Intel Sandy Bridge - Why you should wait one month for a new PC!
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They're not going to release them at midnight guys. Newegg's offices are in CA so I'd say around ~11AM EST.
[QUOTE=Zombii;27294854]They're not going to release them at midnight guys. Newegg's offices are in CA so I'd say around ~11AM EST.[/QUOTE]
Party pooper. :saddowns:
Dude I wish they would release them at midnight, but Newegg has to have somebody actually in the offices to put the products up, and I doubt that someone would volunteer to come in at 12AM to put products up, especially on a Saturday/Sunday.
[QUOTE=Zombii;27295181]Dude I wish they would release them at midnight, but Newegg has to have somebody actually in the offices to put the products up, and I doubt that someone would volunteer to come in at 12AM to put products up, especially on a Saturday/Sunday.[/QUOTE]
Wouldn't they get a bonus or something?
Also quick question:
What's the $89 difference between the i5 2500 and the i7 2600?
Is it the 0.1 GHz difference in speed or the 2MB difference in L3 Cache? Is it worth it?
[QUOTE=acidcj;27295431]Wouldn't they get a bonus or something?
Also quick question:
What's the $89 difference between the i5 2500 and the i7 2600?
Is it the 0.1 GHz difference in speed or the 2MB difference in L3 Cache? Is it worth it?[/QUOTE]
The big difference is hyperthreading, which is worth it if you have applications that take advantage of it. Gaming doesn't benefit.
Hyperthreading, general performance increases. Check here: [url]http://www.anandtech.com/show/4083/the-sandy-bridge-review-intel-core-i7-2600k-i5-2500k-core-i3-2100-tested/20[/url]
Okay, so I'll probably just want the i5, and I presume I should get the 2500k rather than just the 2500 as it is only a $11 price difference. (According to Wikipedia.)
IIRC, the value most people cite for hyper-threading is a 30% performance boost, although Intel claims "up to 50%", and some put it as low as 10%. Although those were the older Pentium IVs; Hyper-Threading has gotten better with each new chip.
[QUOTE=acidcj;27295680]Okay, so I'll probably just want the i5, and I presume I should get the 2500k rather than just the 2500 as it is only a $11 price difference. (According to Wikipedia.)[/QUOTE]
Still worth it even if it was a $20-30 difference, they overclock like a Boss.
The way I figure it is like this:
P67: K Version
H67: Regular
H67 can't overclock so might as well go regular, otherwise the price difference is minimal.
Do we have the motherboard pricing yet?
Midnight!
Also I just realized 12AM here isn't 12AM in CA, so it'll be like 3AM before they're released here (if they're released at midnight)
[QUOTE=Zombii;27295808]Also I just realized 12AM here isn't 12AM in CA, so it'll be like 3AM before they're released here (if they're released at midnight)[/QUOTE]
Someone said something about Microcenter offering only 3 boards tommorrow:
gigabyte H67a-ud3h $145
asus p8p67 $160
assu p8p67 deluxe $240
All right! Those prices don't seem too bad. Well I'm going to sleep, hope they aren't all out of stock when I wake up.
Was looking up where Newegg is based and then
[IMG]http://dl.dropbox.com/u/8914988/Captures/rrrrrr075-20110109-000432.png[/IMG]
so I went to Google and then
[IMG]http://dl.dropbox.com/u/8914988/Captures/rrrrrr076-20110109-000440.png[/IMG]
What the fuck?
[QUOTE=Odellus;27295899]Was looking up where Newegg is based and then
[img_thumb]http://dl.dropbox.com/u/8914988/Captures/rrrrrr075-20110109-000432.png[/img_thumb]
so I went to Google and then
[img_thumb]http://dl.dropbox.com/u/8914988/Captures/rrrrrr076-20110109-000440.png[/img_thumb]
What the fuck?[/QUOTE]
Probably just a labeling error on the site.
And what's up with that site?
[url]www.newegg.jp[/url] doesn't exist.
[QUOTE=Odellus;27295899]Was looking up where Newegg is based and then
[img_thumb]http://dl.dropbox.com/u/8914988/Captures/rrrrrr075-20110109-000432.png[/img_thumb]
so I went to Google and then
[img_thumb]http://dl.dropbox.com/u/8914988/Captures/rrrrrr076-20110109-000440.png[/img_thumb]
What the fuck?[/QUOTE]
Damn japanese always getting shit so cheap.
[QUOTE=Zombii;27295929]Probably just a labeling error on the site.
And what's up with that site?
[url]www.newegg.jp[/url] doesn't exist.[/QUOTE]
[url]www.newegg.com.cn[/url]
[editline]9th January 2011[/editline]
And no, everything is priced like that. A 980X is $96, and some ASUS motherboard is $21.
TigerDirect has chips on sale!
[QUOTE=Badal;27295985]TigerDirect has chips on sale![/QUOTE]
Oh fuc-
buybuybuybuybuybuy
Looks like the rollout has begun, CircuitCity and CompUSA has some too.
EDIT: Oh wait, they are all the same store. Forgot about that.
It's CNY, not JPY you fools. How can you not tell that it's Chinese not Japanese, the language is pretty dissimilar and co.cn is obviously China's ccTLD.
[QUOTE=Odellus;27295951][url]www.newegg.com.cn[/url]
[editline]9th January 2011[/editline]
And no, everything is priced like that. A 980X is $96, and some ASUS motherboard is $21.[/QUOTE]
i5 2500K $230
some motherboard ~$160
4GB DDR3 $50
fuck
[url]http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=7144659&CatId=14[/url]
+ RAM = god dammit
[editline]9th January 2011[/editline]
fuck this I'm taking a flight over to China
Looks like Newegg is late to the party.
Looks like a $14 markup on the CPU.
[QUOTE=Odellus;27296104][url]http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=7144659&CatId=14[/url]
+ RAM = god dammit
[editline]9th January 2011[/editline]
fuck this I'm taking a flight over to China[/QUOTE]
Why?
2200 Chinese yuan = 331.9448 US dollars
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