Not really. It's expected to be a few % faster (actual results remain to be seen...as we saw with SB vs SB-E, results of one do not necessarily foretell the other), and should run a bit cooler at stock. Stock speeds will be a touch higher. Overclocking capability is TBD...the solder between the core and the IHS should help, but a lot of people believe that the TIM was only part of the challenge with IB.
I would find it difficult to justify an upgrade for any practical reasons--not that a practical reason is at all required. -----Original Message----- From: Bryan Seitz [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Wednesday, June 26, 2013 12:45 PM To: [email protected]; Greg Sevart Subject: Re: [H] Greg 4930K On Wed, 26 Jun 2013 11:40:05 -0400, Greg Sevart <[email protected]> wrote: > No newer platform is expected. It is widely anticipated that Intel > will continue to use the existing X79 chipset until Haswell-E and its > platform update are released--probably next year. The initial reports > that there was an X99 chipset in the works for IB-E are almost > certainly in error. > > Motherboard manufacturers may choose to refresh their lineups, but any > additional I/O ports would be by way of third party components as > opposed to native functionality. > > I don't believe there's any compelling reason to upgrade from SB-E to > IB-E. > If I do (running a 3930k at 4.5GHz now), it'll only be because I want to. > Oh really? So not much of a perf gain to be had? -- Bryan Seitz
