i7-2600k pricing in the uk

[DNorth]

Hey all,

Long term shadow, finally decided to register.

From what im reading all over the place, I'm going to be able to pick up a top of the line SB chip for less than £400 here in the uk.

That will run up to 20% faster than the currently 600 notes worth of top of the line i7.

Am missing something here, or does this seem a little to good to be true ?

Thanks in advance.

 

[khon]

It's cheaper than that actually, should be less than £300.

But yeah, you are missing something: The current top of the line i7 has 6 cores, and the SB i7 only has 4 cores.

Still a good deal for most, but it's not the steal you're making it out to be.

 

[dougri]

I understand your confusion, but think the pricing makes some sense at the moment. First, choosing SB will REQUIRE a new motherboard, and if you are buying that top-end chip, you are likely buying a top-end mobo as well. So in that sense, the two are not direct competitors as there are many who will not be willing to invest in a new system yet. Second, the price on the formerly top-of-the line will drop a bit with the introduction of a new chip (unless you are talking the hex core?). Lastly, the truly hardcore realize LGA2011 with octocore and quad-channel memory (among other enhancements) is around the corner, and will simply refuse to invest in a new system only to have it trounced in less than a year. Without socket compatibility, they will skip this round and wait for LGA2011. On the other hand, if you have an older system and are due for a refresh, SB looks pretty good.

 

[DNorth]

khon
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well yeah, the 980 and 970 are 6core, but there still up in like the 750 range after tax.

And on the "old" chipset so upgrading to Ivy will cost a new board.

For me, im gaming + video editing, and the benchmarks on the 975 vs 980 there is not much of a push either way, at least not for double the price.

I was planning on building a 975 machine up, hence I arrived here and found SB, so now everything is on hold until Jan9.

And 300 notes? and thats for the K series with the unlocked multi ?
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dougri
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Im currently on a 920, and I do a new build each year. Usually on a 1.5k budget ( the old ones become Linux server's and dumped in my data center )

But only spending out 300 on the chip leaves me a lot of room for play with the other kit. Might even be able to drop the budget to a grand. Just seems like a lot of bang for the buck.

Thanks for the replys.

 

[dougri]

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And 300 notes? and thats for the K series with the unlocked multi ?

supposedly $317 USD per in 1k quantity for the 2600k

 

[khon]

well yeah, the 980 and 970 are 6core, but there still up in like the 750 range after tax.

And on the "old" chipset so upgrading to Ivy will cost a new board.

For me, im gaming + video editing, and the benchmarks on the 975 vs 980 there is not much of a push either way, at least not for double the price.

I was planning on building a 975 machine up, hence I arrived here and found SB, so now everything is on hold until Jan9.

And 300 notes? and thats for the K series with the unlocked multi ?

Yes, probably below £300 actually.

From all indications so far, the i7-2600K should cost about the same as the i7-875K does currently.

 

[DNorth]

But I suppose it makes more sense as its not a new Big Daddy. Still getting beat on by the 6 cores ?

Still, that's a lot of bang for a little buck.

And 5ghz on air cooling ? That is pretty mean !

Is there any argument for staying with the i7's instead of the SB ?

 

[khon]

But I suppose it makes more sense as its not a new Big Daddy. Still getting beat on by the 6 cores ?

Still, that's a lot of bang for a little buck.

And 5ghz on air cooling ? That is pretty mean !

Is there any argument for staying with the i7's instead of the SB ?

Some people have gotten 5GHz on air, but only for about as long as it took to get a screenshot. Don't expect it to run like that 24-7.

 

[CosmicMight]

But I suppose it makes more sense as its not a new Big Daddy. Still getting beat on by the 6 cores ?

Still, that's a lot of bang for a little buck.

And 5ghz on air cooling ? That is pretty mean !

Is there any argument for staying with the i7's instead of the SB ?

Money. If you're a technophile, there is a nice speed upgrade, faster system bus, less power + heat, upgrades to 22nm down the road, yadda yadda bing.

Do you need to upgrade from an I7? No. Unless it gives you a boner to have that extra 10 fps boost in Crysis on your overclocked watercooled super-:ninja: SLI system, I could make a very compelling argument that anyone with a 875/920+ is wasting their money. Many agree and are skipping it.

It is their money, however.

 

[DNorth]

Well there is the Intel vid stating it was running under benchmark for 24 hours without rest.

But yes, dropping it to 4.0-4.5 to keep it stable is still a nice speed to be running at.

And is still a fair chunk over the current i7's.

Either way, come on Jan 9th... I want to go shopping

Threw up a post in general hardware asking for 1k budget builds, and ill be posting up my proposed spec as soon as ive finished it.

thanks for the info guys.

 

[DNorth]

A 6 core i7 will still beat a quad 2600K in total throughput, but not by a huge amount. The IPC + clockspeed advantage of the 2600K will close that gap considerably compared to current i7 quads.

Yeah, im pretty set on not coughing up the cash for the 6core, and getting a new chip set board for future upgrades if needed.

I just hope the prices are as good as they say there going to be.

I think im going to be going over budget as it is this year.

But who cares 2011 pc is going to be a beast

 

[aviat72]

2600K is very close the core i7 980x.

http://www.cpubenchmark.net/cpu.php?cpu=Intel+Core+i7-2600K+%40+3.40GHz

Sample size of 1 though.

But the thing is that 32nm Westmere would also overclock very well, so it is not clear that the SB overclocking performance we hear about is something unique to SB only. But you are much more likely to over-clock a $300 SB than a $1000 Xeon or 980x

http://www.cpubenchmark.net/overclocked_cpus.html