byteninja2
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I'm talking about cheapest model for i3 and i5 and i7.
I3 ivy vs i5 sandy vs i7 original
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byteninja2
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So for my next cpu, should it be a i3 ivy or i5 sandy?
Yeah, I'd say the big choice should be:
1. i5 Sandy now
2. i5 Ivy when it comes out
3. i5 Sandy when Ivy releases (should be a little cheaper)
Regardless of which option you choose, you'll be getting a great processor at a good price. The only other "niches" to me would be going with an i7 if you want HT due to your system uses, or an i3 if you want to pay less and two cores if enough for you.
1. i5 Sandy now
2. i5 Ivy when it comes out
3. i5 Sandy when Ivy releases (should be a little cheaper)
Regardless of which option you choose, you'll be getting a great processor at a good price. The only other "niches" to me would be going with an i7 if you want HT due to your system uses, or an i3 if you want to pay less and two cores if enough for you.
FuryRosewood
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http://www.tomshardware.com/news/Ivy-Bridge-benchmarks-overclocked-i7-3770,15128.html unoffical record, but sorta impressive? hard to really say honestly, im underwhelmed lately with cpu 'breakthroughs'. Id honestly stick with current SB stuff if the ivybridge stuff is ungodly expensive at release, which may very well be
Aastii
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Just to point out this is all speculation. The pricing, power consumption, heat and performance, nobody will know until they hit market no matter what is leaked.
You can put a bet on the performance being:
i5 > i7 > i3
That is with the i5 being Sandy Bridge, i3 being Ivy Bridge and i7 being Nehalem. Currently, the Sandy Bridge i5's outperform the old Nehalem i7's. The new i3's, I will put money on it, will not outperform the current i5's or the older i7's, even with the trigate transistors and newer, tweaked architecture
byteninja2
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I guess I'll get a i5 sandy when ivy comes out. I will probably be able to get one for cheap when ivy comes out.
Since I assume the i5 sandies will be only slightly cheaper when ivy comes out, unless you either want to save all the money you can or truly don't care about waiting...I would almost just go for an i5 sandy now. The other option that makes a lot of sense to me would be to buy an i5 sandy secondhand when ivy comes out (such as from a user on this forum that upgrades) for considerably cheaper than you could buy new.
Go for a Sandy-Bridge i5 now - the 2500K is amazing value for money. I don't think there's going to be an awful lot of difference between a 2500K and a 3570K when it comes out, certainly not as big a difference as there was between going from 1156 to 1155. I'm not sure if the price will drop once the 22nm CPUs are released, but right now a 2500K is very good value, so I'd say spring for one now if you can. Don't wait.
Intel also have no idea when Ivy-Bridge is coming out. Firstly I heard a long while back they meant to come out in Februrary, or at least Q1 2012, then I heard they were actually coming out on April 8th I believe, but then I heard they got delayed until June, then I heard they coming out in May, then I heard they had been postponed again. This frustrated me when choosing my upgrade path from an i5 760 (an 1156 CPU) so I just went for a 2500K now.
Intel also have no idea when Ivy-Bridge is coming out. Firstly I heard a long while back they meant to come out in Februrary, or at least Q1 2012, then I heard they were actually coming out on April 8th I believe, but then I heard they got delayed until June, then I heard they coming out in May, then I heard they had been postponed again. This frustrated me when choosing my upgrade path from an i5 760 (an 1156 CPU) so I just went for a 2500K now.
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Perkomate
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you think straight to Skylake? Nah, I think they'll rock 22nm for the next gen, to milk the profits. Dem yields. RE the late release, when has anything been released on time? ever?
I find it interesting to note how Nehalem was originally planned for 90nm, after the Prescott and Tejas lines.
Just imagine the amounts of transisitors that will be involved in Skymont. Tens of billions at the lowest IMO.
I find it interesting to note how Nehalem was originally planned for 90nm, after the Prescott and Tejas lines.
Just imagine the amounts of transisitors that will be involved in Skymont. Tens of billions at the lowest IMO.
Okedokey
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They cant control the leakage tendencies with the architecture at the next level down in size. It has to do with the lithographic processes used to create the PCB essentially.
Light wavelengths are specific. UV, and Ultra-UV are next.
Ultra-UV lithography is now just being tested to achieve the 10nm area. There is a dodgy point with standard lithography techiques and the 15 - 30nm range. This is my thoery btw. But what I have been reading suggests that yeilds could be low on the 22nm and below without a change in the lithographic source technology.
Light wavelengths are specific. UV, and Ultra-UV are next.
Ultra-UV lithography is now just being tested to achieve the 10nm area. There is a dodgy point with standard lithography techiques and the 15 - 30nm range. This is my thoery btw. But what I have been reading suggests that yeilds could be low on the 22nm and below without a change in the lithographic source technology.