i7 S1366 or i7 Sandybridge S1155

[Scrag Meister]

Very nice, thats gonna be a helluva bill though!

What made you choose the GTX 570 over an ATI offering? I'm still undecided what to get, loads of conflicting info on what the best bang/buck card is at the moment.

I'd also considered the H60 cooler too, if they are not difficult to fit i'll go for one of those too, never used liquid cooling before though.

Yes I agree, but I only do this once every 4 or 5 years and to be honest my current box is doing most things fine still, but I really need that extra power for Excel preparing invoices, and Word for the letter writing. Storage for client dbs.

And by the time you haven't paid CT on the purchase and reclaimed the VAT you "save" a 3rd.

Choices are made with plenty of reading, Tomshardware and similar, and also having had Nvidia previously without any hitches helps. It keeps changing and usually takes me quite a few months, maybe even a year to get ready for the next build.

May change the NAS box as i understand that Seagate have DLNA server issues with their BlackArmor range.

Will keep you posted.

[DimPrawn]

I'm going to order this barebones system, already tested and assembled.

Novatech Barebone Bundle - Intel Core i7 2600K - Corsair Vengence 8GB DDR3 Memory - Asus P8P67 Pro Motherboard - Novatech Gaming Case & 600w Silent Gaming PSU

And then add basic vid card (it's not for gamin) and 4 x 1TB SATA drives to run in RAID 1+0 config.

[Durbs]

Current shopping list.

1 LN24570 Coolermaster HAF 932 Black, High Air Flow Tower Case w/o PSU (New Version)
1 LN26639 Logitech G19 Gaming Keyboard 2xUSB HUB,Tiltable Colour LCD, Selectable backlit Keys, Programmable
1 LN28326 Microsoft Windows 7 Ultimate - Retail (Black), 32 & 64 Bit
1 LN29571 Logitech G9X Laser Gaming Mouse Silver, 5000dpi, Custom LED's, Weights, Changable Grips & More
1 LN29972 6TB Seagate ST360005SHD10G-RK BlackArmor NAS 440 4 Bays 4 Drives
2 LN32363 27" Dell U2711 A04 WQHD Widescreen LCD. 2560x1440, HDMI, 2xDVI-D, Display Port, 5 xUSB, 8in1 reader
1 LN35978 12GB (3x4GB) Corsair DDR3 Dominator GT, PC3-16000 (2000), Unbuffered, 9-10-9-27, DHX, XMP, DF, 1.65V
1 LN33024 600 GB Western Digital WD6000HLHX VelociRaptor, SATA 6Gb/s, 10000rpm, 32MB Cache, 4.2 ms
1 LN34964 1200W Coolermaster Silent Pro Gold, Modular, 80 PLUS Gold, 90% Eff', SLI/CrossFire, EPS 12V
1 LN35734 D-link DAP-1522/B Wireless N Dualband Access Point and Ethernet Bridge
2 LN36677 3m Newlink HDMI v1.4, Black, Gold Plated Premium Quality
2 LN37717 120GB Intel ElmCrest 2.5" SSD, MLC-Flash, 450MB/s Read and 210MB/s Write speed + Free Game*
1 LN36731 Intel Core i7-2600K 3.40 GHz, Sandy Bridge,1155, Qd Core, GPU 850Mhz, 95W, Retai + Free Game*
1 LN37884 Pioneer BDR-206DBK Blu-Ray Writer 12x BD-R, x8 DVD±DL x16 DVD±R x6 DVD±RW OEM
1 LN38188 1280MB Asus GTX 570 DirectCU II, 40nm, 3800MHz GDDR5, GPU 742MHz, 480 Cores, 2x DL DVI-I/ DP/ HDMI
1 LN38030 Asus Sabertooth P67 Rev3, Intel P67, S1155, PCI-E 2.0, DDR3 1866, SATA 6Gb/s, SATA RAID, ATX
1 LN38234 Corsair Cooling Hydro Series H60 High-performance CPU Cooler, LGA1156, LGA775, LGA1366, AM2 and AM3

Very nice, thats gonna be a helluva bill though!

What made you choose the GTX 570 over an ATI offering? I'm still undecided what to get, loads of conflicting info on what the best bang/buck card is at the moment.

I'd also considered the H60 cooler too, if they are not difficult to fit i'll go for one of those too, never used liquid cooling before though.

[Scrag Meister]

Current shopping list.

1 LN24570 Coolermaster HAF 932 Black, High Air Flow Tower Case w/o PSU (New Version)
1 LN26639 Logitech G19 Gaming Keyboard 2xUSB HUB,Tiltable Colour LCD, Selectable backlit Keys, Programmable
1 LN28326 Microsoft Windows 7 Ultimate - Retail (Black), 32 & 64 Bit
1 LN29571 Logitech G9X Laser Gaming Mouse Silver, 5000dpi, Custom LED's, Weights, Changable Grips & More
1 LN29972 6TB Seagate ST360005SHD10G-RK BlackArmor NAS 440 4 Bays 4 Drives
2 LN32363 27" Dell U2711 A04 WQHD Widescreen LCD. 2560x1440, HDMI, 2xDVI-D, Display Port, 5 xUSB, 8in1 reader
1 LN35978 12GB (3x4GB) Corsair DDR3 Dominator GT, PC3-16000 (2000), Unbuffered, 9-10-9-27, DHX, XMP, DF, 1.65V
1 LN33024 600 GB Western Digital WD6000HLHX VelociRaptor, SATA 6Gb/s, 10000rpm, 32MB Cache, 4.2 ms
1 LN34964 1200W Coolermaster Silent Pro Gold, Modular, 80 PLUS Gold, 90% Eff', SLI/CrossFire, EPS 12V
1 LN35734 D-link DAP-1522/B Wireless N Dualband Access Point and Ethernet Bridge
2 LN36677 3m Newlink HDMI v1.4, Black, Gold Plated Premium Quality
2 LN37717 120GB Intel ElmCrest 2.5" SSD, MLC-Flash, 450MB/s Read and 210MB/s Write speed + Free Game*
1 LN36731 Intel Core i7-2600K 3.40 GHz, Sandy Bridge,1155, Qd Core, GPU 850Mhz, 95W, Retai + Free Game*
1 LN37884 Pioneer BDR-206DBK Blu-Ray Writer 12x BD-R, x8 DVD±DL x16 DVD±R x6 DVD±RW OEM
1 LN38188 1280MB Asus GTX 570 DirectCU II, 40nm, 3800MHz GDDR5, GPU 742MHz, 480 Cores, 2x DL DVI-I/ DP/ HDMI
1 LN38030 Asus Sabertooth P67 Rev3, Intel P67, S1155, PCI-E 2.0, DDR3 1866, SATA 6Gb/s, SATA RAID, ATX
1 LN38234 Corsair Cooling Hydro Series H60 High-performance CPU Cooler, LGA1156, LGA775, LGA1366, AM2 and AM3

[DimPrawn]

I'm ordering the bits for an i7 2600K based PC too which will be used for testing trading strategies. Will probably go with 8GB RAM.

Strategy Tester in MetaTrader 4

This is mega CPU intensive, so I need a very powerful number cruncher, and the i7 2600K can be overclocked too.

Looked at AMD cpu of a similar price and the Sandybridge cpu blows them into the weeds.

[Durbs]

Definitely Sandybridge over previous gen i7

I'm just building myself a new speedy dev/vm/gaming machine and the spec, if its any help is:

Fractal R3 case
OCZ Stealth X Stream 2 700W PSU
MSI P67A-GD53 Intel P67 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard - (Sandybridge) ** B3 REVISION **
Samsung SH-B123L/RSBP 12x BluRay ROM DVDRW DL & RAM Lightscribe SATAII Optical Drive
Intel Core i7-2600K 3.40GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor
Corsair A50 High-Performance CPU Cooler
MSI ATI Radeon HD 6950 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card
Corsair XMS3 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit
Samsung SpinPoint F3 1TB SATA-II 32MB Cache
Crucial RealSSD M4 128GB 2.5" SATA 6Gb/s Solid State Hard Drive

[Scrag Meister]

PassMark Intel vs AMD CPU Benchmarks - High End

Intel i7 2600K


10th fastest CPU ever benchmarked (out of 1000's), affordable price.

Planning for a July purchase, but loks like a great CPU, 6x faster than my current one.

[DimPrawn]

PassMark Intel vs AMD CPU Benchmarks - High End

Intel i7 2600K


10th fastest CPU ever benchmarked (out of 1000's), affordable price.

[FarmerPalmer]

Just built 2 new business desktops using i5-2500K, SandyBridge 1155.
Just make sure you get a REV3 motherboard.

[xchaotic]

Not sure but Sandybridge is the newer one isn't it? Even though it has a lower socket number??

A quick google says SB all the way baby!

Sandybridge all the way, just make sure you get a Z67 chipset, depending on the needs and an unlocked CPU, ending with a "K" for example 2500K.

[gingerjedi]

Not sure but Sandybridge is the newer one isn't it? Even though it has a lower socket number??

A quick google says SB all the way baby!

[Scrag Meister]

Building a new desktop and trying to decide on the CPU.

Which one should I go for?

AMD is currently out of the running, I know they are cheaper and probably better VFM but Intel is top of the tree at the moment.

Used for gaming and invoicing mainly, with a little word processing on the side.