Ivy Bridge vs Sandy Bridge - The Many Questions

[VengeanceUK]

according to sources the 3770k will be exactly the same price as the 2600k (about £217)

 

[pickyantivirus]

according to sources the 3770k will be exactly the same price as the 2600k (about £217)

My understanding was the 2600k release price (which varied between £240 - £260

 

[sunnydurian]

My wild guess for i7-3770K the initial selling price is around £250, i5-3570K is around £180.

It seems that the CPU will be available to purchase starting this Sunday April 29

http://hexus.net/tec...bridge/?page=10

Here is some history pricing in Amazon UK for i5-2500k and i7-2700k one year ago:-

i5-2500k http://uk.camelcamelcamel.com/Intel-Sandybridge-i5-2500K-Quad-Core-Processor/product/B004FA8NX2

i7-2700k http://uk.camelcamelcamel.com/Intel-i7-2700K-Processor-HyperThreading-Technology/product/B005X55OR6

 

[AciD_RaiN]

I am kind of glad that Ivy turned out this way because I've just recently bought 2700k and I really didn't want to have to upgrade just yet so it turned out fine for me... Next up Haswell

 

[BKCXb]

even though IB has a TDP raiting lower than SB, every review I read that tested power IB used more power than IB.

The reason Is 40% more transitors running in the iGPU, that we will hardly ever use

The heat issue Is because the 26% smaller die cant get rid heat, it was suposed to use less power in the smaller die but it actally uses more power per square mm than SB

Price wise I cant pay more for IB than SB, Intel gets 26% more chips out of each wafer, and it doesn't out preform it by 26% and it uses more power and heats up more so it cost me more to run

Honestly if i was buying a laptop IB would be at the top of my list, but in almost every test ran that pesky 3820 CPU was nipping on its heals

 

[pickyantivirus]

The pros and cons of IB seem to make it pretty much equal to SB tbh. I'm 100% getting a 2600k if there are still some in stock in 2 and a half weeks time.

 

[lemonpledge]

Overall I am not willing to pay £50 more for a chip which offers minimal changes. PCI 3.0 is useless to me until way after haswell as I won't be changing this system to PCI 3.0 GPUs ever, never mind the fact that there is barely any difference yet. SB is worth the £200+ for 2600k's but £240 + for IB, not a chance. I've 100% made my mind up now and think IB is for people who want the future features which I will never need on this board/CPU

200+ for a 2600k ? ouch . I'm moving to the uk ...its over $300.00 in the states

 

[pickyantivirus]

200+ for a 2600k ? ouch . I'm moving to the uk ...its over $300.00 in the states

$300 is about £185 mate. the i7 cheapest in the uk is £210 and 20% of that is VAT for our greedy government. so equal to $340 for the cheapest i7 in the country

 

[BKCXb]

3770K $349!! ouch

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819116501

2700K $329

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819115095

3570K $249

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819116504

2500K $219

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819115072