Newegg has 3770k

fr33k · **Newegg has 3770k -** 04-29-2012, 07:46 | posts: 1,784 | Location: USA

Brandon_34 · 04-29-2012, 08:28 | posts: 320 | Location: Basement

Wonder why they didn't launch the i5 first like they did with SB.

deltatux · 04-29-2012, 08:45 | posts: 18,759 | Location: Toronto, Canada

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Originally Posted by Brandon_34

Wonder why they didn't launch the i5 first like they did with SB.

They have it in stock...

Note that the price listed above is Canadian Dollars as I yanked the screenshot off the Canadian NewEgg site. It's $20 more than my estimate.... I was hoping for $229.99, not $249.99...

deltatux

Anarion · 04-29-2012, 11:51 | posts: 9,138 | Location: Finland

Every place has them, **** loads in stock. Just ordered mine today.

cowie · 04-29-2012, 12:43 | posts: 10,859 | Location: new jersey

microcenter is the place to go to if there is one near you.

$190 for the 3570k $290 is for the 3770k and 50 bucks off combo deals on 3570k and z77 mb's
I'll get there this week some time for a 3570k or two plus a mb,hopefully they got a ud3 or ud5 in stock

Crash · 04-29-2012, 17:45 | posts: 57 | Location: Asia Pacific

that is one expensive lil processor for me :/

automaticman · 04-29-2012, 17:58 | posts: 650 | Location: Orange County, CA

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Originally Posted by cowie

microcenter is the place to go to if there is one near you.

$190 for the 3570k $290 is for the 3770k and 50 bucks off combo deals on 3570k and z77 mb's
I'll get there this week some time for a 3570k or two plus a mb,hopefully they got a ud3 or ud5 in stock

Was just going to mention this. Microcenter always has the crazy deals on processors, although you usually have to go to the store to get them.

cowie · 04-29-2012, 18:20 | posts: 10,859 | Location: new jersey

Yeah they do ....BUT i ordered from td 3570k ud5 and new kb/mouse $570 not bad.
Still cant find a buyer for my p67 ud7 and sb chips thuo...

sykozis · 04-29-2012, 18:46 | posts: 13,477 | Location: US East Coast

gonna take a big price drop to sell SB chips now. Lots of people are gonna jump on IB...

fr33k · 04-29-2012, 19:32 | posts: 1,784 | Location: USA

I have a confession you guys, this is my first intel chip since i mistakenly bought a pentium 3 1ghz chip.
Still have a bad taste in my mouth after that one.

pimp_gimp · 04-29-2012, 19:55 | posts: 5,759 | Location: Tacoma, Washington

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Originally Posted by fr33k

I have a confession you guys, this is my first intel chip since i mistakenly bought a pentium 3 1ghz chip.
Still have a bad taste in my mouth after that one.

What was wrong with it? PIII was a great chip, anyways I'm gonna wait before I take the plunge I think, as I just upgraded my monitor, and to SSD's.

fr33k · 04-29-2012, 21:11 | posts: 1,784 | Location: USA

Tons of BSOD issues and i was just overall unimpressed especially when each of AMD's chips were killing them on performance.

pimp_gimp · 04-29-2012, 21:13 | posts: 5,759 | Location: Tacoma, Washington

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Originally Posted by fr33k

Tons of BSOD issues and i was just overall unimpressed especially when each of AMD's chips were killing them on performance.

That sucks man.

fr33k · 04-29-2012, 21:25 | posts: 1,784 | Location: USA

Its all good, i think IB can salvage those wounds and i look forward to my new partnership.

---TK--- · 04-29-2012, 21:37 | posts: 14,673 | Location: New Jersey, USA

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Originally Posted by fr33k

I have a confession you guys, this is my first intel chip since i mistakenly bought a pentium 3 1ghz chip.
Still have a bad taste in my mouth after that one.

Oh I thought the confession was utorrent? j/k man

sykozis · 04-29-2012, 22:05 | posts: 13,477 | Location: US East Coast

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Originally Posted by fr33k

I have a confession you guys, this is my first intel chip since i mistakenly bought a pentium 3 1ghz chip.
Still have a bad taste in my mouth after that one.

Don't feel bad....we all make mistakes....lol

---TK--- · 04-29-2012, 22:33 | posts: 14,673 | Location: New Jersey, USA

P4 williamete. Back in the day

jhelsas · 04-29-2012, 22:38 | posts: 384 | Location: Rio de Janeiro

I was considering Ivy-Bridge, but, I'm not in a hurry right now to get a new CPU, so, I was thinking to wait till Haswell, what do you think guys? is it worth waiting?

fr33k · 04-29-2012, 22:42 | posts: 1,784 | Location: USA

the speed jump from my 1090t i feel is completely worth it, if anything i'll get the current IB then exchange for IB-e later.

Haswell may be a very expensive upgrade because of DDR4.

Odellot · 04-29-2012, 23:11 | posts: 140 | Location: Philippines

Hey guys.. Do you think it's worth it to upgrade from a 5.0-ghz i7 2600k to 3770K?

deltatux · 04-29-2012, 23:12 | posts: 18,759 | Location: Toronto, Canada

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Originally Posted by fr33k

Haswell may be a very expensive upgrade because of DDR4.

That's not for certain. Even when DDR3 rose, Intel still stuck with DDR2 until prices dropped to acceptable levels. I believe Intel will only require DDR4 with its enthusiast class CPUs and DDR3 will still be used in Haswell mainstream/performance CPUs.

It makes no sense to mandate people to buy super expensive memory just for their CPUs. Especially since mainstream users will not want to invest a lot in peripherals just to support a CPU, they won't jump at it.

It wouldn't make sense for Intel to shove it down people's throat. I don't expect DDR4 to go mainstream until 2015 the earliest.

deltatux

fr33k · 04-29-2012, 23:15 | posts: 1,784 | Location: USA

i agree, but I don't see performing another platform change after IB until DDR4 is out and cheap enough to buy.

deltatux · 04-29-2012, 23:59 | posts: 18,759 | Location: Toronto, Canada

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Originally Posted by Odellot

Hey guys.. Do you think it's worth it to upgrade from a 5.0-ghz i7 2600k to 3770K?

No, not at all, it makes no sense as you get barely any performance increase for the cost. Stick with what you've got.

deltatux

Octavean · 04-30-2012, 02:09 | posts: 1,063

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Originally Posted by Odellot

Hey guys.. Do you think it's worth it to upgrade from a 5.0-ghz i7 2600k to 3770K?

I think you might have a problem with the fact that an IVy Bridge processor likely couldn't do 5GHz and if it did it would be hotter then your current 2600k at 5GHz.

You would probably see about the same performance especially with games. I've heard Ivy Bridge is ~5 to ~15% faster then Sandy Bridge but you can expect an OC differential (lower).

jhelsas · 04-30-2012, 02:33 | posts: 384 | Location: Rio de Janeiro

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Originally Posted by deltatux

That's not for certain. Even when DDR3 rose, Intel still stuck with DDR2 until prices dropped to acceptable levels. I believe Intel will only require DDR4 with its enthusiast class CPUs and DDR3 will still be used in Haswell mainstream/performance CPUs.

It makes no sense to mandate people to buy super expensive memory just for their CPUs. Especially since mainstream users will not want to invest a lot in peripherals just to support a CPU, they won't jump at it.

It wouldn't make sense for Intel to shove it down people's throat. I don't expect DDR4 to go mainstream until 2015 the earliest.

deltatux

So you think it's worth the wait? I know the performance boost in the 1090T -> 3770K is huge, but, if I can wait, wouldn't it be a good idea?

I'm not desperate to upgrade, so I don't mind waiting, but with the money I'm planing other things. Thinking on a dell U2410, a pair of good speakers and a open Headphone, upgrading to the 3770K pretty much suck my money in the process, so, unless the 3770K would be a complete game-changer in comparison to the 2600K, which it doesn't seem to, I would probably wait till early 2013/haswell.