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Re: "Sandy Bridge" is out!
Ok, I did something stupid... Something stupid that might warrant an upgrade to SandyBridge however. In a true moment of idiocy, I sold my desktop (i7 920 based custom thing) and my 13" MacBook Pro, in favour of an i7 MacBook Pro 15 thinking I could 'streamline' my home work setup, and just use one system for work and play… -
Re: "Sandy Bridge" is out!
You'll need a 1155 mobo, not an 1156. Sandy Bridge cpus are dual channel instead of tri channel, so use 4gb, 8gb, or 16gb of ram. Any DDR3 will work though. I went with 1600 for my setup. -
Re: "Sandy Bridge" is out!
Purchasing new PC after next paycheck. -Intel® Core i7-2600K Processor (4x 3.40GHz/8MB L3 Cache) -Liquid CPU Cooling System [SOCKET-1155 & 1156] Standard 120mm Fan -8 GB [4 GB X2] DDR3-1600 Memory Module -NVIDIA GeForce GTX 570 - 1.2GB - EVGA Superclocked-Single Card -[SLI] ASUS P8P67 PRO -- 3x PCI-E 2.0 x16, On-Board… -
Re: "Sandy Bridge" is out!
Do any 1155 boards support floppy drives? I'm re-using my old case and its got a floppy drive in it, seems like a waste to have it there and not be able to use it. edit: n/m, looks like the ASRock board does, but Asus and MSI mobos don't. -
Re: "Sandy Bridge" is out!
Thanks PolyHertz. Yeah I meant 1155 lol. OK I'm going for the i7 2600, and the ASUS P8P67, now for the RAM... Is PC3-12800 ok? I have no idea what PC3 - XXXX means but all I know is there seems to be the most choice with 12800 and it's all pretty good price. -
Re: "Sandy Bridge" is out!
So Bulldozer is going to be getting shown/released in February? Also thought the 1155 mobos were all supposed to have UEFI, bummer. For people with discreet gpus its main advantage is in the high clock frequency, the 2600k goes up to 3.8ghz (3.7ghz for 2500k) using turboboost when not all the cores are being used. They… -
Re: "Sandy Bridge" is out!
Most of the 1155 mobos support up to 32gb of ram via 4x 8gb sticks. 8gb sticks are crazy expensive ($300+ for a single stick), but 16gb via 4x 4gb isn't exactly a small amount either. You wont see tripple channel memory again until LGA2011 boards are released somewhere between Q3 this year and Q1 2012
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