Sandy Bridge review

Over at anandtech.

When will the X58 replacement come?millerlight89

When will the X58 replacement come?millerlight89

2600K, here I come...

Byebye Phenom II.

This CPU looks great!

It looks to me like AMD can now only compete on low-end CPU's due to Intel completely locking their low-end sandy bridges.

This is bit-tech's conclusiopn of the i5-2500K:

"The Sandy Bridge lineup gives us some of the easiest conclusions to write that we've ever come across: the new range of Intel CPUs renders almost every other processor redundant and pointless. Only if you need incredible performance in multi-threaded applications should you look beyond the Core i5-2500K for your next CPU."

They look pretty good, but I don't think they will mean much to anyone on a Phenom II X4, C2Q, i5 or i7. It will be a few years till a gaming computer requires that much power.C_Rule

I think we have a new Qxx00 here, I just don't know if its the i7 2600k or the i5 2500k

I think we have a new Qxx00 here, I just don't know if its the i7 2600k or the i5 2500k

GTR12

Living in Europe (Belgium), to me the decision will be greatly influenced by what will be charged in Euro for either of those CPUs...

Byebye Phenom II.

This CPU looks great!

It looks to me like AMD can now only compete on low-end CPU's due to Intel completely locking their low-end sandy bridges.

Daytona_178

[QUOTE="Daytona_178"]

Byebye Phenom II.

This CPU looks great!

It looks to me like AMD can now only compete on low-end CPU's due to Intel completely locking their low-end sandy bridges.

angrules23

[QUOTE="C_Rule"]They look pretty good, but I don't think they will mean much to anyone on a Phenom II X4, C2Q, i5 or i7. It will be a few years till a gaming computer requires that much power.JigglyWiggly_

Is my i7-920 now obsolete?

Is my i7-920 now obsolete?

BluRayHiDef

[QUOTE="BluRayHiDef"]

Is my i7-920 now obsolete?

C_Rule

No.

[QUOTE="Daytona_178"]

Byebye Phenom II.

This CPU looks great!

It looks to me like AMD can now only compete on low-end CPU's due to Intel completely locking their low-end sandy bridges.

angrules23

[QUOTE="angrules23"][QUOTE="Daytona_178"]

Byebye Phenom II.

This CPU looks great!

It looks to me like AMD can now only compete on low-end CPU's due to Intel completely locking their low-end sandy bridges.

Daytona_178

[QUOTE="angrules23"][QUOTE="Daytona_178"]

Byebye Phenom II.

This CPU looks great!

It looks to me like AMD can now only compete on low-end CPU's due to Intel completely locking their low-end sandy bridges.

Daytona_178

Looks like im gonna start building a new rig in January

[QUOTE="Daytona_178"][QUOTE="angrules23"] Why are you such an intel fanboy? AMD has to release its new line of cpu's yet. But i mean christ both companies just want as much of your money as they can get no need to doggedly support either of them their just a heartless faceless corporation.BluRayHiDef

I'll still be recommending it till I completely see the prices.. Right now, I won't be reommending first gen i5's and i7's anymore... Phenoms still gonna have their place for ultra cost effective mobo cpu combos. Don't expect intel and partners to have cheap motherboards on release... Still have a good 6-8 months from release before we get good prices for everything. For top end, def these chips are gonna be worth it.

If anything, can you say 100 dollar phenom iix4 945/955's and 60-80 dollar mobo's? OH man... price of building good rigs bout to be even more awesome.

I'm still finding it hard to believe that the i3 is just a tiny bit behind the x4 965 and the 970. Wonder what the price of those will be.

Amazing job Intel! Amaze *bleeping* job. And I thought my i7 was the best thing ever.

I have a Q6600. This is very, very tempting. Frankly, i didnt care for its performance as much as UEFI and lower power consumption.

I was at Newegg the other day and saw a build with an i7 and a gtx 470, everything but OS and peripherals for around $1,300.00 and thought two things at once. Buy it then no wait. There is something wonderful (2010 reference) comming. Sign me up.

mmmmmm Those new processors look sweet.

I gotta get on my tax return so i can get some more cash!!! :x

Ouch AMD is in trouble now. Phenom II's were great and inexpensive but these ones are greater and inexpensiver(:P).

The initial motherboards are still going to cost an arm! @.@ at least the decent ones. The C2Q benched very low, because of the low initial clocks. Overclock them and they will be closer for games especially those are less cpu intensive unlike the ones compared here. Of course each newer cpus are made to run synthethic benchmarks a lot better than the predecessors, so I dont think the gap is as huge its made to be.

They still look very good, just not as groundbreaking like the jump from pentium D > Core2. Although I am considering the jump, but I just dont think Im ready to commit $400 just yet. Theres also the mainstream 6/8 cores coming up at Q3 this year!

[QUOTE="C_Rule"][QUOTE="BluRayHiDef"]

Is my i7-920 now obsolete?

BluRayHiDef

No.

I am very tempted to build a computer now.

would I be better off waiting for an update to the x58 platform or going sandy bridge?k0r3aN_pR1d3

first of all those benchmarks are misleading. They do the reviews at 1024*800. Sure the cpu may be powerful at that resolution but if you crank up the resolution the benchmarks will be ALOT closer for all cpu's, even the ones that are 2 generations old. For gamers who have high end video cards, the cpu won't matter at higher resolutions.

would I be better off waiting for an update to the x58 platform or going sandy bridge?k0r3aN_pR1d3

Like Daytona says, the up-scale Sandy Bridge CPU's are going to be released come Fall 2011, so better wait. That is, judging by what we've seen so far from the low- to midrange sandy processor...

Makes me wonder how long my QX9770 and 2 HD 4870s will hold out. Then again, I plan on riding this system into the ground before I build anything again.Marfoo

It's going to be hard waiting until Fall for the enthusiast version. My 980X will have to hold be over until then.