Intels Ivy-Bridge and Sandy Bridge E

[Dark Mantis]

I was considering filling the banks with them.....and emptying the other bank at the same time! 

[Aussie Allan]

  What a bunch of Wombats, really!.......I,m just going to try several different 12Gb kits in multiples of 4...... record compatibility .....and shout it to the world! ..... Tee Hee Hee Hee!   ... I reckon Scan or Aria would jump at the chance for testing like that if you put it to them ....

  Aussie Allan

[Tinker]

I read about the earlier Intel problems over 3 months ago. I also came across a site showing an Intel Liquid
cooler thar appeared to have pump on CPU+ small radiator with fan that would fit inside case. The article
said some of the new CPUs would ship with this but no mention of it at present, it looked very compact.

Going back to the Intel problem gather most faulty boards were withdrawn.

Looking at some of the prices think I will wait until boards are fully SATA 3 & USB 3+price drop !!
No wonder Intel have such vast profits.

As I gave up on X58A gone back to my repaired EX58. Taken a gamble & bought an LSI card only to find
no leads supplied. After a lot of time wasting located a set that should be here tomorrow. If I can get a
decent SSD 6gb/s speed will do me for now, though in retrospect for a bit more cash could have had an
1155 setup. A bit annoying having to wait another day to find out if I have dropped a big clanger !!

It's great to read about all the new technology but...how many times does it bring disappoinment.



Regards tinker.

[Dark Mantis]

Going back to the Intel problem gather most faulty boards were withdrawn.

Regards tinker.

The fault that you are referring to was to do with the SATA2 ports controller on the Intel Cougar Point chipset. Intel realised the impending error and quite rightly recalled all the boards that were already out in the wild and in warehouses. That was why most of the boards now have a B3 suffix just to assure people that what they have is the new upgraded motherboards. The previous faulty boards were denoted as B2 which wasn't noted so openly and only refers to the Build number. If you want any further information please ask.

[teknology9]

Yes, runn3R has done a post about this topic which can be found here:

http://forum.giga-byte.co.uk/index.php/topic,4432.0.html

And yes. I did know about it before this.


Teknology9

[Aussie Allan]

  a snip pulled of the net.......

  Intel's upcoming Sandy Bridge-E CPUs will apparently deliver solid overclocking potential, according to the latest reports.

Whilst it isn't clear which Sandy Bridge-E offering was involved, the CPU is said to be having been running a multiplier of 41X - with a BCLK of 120MHz - to deliver a final speed of 4.92GHz. On the memory side of the equation, we're told that DDR3-2,400MHz (CAS 10) RAM was at the helm. CPU voltage was set at 1.51V, and idle temperatures were roughly around the 45° Celsius mark.

What's more, the above results were derived with an Intel X79 mainboard - utilising a 'regular' air cooling solution - so seemingly no liquid or LN2 was involved.

Given that the CPU in question was an engineering sample, it's believed that retail flavours will do even better.

  Dates are firming as well if you believe them to 14 to 20th........with the 3930K at $560US

  Aussie Allan

[Tinker]

So Allan, £2 to £3000 should get you a bit faster PC if it all works !! 


Regards tinker.

[Aussie Allan]

     You have Totally lost me! .....including 

  Aussie Allan

[ex58]

Going back to the Intel problem gather most faulty boards were withdrawn.

Yes,you are right.Intel has again some problems with X79 chipset:

Although Intel will be officially released in the middle of next month LGA2011 Sandy Bridge-E processor, X79 chipset, the major motherboard manufacturers have demonstrated in their new board, but it was such a limited range of high-end platform for market, delivery ratio is very low, and second, according to leaked news, Intel will launch just two months after the revised version of the new C2 stepping processors and new chipsets, many consumers may choose to wait and see both, and not immediately join the new platform.

Source :
http://translate.google.com/translate?sl=zh-CN&tl=en&js=n&prev=_t&hl=en&ie=UTF-8&layout=2&eotf=1&u=http%3A%2F%2Fcoolaler.com%2Fshowthread.php%3Ft%3D276504

Btw, some benchmarks with 3960X vs 3930K, 15MB vs 12MB Cache:

http://coolaler.com/showthread.php?t=276465

[Dark Mantis]

It was more that if Intel wanted to release the chipset this year instead of waiting until it was really ready and all completed there were a few shortcomings that would have to be accepted such as the number of SATA ports, etc.

[teknology9]

Hi folks,

Those clever chaps and chapesses at Noctua have produced a CPU cooler for the new LGA2011 socket:

http://www.noctua.at/main.php?show=productview&products_id=41&lng=en


I don't work for Noctua, but what they produce is quality in my humble opinion!!!

teknology9

[Aussie Allan]

 Well just minutes to go till the NDA is lifted.......I'll post what I know at midnight ...

  Aussie Allan

[Aussie Allan]

   Well nothing as yet filtering down but it'll happen in the next 24 hrs

  Prices will gel at $294 through to the top chip at $999 US

  Some leaked slides are here but remember these are first stepping samples.......apparently only about 10,000 units will ship as B2 is coming immediately with B3 by Xmas.......the "D" is expected to ship well into the first quarter of 2012.....this could be the sweet spot for performance and price.........5Ghz is being reported on air over many sites.........and the big news.......Sandy Bridge-E VT-d Broken In C1 Stepping, Fixed In C2 Stepping, Shortly After Launch ......as usual, wait until the dust settles of the wannabes getting the very first CPUs to hit the market!

  http://wccftech.com/intel-sandy-bridgee-core-i7-3960x-benchmarks-slides-unveiled/

 http://www.fudzilla.com/processors/item/24222-sandy-bridge-e-starts-at-$294

 http://www.tweaktown.com/tags/sandy_bridge_e/index.html

  Aussie Allan

 

[Dark Mantis]

I think it is due to happen tomorrow the 15th actually but I could be mistaken.

I too have heard that the B3 version is the one to wait for as this first version  is short on SATA ports as well as the other issues that were not tackled because of the launch date.

[teknology9]

Hi All,

A bit more info regarding quad channel memory and cooling:

http://vr-zone.com/articles/intel-sandy-bridge-e-overclocking--safe-voltage-ranges-quad-channel-kits-thermal-solutions-and-ln2-temperatures/13951-1.html


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