Move to SB from 1366 - is worth it?

[Blackwhite]

Hi guys.

I was planning to buy LGA2011 set up when realised, but as I am on buying a house probably I cannot afford to do this.

Is it worth to change from lga1366 to SB platform?

 

[yassarikhan786]

Wait for benchmarks and reviews first

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[SieB]

Not really worth going from 1366 to 1155 you won't notice hardly any difference.

 

[Blackwhite]

I thought so, but wasn't sure.

Probably will stick with X58 for now.

 

[yassarikhan786]

Not really worth going from 1366 to 1155 you won't notice hardly any difference.

I think his question was about SB-E

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[SieB]

I thought so, but wasn't sure.

Probably will stick with X58 for now.

Save for SB-E you will see the performance difference over 1366 then, I doubt you would see much going from a 920 to a 2500k, you would probably see some performance difference with a 2600k but only if you do rendering and stuff like that.

 

[SieB]

I think his question was about SB-E

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He said he was going to go for 2011 but can't afford it, he was asking about the difference between 1366 and SB. No need to wait for reviews to know SB-E will be better than 1366 though that's pretty obvious.

 

[yassarikhan786]

He said he was going to go for 2011 but can't afford it, he was asking about the difference between 1366 and SB. No need to wait for reviews to know SB-E will be better than 1366 though that's pretty obvious.

Oh ok, thanks. I thought he missed off the E when asking. Silly me.

 

[badatgames18]

i think it might be worth it, depending on what you are using your computer for.

Switching to 2011 for a bit, i've seen some benches.. (umm.. still nda, but from someone who has it lol).. in some single thread application it is slower than sandy.. maybe due to lack of proper microcode, or bios optimization. Arch isn't that much different from sandy tbh.. so i don't even think it is worth it for the average consumer (unless you are benching, or need a workstation)

back to 1366 to 1155, you will get an increase in clock per clock if you do move to it. Benches like 3dmark11 will see higher scores (however vantage will be better served with more threads, so westmere/gulftown win usually). They will also generally clock higher than 1366 on air/water. More efficient cpu overall... less power consumption... upgradeablity to ivb in the future. Only thing i really don't like about it is the lack of scaling under cold/ mghz wall. I don't know if intel inherently made this appart of their design or if it was a effect not purposely caused.

Sorry for the long tangent.. but yes, i generally think you'd be better served to upgrade now taking a look at what is out there, or at least what will be out there very soon

 

[Rastalovich]

Simple answer, if you have x58 there's no point.

Artificial bench results is all you'll improve.

 

[SieB]

Simple answer, if you have x58 there's no point.

Artificial bench results is all you'll improve.

I agree with this.

Upgrading to SB from X58 is just a waste of money as there is very little gain. Save some money and wait for IB-E where the gains will be noticeable.

 

[Blackwhite]

Ok thanks guys, I will stay with 1366 then.

 

[badtaylorx]

well......with buying your first home one advantage of a sandy switch would be the dramatic drop in power usage you'll get!!!

 

[SmoulderingCircuits]

well......with buying your first home one advantage of a sandy switch would be the dramatic drop in power usage you'll get!!!

I'm not sure 'dramatic' is quite the word when talking in terms of a CPU against every other appliance in the house combined. Just made me think - Dyson should make vacuum heatsinks - but that's going off topic.

 

[SieB]

Not sure that spending money to save money is a good idea either

The amount it will cost to build a new PC amounts to more than the electric it takes to run a house and all appliances for a year for a whole year. Also, as already said, there is no point because there is next to no noticeable performance increase.

 

[badtaylorx]

the other thing to consider ......can you just use some of the construction loan money and build your dream rig???