So, you think it's better to stick with a 2600K/2700K? I know it's more cost effective, but that hexacore looks so mighty secksay...
In my opinion, that's what I would certainly do. The 700 dollars saved can go into upgrading to the top-tier Ivy when they launch. Then you can sell the 2600k for around 200 used to recoup money. The Ivys will no only be more powerful, but also more energy efficient.
Intel has said Ivy will be 20% more powerful than the Sandy equivalent. They sport the tri-gate transistors, which can give up to 50% more power savings.
Intel accidentally posted the spec sheet on Ivy's on their website and quickly took it down. Luckily, someone screen captured the table:
The i7-3770K is what you will be looking at. 3.5Ghz base with a 3.9Ghz turbo. This thing is going to scream. I wouldn't be surprised at 5.0Ghz on air with a TDP that low (77w)!
The Asus BIOS made the overclock a snap and it's rock solid at 4.6 - thanks to SpeedStep and the fact that the processor only peaks while spending most of the time at lower clocks.
RIG:
XCLIO 2000 Black & Titanium Case
KingWin Gold Certified 80+ 1000 Watt PS
Asus P8Z77-V Premium Motherboard
Intel Core I7 3770K @ 5.0 gHz
Corsair CWCH70 Hydro Series H80 CPU Liquid Cooler
CORSAIR Vengence 16GB
PowerColor Radeon 7990 6GB
OCZ Vertex 3 SATA 3 SSD
1TB WD Black Edition SATA 3 + 3TB Seagate SATA 3
Panasonic DVD
Windows 7 Ultimate - 64 bit
Damn, guys, I made the mistake of going to the local IT mall just to window shop, but my seif-control let me down and I ended up splurging. My final rig would be -
CPU - LGA2011 3930K
Mobo - Asus Rampage IV Extreme
RAM - 4x 4GB RipjawsX 2133Mhz
SSD - Corsair Force GT 120GB
PSU - Corsair HX1050
HDD - 3x 1TB WDC Black
Case - Tt Level 10
1x BR RW + 1x DVD ROM
I'll be using my 2x HD6870 for this setup for the time being......darn it, I was doing so well till I went to the mall!
LOL, I scratched mine a little harder, got her to 4.31gig stable, I added up how much it would cost to switch to Intel, geesh, $700 plus for a beast MB and 2600K....
Just couldn't justify the costs right now...
Enjoy your adventure.....
Laterzzzz............
I am gettin too old for all this st.ff!
Specs? it runs.................
Tbird quotes:
"I dont care that much for gaming"
"I am done with 3dmark."
AsRock 970 Extreme4,Vishera 8320 @4.6, Vertex 4 256GB SataIII SSD, 2xVelociraptor 600GB 10,000 spinner in raid 0 storage....16g Gskill DDR3 2133 @2292, ATI 6850, back on huge air (quiet)....HP Laptop redone OS (ie, no HP krud), AMD Phenom II N620, 8gig DDR3 1333 ram, Sanddisk SataII 120GB SSD, Toshiba 500GB 7200 spinner...
I'd go with the 800D no doubt, because I did go with the 800D Ordered it yesterday from Amazon for 235 free ship. I paired it with a Lamptron FC6, which is going to look awesome. I'm going to do the stealth disk drive trick as well:
Here's the Lamptron:
The brushed aluminum goes great with the 800D.
I plan to do a full watercooling setup with a 360 radiation that will fit perfectly in the top of the case. The 800D is the perfect case if you desire to watercool later.
Other cases you may want to look into are:
Silverstone TJ09 or TJ10
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), AMD Phenom II N620, 8gig DDR3 1333 ram, Sanddisk SataII 120GB SSD, Toshiba 500GB 7200 spinner...
Ordered it yesterday from Amazon for 235 free ship. I paired it with a Lamptron FC6, which is going to look awesome. I'm going to do the stealth disk drive trick as well:
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