ivyb-e vs sb-e

[elmo]

Im considering buying sb-e within a week , but im not sure if i should wait for ivb-e ..

 

My question is does anyone know the differences in 'features'? Like will there be native usb3 or more sata 3 ports? Or will there be new motherboard refresh? Or none of that ..?

 

 

I know CPU Wise the ivyb-e cpus are not really faster maybe at most 5-10%

[Cacao]

There will be pretty much no performance increase and if they decide to use thermal paste inside the CPU it will probably overclock less, I think it will be similar to the transition from sandy bridge to ivy bridge, IE almost nothing changes. We can't know for sure though.

[elmo]

But ivy bridge had more features like usb3 and sata 3 right? So my question still remains :s  i wouldnt really expect anyone to know the answer since were talking about a product that isnt released , but would like if anyone knew something

[skullbringer]

From an economical standpoint, it would be stupid to buy sb-e chips now, as they will drop in price as soon as i-e comes out. To be honest they are not a good value at the moment at that price. Just wait for ivyb-e. It will just be basically 3770k with THAUSAND PCI-E lanes.

[Samdb]

Why are you on X79?

[Puppet]

From an economical standpoint, it would be stupid to buy sb-e chips now, as they will drop in price as soon as i-e comes out. To be honest they are not a good value at the moment at that price. Just wait for ivyb-e. It will just be basically 3770k with THAUSAND PCI-E lanes.

I'm fairly certain SB-E prices won't change that much. Intel CPU prices remain fairly constant.

[skullbringer]

I'm fairly certain SB-E prices won't change that much. Intel CPU prices remain fairly constant.

 

Even if they dont, who would buy a ivy when they can have a haswell, even if the ivy cost a few bucks less.

[Emperor_Piehead]

There will be pretty much no performance increase and if they decide to use thermal paste inside the CPU it will probably overclock less, I think it will be similar to the transition from sandy bridge to ivy bridge, IE almost nothing changes. We can't know for sure though.

They are using solder instead of thermal paste.

[ygohome]

OP, I've been considering going with the 3930k and a x79 from gigabyte like the GA-X79-UP4 or UP5 (UP4 is a good deal less $ than the UP5)

 

If I needed to purchase today I would not regret going with the 3930k and X79.  X79 is a proven performer and so is the 3930k.  I don't really use USB3 at all.  I use eSATA quite a bit instead.  It has more than enough SATA III for me, else I can always get an LSI card.  UP5 has SAS 8087 which is nice too.

 

But I can wait since I don't need to build just yet.  I want to see the 3930k successor before I spend that much money.

 

An engineering sample of an Ivy Bridge E shows solder and not paste.  But who knows, they could change that I suppose by the time it comes out.

[Glenwing]

Ivy Bridge E will not have a new chipset, so the PCH controlled features will not change, including USB and SATA connectivity.  What will change is the power consumption, from moving to a 22nm process, as well as the PCI Express controller in the CPU (better support for PCIe 3.0).  That's pretty much it, apart from a small IPC increase.  Since Ivy was crippled by the thermal compound below the heat shield, and Ivy Bridge E isn't, it will be interesting to see how much better than Sandy Bridge it should have been at overclocking given the lower power consumption and probably heat, if it had not been crippled by Intel.

[TheProfosist]

Ivy Bridge E will not have a new chipset, so the PCH controlled features will not change, including USB and SATA connectivity.  What will change is the power consumption, from moving to a 22nm process, as well as the PCI Express controller in the CPU (better support for PCIe 3.0).  That's pretty much it, apart from a small IPC increase.  Since Ivy was crippled by the thermal compound below the heat shield, and Ivy Bridge E isn't, it will be interesting to see how much better than Sandy Bridge it should have been at overclocking given the lower power consumption and probably heat, if it had not been crippled by Intel.

there ate other improvements that you get from newer imstruction sets providing you use software that can utilize them. The other this is that ivy-e will support 1866 native and be pci-e 3.0 certified.