Intel Sandy Bridge-E (LGA2011) and X79 Chipset Discussion

[DiGiTaL MoNkEY]

Originally Posted by CM96

Ha was expecting that

Oh well can't hurt to ask.

If you remember when the X58 was released with the first Core i7 CPU's, i would expect similar pricing..at a wild guess.

[James086]

Originally Posted by DiGiTaL MoNkEY

If you remember when the X58 was released with the first Core i7 CPU's, i would expect similar pricing..at a wild guess.

That's what I would guess also. In other words, expensive.

[CM96]

Originally Posted by DiGiTaL MoNkEY

If you remember when the X58 was released with the first Core i7 CPU's, i would expect similar pricing..at a wild guess.

So like say $300+ for the cheapest CPU, $250+ for a reasonable board, etc.?

[BadaBing!]

Originally Posted by CM96

So like say $300+ for the cheapest CPU, $250+ for a reasonable board, etc.?

+ Some...

$450/$550 for entry level CPU
$350/$450+ for entry level motherboards.

[Autti]

Intel boards will have 8 dimms.

Asus have a hybrid 1366 2011 board on display at computex, it's weird.

[snappy1]

Originally Posted by CM96

So like say $300+ for the cheapest CPU, $250+ for a reasonable board, etc.?

Originally Posted by BadaBing!

+ Some...

$450/$550 for entry level CPU
$350/$450+ for entry level motherboards.

On release, a 920, basic mobo and pretty crappy tripple channel ram was $1500

[Mcrawler]

Originally Posted by snappy1

On release, a 920, basic mobo and pretty crappy tripple channel ram was $1500

But it was so much of a performance leap from 775

[snappy1]

Originally Posted by Mcrawler

But it was so much of a performance leap from 775

Not when you ran a QX9650 at 4.4Ghz, you still had to overclock a 920 30% to catch the old quadcore

[Kurosaki]

Originally Posted by snappy1

Not when you ran a QX9650 at 4.4Ghz, you still had to overclock a 920 30% to catch the old quadcore

getting 30% out of a 920 wasn't exactly hard. Most ran up to 4Ghz without too much trouble.

[snappy1]

Originally Posted by Kurosaki

getting 30% out of a 920 wasn't exactly hard. Most ran up to 4Ghz without too much trouble.

Getting 4Ghz 24/7 out of a CO step was a lottery, I know people who bought 3, and still didn't get 4Ghz, the DO steps on the other hand were nearly guarranteed, but that was a while after.....

[AudioFX]

http://www.bit-tech.net/hardware/mot...ard-showcase/1

Anyone seen this?

Looks awesome

I hope they're not too expensive

[Power47]

cant wait for this shit to come out, my 1156 system is giving me aids...

its a given it will be pricing on release, but next build im planning to go bananas so not bothered on price...
with this in mind when would u guys suggest to buy? as in would u expect teething problems? or worth waiting a bit after initial release for better boards and so on to come out?

[Autti]

Originally Posted by AudioFX

http://www.bit-tech.net/hardware/mot...ard-showcase/1

Anyone seen this?

Yeah i posted those photo's 2 days before bit-tech did :P

[James086]

Fudzilla article

Quad channel memory with 8 slots
Intel has spilled the beans on two boards that are scheduled to launch along with Sandy Bridge E, Intel’s future performance processor.

We have already mentioned that Sandy Bridge E can end up with 3.6GHz clock that gets to 3.9GHz with the help of Turbo and the boards for it will naturally support and endorse overclocking. The top board will end up with DX70SI name and its currently being developed under the Siler codename. The board comes with LGA 2011 also known as Socket R support and it has two graphics card PCI 16X slots. Don't worry the board supports both Crossfire and SLI.

The board comes in ATX, of course and not in the already deceased BTX format. It comes with USB 3.0, Dual LAN, RAID and 8 DIMM slots. The runner up board is codenamed Thorsby and will launch under DX79TO (TO as in Thorsby, SI as in Siler ed.) and promises to be slightly different than Siler. It also has 2x16X PCIe slots for both Crossfire and SLI, 8 DIMM slots, Overclocking support, RAID and USB 3.0. It is no surprise that it comes in ATX format. The main difference in these thin specs we've seen is the TPM support, and to our best knowledge this should be the trusted platform module support, something that only a few ultra rich gamers, a key target audience might need.

It's safe to assume that chipset comes with X79, the first real successor to the venerable X58 chipset that lasted for years. .

I suspected we would see 8 dimm slots. 4 just didn't seem "right".

[Concept CBF]

where is pcie 3.0!! not buying until its on the boards.