I might as well just wait for the Ivy Bridge then. I looked up the release date and it's estimated at March 2012, so that's not too far off. I don't do any rendering or graphics design, just gaming, but I would like to have a great gaming rig.
I'm not "swimming in money" so can't afford the top of the line CPU's, but I am saving money right now by living at home, so have some extra cash right now to splurge.
I've been thinking that I will get 16Gb of ram anyway. Most people say that is too much, but I'd rather have too much than too little. I went from 2Gb (it was hell!) to 4Gb when I built my last computer and friends said "4Gb is plenty," but I always find myself running low on memory when multitasking.
So I think 4x4 would actually be perfect for what I'm looking for. Now the trouble will be finding a new motherboard to go with a new CPU. Any recs?
Cool, thanks for the quick and thorough response. I only have a dual core right now... and if the new CPU might cost the same as the 2600k than I might as well just wait. I can play bf3 on ultra settings currently with limited graphics lag, so I should be fine for the wait. Thanks again!
Hey guys. I got an email this morning from newegg saying that the Sandy Bridge E-Series has been announced and is now available.
I've been looking at getting an i7 2600k. So my question is this... for those of you that follow these items, do prices of previous CPU's tend to drop when the new models come out?
The 3.4 GHz is $319 currently, so should I wait to see if it goes down in price, or does Intel tend to keep these prices the same even with new models out? I thought I read about that somewhere, but thought I would double check with some of you PC enthusiasts.
Thanks!
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I'm not "swimming in money" so can't afford the top of the line CPU's, but I am saving money right now by living at home, so have some extra cash right now to splurge.
So I think 4x4 would actually be perfect for what I'm looking for. Now the trouble will be finding a new motherboard to go with a new CPU. Any recs?
I've been looking at getting an i7 2600k. So my question is this... for those of you that follow these items, do prices of previous CPU's tend to drop when the new models come out?
The 3.4 GHz is $319 currently, so should I wait to see if it goes down in price, or does Intel tend to keep these prices the same even with new models out? I thought I read about that somewhere, but thought I would double check with some of you PC enthusiasts.
Thanks!