Haswell i3 Release Date?

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Brother Ali

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Hi I have seen different release dates (Sept., Jun). I am getting ready to make a HTPC using an i3 chip and was wondering if anyone knew when the new i3 chips are suppose to come out?
 
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Skullcrusher1.0

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I'm getting ready to build HTPC/Gamer/Silent PC and I am looking at Ivy Bridge. Haswell runs hot so it will be interesting to see what they can possibly offer in i3's that is better than Ivy Bridge i3's.

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Skullcrusher1.0

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Any Sandy or Ivy Bridge Intel i3 or i5 would do fine, I will be using i5-3350P @ $179.99. (PCI Express 3.0 only supported on Ivy i5 and higher) if it matters!
 
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Skullcrusher1.0 said:
will sell you either of my trinity apu's, i hate them!
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I'm not sure if that's what you want to say if you're looking to sell them! :biggrin: It wouldn't work for me anyway. I looked up the dearth that is Mini-ITX FM2 motherboards, and none of them look to be compatible with my Streacom fanless case. I simply cannot have the 24-pin ATX or memory slots at the top of the board. I also really want a mSATA port to reduce cables.

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So, it looks like I'll be keeping an eye on the new i3s as well. My i3-3225 already has a HD4000, so the GPU jump won't be super significant.
 
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AtenRa said:
And the reason is ??
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They can't run Pi fast enough :p


On a serious note, with HT bringing even less and less gains as the physical core becomes even more efficient, and things starting to scale beyond 2 cores, i3s are starting to look "meh" for the desktop market. This late launch is kind of proof of that.
 
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Skullcrusher1.0

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What is a dual core?...just kidding! But after owning an i7-3770K I must admit I am a bit spoiled! I built my gf a budget pc and was so impressed with it that I downgraded myself...i'll never do that again! Intel quad core from here on out for me! I watch a lot of blu-rays on the PC also and do moderate gaming only. I'm just sick of AMD drivers, CCC, and visual tearing!
 
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Skullcrusher1.0 said:
What is a dual core?...just kidding! But after owning an i7-3770K I must admit I am a bit spoiled! I built my gf a budget pc and was so impressed with it that I downgraded myself...i'll never do that again! Intel quad core from here on out for me! I watch a lot of blu-rays on the PC also and do moderate gaming only. I'm just sick of AMD drivers, CCC, and visual tearing!
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Had a 7850 and for the most part after 12.11 drivers got released,flawless operation and trust me at one point i had a 7970 shortly after they came out and got rid of it quick too cause of drivers....bad luck perhaps for you?

Almost went fm2 and trinity myself recently on a rebuild,had a h61+8gb+7850 go out on me but luckily the i5 worked so dropping it into a new h61 board with new memory cost much less then FM2 all new would have....but came real close.:p
 
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Skullcrusher1.0 said:
I'm getting ready to build HTPC/Gamer/Silent PC and I am looking at Ivy Bridge. Haswell runs hot so it will be interesting to see what they can possibly offer in i3's that is better than Ivy Bridge i3's.

:colbert:
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If you are planning on using Mini-ITX for that system and working on a budget.....

Haswell does bring the H81 chipset for native usb 3.0 support.

I think this will be particularly nice on Mini-ITX where the cheapest Ivy Bridge non-native USB 3.0 equipped motherboard starts at around $75. Native usb 3.0 MINI-ITX via B75 chipset starts at ~$90.

In contrast, H61 Mini-ITX (which don't have usb 3.0) boards start at $45.

So lets hope we see some cheap, but good, H81 Mini-ITX boards pop up in the future.
 
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