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Enthusiast CPUs 2011 - Most likely to purchase

Which 2011 Enthusiast CPU will you most likely purchase?

  • CPU ID 1: Sandy Bridge - LGA 2011

  • CPU ID 2: Sandy Bridge - LGA 1356

  • CPU ID 3: Bulldozer

  • CPU ID 4: i7 990X

  • CPU ID 5: Sandy Bridge - i7 2600K

  • CPU ID 6: Sandy Bridge - i7 2500K

  • CPU ID 7: i7 970

  • CPU ID 8: i7 980X

  • CPU ID 9: i7 975 (4 cores, not 8 sorry)

  • CPU ID 10: i7 950

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Jdmathew

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Enthusiasts, which CPU would you most likely purchase in 2011 for a new build or major CPU/Motherboard upgrade? Vote using the "CPU ID".

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*i7 975 should be 4 cores, not 8
** it's i5 2500K, not i7 2500K
 
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I'm going to stick to 65, and possibly even 130nm chips, hopefully they will survive the firestorms of 2012. These newer chips with smaller geometries are more likely to burn up.
 
I think the 2500K is an i5, not an i7, but if I was going to build a new rig next year, that's the one I'd choose. I wanted to send back the i5-760 I just bought...but I'm married to a "Why do you always have to return the Christmas presents I buy you" kind of girl...🙄
 
busydude said:
Because AMD's current gen processors cannot hold a candle against LGA 1366 chips.
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That's true, though a gamer on a limited budget would get better results with an overclocked cheap chip and more $ spent on video/ram vs. more expensive mobo/cpu and weaker video/ram. Even just $100 saved is the difference between cards of distinct performance differences, and it goes on up of course (2 well chosen ~$200 cards in CF are typically better than one ~$300 gpu, so that extra $100 can make a big difference at every step).

I know if I had to choose between an i7-980x w/GTX460 vs. i5-760 w/GTX580, there'd be no contest which would game better. Crazily enough the i7-980x system would probably still be more expensive, even with a massively weaker GPU.
 
Ive played with, or still am playing with:

i7 990X

i7 980X

i7 975

And hopefully a LGA2011 complete package sometime earily next year for a release sample.
 
Dunno, is a s2011 build going to be as expensive as a s1336 build? If so, s1155 it is. And will s1155 CPU's be compatible with s2011 boards?
 
Bulldozer has me the most excited.
I havn't tried AMD since the athlonxp, would be nice to see them surge again.
 
I'm going to go out on a limb here and take a wild guesstimate here, I'd say BD will not out perform SB in terms of pure core performance, might be close with threaded apps. So I will personally put my cash down on a 2500k/1155 system to be the next upgrade for me. Besides from initial report, it's capable of 4,2-4,5Ghz.
 
8 core CPU with another 8 logical with HT enabled. so you go to taskman or speedfan you see 16 cpu windows....

I dont like Sandy, F her. Wait for what comes after Sandy, Like Deborah, Cindy, Larry ,,, muaaaaaaaaah!
 
4 core CPUs have been around for over 4 years.

Whats intels new technology, Cuz Sandy Mandy, whatever her name is not a big deal its just a cheap GPU inside the cpu die which you wont even use cuz you have a graphics card ..

To me Intel and AMD have had the same technology since 4 cores. New Tech would be a 8 core CPU , or a 12 core CPU ,, with another 12 hyperthreaded.. for 24 @ 5Ghz lol then Windows 9 came out and made life even more hell for us!!!
 
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Considering i5/i7s are currently about 20% faster per clock compared to Phenom IIs and the fact that SB will bring another 15% performance improvement from i7s, the 30%+ of people who voted for Bulldozer are very optimistic or have some insider info that the rest of us don't know! Since AMD doesn't have a manufacturing node advantage, I still believe Intel will have at least as good of an overclocking frequency headroom. This likely means AMD will continue to use lower pricing or more cores at the same price strategy to compete.
 
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