How's The Performance On The i7-870 ?

[Durvelle27]

check on ebay for a cheaper 1156 motherboard, does it matter that much if it supports sata 3?

I did and the cheapest ones are $100 and yes it does.

 

[Deders]

For general real world performance, unless you are moving files from SSD to SSD you won't really see much gain from Sata II to Sata III

 

[Durvelle27]

For general real world performance, unless you are moving files from SSD to SSD you won't really see much gain from Sata II to Sata III

I do plan to raid some SATA III Drives and would like the best write speeds

 

[tarmc]

For general real world performance, unless you are moving files from SSD to SSD you won't really see much gain from Sata II to Sata III

personally I haven't noticed a difference, but haven't played around a lot with sata 3. still running sata 2 and am content with it. the ssd made a huge difference but I don't forsee switching to sata 3 being an improvement

 

[Deders]

I do plan to raid some SATA III Drives and would like the best write speeds

You may want to avoid lynnfield then, the maximum throughput for all 6 sata ports is 6GB/s, there is usually an additional controller but it's not Intel and even though it supports raid I don't think it's possible across 2 different controllers

http://www.pcstats.com/articleimages/201105/GBTZ68xUD5_intel1.jpg

 

[beginner99]

I do plan to raid some SATA III Drives and would like the best write speeds

Raiding SSDs is pretty useless and for HDDs is doesn't matter at all whether you have SATA II or III.

Why is rading SSDs useless? because you also need a source or target that is as fast as raided ssds and for random read ans writes the performance does not really increase or can get worse than with a single drive.

 

[jacktesterson]

Is this for a new build separate from your sig?

If not, I wouldn't go from a 8320 to it, myself.

 

[Durvelle27]

Is this for a new build separate from your sig?

If not, I wouldn't go from a 8320 to it, myself.

lol no it was gonna be for a secondary rig for Video Editing, Light gaming, 3D Rendering etc.