[NEW STUFF] SANDYBRIDGE LGA2xxx

[Andrew LB]

Before you had to worry about not bending 13xx pins now you have to worry about not bending 2xxx pins that is progress

You've managed to bend some pins on Intel setups since they switched them from the CPU to the motherboard socket?

I've been using these two Athlon chips for paper weights on my desk for the past two years. (A 2400 and i forget the redish looking one). Still... perfect pins, only a little dust. Ok... perhaps a lot of dust.




Anyways, back to the topic. I must say that over 2,000 pins is HUGE! The chips that need such a massive number of interconnects are going to dominate.

Bulldozer? More like "swiffer".

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You've managed to bend some pins on Intel setups since they switched them from the CPU to the motherboard socket?

I've been using these two Athlon chips for paper weights on my desk for the past two years. (A 2400 and i forget the redish looking one). Still... perfect pins, only a little dust. Ok... perhaps a lot of dust.




Anyways, back to the topic. I must say that over 2,000 pins is HUGE! The chips that need such a massive number of interconnects are going to dominate.

Bulldozer? More like "swiffer".

AMD hate? Clever.

It will be interesting what intel releases on LGA2XXX+. That's nuts.

[Andrew LB]

AMD hate? Clever.

Not really. I simply buy the CPU which performs the best and has great motherboards that have acceptable driver support. I owned AMD chips from the first Athlon 1ghz until the Core 2 Duo was released. Athlons, Palomino's, thunderbirds, and Athlon XP, and X2's. I personally owned about a dozen different chips, not including hundreds I sold to customers.

See... I along with countless AMD fans way back when they beat Intel to the 1ghz mark had a habit of really taking that big win and just rubbing it in, twisting the knife, and adding salt. I had an attitude much like you see here among the current AMD/ATi crowd. Then along came C2D and a very wealthy Intel who was committed to never endure a similar b*tch slapping again, and ever since they've made exceptional chips. Couple that with me growing up, being a more responsible business owner, and realizing how much extra time I had to spend on every single AMD rig that I sold to a customer because of some quirk or another.... I just figured that opportunity cost was king and I'd stay with selling a product that rarely ever returned due to "problems" after it had left the building with it's new owner.

Oh. And FYI... I use AMD chips exclusively for paper weights. I simply used that photo because of the pins being on the CPU rather than the socket itself.

Here is a super sweet Celeron 450 and a Pentium 4 521-ht. If I ever come across a usable socket 775 board, i'll add what remaining spare parts to complete a system and sell it to a neighbor for an internet PC. Same goes for a couple E5300's which I cannot seem to find right now. Actually... I was surprised how well that chip played most games when paired up with an 8800gts.

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Not really. I simply buy the CPU which performs the best and has great motherboards that have acceptable driver support. I owned AMD chips from the first Athlon 1ghz until the Core 2 Duo was released. Athlons, Palomino's, thunderbirds, and Athlon XP, and X2's. I personally owned about a dozen different chips, not including hundreds I sold to customers.

See... I along with countless AMD fans way back when they beat Intel to the 1ghz mark had a habit of really taking that big win and just rubbing it in, twisting the knife, and adding salt. I had an attitude much like you see here among the current AMD/ATi crowd. Then along came C2D and a very wealthy Intel who was committed to never endure a similar b*tch slapping again, and ever since they've made exceptional chips. Couple that with me growing up, being a more responsible business owner, and realizing how much extra time I had to spend on every single AMD rig that I sold to a customer because of some quirk or another.... I just figured that opportunity cost was king and I'd stay with selling a product that rarely ever returned due to "problems" after it had left the building with it's new owner.

Oh. And FYI... I use AMD chips exclusively for paper weights. I simply used that photo because of the pins being on the CPU rather than the socket itself.

Here is a super sweet Celeron 450 and a Pentium 4 521-ht. If I ever come across a usable socket 775 board, i'll add what remaining spare parts to complete a system and sell it to a neighbor for an internet PC. Same goes for a couple E5300's which I cannot seem to find right now. Actually... I was surprised how well that chip played most games when paired up with an 8800gts.

At last someone with some sence:

I had alsmost exact same experience. And thats what also kept me from purchasing ATI card . I like timely driver support and no artifacts in my games.

[SoF]

lol dude cmon all we get is chopped pic?

+1 But as usual JC is surely bound to some kinda NDA so we better be happy of what we can see atm

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