Intel Ivy Bridge Discussion

[mastercool8695]

so ivy bridge is to be launched by april end - as reported by Economic times

will the prices of sandybridge (i5 2400 and i3 2100) will go down???

 

[RiGOD]

^^No way, check the prices of the first generation processors, they're high even after the release of SNB.

 

[d6bmg]

ASUS P8Z77-V PRO @16.1K
Link: Click Here
ASUS P8Z77-V DELUXE @20.7K
Link: Click Here

Both are overpriced btw.
V-pro should be around 13.5K, where v-deluxe should be around 17.5K (max)
Asus India/Rashi has become greedy nowadays and showing that by charging too much for everything.

 

[mastercool8695]

ivy brigde prices should be far above snb??
or comparable prices with snb???

 

[Skud]

@d6bmg:

I guess those models are PCIe 3.0 compliant, and they are charging excess for that. A much better option is this:-

Gigabyte GA-Z68XP-UD4

 

[d6bmg]

^ Actually, price of Gigabyte & MSI motherboards haevn't been increased too much is not at all.
And, without 22nm IB processor, the much hyped PCI-E3.0 won't get the bandwidth, and it will work as PCI-E 2.0

 

[Skud]

Gigabyte doesn't need to increase price, it has virtually vanished except some lower end models. Even the UD4 is also out of stock in Flipkart.

The reason I had to go with ASUS.

 

[d6bmg]

Isn't GA-Z68XP-UD4 available in Kolkata?

 

[Skud]

Last time I checked (Feb) it was not.

 

[topgear]

BIOSTAR Launches TZ77XE3 Motherboard - Intel Z77 Chipset - Legit Reviews

*legitreviews.com/images/news/2012/biostar-TZ77XE3.jpg

 

[RiGOD]

No doubt that the new Z77 motherboards @ flipkart are priced high. Check this.

 

[Skud]

BIOSTAR Launches TZ77XE3 Motherboard - Intel Z77 Chipset - Legit Reviews

*legitreviews.com/images/news/2012/biostar-TZ77XE3.jpg

Excellent placement of PCIe x16 slots, now go buy 3 graphics card. Wait, who made those straight SATA ports?

And why they are still using VGA/DVI out? Give a HDMI out and bundle a converter, that will suffice.

 

[azaad_shri75]

No doubt that the new Z77 motherboards @ flipkart are priced high. Check this.

yeah, agree with you............ hope once all vendors start keeping stock of them by next month........... there could be price difference .....

 

[d6bmg]

that biostar board looks good except for the placement of sata ports.

 

[topgear]

yep, Biostar should really think about changing the locations of the sata ports on this mobo.

BTW, here' something interesting

*vr-zone.com/articles/evolution-int...-join-with-mic-multi-teraflop-chip/15476.html

 

[RiGOD]

More z77 based ASUS motherboards.

(Courtesy : topgear)

BTW check this & this.

 

[topgear]

^^ Thanks for the links

BTW, check this out :
Intel?s Z77 Express And Lucidlogix MVP: New Features For Gamers : Z77 Express: USB 3.0 And Enhanced Manageability

 

[RiGOD]

^^An article worth reading.

Spoiler

Although Intel’s Z77 Express offers minor power reductions and management software updates, integrated USB 3.0 and the inclusion of Virtu MVP are the best reasons for users to care. While we probably wouldn’t spend the money to upgrade from Z68, new system builders have nothing to lose and a few small things to gain by choosing a motherboard with Intel’s latest mainstream platform controller hub.

So as expected (atleast by me) no performance gain over the z68. Power savings by a few watts, integrated USB 3.0 and the price point will make it a good buy.

 

[comp@ddict]

The pricing of Ivy Bridge CPUs will be same as SNB CPUs

 

[desiJATT]

@Rigod, H61, H67, P67 and Z68 will also support the Ivy Bridge processors via a Firmware and BIOS update.. That's a good news for all the present Sandy Bridge users as they have a room for upgrade, but the only they might miss is the PCIe 3.0 (Benchmarks show only slight performance gains on 3.0 over 2.1), so even that would be OK for them. No need to buy new overpriced Z77 boards which are nothing but just marketing hype.