Nice to see we finally have reviews. Reading Anand's review right now... Arg the decision to wait for Bulldozer and see how things play out or just jump on the Sandy Bridge bandwagon right now is going to be a hard one!
The power consumption under load compared to a i7 920 is just crazy. Some of the reviews show close to 100W difference even with 1.4+ voltage on the 2600K.
I'm definitely picking up a 2600K for folding but now to find the best mobo.
HWiNFO32 offers a more advanced support of Sandy Bridge (since several months).
It can report several additional params and monitoring that no other tool is currently capable (like power limits, consumption, GT GPU clock, etc.).
wtf how is sandy bridge losing in real world tests, those amd systems were way slower in the synthetic tests. gotta read more reviews and see if the real world improvement is there.
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Reviews
http://www.hardwareheaven.com/reviews.php?reviewid=1091
http://www.guru3d.com/article/core-i...-2600k-review/
http://hothardware.com/Reviews/Intel...cessors-Debut/
http://www.pcper.com/article.php?aid=1057
http://www.neoseeker.com/Articles/Ha...600K_i5_2500K/
http://lanoc.org/review/energy-items...k-sandy-bridge
http://www.overclock3d.net/reviews/c...ridge_review/1
http://tbreak.com/tech/2011/01/intel...-2600k-review/
http://www.tweaktown.com/reviews/375...pus/index.html
http://www.hardware.fr/articles/815-...dy-bridge.html
Last edited by onethreehill; 01-03-2011 at 01:29 AM.
According to the chart on Anandtech the K series don't support VT-d or TXT(Whatever that is :P).
Anyone got an explanation why?
And yet another review:
http://news.softpedia.com/news/Intel...K-175630.shtml
VT-d has got to do with virtualization. mistake in the charts ?
http://benchmarkreviews.com/index.ph...1&limitstart=1Core i5-2500K Specifications
Base Clock Speed: 3.3GHz
# of Cores: 4
# of Threads: 4
Max Turbo Frequency: 3.7GHz
L1 Cache: 32KB Instruction and 32KB Data for each core
L2 Cache: 256KB Shared Instruction/Data for each core
L3 Cache: 6MB Shared Instruction/Data among all cores
Instruction Set: 64-bit
Instruction Set Extensions: SSE4.2
Lithography: 32nm
Max TDP: 95W
1ku Bulk Budgetary Price: $216
Memory Types: DDR3-1066/1333
Intel HD Graphics: Yes
Intel HD Graphics 2000/3000: 3000
Graphics Base Frequency: 850MHz
Graphics Max Dynamic Frequency: 1100MHz
Intel Flexible Display Interface: Yes
Intel Clear Video HD Technology: Yes
Dual Display Capable: Yes
Socket Supported: LGA1155
Intel Hyper-Threading Technology: No
Intel Virtualization Technology: Yes
Intel Advanced Vector Extensions (AVX): Yes
Intel vPro / TXT / VT-d / Intel SIPP: Yes
Intel Quick Sync Video: Yes
AES New Instructions: Yes
Last edited by geo; 01-03-2011 at 03:30 AM.
wow 2600k is even beating 980x!
would there still be a socket 2011 or is this the highend SB??
will wait for that one and for the bulldozer/FX whatever amd comes up with before jumping..
Newbie Cruncher
This is madness....
http://www.techreaction.net/2011/01/...p67-part-12/4/
i5 2500K@ 4.5Ghz
Asrock P67 PRO3![]()
P55 PRO & i5 750
http://valid.canardpc.com/show_oc.php?id=966385
239 BCKL validation on cold air
http://valid.canardpc.com/show_oc.php?id=966536
Almost 5hgz , air.
K-series do not support neither TXT nor VT-d
http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/...k,2833-18.html - pay attention to the minimum fps![]()
Thuban @4 GHz + Big Typhoon VX
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Any reviews of a duel core laptop? Pretty sure they are not stuffing a quad core into the X201 Tablet replacementwith these batterytimes I would not mind though
Desktop I5-3570k, 8GB Ram, GTX 560, Silverstone TJ08-E, Crucial M4 128GB, 750W Silver Power, ASUS P8Z77-M
Laptop ThinkPad W520 2720QM /2 x 4 GB ram / Quadro 1000M / Crucial M4 128GB + 500Gb Hdd / FHD Screen / Intel WiFi Link 6300 AGN WLAN / 9 Cell Battery
Laptop 2 New Macbook Pro Retina / i7 QuadCore / 650 GT / 16GB Ram / 512 GB SSD
Server: Athlon II X4 640, ASROCK K10N78, 8GB Ram, LSI MegaRaid 8 port, 64GB Vertex 1, 5 x 1 TB WD Raid6, 3 x 3TB Seagate Raid5
8 full cores do not fit thermal envelope at 32 nm
8 bulldozer semi-cores do fit
Thuban @4 GHz + Big Typhoon VX
Windows 3.1 starts on Phenom II X6 4GHz | Форум СЦБиcтов - Railway Automation Forum
Last edited by BrowncoatGR; 01-03-2011 at 04:13 AM.
Seems we made our greatest error when we named it at the start
for though we called it "Human Nature" - it was cancer of the heart
CPU: AMD X3 720BE@ 3,4Ghz
Cooler: Xigmatek S1283(Terrible mounting system for AM2/3)
Motherboard: Gigabyte 790FXT-UD5P(F4) RAM: 2x 2GB OCZ DDR3 1600Mhz Gold 8-8-8-24
GPU:HD5850 1GB
PSU: Seasonic M12D 750W Case: Coolermaster HAF932(aka Dusty)
Since the IMC and GFX is now integrated in the CPU, the VT-d support is now split between CPU (DMA, Memory, GFX) and PCH (HDA, SATA, USB, GbE, APIC, HPET..)
just thinking.. if the 2500 is ~$215(?) & is better than i7-920.. what will happen to the price of 2nd hand i7 CPUs?![]()
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DNA = Darwin Not Accurate
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heatware / ebay
HARDWARE I only own Xeons, Extreme Editions & Lian Li's
https://prism-break.org/
Anand reviewed SB notebook (i7-2820QM + HD3000):
http://www.anandtech.com/show/4084/i...le-landscape/2
Looks very impressive. Mostly faster then desktop i7-920, pretty capable graphics (level of hd5470 & 320M) and excellent battery life.
Personally i'm locking forward to buy i7-2657M based notebook (i hope it would not be to expensive). That thing would destroy any brazos based notebook.
The turbo mode for SB notebooks has been improved a lot. If you look at first page of anandtech review, you would see that 2820QM can go up to 3.4GHz when 1 core used, 3.3GHz when two cores are used and 3.1GHz when all the 4 cores are used.
Also, all the mobile CPUs (except OEM & LV/ULV models) have GPU turbo up to 1300MHz
http://www.anandtech.com/show/4084/i...le-landscape/1
Not to mention that power consumption is much better than previous generation
EDIT: LV/ULV models are going to have HD3000 (12EU) graphics. Though, the GPU clock is going to be lower than regular models
Last edited by dartaz; 01-03-2011 at 05:40 AM.
yeah the high-end mobile SB chips are impressive, but you know darn well they are going to command a very high price. I'm more interested in seeing how the lower-end mobile SB will be priced.
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