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[nikorr]

[citation][nom]clonazepam[/nom]I skipped 1366 completely. I haven't read up on it entirely either. How much did triple channel improve over dual? How much better is quad expected to be over triple or dual? Is it marketing hype or is there any real benefit? I don't know....[/citation]
[citation][nom]lostmyclan[/nom]lol 100us for 1 core 6 core 600bucks. nice. can i buy a motherboard and a cpu amd ?[/citation]


Intel does not need to cranki[citation][nom]JamesSneed[/nom]Yes for the i7-3930K since it is has 6 cores and will have much greater memory bandwidth. Im assuming this will be a hit for CAD / Photoshop folks.The Core i7-3820 seems like a total waste of money because it is essentially a 2600K. Except it inst fully unlocked but it does have quad channel memory controller which Im assuming wont mean squat on a quad core.Very limited market for these E series chips unlike the 1366 chips they are replacing because of the great performance the 2500K and the 2600K already provide. Does anyone get the feeling Intel has been waiting to get its hands on Bulldozer parts so they could make sure these E parts would out perform them? We all know Intel has headroom to crank the speed up if needed.[/citation]



Intel has no need to crank up anything. AMD has to come up with latest greatest they have to trail most of i7 SB's. Intel has the edge for a a while and it'll stay the same.

 

[pckitty4427]

[citation][nom]itzdanielp[/nom]Is it really worth it to go for the extreme processor over the other 6core unlock?[/citation]

No. You'll need to be an idiot to buy the 3960X.

 

[eddieroolz]

Maybe Intel saw stats for Bulldozer and it was threatening enough for them. Otherwise I can't explain the timing.

 

[Gman450]

3960X looks pricy

 

[Guest]

I have been thinking of bulldozer. 8 Cores and later maybe 16 core. So if I buy the 8 core first and upgrade later to 16 core. Not sure if the 16 core will come to consumermarkets, but I have heard it does. So why would I wan't an intel?

 

[Guest]

I have been thinking of bulldozer. 8 Cores and later maybe 16 core. So if I buy the 8 core first and upgrade later to 16 core. Not sure if the 16 core will come to consumermarkets, but I have heard it does. So why would I wan't an intel?

 

[ojas]

pricing makes sense if you'll invest in a $500+ CPU and stand to make a lot more off the work you'll do with it.

I don't think Intel has "Can it play Crysis?" in mind when it thinks of potential SB-E owners...

 

[Guest]

You are better off waiting for the xeon chips for the same socket , dual Xeon E5-2687W's for me in EVGA's upcoming dual socket enthusiast board!

 

[n8dogg]

[citation][nom]festerovic[/nom]Seems like a l33t dude like yourself might want to wait for IB.[/citation]

I'll still be getting IB when it comes out. This will just be for fun

 

[verbalizer]

I'll still be getting IB when it comes out. This will just be for fun

I kind of feel that way about AMD/Bulldozer, it will be for fun while I move my Intel unit to the top notch on my totem pole..

 

[Wish I Was Wealthy]

Yeah! I won't worry about getting any AMD/Bulldozer. I've heard that they'll easily run out of diesel.

 

[nikkidpartypooper]

I've gotta admit it,those AMD/Bulldozer haven't proved nothing yet. So I'll say also that they'll be easily running out of diesel.

 

[Why_Me]

Does anyone know when BD is due to be released ?

 

[verbalizer]

Does anyone know when BD is due to be released ?

actual retail chips for us to buy from like newegg won't be till the end of the year now.
some say October.
we have a thread going on with betting on the dates..

 

[Why_Me]

actual retail chips for us to buy from like newegg won't be till the end of the year now.
some say October.
we have a thread going on with betting on the dates..

Thanks mal. Well hopefully it's a hit. Now if video cards only came down in price while going up in performance.....

 

[verbalizer]

Thanks mal. Well hopefully it's a hit. Now if video cards only came down in price while going up in performance.....

I already have AM3+ hardware and I'm waiting for the CPU to come out.
in the meantime reports say Intel is ready to unleash again and again to put AMD even farther behind.
So this time next year I'll be redoing my Intel build from LGA1156 to LGA????..
LOL.

 

[jman_26]

Definitely MUST have USB 3.0, just as a matter of "keeping with the times." Even if they are going to have their 'own' whatever replacement technology eventually. SATA and SAS aside, both of which are nice - still, I see SATA ultimately replacing SAS / SCSI altogether. I never was a fan of SCSI, even though, for awhile, it was faster than IDE/SATA (and we always used SCSI & SAS in all our servers).

And SOLID STATE ROCKS! That is going to be the 'big equalizer.' When the technology finally catches up, paging out to a 'solid state' drive will be not much slower than using real live RAM! And this may, in fact, push some of the memory prices down even further, seeing as the distinction will be further blurred between 'hard disk' (solid sate) and 'memory;' i.e., do I really want to buy another 8GB of RAM, or just use a chunk of my 'solid state' drive as RAM? It WILL get VERRRY interesting - you watch and see!

And as for the Quad-channel, Quad-core-to-Six-core - definitely for CAD and 3D/Virtual Modeling - it could be a huge plus - doctors, NASA, serious architectural engineering - and even engineering/designing even better, faster CPUs/GPUs.

 

[richaemry]

Intel must have forgotten who actually buys their high end parts. I move massive files from weaker workstations I design on to a much beefier group of machines to build stat models, run reports and create graphical representations. Then I have to get the files off the machine the next morning.

Where am I supposed put a USB 3.0 card? What do I have to sacrifice for it? Fiber-channel, RAID, boot SSD or GPU? They all have to stay, but if they do I won't get the files on onto the portable drive to get back onto the mobile or onto the office workstation in any reasonable amount of time.

I could use a hot swap drive or thunderbolt, but my current USB 3.0 file sync solution works all the way back to USB 1.1 and needs no special bays. If you've ever dealt university MIS departments --you know why I take work home in the first place. AMD will get my money this time, even with lesser performance. I'm not getting up two hours earlier just to transfer files.

 

[sebastien]

I am utterly sad with SBe. I was very excited about PCIe 3.0 for 2012~13 GPUs which apparently and according to some articles the SBe is capable of.
Now I do not see the need for a SBe at all, especially there is no USB 3.0 either. Two news that blow me a bit and I may strongly consider a AMD. I do not see why spending so much for something that will be adequate for only a year or so.