Ivy Bridge

[DeSade]

Best one I can find so far is this.

INTEL CORE I7 3770K IVY BRIDGE 3.50GHZ 8MB 95W LGA1155

Compared to the best Sandy Bridge this seems a little low specced.

Can I get a better Ivy somewhere?

[dugimodo]

Nope that's it, and it's really no better than the 2700K because it doesn't overclock as well. At stock speeds ivy has a small advantage but that's all.
Maybe there are faster models on the way.

[DeSade]

I don't care about overclocking, never done it and probably never will
I don't want to get a Sandy as that is now old tech and the Ivy has surpassed it in every way except availability of higher end chips.

How frustrating.....

[dugimodo]

In that case don't buy the "K" version because it just adds overclocking support to the normal 3770.

I have a 2500K in my games machine and a 3570K in my other machine, there is no noticeable difference in practice.

[inphinity]

The 3930 and 3960 are now available overseas, so they won't be far away. The 3960 is ridiculously expensive, though.

[stratex5]

Heres whats on ebay. The price is around $960 + tax to come to nz. So it'll cost about $1200ish(i think)

[icow]

3930K goes is basically toe to toe with the 3960X. Isn't the 3960X sandy bridge anyway?

[inphinity]

3930K goes is basically toe to toe with the 3960X. Isn't the 3960X sandy bridge anyway?

I think they're both, technically, Sandy Bridge (well, Sandy Bridge E), to be fair, but they are about the best performing desktop CPUs around atm.

[DeSade]

There are some significant technical enhancements in Ivy Bridge that are not in Sandy Bridge.

[icow]

I think they're both, technically, Sandy Bridge (well, Sandy Bridge E), to be fair, but they are about the best performing desktop CPUs around atm.

Yeah that's what I wasn't sure on. Both the 3960K and 3930K use the 2011 Sandy-E socket so I wasn't sure at all. Apparently Intel has already got the 2012 socket sorted for early next year. Ivy-E? I assume.