SB Owners, what is your next CPU upgrade?

[XLNC]

Looking forward to my first quad with Ivy Bridge. Low power quad FTW!

I'm tempted to build a HTPC system with Ivy Bridge. I heard that Intel somewhat worked out the video play back stutter that occurs every 30 seconds or so. It might be possible for a fanless system.

 

[Riek]

I allready upgraded my SB (i3 2100) to llano 3510MX.... but ofcourse i went from desktop to laptop, so the comparison is not that straightforward.

If either AMd or Intel can deliver same performance @ half the power consumption I will upgrade to that part.

 

[jhu]

Of course, you completely missed my point. Those were all in the Craig Barrett Age, post Andy Grove. You know, when Intel actually sucked. Intel has executed for a substantial period of time, and I wouldn't bet against them until there's another major management change.

Netburst and Itanium came to market under Craig Barrett. However, Itanium development started under Andy Grove. Both iAPX 432 and i860 were developed and came to market under Andy Grove.

Back then, Intel did not suck. They just chose to market and sell an inferior processor to the masses. They still had Tualatin, Banias, and Dothan in the background (and if you knew what were doing, you could get one of those processors for your desktop computer instead Pentium 4). In retrospect, they should have just stuck with that lineage.

 

[Edrick]

Netburst and Itanium came to market under Craig Barrett. However, Itanium development started under Andy Grove. Both iAPX 432 and i860 were developed and came to market under Andy Grove.

Personally I would not put Netburst and Itanium in the same sentence. I feel Itanium was a good uArch, but it was just late to the party (very late). And it never gained the market share needed because of that. As it stands now, it looks like Poulson will be a better performer than Power7, but I doubt it will matter much.

Netburst, on the other hand, was doomed from the beginning due to poor design.

 

[Genx87]

With a 2500K that isnt overclocked being fine in the games I am playing. I may end up skipping IB and waiting on Haswell.

 

[kazryv]

I think it will be a while before I upgrade. I am getting decent OC speeds on my 2500k - 4.7 ghz so unless some game comes out in the next few years that can tax that it is unlikely I will be getting something new.

 

[Bman123]

There's really no reason to upgrade from sb

 

[XLNC]

There's really no reason to upgrade from sb

I would agree with that unless you need more cores, and/or lower thermals, and/or better integrated graphics. Majority of people don't, but that doesn't mean there's "no reason" to upgrade. E-peen/upgrade itch alone will keep enthusiasts upgrading.

 

[Edrick]

upgrade itch alone will keep enthusiasts upgrading.

If anyone can find a cure for that, please let me know.

 

[nsdjoe]

Sandy Bridge With a 2600K OCed ,, you will never use full 100 percent CPU power during games,,

64 player servers on BF3 max out my 2500k @ 4.4 GHz. Each of my 6870's only run at about 80%. So with sufficiently powerful GPUs you can definitely peg SB CPUs even with today's games.

 

[Ratman6161]

I voted "Other". My Core 2 Quad Q6600 lasted me three years. When I upgraded to an i7 2600K last summer it was just because of "upgrade fever" not because the Q6600 wasn't cutting it. Actually that Q6600 could have easily lasted me another couple of years. As far as "need" goes the 2600K should last me at least as long so whatever I end up with next won't even be on the horizon yet.

 

[XLNC]

If anyone can find a cure for that, please let me know.

Tell me about it. I told myself I needed a new "gaming rig" in order to get back into PC gaming. Now, all I do is use it to research parts for my next build.

 

[IntelEnthusiast]

I am looking to get a new laptop next year. Thin, light, better battery and instant on sound like some really good reasons to upgrade from my old Intel® Core™ 2 Duo p8400.

Christian Wood
Intel Enthusiast Team

 

[Don Karnage]

I'm rocking my 2500K till Q1 when the 8 core Xeon's get released then i will go X79 with an E5 2687W

 

[Arkaign]

I'm gonna hold onto my 2500k @ 4.4 until it starts to bottleneck me. The only remotely intense computing I do is gaming, so I can probably skip SB-E, IB, IB-E completely. Perhaps in a couple of years there will be a reason to move, but between now and then it will probably just be better GPU and faster SSD for me.

 

[Idontcare]

E-peen/upgrade itch alone will keep enthusiasts upgrading.

For e-peen itch, I recommend putting a little NT-H1 on that. Really helps with the burning sensation.

 

[LoneNinja]

I'm still below Sandy Bridge performance with Phenom II X6. I am interested in Ivy Bridge for my next build, well gaming build at least.

 

[Arachnotronic]

I'm rocking my 2500K till Q1 when the 8 core Xeon's get released then i will go X79 with an E5 2687W

I doubt E5 will work on X79.

 

[StrangerGuy]

IB is meh compared to what Haswell is shaping itself to be.

 

[Dadofamunky]

IB is meh compared to what Haswell is shaping itself to be.

Yeah, but it is an easy upgrade (supposedly). I don't feel like doing a motherboard swap or rebuild again anytime soon.

Netburst and Itanium came to market under Craig Barrett. However, Itanium development started under Andy Grove. Both iAPX 432 and i860 were developed and came to market under Andy Grove.

Back then, Intel did not suck. They just chose to market and sell an inferior processor to the masses.

Well, that IS a version of sucking, would you not agree? But yeah, I stand partially corrected. I also remember the bad old days when 386s were $1000 for the chip alone and the boards were $700. That REALLY sucked.

 

[Don Karnage]

I doubt E5 will work on X79.

Why wouldn't it? Just because its a Xeon? Itll work fine on a X79 WS Revolution board

 

[XLNC]

IB is meh compared to what Haswell is shaping itself to be.

Is there something particularly intriguing about Haswell? I assumed it will have 10-15% performance jump over IB, and perhaps much better graphics performance.

 

[Denithor]

Is there something particularly intriguing about Haswell? I assumed it will have 10-15% performance jump over IB, and perhaps much better graphics performance.

Seconded, what's looking so good about Haswell?

 

[Despoiler]

My I5-2500k @ 4.5ghz has zero issues with any game atm. I'd have to see the performance and overclocking of IB to see if it's worth it. I'll probably pick up IB after it's gone through a few steppings given the tri-gate transistor is new.