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[Aikouka]

i3 Ivy is supposed to be released first week of Sept 2012.

Does that include the lower power 't' series?

 

[ecosmartpc]

Thanks for all the comments. I have not really decided anything yet. I have an ANTEC MATX case with a LGA 775 motherboard DG35EC and a E7200 CPU and I might just upgrade it with an H77 ASROCK Motherboard that was selling for about $70.00. This was a good MB in its day but the video was nowhere near as good as the Intel HD 3000 integrated video on the 2500k.

I would really like to see some Ivy i3 CPUs start to be released soon. I dont know it that would be worth it or not.

Your current HTPC has a PCI Express x16 slot and the E7200 is a really nice CPU. Why not just add a discrete GPU -- something like a GT430 or HD6670?

 

[assassin24]

Does that include the lower power 't' series?

Yes. Although in previous real world testing there is absolutely no difference in power consumption.