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[Scotty]

Im a bit confused as to what the 2600k has over the 950 and why more people seem to go towards that - I was looking at the 950/960 cpus with perhaps a sabretooth motherboard and hopefully get a haf x case, later on going to a cpu water cool build - this is mainly for video editing photoshop etc and perhaps some games. So im sticking with my old 9800 gtx for now - with lots of ram which i havent decicded on yet got any views thanks

 

[ciksas]

Newer architecture, 32nm, upgradability,..

 

[ruthless_villain]

I7 950 = 1366 = OLD = SOON TO BE UPGRADED = LESS RAM(24GB)

I7 2600K = Unlocked Multi = Fucking awesome = New = not going to be upgraded = takes more RAM (32GB)

 

[Firat]

Im a bit confused as to what the 2600k has over the 950 and why more people seem to go towards that - I was looking at the 950/960 cpus with perhaps a sabretooth motherboard and hopefully get a haf x case, later on going to a cpu water cool build - this is mainly for video editing photoshop etc and perhaps some games. So im sticking with my old 9800 gtx for now - with lots of ram which i havent decicded on yet got any views thanks

from what i have read it performs much better than the i7 950 also the p67 platform has a higher memory bandwidth than the x58, something along them lines...

 

[Scotty]

I7 950 = 1366 = OLD = SOON TO BE UPGRADED = LESS RAM(24GB)

I7 2600K = Unlocked Multi = Fucking awesome = New = not going to be upgraded = takes more RAM (32GB)

when do we expect a new chipset for an upgrade - i dont like that turbo crap i just wana overclock not overclock the turbo

 

[ruthless_villain]

third quarter this year i think will be a 1366 upgrade

 

[Firat]

when do we expect a new chipset for an upgrade - i dont like that turbo crap i just wana overclock not overclock the turbo

You can disable turbo now and have a constant overclock on sandyb by cranking up the multiplier

It's a really good performing chipset for a good price