Intel Ivy Bridge Discussion

[The Sorcerer]

Unless they have used ES of 22nm processor, this comparison chart is absurd. 32nm processors can't even use the potential bandwidth of PCI-E3.0

You need IVB Processors to use PCIe 3.0 btw...

Nice!! But without 22nm cpu?

i7 2600k. Killer stuff. Don't be surprised if a lot of people will consider this combo, because its great. If you're going anything more than 1600MHz, cl9- after seeing what I saw, its a good combo.

Sandybridge will still be mainstream even after ivybridge, maybe until something else arrives pretty quick after that.

 

[Alive_Hunter]

New rumours that have come to light seem to suggest that Intel is looking to bump up their launch date for their upcoming Ivy Bridge processors. It’s not a big change from its original launch date, but the new date advances the launch by 6 days to April 23rd.

Source :
Intel may move up Ivy Bridge launch to April 23 | Electronista

 

[GamerKP]

looks like its better to wait for i7 3770k,relese date is so close.

@d6bmg the first day i came here and asked for config,u suggested me to wait for ivy bridge.and here it comes...

 

[d6bmg]

looks like its better to wait for i7 3770k,relese date is so close.

@d6bmg the first day i came here and asked for config,u suggested me to wait for ivy bridge.and here it comes...

And you will get better config now.
Waiting have its own value.
Now, for the motherboard, have a close look on MSI Z77A-GD65 and its price.
Asus Z77s is just a bit overpriced now.

 

[dfcols71]

by the way, what its price in india?
d6bmg-Now, for the motherboard, have a close look on MSI Z77A-GD65 and its price.

 

[d6bmg]

I don't know anything about the price. That's why I've mentioned 'have a close look'.

 

[The Sorcerer]

z77 Maximus V Gene was bought for around 16k- for those who want to know.

 

[d6bmg]

z77 Maximus V Gene was bought for around 16k- for those who want to know.

Thanks for the info.
But this is getting ridiculous. A $210 board @16K means ~77/- per dollar. I never saw this kind of ratio in pricing in my entire time spent in hardware world.

Or it is just me.

 

[Skud]

You haven't seen much.

But that is on the higher side, almost extreme.

 

[dfcols71]

afaik the prices for z77 mb are the best available (lowest in india)at prime abgb but only asus most dealers will keep a high price till time of launch of ivyor stock depletion of z68/p67 motherboards

 

[skeletor]

Unless they have used ES of 22nm processor, this comparison chart is absurd. 32nm processors can't even use the potential bandwidth of PCI-E3.0

well, they used i7-3960X + X79. That platform has PCIe 3.0 since day 1.

 

[topgear]

^^ thanks for the reply

thanks.that will save me a lot of money.no need pcie 3.0 anymore.

you will get pci-e 3.0 for free with z77 mobo

looks like its better to wait for i7 3770k,relese date is so close.

and if you are getting that cpu this is one more good reason to have a pci-e 3.0 mobo ( read z77/x79 ) and GTX 680 - let's churn out those extra 2/3 fps

 

[GamerKP]

@d6bmg MSI Z77A-GD65 will be around 9000 inr in india.i saw this review :- AnandTech - Intel Z77 Panther Point Chipset and Motherboard Preview ? ASRock, ASUS, Gigabyte, MSI, ECS and Biostar

but i dont know anything about the overclocking capability.

@topgear how about these pcie3.0 motherboards : ASUS Rampage IV gene(best buy april,12 from digit) or ASRock x79 Extreme 6 Gen3(editors pick april,12 from digit)
both are kinda expensive though(above 18000).too much for a motherboard.

take a look at this one...supports ivy bridge and looks really awesome
ASRock > Products > Z77 Extreme6
is it better than the msi one? both same price

 

[pcforumguy]

but i dont know anything about the overclocking capability.

The answer is lying in the article you have mentioned in your post -

Power Consumption and Power Delivery

It has been well documented over the past few months that the top end model of the new processors should have a TDP of 77W. This is just shy of 50 watts less than the top models seen in Sandy Bridge-E, but more importantly, down from 95 watts as shown by the 2600K/2700K processors of Sandy Bridge. This does force a small change with the power delivery on Panther Point/Z77 products.

With less TDP to cater for, the motherboard manufacturers can spend less on the power delivery to get it to work. So there is a chance that the days of '24 phase power’ are long gone, and we will be dealing with less phases. Fewer motherboards will have dual 8-pin 12V connectors, and unless you go high end, may only require one 4-pin 12V connector to get the job done. Obviously if you apply an overclock, having access to more current (and thus more power) is of major benefit, but for the majority of system builders who will run systems at stock, this could represent savings in the construction being passed on to the consumer.

However, this does lend itself to potential issues when used in conjunction with Sandy Bridge processors—having a power delivery system less robust than Z68 could perhaps hinder Sandy Bridge overclocks.

In short if you plan to OC any Sandy Bridge with Z77 mobo you can not utilizes it's (SB Proccy) all potential.
So get any Z77 with Ivy Bridge-K not SB.

 

[topgear]

there's only chances but it's not entirely true that most of the z77 mobos will have less VRM than z68 mobos - cheap mobos will have less vrm to reduce cost more costly z77 mobos will have more vrms to support better OCing for both SB and IB cpus.

for eg. ASUS P8Z77-V Pro - 12 + 4 phase VRM design @ $225 and Asus P8Z68-V Pro Gen 3 - 12 + 4 phase VRM design @ $210 - either the price difference will reduce or ASUS P8Z77-V Pro will entirely replace the Asus P8Z68-V Pro Gen 3 mobo but it won't matter much to the buyers of SB cpus as both mobos has same nos of vrm and every other features are identical - so the ASUS P8Z77-V Pro mobo will OC SB cpus very well like the Asus P8Z68-V Pro Gen 3.

 

[d6bmg]

Wait for some reviews to come out.

 

[d6bmg]

Intel slashes 22nm Ivy Bridge desktop prices before launch


And i7-2600K is available at microcenter @199.99 +tax. They have removed it from their site.

 

[RiGOD]

^^I guess that won't make much difference for end users like us. The retailers will benefit here.

 

[pcforumguy]

there's only chances but it's not entirely true that most of the z77 mobos will have less VRM than z68 mobos - cheap mobos will have less vrm to reduce cost more costly z77 mobos will have more vrms to support better OCing for both SB and IB cpus.

for eg. ASUS P8Z77-V Pro - 12 + 4 phase VRM design @ $225 and Asus P8Z68-V Pro Gen 3 - 12 + 4 phase VRM design @ $210 - either the price difference will reduce or ASUS P8Z77-V Pro will entirely replace the Asus P8Z68-V Pro Gen 3 mobo but it won't matter much to the buyers of SB cpus as both mobos has same nos of vrm and every other features are identical - so the ASUS P8Z77-V Pro mobo will OC SB cpus very well like the Asus P8Z68-V Pro Gen 3.

Yep ! Z77 mobos are future proof at little extra cost for now.

^^I guess that won't make much difference for end users like us. The retailers will benefit here.

Oh, they always benefited at any price; they just don't pass on that benefit to us.

 

[vickybat]

Intel slashes 22nm Ivy Bridge desktop prices before launch


And i7-2600K is available at microcenter @199.99 +tax. They have removed it from their site.

That a good piece of news mate. Good for future potential buyers.