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nanaki333

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a 3930k! Wanted to try a new motherboard since my Asus P9X79X Pro has issues running 2x 7970 in crossfirex. Grabbed a Sabertooth and figured what the heck? May as well grab a 3960x while I'm here! I told my friend he could have my old system when I upgraded. Once I saw the news that Ivy Bridge won't be making an appearance until next year sometime in s2011, thought I would do it now.

Also grabbed me an intel 520 😀
 
I dont mess with anything other then the Asus ROG boards.

I love my ASUS Rampage IV Extreme LGA 2011
 
It is on the interwebs it must be true.. LOL

I see the guys review, Not sure I belive the board is end of life though.
as it is there top end board and they dont usually make them and then drop it in 4 months time.
 
FiLeZz said:
It is on the interwebs it must be true.. LOL

I see the guys review, Not sure I belive the board is end of life though.
as it is there top end board and they dont usually make them and then drop it in 4 months time.
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they might if they've already made as many as they think they can sell
 
nanaki333 said:
a 3930k!
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nanaki333 said:
a 3930k! Wanted to try a new motherboard since my Asus P9X79X Pro has issues running 2x 7970 in crossfirex. Grabbed a Sabertooth and figured what the heck? May as well grab a 3960x while I'm here! I told my friend he could have my old system when I upgraded. Once I saw the news that Ivy Bridge won't be making an appearance until next year sometime in s2011, thought I would do it now.

Also grabbed me an intel 520 😀
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Nothin buys friendship like a free 3960x!
 
FiLeZz said:
I dont mess with anything other then the Asus ROG boards.

I love my ASUS Rampage IV Extreme LGA 2011
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This is my first 'true' ROG board, I've had a gene before, but I don't think that qualifies. Board is a beast and I love it. Freaking expensive though.
 
well whenever ivy bridge decides to make it's socket 2011 debut, i'll be sure to ROG up on the new board 🙂


and BD... he only got a 3930k. so i guess he won't be my friend anymore 🙁
 
nanaki333 said:
oh hell yeah! firefox opens so much faster now! and you should see how quick facebook loads!
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With a SSD ,,, Firefox will load in 0 seconds.

I dont see how your processor is making a difference in launching apps...

Every app opens in 0 seconds... you should have kept what you had and gone SSD,,,,,,,,, then what would you say ? Firefox opens instantly 0.0 seconds

no delay.........

You blew your wad on a processor that is maybe 5 to 10 percent faster then Sandy. Ivy bridge isn't a big deal, its just a setup for Haswell .... Haswell will be whole new technology and enhancments...It will be 6 core 12 threads . possible 8 core 16 threads... :whiste:



Haswell will be up to 30 to 50 percent faster then Sandy 2600k . Now that is a worthy upgrade.... 🙂 gl
 
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tweakboy said:
With a SSD ,,, Firefox will load in 0 seconds.

I dont see how your processor is making a difference in launching apps...

Every app opens in 0 seconds... you should have kept what you had and gone SSD,,,,,,,,, then what would you say ? Firefox opens instantly 0.0 seconds

no delay.........

You blew your wad on a processor that is maybe 5 to 10 percent faster then Sandy. Ivy bridge isn't a big deal, its just a setup for Haswell .... Haswell will be whole new technology and enhancments...It will be 6 core 12 threads . possible 8 core 16 threads... :whiste:



Haswell will be up to 30 to 50 percent faster then Sandy 2600k . Now that is a worthy upgrade.... 🙂 lgl
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I think he was poking fun at himself about Firefox. But anyway, I hope you are right about has well.
I would hate to see CPU performance plateau for two generations. Personally, though, IB would be a nice upgrade from my C2D!!!
 
frozentundra123456 said:
I think he was poking fun at himself about Firefox. But anyway, I hope you are right about has well.
I would hate to see CPU performance plateau for two generations. Personally, though, IB would be a nice upgrade from my C2D!!!
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Guys Intel said it themselves. Core 2 technology is the biggest leap in technology of Intel CPUs. Its new from the ground up.

remember how slow a P4 or Athlon Barton was. When Core 2 came, not only was it fast but literally like 1000 percent faster then the Pentium 4 tech and Pentium D.

Since you have a dual, I ask you couple questions to see if you can wait for Haswell.

Do you use video editing software like Premiere or Vegas,,,,,,, or audio production with Sonar X1d , do you convert a lot of video ? If your answer was yes then by all means grab a Ivy when its out for 300 , fastest model. If you use 64 HT Apps then grab something now. However if you just surf, watch videos, do normal computer tasks... I say get a SSD and wait for Haswell brother.. gl
 
tweakboy said:
It will be 6 core 12 threads . possible 8 core 16 threads...
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Again, proof? Not once have I seen anything regarding more than 4 cores on the mainstream version. Haswell-E is a different story, but that is not what you were talking about.

tweakboy said:
Haswell will be up to 30 to 50 percent faster then Sandy 2600k
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Based on? Proof? Anything? Why not just say Haswell will be between 0 and 200 percent faster than Sandy, then you can't be wrong!
 
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tweakboy said:
Core 2 technology is the biggest leap in technology of Intel CPUs. Its new from the ground up.
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Core2 was based off the P6 (Pentium 3) uArch. It was not new from the ground up. It was a big change from the failed Netburst uArch however.
 
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