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jaydip
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Post subject: (VRZ)Intel cuts desktop IB CPU pricing ahead of launch  Posted: Sat Apr 14, 2012 12:44 am |
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apoppin
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Post subject: Re: (VRZ)Intel cuts desktop IB CPU pricing ahead of launch Posted: Sat Apr 14, 2012 12:50 am |
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They are cheaper than expected 
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jaydip
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Post subject: Re: (VRZ)Intel cuts desktop IB CPU pricing ahead of launch Posted: Sat Apr 14, 2012 1:00 am |
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Seeing that they face no competition from AMD its welcome i guess 
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grstanford
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Post subject: Re: (VRZ)Intel cuts desktop IB CPU pricing ahead of launch Posted: Sat Apr 14, 2012 1:41 am |
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It's certainly very tempting. Makes me want to get rid of the Phenom II 965 altogether, replace it with my 2600K/Asrock board and build a 3770K replacement.
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Keysplayr
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Post subject: Re: (VRZ)Intel cuts desktop IB CPU pricing ahead of launch Posted: Sat Apr 14, 2012 7:39 am |
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Z68 socket 1155 boards could support IVB? Or not? YESSS!!! My mobo is the P8Z68-V/Gen3 http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/sho ... d-PCIe-3.0
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grstanford
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Post subject: Re: (VRZ)Intel cuts desktop IB CPU pricing ahead of launch Posted: Sat Apr 14, 2012 7:58 am |
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Yes, most Z68 boards will support Ivy Bridge. You just won't have native PCI-e 3 (will be interesting to see if the PCI-e 3 ready Z68 boards out there really can do PCI-e 3 with IB in them).
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Keysplayr
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Post subject: Re: (VRZ)Intel cuts desktop IB CPU pricing ahead of launch Posted: Sat Apr 14, 2012 8:28 am |
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grstanford wrote: Yes, most Z68 boards will support Ivy Bridge. You just won't have native PCI-e 3 (will be interesting to see if the PCI-e 3 ready Z68 boards out there really can do PCI-e 3 with IB in them). http://usa.asus.com/Motherboards/Intel_ ... 8Z68VGEN3/Why wouldn't they? What I mean is, why would the act of dropping in an IVB CPU into my board (for example) render PCI-e 3.0 ineffective? What would spur on this line of thinking. I'm sure I missed something somewhere.
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grstanford
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Post subject: Re: (VRZ)Intel cuts desktop IB CPU pricing ahead of launch Posted: Sat Apr 14, 2012 9:07 am |
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Well, the chicken (z68 boards with chips that claim to allow PCI-e 3 to work) came into being well before the egg (Ivy bridge). The PCI-e logic lives on Ivy Bridge (the CPU), not the motherboard. That makes the egg way more important than the chicken. Those extra chips on Z68 will only properly enable PCI-e 3 if they are fully compatible with Ivy Bridges PCI-e 3 implementation.
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apoppin
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Post subject: Re: (VRZ)Intel cuts desktop IB CPU pricing ahead of launch Posted: Sat Apr 14, 2012 9:12 am |
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grstanford wrote: Yes, most Z68 boards will support Ivy Bridge. You just won't have native PCI-e 3 (will be interesting to see if the PCI-e 3 ready Z68 boards out there really can do PCI-e 3 with IB in them). My ASRock z68 Extreme3 Gen3 is supposed to have native PCIe 3 and USB 3.0 support with a BIOS update and a IB drop in http://www.asrock.com/mb/overview.asp?M ... me3%20Gen3Quote: Features
Next-Gen PCI-E 3.0 Support
By adapting PCI-E 3.0 quick switch IC onboard, the ASRock motherboards can support the Next-Gen PCI-E 3.0!
PCI Express 3.0 can maximize the bandwidth for the next-gen PCI Express 3.0 VGA cards, provide ultimate graphics performance. The issue is that i don't know when the BIOS update will come  i might be picking up a new MB on Monday here's the most economical that i can find with PCIe X8/x8/x4 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.a ... 6813138355Is it x16 with only one PCIe slot populated
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grstanford
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Post subject: Re: (VRZ)Intel cuts desktop IB CPU pricing ahead of launch Posted: Sat Apr 14, 2012 9:28 am |
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That's the promise, who knows if it will actually work?
I had the choice of taking the Asrock motherboard I have now, without PCI-e 3 support or waiting several days for stock of the same board but with PCI-e3 support built on, like yours. I chose to get take the non PCI-e one. I've been building computers way too long to take claims of future compatibility very seriously particularly when the part concerned has no control over said compatibility.
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