I was going to wait for Sandy Bridge but...

[Lonbjerg]

My dog actually does kiss my cat. D:

And yeah, this thread is rated 4 stars. :wub:

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Down to 3 now...no need to thank me.

 

[OCGuy]

Somehow I think Intel will make it out of this thread unscathed.

 

[SickBeast]

Somehow I think Intel will make it out of this thread unscathed.

What are you going to call yourself once overclocking has been banned? NVGuy?

:thumbsup::thumbsup:

 

[OCGuy]

What are you going to call yourself once overclocking has been banned? NVGuy?

:thumbsup::thumbsup:

I don't really come up with contingency plans for things that are never going to happen. That would waste a lot of time.

 

[SickBeast]

I don't really come up with contingency plans for things that are never going to happen. That would waste a lot of time.

IMO you need a contingency plan for when NV goes out of business. At that point I have no idea what you should call yourself. ()

 

[sxr7171]

The lack of overclocking on the platform killed it for me. Why should I pay $200+ for a "K" chip that can overclock, when I can get a Phenom II and a motherboard for $140? I did just that and am running happily at 3.8ghz.

I just don't understand Intel. To me, this just proves that they do not care about the enthusiast market.

I would have waited for Bulldozer but the Black Friday deal I got was too good to pass up on.

Well come on pretty much any Intel chip you want to O/C costs $200. Whether it's a i920, i950, i870, even the i5-655k, they all cost about that much. Now you get unlocked multipliers for that price.

But if you want a $50-80 CPU that overclocks, I guess Intel is telling you to go ahead and buy an AMD. I suppose that's a market they are no longer interested in serving.

 

[amenx]

Well come on pretty much any Intel chip you want to O/C costs $200. Whether it's a i920, i950, i870, even the i5-655k, they all cost about that much. Now you get unlocked multipliers for that price.

But if you want a $50-80 CPU that overclocks, I guess Intel is telling you to go ahead and buy an AMD. I suppose that's a market they are no longer interested in serving.

Not so. e5400, e5500 overclock. prices $60-70.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16819116367

 

[SickBeast]

Well come on pretty much any Intel chip you want to O/C costs $200. Whether it's a i920, i950, i870, even the i5-655k, they all cost about that much. Now you get unlocked multipliers for that price.

But if you want a $50-80 CPU that overclocks, I guess Intel is telling you to go ahead and buy an AMD. I suppose that's a market they are no longer interested in serving.

You know I almost jumped on an i3 CPU so I could overclock it to 4.6ghz. I'm thinking the new i3's will hit 5ghz plus they would be 10% faster per clock.

I actually had the choice between an i3 and the Phenom II for around the same price. The i3 had a mini-ITX board is all. I chose the Phenom II after asking for some insight here.

As for the rest, I agree with you. That's what I meant when I said I don't think Intel cares about the "enthusiast" market any more. IMO it's arrogant and will cost them in the long run.

 

[Toadster]

So long as Intel won't let me overclock mainstream CPUs, I'll be sticking with AMD.

don't forget, what you overclock today - is slow tomorrow

 

[Edrick]

That's what I meant when I said I don't think Intel cares about the "enthusiast" market any more. IMO it's arrogant and will cost them in the long run.

As long as Intel produces the fastest CPUs, they can be, and will be, as arrogant as they are today. No doubt. But in my opinion, they earned that right over the last few CPU generations (After the Netburst fiasco).

 

[Ajay]

We need a new socket so that the IGP can work i believe, the exact same reason AMD is going with a new socket AM3+ for bulldozer. You cant add something as complex as a powerful IGP on die to a CPU and not change the socket.

IIRC, it's a one pin change. The main reason for a new socket will probably be to prevent someone from putting the wrong CPU on a given board (i.e. different chipset). Annoying, but such is life.

 

[IntelUser2000]

A lot of the people don't do CPU upgrades while leaving everything else intact. Usually its a total change or nothing. The upgrade cycle is 3 years or more in most cases and by then you'll have to change everything anyway. There's another benefit to Intel, the platforms features are kept newer.

If companies that sell as a platform sell AMD products, they could just stick with the 790FX chipset that has been existing since late 2007 and fit 2010 Phenom II 6 core CPUs.