The wait is finally over and Intel's 3rd Generation CPUs are upon us. How does it stack up to the current LGA1155s?
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Intel DZ77GA-70K and Core i7-3770K Review
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The wait is finally over and Intel's 3rd Generation CPUs are upon us. How does it stack up to the current LGA1155s?
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Firat
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killablade
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Getting me one of these.
killablade
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Still have to wait till the 30th for availability though
TheOneHalf
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Very nice, I';ll be upgrading my I5 2500k to a 3770k.
Happy to see it is indeed more power efficient ^^
Well I certaintly won't be getting one of these as they are just not worth it for me.
I will just sort my cooling out for my current 2700K and see what speed I can get at decent temps and voltages.
Might be worth keeping my eye out for the next revision if they do one that oc's better with better temps for the voltages.
I will just sort my cooling out for my current 2700K and see what speed I can get at decent temps and voltages.
Might be worth keeping my eye out for the next revision if they do one that oc's better with better temps for the voltages.
killablade
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I would and will go 3770k. More up-to-date with the PCIe3 and stuff, and it's more power efficient. Especially if you don't want to set world records with your overclocks the 3770k is the way to go.
PetrolHead247
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Some of the new boards look sweet, but the IB chips are just slightly more efficient SB chips which don't OC as well. To the couple people above me saying they're going to upgrade from SB to IB i say do NOT do it. There's no performance gains upgrading from SB to IB apart from the fact you can run memory much faster. Watch Tom's video review on it, he covers it all perfectly. The only time i'd upgrade from SB to IB is if i had a locked chip on a H67 chipset and wanted to get an unlocked IB chip with a Z77 board
Firat
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Okay say and read the review however question for you.
I need to buy a new board and cpu. I understand that in this case I should get the ivy bridge cpu with a z77 board however they have sales on now for the 2600k or 2700k cpu. Would it be better to get the older chip with the z77 board or go with the Ivy bridge 3770k cput?
I need to buy a new board and cpu. I understand that in this case I should get the ivy bridge cpu with a z77 board however they have sales on now for the 2600k or 2700k cpu. Would it be better to get the older chip with the z77 board or go with the Ivy bridge 3770k cput?
PetrolHead247
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Personally, i'd go for a SB chip if it's on sale for an awesome price. If not, i'd choose Ivy. Either way i'd go with a Z77 board for definite though as overall the good boards (MSI Z77 GD65, Gigabyte UD5 etc...) seem to OC better with both SB and IB chips than the old Z68/P67 boards
Master&Puppet
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Well there we are, it's pretty meh really (kind of as we expected). I can't see a reason to upgrade from SB cpu to IB unless you are running 2x pcie3 cards, in which case you might actually use the extra bandwidth. You never will with one card.
The z77 boards look nice though, they are a refinement of the 68s but again, not worth upgrading from 68s.
I totally agree with TTL, if you have SB/z68 stick with it, if you haven't then go IB/z77 unless the prices are more than about 15% greater in which case grab an SB/68 setup.
The z77 boards look nice though, they are a refinement of the 68s but again, not worth upgrading from 68s.
I totally agree with TTL, if you have SB/z68 stick with it, if you haven't then go IB/z77 unless the prices are more than about 15% greater in which case grab an SB/68 setup.
nepas
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This pretty much.
Aria are doing the 2600k for 209 at the mo,will be interesting in the least to see the price on Ivy,because unless I am missing a big something here,its a hard thing to justify going the extra.(those temps still have me worried,and yes I know its not the same thing,but they are still too high for me)
