Sandy Bridge experience

[enaberif]

Originally Posted by mkultra

it's not like it's fresh news, or that intel tried to hide it

RREEEALLY?!

[mkultra]

hey i'm not the one stating the obvious here

[PeopleCanFly]

Originally Posted by enaberif

Hah. No plans to overclock.. it was just a "what can we do moment" and realized you can't overclock that well on a 2600 :P

This make it look like you had no idea what you were buying at the time. Are you mad because you didn't spend the extra $30 or so bucks to get a better overclock?

Whats the point of complaining?

[enaberif]

Originally Posted by PeopleCanFly

This make it look like you had no idea what you were buying at the time. Are you mad because you didn't spend the extra $30 or so bucks to get a better overclock?

Whats the point of complaining?

So your telling me in all your PC experience (If you have any) that you haven't take a cpu for a ride to see what it can do regardless?

[Arinoth]

Its the same complaint one can say for specific chipsets not being able to overclock as well. My H67 platform can't overclock a 2500k at all, which in my view is rather poor as i shouldnt need the extra cost and gimmic of the p67 platform just to overclock k series chip

[ZZLEE]

Intel saying Pay to Play

[PeopleCanFly]

Originally Posted by enaberif

So your telling me in all your PC experience (If you have any) that you haven't take a cpu for a ride to see what it can do regardless?

I don't know how you managed to pull that out of my comment. What's the issue? I honestly still can't tell from anything you've said; it doesn't make sense to me.

[Vittra]

Originally Posted by enaberif

So your telling me in all your PC experience (If you have any) that you haven't take a cpu for a ride to see what it can do regardless?

You're running a 800mhz overclock (3.4 to 4.2) on a chip that isn't really supposed to OC in the first place. That's pretty damn good I'd say for the little amount of work involved. Are you simply just LOOKING for a reason to be disappointed? It seems that way.

The K series processors are about $15-20 more on average. The amount of performance you can get out of a $230 2500K is unbelievable for the price you are paying, even compared to what the last "it" chip was, the I7 920.

The only real downfall is the abysmal amount of PCI-E lanes resulting in 8x/8x mode for people with multi-gpu configs, but seeing as that has neglible real-world impact it hardly bothers me.

[trayton]

I have a 2400 that I need to install yet wonder what I can get out of it (I would have bought a 2500K, but I got a good deal on this used from a guy I deal with.

[draemn]

So, there is nothing wrong with SNB, you're just annoyed that by not buying a 'k' series for $20 more that you can only hit 4.2 Ghz instead of 4.8 Ghz...

That's what I seem to get out of this rant that seems to have nothing constructive towards those interested in seeing how people feel about SNB.