while the X2 4200 and Sempron 3100+ are both due for retirement (NAS sorted them out).
Not happy the OC temps are causing (minor) issues but I see no point in choosing older Sandybridge CPUs when the TDP and power draw are better in day-to-day apps.
I'm hoping Nvidia pull something substantial out of the GPU bag though as I want a playable minimum 2560 with everything switched on as my 4650 can barely cope with WOW. £215 for a pre-clocked 7850 is still more than I want to spend!

[blueberry99]

I'm still using a Q6600 (@3GHz) with a GTX260. I'm getting restless for an upgrade, probably to Sandy Bridge, due to disappointing OC performance from Ivy Bridge. I don't care about the increasing on-board GPU capabilities of modern processors, since they are doomed to be (very) memory bandwidth starved.

I think the only reason on-board GPU power is moving ahead so quickly is because it's all AMD are really good at - and Intel feel they have to try and compete. I don't like the idea that an expensive new CPU is expensive partly because it features a large GPU that I won't even use.

Presumably AMD are hoping for some breakthrough in DRAM technology to make faster on-die GPUs usable.

[sniper2o2o]

Im running an E6600 in my main machine (weirdly I have better in the machine I have in garage) it is time for an upgrade and I think Ivy Bridge is enough of a tock to buy it over sandy bridge.

[mercyground]

I just bought a 3770k and ivybridge board for a friend. he's jumping from a 2.8ghz dual core amd to IB.

[Saracen]

The QOTW is disarmingly simple: will you be buying an Intel 3rd Generation Core processor?

I doubt it. My current main machine does everything I need of it, and until that situation changes, I plan no major changes.

[mercyground]

ok. built his machine last night. 7.4 windows index. that was for his 5770 ati gfx card. IB with an SSD is stupid quick. warning to a few thou. TURN OFF Qfan and uninstall easytune... or you will be tearing your hair out as to WHY the water pump on the H60 keeps turning off. god damn smart fan crap.

[baius]

Firstly, a slight LOL at Hexus trying to be Engadget with this (and other) articles. Not necessarily a bad thing, mind you.

Secondly, could there be a yes/no/maybe/? poll for this forum thread?

Thirdly, Tunnah encapsulates my view. (See below.) I have a Gen1 Core i5 DualCore that's still most adequate. Some new games are 720p, but I can't see the difference at 1080p.

... It'll be about 5 years before I change my CPU, if not more.

[Lord Midas]

Yup. But not until the end of the year. Mega expensive summer holiday coming up and I'm buy a new car next week!! No cash for new chips/upgrades.
My C2D E4300 1.8GHz (o/c3GHz) is looking (and playing) a little long in the tooth. Though Diablo 3 is running pretty damn smooth on Max settings.

An Ivy Bridge will be my next upgrade unless a tock comes along first.