sandy bridge-e or ivy bridge-e?

[Harshil]

Hi,

 

I am planning a system based on the x79 platform but recently heard that ivy bridge-e is round the corner. So, the question is should I go with lga-2011 processor (3930k) should wait for ivy bridge-e chips?

[mvitkun]

do you have an immediate need for a new computer?

 

if so sandy bridge E isn't a bad option at all.

 

if not then consider waiting a bit for ivy bridge E.

[techchris]

There won't be any big performance improvements. maybe around 10 %. If you don't mind waiting, then wait. If you want to buy now, then buy now!

[winny3141]

From my research, ivy bridge e is not going to be a tremendous change, rather just a die shrinkage. Further, the transistors are going to go from being 32 nm on Sandy Bridge to 22 nm on ivy bridge. This results in better temps, because there is less heat to dissipate on a smaller surface area which is possible to achieve due to the die shrinkage. As a result, you will get better stock clocks as well on a 4930k, 3.4 GHz core clock and 3.9 GHz boost. Same TDP, 130W, same number of cores and threads, 6/12, same L2 And L3 cache; 6x 256 KB and 12 MB Respectively on The 4930k, and the same instruction sets, AVX. Finally the quad channel memory chip is getting a buff; it now has native support for 1866 MHz, rather than just 1600 MHz, which means that you can run 1866 MHz RAM without a bridge chip. A higher piwered memory controller also results In better clocks that can beachieved on Ram with bridge chips; I am guessing above 2400 MHz that was the max I have seen on X79 boards. All In all, It Is not that much of a change, and I am personally going with an x79 platform with a 3930k. You can play the waiting game forever, but you can't buy back lost time.

Source:

http://www.tomshardware.com/news/Intel-Ivy-Bridge-E-CPU-i7-4960X,22372.html

- winny3141 :D

[Harshil]

Any idea of the release date?

[tabuburn]

Any idea of the release date?

Expected release date is somewhere in September judging from Intel's roadmap which states a Q3 launch.