I'll be waiting for the bug-free chipset before jumping on haswell...
I'll be waiting for the bug-free chipset before jumping on haswell...
My toys...
Asus X79 Deluxe | i7 4820K | Koolance CPU-380I w/Triple Rad/Swiftech Pump | RipjawsX 16GB 1866MHz | eVGA GTX 780 TRI-SLI | X-Fi Surround 5.1 Pro USB | Intel 530 120GB *2 RAID 0, Intel 510 250GB, Samsung 840 Pro 120GB, Samsung 840 500GB, Kingston V300 240GB | Corsair AX1200i | In Win D-Frame Orange | Win 8.1 Pro 64
Asus Sabertooth Z77 | i7 3770K | NH-C12P SE14 | Vengeance 32GB LP | eVGA GT 240 | X-Fi Titanium Fatality | LSI SAS 9211-4i | Intel 330 120GB, Seagate 500GB *2, Samsung 200GB, WD 320GB *4 RAID 10, 500GB, Raptor 74GB | Antec TPQ-1200W | Corsair 650D | Win 8.1 Pro 64
Asus Sabertooth P67 | i7 2600K | NH-U12P SE2 | Vengeance Pro 16GB 1866MHz | eVGA GTX 680 | Sound via HDMI | Intel 330 60GB, Samsung 840 Pro 120GB, WD VRaptor 300GB, 150GB *2 | Antec HCG-750W | Lian Li PC-60FNWB | Win 8.1 Pro 64
Asus P8H77-M/CSM | i3 3220 | Shuriken | Vengeance 16GB LP | eVGA GT 610 | Sound Blaster Play | Hauppauge WinTV-HVR-1600 & HD PVR | Asus PCE-AC66 | Kingston V100 128GB, WD 1GB, 500GB, Seagate 2TB | Enermax Liberty 500W | Fractal Design Core 1000 | Win 8 Pro 64 w/Media Center
Asus P8H77-M/CSM | i3 3220T | Hyper 212 Evo | Vengeance 8GB | eVGA 210 | Hauppauge WinTV-PVR-250 | Intel 330 60GB, WD 750GB, 250GB | Enermax Liberty 500W | Antec 300 | Win 7 Premium 32
Axial SCX10 2012 Jeep Wrangler Unlimited Rubicon Modified
If overall system responsivness and such is what you judge a system by you dont need much.
There are 2 things that stand out when it comes to system responsivness and fluidness and so on... the move from single core to dual core. And SSD.
So if your gaming experience is satisfying for you, there isnt much reason to upgrade. Its moot for you if haswell is 5% faster or 50% faster if you never are hold back by what you already got.
X2 555 @ B55 @ 4050 1.4v, NB @ 2700 1.35v Fuzion V1
Gigabyte 890gpa-ud3h v2.1
HD6950 2GB swiftech MCW60 @ 1000mhz, 1.168v 1515mhz memory
Corsair Vengeance 2x4GB 1866 cas 9 @ 1800 8.9.8.27.41 1T 110ns 1.605v
C300 64GB, 2X Seagate barracuda green LP 2TB, Essence STX, Zalman ZM750-HP
DDC 3.2/petras, PA120.3 ek-res400, Stackers STC-01,
Dell U2412m, G110, G9x, Razer Scarab
Our graphics go nowhere because consoles only evolve to the next platform every X amount of years.
Our processors are not going to get much more powerful now that the mobile market is the key battleground, efficiency is the name of the game and Intel is at war with ARM.
Sorry but you don't need 6 cores to play Angry birds, games are still coming out in DX9.... I'm pretty happy we even get updates as often as we do, except they should unlock everything to keep pc enthusiasm going.
i3 2100, MSI H61M-E33. 8GB G.Skill Ripjaws.
MSI GTX 460 Twin Frozr II. 1TB Caviar Blue.
Corsair HX 620, CM 690, Win 7 Ultimate 64bit.
My second 3570K died after a few months under water i guess taking off the IHF is the signing of a death warrant in my case. The employee discount helps but i can only get a limited no of cpu's per year so moving back to 2500k/2600k it OC's very well and is very tolerant to voltage. I hope HSW is better in terms of tolerance scales but then again SOC's are often not.
Coming Soon
I had a few 2600K CPUs with problems.. But those were after a year or so at constant 60-80% CPU load. Warranty to the rescue.
All 3770s are just humming along for now. No overclock, naturally.
2x Dual E5 2670, 32 GB, Transcend SSD 256 GB, 2xSeagate Constellation ES 2TB, 1KW PSU
HP Envy 17" - i7 2630 QM, HD6850, 8 GB.
i7 3770, GF 650, 8 GB, Transcend SSD 256 GB, 6x3 TB. 850W PSU
X2 555 @ B55 @ 4050 1.4v, NB @ 2700 1.35v Fuzion V1
Gigabyte 890gpa-ud3h v2.1
HD6950 2GB swiftech MCW60 @ 1000mhz, 1.168v 1515mhz memory
Corsair Vengeance 2x4GB 1866 cas 9 @ 1800 8.9.8.27.41 1T 110ns 1.605v
C300 64GB, 2X Seagate barracuda green LP 2TB, Essence STX, Zalman ZM750-HP
DDC 3.2/petras, PA120.3 ek-res400, Stackers STC-01,
Dell U2412m, G110, G9x, Razer Scarab
It's fairly impossible to have any useful hindsight in a situation like this where if the cpu: "just died" as you have little to no way to check what exactly went wrong.
Silicon is very brittle and I think you can find a fair amount of users on this forum that has maybe had a run in with a cracked die on good old Socket-A. Hence QuadDamage's comment.
Aber ja, naturlich Hans nass ist, er steht unter einem Wasserfall - James May
Hardware: Gigabyte GA-Z87M-D3H, Intel i5 4670k @ 4GHz, Crucial DDR3 BallistiX, Asus GTX 770 DirectCU II, Corsair HX 650W, Samsung 830 256GB, Silverstone Precision -|- Cooling: Noctua NH-C12P SE14
Hmm, are the CPUs already for sale? When are the Z87 Motherboards due out? Someone in another thread told me June 2nd?
Finally...
HandBrake to Get QuickSync Support
Two new DX extensions in Haswell GPU
http://www.legitreviews.com/news/15334/
http://www.anandtech.com/show/6863/i...ns-for-haswell
The first of these extensions, called PixelSync, provides access to underlying hardware that allows programmers to properly composite partially transparent pixels without the need for an expensive sorting operation. Game developers have long awaited this 'ray casting' capability in order to more realistically render smoke, hair, windows, foliage, fences and other complex geometry and natural phenomena. InstantAccess, the second new extension, works by allowing physical memory to be written and read from either the CPU or from the built-in Intel HD Graphics."The artists working on 'Grid 2' have been requesting this type of effect for years, and prior to this, it wasn?t possible to achieve it at a reasonable cost,? said Clive Moody, senior executive producer at Codemasters Racing. ?The fact that this capability will be available to millions of consumers on forthcoming 4th generation Intel Core processors is very exciting to us."
I still see no reason to upgrade my solid six core 980X.
As long as it doesn't finally just burn up, Intel is giving ZERO reason to upgrade the old high end 32nm parts.
I have never in my life had a CPU stay as competitive for as long as this little 980X that sits happily at 4Ghz on stock voltage. I can push it to 4.4Ghz if needed - easily.
Best computing investment ever.
So the deal is until AMD can someday magically compete for top total performance, Intel is never going to push the high end again? It is getting silly!
Last edited by mmorpgfocus; 03-28-2013 at 08:35 AM.
Intel Core i7-4930K 6 cores 22nm @ 4.2Ghz
EVGA NVIDIA 780Ti KINGPIN EDITION @1.4 Ghz
ACER 2560x1440 LED Monitor (soon to be 4K)
32GB Corsair DDR3 @ 2.6Ghz 9-12-12-30-2N
ASUS X-79-DELUXE USB 3.0 and SATA 6.0Gbps
DVD-RW 52x / BD-RW 8x
2x 480GB SSD w/TRIM at SATA III
1x 1TB WD Black
2x 300GB 10K RPM Velociraptor
1x 4TB WD Green (data)
1200Watt PC Power and Cooling PSU
Lian Li Super Tower Solid Black Aluminum Case, Insulated by Hand
Hand Made H20 Cooling, 3x 92mm Blade Master Fans on RAD
CORSAIR Metal Mechanical KB - Razer Naga Epic
KEF X300A Wireless Speakers (just added! - http://www.kef.com/html/us/showroom/...0aw/index.html)
MULTIBOOT - UBUNTU Linux, Linux MINT, Windows 7 64bit ULTIMATE (Windows 8 stay far away!)
24x7 ROCK SOLID 12 THREAD CPU/MEM TORTURE TESTED PRIME 95
Of course it's all only rumors at this point but word is IB-E may be >6 cores. Even at 6 cores it should be a (finally) worthy upgrade from gulftown. My 980x has been great to me too I'm just a little bored now. Watching everyone play on sb then ib while I sit on 1366. I'm ready for new goodies.
slowpoke:
mm ascension
gigabyte x58a-ud7
980x@4.4ghz (29x152) 1.392 vcore 24/7
corsair dominator gt 6gb 1824mhz 7-7-7-19
2xEVGA GTX TITAN
os: Crucial C300 256GB 3R0 on Intel ICH10R
storage: samsung 2tb f3
cooling:
loop1: mcp350>pa120.4>ek supreme hf
loop2: mcp355>2xpa120.3>>ek nb/sb
22x scythe s-flex "F"
Had a similar notion before i let go of my 990X setup and getting a 3770K based system but after a lot of research i ended up getting a 3770K system. The most helpful being something from bittech let me see if i can find it.
Found it- http://www.bit-tech.net/hardware/201...3770k-review/1 "It has 990X"
The point being 3770K was a good alternative than the 990X, it has its problem being quad core but things are not all bad efficiency and power usage are much more improved. I was using a 1200W heavy unit to power the 990X beast which had already murdered a Glacialtech AX950 but now with the 3770K i am using a frugal 750W corsair unit.
Intel can not have a 6 core part that occupies the same TDP as a 4 core part in the same process. So they can either release a higher number of cores in the tick or increase die size which intel does not want. Quad cores will remain till a good enough octa AMD is made and from what i hear Intel has a backup plan even for Broadwell in terms 6 core processor not sure about HSW because of imposed TDP figures.
Last edited by ajaidev; 03-28-2013 at 12:56 PM.
Coming Soon
Thank you. I was thinking of "hanging out" on haswell until the end of the year when I did my real upgrade which is to add a third titan and ib-e. I had kind of given up on this but I might consider it now.
slowpoke:
mm ascension
gigabyte x58a-ud7
980x@4.4ghz (29x152) 1.392 vcore 24/7
corsair dominator gt 6gb 1824mhz 7-7-7-19
2xEVGA GTX TITAN
os: Crucial C300 256GB 3R0 on Intel ICH10R
storage: samsung 2tb f3
cooling:
loop1: mcp350>pa120.4>ek supreme hf
loop2: mcp355>2xpa120.3>>ek nb/sb
22x scythe s-flex "F"
Good news guys...
Fixed Core-Logic Sets for Intel Core “Haswell” Platforms to Become Available in July.
http://www.xbitlabs.com/news/mainboa...e_in_July.html
PS
I don't know if this deservers its own thread but whatever...
Last edited by solofly; 04-06-2013 at 11:26 AM.
My toys...
Asus X79 Deluxe | i7 4820K | Koolance CPU-380I w/Triple Rad/Swiftech Pump | RipjawsX 16GB 1866MHz | eVGA GTX 780 TRI-SLI | X-Fi Surround 5.1 Pro USB | Intel 530 120GB *2 RAID 0, Intel 510 250GB, Samsung 840 Pro 120GB, Samsung 840 500GB, Kingston V300 240GB | Corsair AX1200i | In Win D-Frame Orange | Win 8.1 Pro 64
Asus Sabertooth Z77 | i7 3770K | NH-C12P SE14 | Vengeance 32GB LP | eVGA GT 240 | X-Fi Titanium Fatality | LSI SAS 9211-4i | Intel 330 120GB, Seagate 500GB *2, Samsung 200GB, WD 320GB *4 RAID 10, 500GB, Raptor 74GB | Antec TPQ-1200W | Corsair 650D | Win 8.1 Pro 64
Asus Sabertooth P67 | i7 2600K | NH-U12P SE2 | Vengeance Pro 16GB 1866MHz | eVGA GTX 680 | Sound via HDMI | Intel 330 60GB, Samsung 840 Pro 120GB, WD VRaptor 300GB, 150GB *2 | Antec HCG-750W | Lian Li PC-60FNWB | Win 8.1 Pro 64
Asus P8H77-M/CSM | i3 3220 | Shuriken | Vengeance 16GB LP | eVGA GT 610 | Sound Blaster Play | Hauppauge WinTV-HVR-1600 & HD PVR | Asus PCE-AC66 | Kingston V100 128GB, WD 1GB, 500GB, Seagate 2TB | Enermax Liberty 500W | Fractal Design Core 1000 | Win 8 Pro 64 w/Media Center
Asus P8H77-M/CSM | i3 3220T | Hyper 212 Evo | Vengeance 8GB | eVGA 210 | Hauppauge WinTV-PVR-250 | Intel 330 60GB, WD 750GB, 250GB | Enermax Liberty 500W | Antec 300 | Win 7 Premium 32
Axial SCX10 2012 Jeep Wrangler Unlimited Rubicon Modified
HD 4600 (i5) performance with various GPU/Memory clock settings
http://www.chinadiy.com.cn/html/58/n-8458.html
Core i7 8700k @ 5.1Ghz * Gigabyte Z370 Aorus Gaming 5 * 4x8GB Corsair RGB @ 3600 16-18-18-36 * GTX 1080ti @ 2050/11400 * Plextor M8Pe 512GB * Creative Sound Blaster Z * Audioengine 5+ * Corsair Obsidian 750D * Corsair RM1000 watt
X2 555 @ B55 @ 4050 1.4v, NB @ 2700 1.35v Fuzion V1
Gigabyte 890gpa-ud3h v2.1
HD6950 2GB swiftech MCW60 @ 1000mhz, 1.168v 1515mhz memory
Corsair Vengeance 2x4GB 1866 cas 9 @ 1800 8.9.8.27.41 1T 110ns 1.605v
C300 64GB, 2X Seagate barracuda green LP 2TB, Essence STX, Zalman ZM750-HP
DDC 3.2/petras, PA120.3 ek-res400, Stackers STC-01,
Dell U2412m, G110, G9x, Razer Scarab
3770K scores around 4200 at 1350MHz
http://www.notebookcheck.net/Intel-H...0.69168.0.html
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