Brian means well but in this case he is mistaken. The 2500K is the only
chip worth having because it and the 2600K are the only two that
overclock. Intel finally succeeded in getting it's wet dream come true by
making it impossible to overclock the lower margin "cheap" chips thereby
giving it's customers less bang for the buck. The 2600K is out of the
running for most because of price leaving only the 2500K at $210 worth
buying for a gaming and hardware enthusiast. Then you have to buy the
Intel chipset mobo because Intel loves it's customers so much they never
allow backwards compatibility (one pin difference between LGA 1156 and LGA
1155 for the new socket) because it's just not profitable. I'll be
laughing all the way to the bank when I upgrade to AMD's new architecture
this year and we all owe Intel a vote of thanks for being so anal they
will chase much of their business AMD's way. No offense Brian and have a
Happy New Year!
On Mon, 03 Jan 2011 16:13:34 -0600, FORC5 <[email protected]> wrote:
obsolete hopefully means *cheaper* 8-)
fp
At 11:19 AM 1/3/2011, Brian Weeden Poked the stick with:
Sandy Bridge just came out officially this week and it makes pretty much
everything else in the mid and low range obsolete:
http://www.bit-tech.net/hardware/cpus/2011/01/03/intel-sandy-bridge-review/1
http://www.anandtech.com/show/4084/intels-sandy-bridge-upheaval-in-the-mobile-landscape
http://www.anandtech.com/show/4083/the-sandy-bridge-review-intel-core-i5-2600k-i5-2500k-and-core-i3-2100-tested
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