Ivy Bridge Pricing Is Affordable

[John P. Myers]

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[Mike029]

Thanks JPM. I wonder if they will still be "reasonable" when they release the 6 and 8 core models.

[John P. Myers]

Thanks JPM. I wonder if they will still be "reasonable" when they release the 6 and 8 core models.

From what i understand, the 6 and 8 core models will only be released on socket 2011. Those listed above are for socket 1155, which is what the current sandy bridge CPUs use. So it's looking like the i7-3770K will be the best possible CPU for socket 1155, which is basically a more efficient i7-2600K. After this, you can pretty much bet the socket is done with

[Fire$torm]

From what i understand, the 6 and 8 core models will only be released on socket 2011. Those listed above are for socket 1155, which is what the current sandy bridge CPUs use. So it's looking like the i7-3770K will be the best possible CPU for socket 1155, which is basically a more efficient i7-2600K. After this, you can pretty much bet the socket is done with

Yeah, thanks to Intel's Tick/Tock marketing strategy. BTW, was the i7-3770K a tick or a tock?

[Fire$torm]

Update

Looks like Ivy Bridge will be available soon ---> Industry sources say Ivy Bridge will launch Monday, April 23

[coronicus]

Darn I was really hoping with the die shrink they would let a 6 core show up for the 1155 but i guess the increase in gpu power stunted that ability ugh... Well then i guess ill be looking at the larger socket meaning longer wait times ugh.... Any info on ivy release for the 2011

[zombie67]

Thanks. "this month" is close to running out....

[DrPop]

Thanks. "this month" is close to running out....

Do you think the Ivy Bridge -e will be worth waiting for over the Sandy Bridge -e?

[zombie67]

Do you think the Ivy Bridge -e will be worth waiting for over the Sandy Bridge -e?

Me? No, I don't. Performance improvement is very small, and there is no point in waiting another year or more for it. Also, for a dedicated cruncher, there is no other feature that is useful or compelling.

[coronicus]

Ill have to say im kicking myself for not doing the 2011 socket with the sandy... was holding out on ivy. The reason is more on gamers side of things i wanted to do quad crossfire with 4 pcie running at x8 3.0 without need for a special chip and many games still only use one core or at most 2 cores. So i have given up all hopes on ivy at this point and find that the slow release of this socket and CPU is a total fubar from intel imo.. If they would have released it at the same time imagine how many folks that went with the I7 1155 socket because they couldnt wait any longer for the 2011 socket.. They really missed out on making money from me and im sure others, oh well... Its not that im not happy with the performance it more then stellar just wanted the extra options but at this point im done dreaming the ivy system and have moved on to haswell.