So Who's Waiting On Sandy bridge?

[k3vst3r]

Well seen early reports of the K unlocked processors hitting 5GHz on regular air, but still waiting for benchmarks an reviews to see how it performs overall.

[Marius105]

Looking to upgrade but will wait till Bulldozer is released before deciding which way to go (AMD or Intel).

[banja]

I'm getting ready for my five yearly upgrade (my current CPU is an embarrasment!)

Trying to decide whether to go for the 2500k or 2600k.

[Jay]

SB 3XS for me I think..... My old Q6600 setup is limited to 4GB of RAM due to a water cooler killing 2 DIMM slots and there is no point throwing money at a 775 board and DDR2 RAM.

[Biscuit]

as always seems to be the case with me, im in agreement with CTF. Im not shelling out over the odds to overclock a processer when the whole point in overclocking is making cheap ones perform like expensive ones.

As much as I do want to do a full upgrade I will be waiting to see what Bulldozer brings, my Q6600 is still plodding along quite nicely i can give it another 3-4 months.

Also hoping for some better ITX support...

Whats the deal CAT have you secretly brainwashed me?

[banja]

Does anyone think the 2mb cache difference between the 2500k and the 2600k will make much difference? If it does, where would it be seen?

[nibbler]

Are AMD planning to follow suit with the overclocking cap type thing? If not then I think they will have the market wrapped up if Bulldozer is even 20% faster than thuban.

[watercooled]

Nothing has been made public AFAIK, we've known about the Sandy Bridge killer for ages so hopefully that means AMD will carry on as usual. It's a pretty strange move for Intel IMO, maybe just being greedy? Either way, it's driving me away from their brand...

[CAT-THE-FIFTH]

From what I have read about Bobcat and Bulldozer AMD is trying to reduce the size of their CPU cores. This would mean they can be more competitive with Intel on pricing. The Phenom II X4 and X6 are decent processors but have a relatively large die when compared to many of the Intel processors.

[Kumagoro]

I agree nibbler, if Intel does indeed lock out budget chips from overclocking and AMD doesn't then
I can't see AMD not clearing up and increasing their share a lot. Maybe worth investing in a few AMD
shares

[badass]

I agree nibbler, if Intel does indeed lock out budget chips from overclocking and AMD doesn't then
I can't see AMD not clearing up and increasing their share a lot. Maybe worth investing in a few AMD
shares

Overclockers represent a tiny, tiny percentage of CPU buyers. Don't be fooled by the number of overclockers here - Hexus certainly does not represent the majority of Computer owners.

[nibbler]

I guess so, but your average buyer still gets a pentium dual core from PC world.

[Blackmage]

I'm impressed by the benchmarks so far, I think the Core i5 2400 will be the new Q6600. You can get a Overclock in around the 4Ghz area.

http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/...d.php?t=264192

The anadtech preview shows sandy bridge in good light, you can get near i7 980x performance for a fraction of the price. The i5 2400 is a quad core without HT only capable of 4 threads, the 980x is a hex core with HT capable of 12 threads. Yet it has a lower clock speed than the 980x and still manages to keep up with it, So I could only imagine what the i7 2600K is capable of.

http://www.anandtech.com/show/3871/t...ns-in-a-row/11

I wouldn't upgrade if I had a current core i7 CPU due to cost's but those of us on old the 775skt, it's not a bad upgrade.

http://en.inpai.com.cn/doc/enshowcon...47&pageid=7711

[sloaney007]

any ideas on prices for an Intel Core i5-2500K @ 3.30GHz? had a browse on the net but cant seem to find any concrete prices. tech radar says around £170 but it doesnt look too convincing!

[Kumagoro]

badass, while overclockers/enthusiasts are a small % they tend to be the people who give advice to others and generate the buzz about stuff. Hence why the Athlon XP did well and why I have come
across, i think, so many 2500 XP chip machines not overclocked.

[crazyfool]

i remember reading a while back that the reason some processors were locked to 5% overclock was because of there architecture and certain parts being on the die meaning you couldn't mess with there speeds... something like that