Intel Sandy Bridge

[Stephen!]

[Jam]

Are those retail price or manufacturer? Don't know to go with the low wattage i5 2500T or the slightly cheaper 2300 or 2400. Neither should bother the 400W PSU I plan on but I need to wait and see how much the new HD PVR takes.

[Stephen!]

Those are retail prices per 1000 units, so you can expect prices to be slightly higher.

If you're doing video editing, the i7-2600 will do wonders since it has hyperthreading.

[Jam]

Not really editing just transcoding and some encoding to iPod resolution. HTPC's are usually Core 2 Duo or i3 so I won't be going any higher than a base i5, its really just so I see a difference between it and my laptop while maintaining a sensible price point.

[Recursion]

Interesting pricing, may have to go for a Sandybridge tbh

[N!ck]

Interesting pricing, may have to go for a Sandybridge tbh

Same, I might get myself an i5. Probably the 2500K for overclocking. Will need a new motherboard and RAM though .

And I imagine the prices will be approximately what you see there but in pounds. So about £180-220 for the i5 range.

[Flisker]

I also think I will give the i7-950 a miss and go for a Sandy Bridge.

[Stephen!]

This is the 2500k

http://www.lambda-tek.com/components...odID=C-2115483

Decent price.

I'm going for the 2600k myself.

[Markeh]

Good lord, it's like the launch of Sandy Bridge is akin to the Pope, Barack Obama and Kim Jong Il taking off in a spaceship to Mars... Very random I know.

Although one of those Pentiums would be good for a basic Boxee HTPC for 720p methinks.

[Jam]

Although one of those Pentiums would be good for a basic Boxee HTPC for 720p methinks.

If your doing just a playback HTPC, atoms can playback 1080p (from a file not a BD) fine.