Intel Sandy Bridge

[[Chris]]

Yeah, What are your views on the Sandy Bridge range of processors?
They dont seem to be worth the upgrade if you already have a i5/i7..

Should i go straight for the i7 950, OR Wait for Sandy Bridge?

[Recursion]

If you're on the I series, skip the Sandybridge generation, unless you have money to burn IMO

[[Chris]]

Yeah, i was thinking of going for the setup i currently have planned

[Stephen!]

If you're already on Socket 1156 or 1366, then no. But if you're coming from 775 like me, then it's going to be a huge upgrade.

Clock for clock, an SB i7 is roughly 15% faster than a current i7.

And if you're in to overclocking, then you can easily get them to 4.7, 4.8, 4.9 or even 5GHz on air cooling.

If you're not overclocking, then if you wait for Sandy Bridge, the price isn't going to cost much more (the i7-2600k will cost around £250). The motherboards will be around the same price for the basic models.

[[Chris]]

What would you recommend i do then, Go straght in for the 950, or wait it out?

[Stephen!]

I would wait it out. It's not even a long time.. You will be able to buy the stuff in 10 days.

[[Chris]]

10 days? When are they being released?
I thought it was longer than 10 days

[Stephen!]

The product launches on the 9th, although that's a Sunday so you can probably get them on the 10th.

Pretty much 10 days. Maybe 12.

[[Chris]]

Ah, alright then. Thanks for that. I'll hold out and see the prices.

[AgnesIO]

Perhaps put an SSD on to your build and put the os and stuff on it? If you can afford that little bit extgra.

Sweet build though chris! Wouldn't mind using that build haha