Intel Ivy Bridge Discussion

topgear

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Nooooooooo... Giga is back with colored heatsinks!!! Previous gen's black/grey was better.

One question: Ain't 7 series chipset not compatible with SNB CPUs? Anandtech's link shows CPU support as IVB only. :confused:

AnandTech - A Brief Look at Some Upcoming 7-Series Motherboards

yep, 7 series chipset Ain't compatible with SB cpus - only has support for IVB ;-)

AnandTech - The Ivy Bridge Preview: Core i7 3770K Tested
 

vickybat

I am the night...I am...
^^ Yup, people opting for z77 and its derivatives will go for an ivybridge and eventually it will replace all sandybridge parts.

The important part is existing z68 owners can get an ivybridge cpu as its compatible. It seems illogical when viewed the other way round.

So i guess no one is screwed.
 

Skud

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So down the line if my mobo screwed up due to any unforeseen circumstances (Extreme Gamer's case comes to mind), and there's no Z68 mobo available in the market, I have to switch to a newer CPU too.
 

vickybat

I am the night...I am...
So down the line if my mobo screwed up due to any unforeseen circumstances (Extreme Gamer's case comes to mind), and there's no Z68 mobo available in the market, I have to switch to a newer CPU too.

You get a 3 years warranty with your board and within these years if it gets screwed, you get a brand new rma'ed board each time.

After 3 years you might want to switch. But nothing is perfect in this world.
There will be flaws if you try to find them in everything.

Imagine the condition of current llano users. They cannot upgrade to trinity as it fits in a completely new socket and its not even the other way round.

See the pros my friend. You can still fit an ivybridge into your existing mobo.
You should be satisfied with it. Look at me, i still have my 1156 with zero upgrade path and i'm still happy. :)
 

Skud

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If Rashi provides a brand new board, that's it. :neutral: And if I am not mistaken there's a provision of providing a similar class of product (Z77 here) if the exact model (Z68 here) is not available as a replacement. In this way the RMA will be honored, but what the SNB owner will do with that board?

I am not unhappy and can see the pros, and the situation I have mentioned may occur rarely, but don't you think it's weird? Llano & trinity have different sockets altogether, but nothing like that here, the CPU socket is still same and generally they remain backward compatible for one generation at least.
 

techbulb

eUREKA...
Yeah how can a producer develop new products without flexibility if he cares about compatibily with older products how can we get newer ,better and more powerfull products
In this case we should be thankfull they are increasing performance and giving us option to use our old motherboards also
 

Skud

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Oh, so one generation looks older to you, that's great to know.

If they were really serious about real powerful products, why not they make Z77 as powerful as X79. No. of SATA 6Gbps ports, PCIe lanes also remains same as older SNB platform
 

vickybat

I am the night...I am...
If Rashi provides a brand new board, that's it. :neutral: And if I am not mistaken there's a provision of providing a similar class of product (Z77 here) if the exact model (Z68 here) is not available as a replacement. In this way the RMA will be honored, but what the SNB owner will do with that board?

I am not unhappy and can see the pros, and the situation I have mentioned may occur rarely, but don't you think it's weird? Llano & trinity have different sockets altogether, but nothing like that here, the CPU socket is still same and generally they remain backward compatible for one generation at least.

Ok Z77 will support sandybridge cpu's.
All Ivy Bridge chipsets and motherboards support both Sandy Bridge and Ivy Bridge CPUs. Ivy Bridge based processors will officially support up to DDR3-1600, up from DDR3-1333 of Sandy Bridge. Consumer Ivy Bridge chipsets will also allow overclocking of K-series processors.

Source

Now be happy. :)
 

Skud

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OK, just checked, most of the previews/reviews of Z77 mobos out are with SNB CPUs only.

Again more than being happy or unhappy, it sounds plain weird. And having options is always better, you never know about that outside chance. ;)


Thanks Vicky.
 

topgear

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^^ may be you will get an ASUS Sabertooth Z77 ( if you need to RMA your current mobo ever ) and anandtech guys must have screwed something ;-)

z77 chipset supports Sb cpus
ASUS Sabertooth Z77 preview
HARDOCP - Intel Express Z77 Chipset Motherboards - ASUS Shows Off Z77 Motherboards
Close-up look at GIGABYTE's Intel Z77 Ivy Bridge motherboards :: TweakTown USA Edition

here's the official spec ;-)
Z77A-GD55 CPU Support
 

amjath

Human Spambot
Hey people see this,

Intel Ivy Bridge Processors To Launch March 23 2012 | PC Perspective

What is the difference in i7-3770k and i7-3770S just the TDP???

But they say
"Of these CPUs, only the top end Intel Core i7-3770T and i7-3770S along with the Core i5-3470T processors will include Intel's Hyper-Threading technology."

"S" price is less compared to with "k" one??? How's that?
 

techbulb

eUREKA...
Its just the launch they will not be available to buy on 23rd ,proccesors will come in market on 29th april
 

topgear

Super Moderator
Staff member
Hey people see this,

Intel Ivy Bridge Processors To Launch March 23 2012 | PC Perspective

What is the difference in i7-3770k and i7-3770S just the TDP???

But they say
"Of these CPUs, only the top end Intel Core i7-3770T and i7-3770S along with the Core i5-3470T processors will include Intel's Hyper-Threading technology."

"S" price is less compared to with "k" one??? How's that?

I think the K sku cpus can be OCed only .. so they are priced higher ;-)
 
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