SandyBridge VS i7 980 Extreme...COST

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Anomaly1964

Anomaly1964

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Ok, forgive me if this is a dumb question, but with what the new 2600k can do, will anyone EVER buy the i7 980 Extreme again?

If so, why?

This is a legit question for me, not trying to stir any pots...

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Why would anyone ever buy a $1000 CPU to begin with?

Oh yeah, if we have to ask, we couldn't afford it. :oops:
 
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I believe too many reviews forget the fact that the 6 core gulftowns can overclock too. If a 2600k and 980x were both strung out and every subsystem pushed to the limit my money is on a 980x. They extra two cores will likely pay dividends in the future.

I'd never buy one but if $1000 was my fun money for the week I'd do it.
 
Anomaly1964

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mnewsham said:
Either you can't afford it or you don't care to.
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I don't think it's about AFFORD...

Even if you can AFFORD $1000, do your pay 4x more for one product "just because you can?"

Again, I don't claim to be an expert but I don't think we are comparing a Ferrari to a Mustang; the 2600k is as powerful (or close to it) as the 980...right?
 
mnewsham

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Anomaly1964 said:
I don't think it's about AFFORD...

Even if you can AFFORD $1000, do your pay 4x more for one product "just because you can?"

Again, I don't claim to be an expert but I don't think we are comparing a Ferrari to a Mustang; the 2600k is as powerful (or close to it) as the 980...right?
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Not if you are running programs using a lot of threads, or VM's. The cores do actually help not to mention a fully oc'd 980x would probably best a 2600k in most tests.
 
Anomaly1964

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mnewsham said:
Not if you are running programs using a lot of threads, or VM's. The cores do actually help not to mention a fully oc'd 980x would probably best a 2600k in most tests.
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What programs would benefit from the extra threads/cores?
 
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mnewsham said:
Not if you are running programs using a lot of threads, or VM's. The cores do actually help not to mention a fully oc'd 980x would probably best a 2600k in most tests.
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I doubt it. 980X max OC's are like 4.3 maybe a few are 4.5ghz on water. From what I've read the 2600k easily gets 4.5-4.8 on air. I'm sure once more people get a hold of em 5.0ghz chips are gonna be pretty common. Holy F@ck thats insane!
 
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mnewsham

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OILFIELDTRASH said:
I doubt it. 980X max OC's are like 4.3 maybe a few are 4.5ghz on water. From what I've read the 2600k easily gets 4.5-4.8 on air. I'm sure once more people get a hold of em 5.0ghz chips are gonna be pretty common. Holy F@ck thats insane!
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X58 system would still destroy a p67 build, and VM's would benefit from more cores/threads
 
Makaveli

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And more memory you can do 24GB's of ram on the x58 system.

And until you can get 8GB Dimm's for a reasonable price none of these dual channel systems can equal it.
 
mnewsham

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Can't forget extra pci lanes for tri sli and quad sli/crossfire. 2011 (socket R) will probably be my next upgrade personally.
 
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in parallel tasks 980X will still win but I doubt it's worth the extra cost in most daily usage patterns.
 
mnewsham

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OILFIELDTRASH said:
Yeah me too. 8x pcie lanes scare me. How much longer till those become a major bottleneck?
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You can notice a small performance decrease from x16 to x8 with current gpus I expect with the next gpu die shrink pci-e 2.0 x8 will limit your gpu quiet a bit, but I think socket 2011 will get pci-e 3.0 to play with.
 
AdamK47

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If I had to build a system again from scratch, it would still be with the 980X.
 
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The 980X is only running with 10 threads.
 
AdamK47

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Is Anandtech full of paupers? Only the reviews that show favorability to the mainstream edition of SB seem to be posted. Why not the clock to clock 4.4GHz HardOCP review? They show the 980X besting the 2600K at 4.4GHz in most of the benchmarks.

The 980X still showed to be the flagship workhorse that Intel knows it is. If you have a highly threaded workload that is on a deadline, then you know where you need to be, and that is on the flagship.
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nah, 2500k is better bang for the buck. 2600k isn't 50% faster, but it's 50% more expensive. 2600k is enough faster at certain tasks to be compelling.
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Thats just it. The faster it is the more it costs, and at the high end those jumps cost a hell of a lot more than the jumps in speed in the midrange. Just the way it goes. Alway has been this was and always will be.
 
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