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Post by Clone on Nov 15, 2011 2:09:16 GMT -5
Intel just launched its Sandy Bridge E series of processors. once again lintel reminds us that it can truly charge what ever it wants with the 1k USD price tag on its top of the line model.
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Post by The Italian Dragon on Nov 15, 2011 22:32:53 GMT -5
Now this is pretty epèic ! How much does these ones cost ? ( just curious )
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Post by Clone on Nov 16, 2011 15:26:41 GMT -5
cheapest ones 599USD. runs on the LGA2011 socket which is backwards compatible with LGA1155. (mistake on models, ivy bridge is the backwards compatible ones)www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819116492most expensive ones 1049USD www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819116491these things wont live for long though, IveBridge should trump them in every way (other than system bandwidth) and run on the same sockets as Sandy Bridge. (not to mention support everything and more that these do)
we really needed AMD to give Intel a real run for its money to keep prices from going nuts like this.
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Post by The Italian Dragon on Nov 25, 2011 21:00:41 GMT -5
Thanks for the infos Clone ! ^-^
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Post by Clone on Nov 28, 2011 14:47:13 GMT -5
i corrected my info, i mistakenly referenced Ivy Bridge material when talking about the Sandy Bridge E platform.
SBE (Sandy Bridge E) is one beast of a platform, however i don't see it lasting long. it lacks any distinctive features to keep it around past Ivy Bridge E. however it dose sport Quad channel DDR3 (8 DIMS) and more motherboard bandwidth than you could ever dream of. (most coming form the addition of a beefed up bridge controller attached to the new PCI lane interface) however given the bandwidth it has verses what it would need to have more USB 3.0 and SATA3 posts, its obvious that this isn't going to last as a major platform. (woefully inadequate for more than a hand full of current gen controllers, but even then its still far more than the standard Sandy Bridge)
only huge let down is the lack of quick sync (great for video trans-coding) and RST (Rapid Storage Technology). native USB 3.0 is still missing but that was as expected. the lack of RST is supposedly being addressed with RSTe however weather or not that's going to function on SBE is still unknown.
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Post by Clone on Jan 20, 2012 12:27:26 GMT -5
ok, ATI/AMD launched their first 7xxx class card and boy is it a beauty. some great improvements over the old architecture and overclocks well.
also, any one else have a good laugh at Intel's expense when they were 'demoing' their Ivybridge CPU running a 'DX11' game?
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Post by Kokusho the Evening Star on Jan 25, 2012 0:28:19 GMT -5
Damn, the more I see those new models, it makes my older model redundant and obsolete. One day I wish I could take my laptop and upgrade to a high end model instead, but this time with Nvidia.
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Post by Clone on Jan 25, 2012 1:56:10 GMT -5
in the DX10 era, you were pretty much set buying a first generation Nvidia for the entire era, but this era (DX11) just keeps on making gorgeous improvements. i feel you on the want to upgrade. so tempting.
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Post by Kokusho the Evening Star on Jan 26, 2012 9:24:43 GMT -5
I know it is tempting, that's why one day I will. Forget any 2nd or 3rd generation i5 or i7 (Even though I no longer feel like needing an i7), the GPU is more important when it comes to gaming.
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Post by Clone on Feb 5, 2012 20:12:19 GMT -5
so any one else sort of annoyed that Hard-drive pricing still hasn't dropped back to normal yet?
i really want to get a new storage drive for my desktop but i'm completely unwilling to pay the same price for it as i did 3 years ago for the same storage size and speed... (well at least its come down to that, used to be twice)
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Post by Kokusho the Evening Star on Feb 6, 2012 2:26:12 GMT -5
Not only that, I have been tempting to get a solid-state drive, but sadly, still expensive and yet still small, what I mean is there's 500GB & 1TG VS SSD's 320GB.
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Post by Clone on Feb 6, 2012 15:05:34 GMT -5
the way i've always ran my system is a C drive stores programs and OS (typically a smaller speedier drive) and then a D drive for all my media. if youve got a capacity to move to a duel drive set up, you can get away with some pretty small SSD's just fine.
my C drive with a bunch of games installed sits on 123GB's, not to mention that number would decline to around 90GB's once i can get a storage drive back. (i have a 60GB SSD for chaining on my C drive, makes things really fast)
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Post by Kokusho the Evening Star on Feb 6, 2012 17:07:54 GMT -5
SSD is fast as I read it through others' experiences and so is my own hard disk drive failure, wanted to get a new one but when the price is still too pricey, it's not gonna work well unless you're very wealthy. And the other problem is getting it cheaper may take many years to do so, not like certain smartphones which 2 or 3 years then the model became no longer on the market or sold below their original introductory and market price back in their days.
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Post by Clone on Feb 6, 2012 23:32:00 GMT -5
yeah, doesn't help that hard drives age well while SSD's don't. I'm expecting my SSD to poop out in the next 2 years. so its not like you can just pick up a used one for cheep. (garbed a warranted too so it better, i want my new SSD for free in two years!)
good news though. a few company's have been starting to spit out some really high capacity SSD's this year, this may start to drive the prices down some on the lower end ones. the 60GB model i have i found for 55$ on blackfriday. (one of those strange American holidays where everything pretty much can be had for half the regular price or better) mean while i had payed 100$ a month earlier for the same thing.
also with demand going up, prices are bound to fall as new fabrication locations open up to meat the demand. still will be a few years before they truly become economical.
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Post by Kokusho the Evening Star on Feb 7, 2012 2:16:22 GMT -5
I just hope so, big spaces with smaller price tag is something we should look forward to. But however, if it's made in China, I REALLY DOUBT about it. Even for smartphones, I don't trust the Huawei brand because they're only concern about quantity and making money rather than quality as compare to HTC, a Taiwanese brand and yet still does well, I think.
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