new2IT
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I'm going to be building a new PC next month and originally I was going to go with an i7 950, but after reading about the new Sandy Bridge chips being released next month I'm thinking the 2600k might be a better option.
Both chips are priced relatively the same, (if the price leaks turn out to be true that is). The 950 looks like it should overclock to 3.8-4Ghz while the 2600k is reporting to overclock nicely anywhere from 4.5Ghz up to 4.9Ghz.
The upside is that Sata 3 will be supported natively, though I probably won't even use this for some time considering the hard drive I'll be swapping in isn't a Sata 3 drive anyway.
The downside is 1155 boards don't support triple channel memory - however I have no clue if this would really matter. Most of what I have read states that triple channel memory hasn't proven to be much of a boost to performance.
So which should I go for? I'm leaning towards the new SB chip because so far the only downside I can see is the lack of triple channel memory, but other than that it looks like it'll perform much better. Thoughts??
Both chips are priced relatively the same, (if the price leaks turn out to be true that is). The 950 looks like it should overclock to 3.8-4Ghz while the 2600k is reporting to overclock nicely anywhere from 4.5Ghz up to 4.9Ghz.
The upside is that Sata 3 will be supported natively, though I probably won't even use this for some time considering the hard drive I'll be swapping in isn't a Sata 3 drive anyway.
The downside is 1155 boards don't support triple channel memory - however I have no clue if this would really matter. Most of what I have read states that triple channel memory hasn't proven to be much of a boost to performance.
So which should I go for? I'm leaning towards the new SB chip because so far the only downside I can see is the lack of triple channel memory, but other than that it looks like it'll perform much better. Thoughts??