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Intel Sandy Bridge CPU Reviews/Benchmarks
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KHarvey16 said:
Questionable advice. Corsair PSUs are among the best and not that expensive. The 750-850 watt range is just the standard range that good PSUs for single GPU systems are being made in these days. The Corsair 750 is a good choice for his system.
godhandiscen
There are millions of whiny 5-year olds on Earth, and I AM THEIR KING.
No, discrete as in constituting a separate entity. In this case, you can say a discrete GPU is a GPU that is not part of the CPU or the Mobo.Drkirby said:
KHarvey16 said:
You don't save much by going to a 550W Corsair unit. Maybe $20.
750W is the sweet spot, before the big $60 price jump to 850W. Corsair PSUs have really long warranties, which means he can use it in a future build if he wishes. Maybe he'll want an SLI system at some point, who knows.
If he's on a budget and wants to cut costs, then I'd say go to a cheaper, yet still decent quality unit like an OCZ. You could save maybe $40-50 in that case. You're just getting a less efficient, and less reputable unit.
Jtrizzy said:
If budget isn't a concern then you can certainly keep the PSU you specced there, especially if like Evil and Exodu5 said the bulk of the market is moving into that range and bringing down cost. In the end if you swapped it out for a cheaper but less efficient unit you might even pay the difference in utility bills, who knows :lol.
Wait for Z68 motherboard chipset.darkwing said:
Well... it's what I am going to do. According to Anandtech it's for Q2 2011
First you may need a efficient CPU without needing a powerful GPU. For encoding stuff etc or... emulation like you said.TheExodu5 said:
In other hand you don't always need to use full power of your PC and being able to overclock and/or use a integrated GPU would be very interesting with Lucid's Virtu tech compatible with Sandy Bridge architecture.
Personally when I don't play I want a PC the most silent possible.
Not sure, in this case Intel would not be working on Z68 chipset.TheExodu5 said:
Slayer-33
Liverpool-2
Am I the only one that thinks going the SLI route is being unecessarily wasteful?
Why not get a single powerful GPU and have less stress on the mobo and psu?
In terms of sli benefits to fps on games I haven't seen what kind of performance you get, how many more frames do you get when running and sli setup for the same game on avg vs single card? (I guess I have been ignorant on this)
Why not get a single powerful GPU and have less stress on the mobo and psu?
In terms of sli benefits to fps on games I haven't seen what kind of performance you get, how many more frames do you get when running and sli setup for the same game on avg vs single card? (I guess I have been ignorant on this)
Darth Kupi
Banned
I read the thread title and all I could think about was a smooth british man telling me about sandy balls.
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Nemesis121
Member
keeblerdrow said:
E6400 here need to upgrade myself...
EviLore said:
It's basically either a 500W OCZ for $40 or $50, 520W Seasonic 520W $70, then Corsair 750W for $110 -$20 rebate).KHarvey16 said:
The Seasonic is the best built out of them and the most efficient and is more than enough for any single GPU system. If a user plans to go to go for a dual GPU then you'll need more obviously.
bee
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gonna be ordering my sandy bridge later today or tomorrow depending on when one of them puts them up for sale, still though i've got all the components picked and priced
intel i5 2500k £176
asus p67 pro £142
Corsair XMS3 4GB 1600mhz c9 £36
thermalright Chill Factor 2 paste £3.50
thermalright LGA 1156 Bolt-Thru-Kit Rev.B £3.50
£361 in total and i've already sold my current parts for £200, so £161 for the upgrade which should last 2 years is pretty good. couple of other things, msi is doing 20% cash back on the gd65 board in the UK so i may go for that at the last minute i think you can get it down to £117 at ocuk and this article http://www.bit-tech.net/hardware/memory/2009/11/02/intel-lynnfield-memory-performance-analysis/10 was a good read and certainly saved me some money as i was originally gonna buy some 2133mhz ram
intel i5 2500k £176
asus p67 pro £142
Corsair XMS3 4GB 1600mhz c9 £36
thermalright Chill Factor 2 paste £3.50
thermalright LGA 1156 Bolt-Thru-Kit Rev.B £3.50
£361 in total and i've already sold my current parts for £200, so £161 for the upgrade which should last 2 years is pretty good. couple of other things, msi is doing 20% cash back on the gd65 board in the UK so i may go for that at the last minute i think you can get it down to £117 at ocuk and this article http://www.bit-tech.net/hardware/memory/2009/11/02/intel-lynnfield-memory-performance-analysis/10 was a good read and certainly saved me some money as i was originally gonna buy some 2133mhz ram
Government-man
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I'm also about to order mb and cpu, waiting to see some more prices though, so far only one Swedish store has them for sale.
Intel core i7 2600K 3244 kr
ASRock Extreme4 1329 kr
Intel core i7 2600K 3244 kr
ASRock Extreme4 1329 kr
lowrider007
Licorice-flavoured booze?
Can I ask about o/c'ing on these new chipsets,
Thinking about grabbing a P67 board and a 2500k with some cheap ram but is your o/c potential limited by the speed of the memory on these new chipsets or is it independent now?
Was thinking about grabbing the following,
Intel Core i5-2500 3.30GHz
Asus P8P67 LE Intel P67
Corsair XMS3 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit
For a cheap upgrade, I want an easy 4gig overclock, nothing special.
Thinking about grabbing a P67 board and a 2500k with some cheap ram but is your o/c potential limited by the speed of the memory on these new chipsets or is it independent now?
Was thinking about grabbing the following,
Intel Core i5-2500 3.30GHz
Asus P8P67 LE Intel P67
Corsair XMS3 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit
For a cheap upgrade, I want an easy 4gig overclock, nothing special.
Going by these figures, An OCed 2600K setup would save me about $200/year in energy costs compared to my OCed 920. That's pretty wild, makes it far more attractive than it would be otherwise.
LiquidMetal14
hide your water-based mammals
Probably the route I'm going too.EviLore said:
EviLore said:
I went with the Seasonic X750 (Corsair uses this model for the AX series) and this is by the best PSU I've owned. Full modularity is awesome
.I think *most* Corsair units are based on excellent Seasonic units, actually.
EDIT:
This is it:http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817151087&nm_mc=AFC-C8Junction&cm_mmc=AFC-C8Junction-_-RSSDailyDeals-_-na-_-na&AID=10521304&PID=3891137&SID=194r0. It actually is $25 off right now with the promo code listed on that page... highly recommend it.
2600K: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819115070rc213 said:
Boards only visible via combos so far it seems. At least the Gigabyte UD4.
Material541
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Just bought mine. I, like many others here, am upgrading from a Q6600. Should be fucking amazing.
phosphor112
Banned
Am I reading the benchmarks right? The i7 2600K is like 500 bucks cheaper than the 920, but it's better in almost every way?
Glad I threw away a lot of money.
Glad I threw away a lot of money.
godhandiscen
There are millions of whiny 5-year olds on Earth, and I AM THEIR KING.
It depends on when you upgraded. Everybody has been preaching to wait for Sandy Bridge for the past couple months tough. I own a Nehalem i7 and the Sandy Bridge is way too close in performance IMO to justify an upgrade, which tells me I should wait for Sandry Bridge EP at the end of the year. However, that is very close to Haswell, which is supposed to be a massive upgrade in performance.phosphor112 said:
Part of what holds me back too is the fact that ASUS is not releasing a Rampage Extreme board for this line of processors, which is a clear sign that this is not the enthusiast bracket according to Intel.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819115070
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813121480
Going with those seems tempting, coming out at a little over $400, I'll be set for years. Just one question though, what's the difference between H67 and P67?
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813121480
Going with those seems tempting, coming out at a little over $400, I'll be set for years. Just one question though, what's the difference between H67 and P67?