Should I hold out??

[richison]

Recently I picked up a i5-760 for ~$200, but haven't purchased my MB yet. Should I wait for the new i5's and 1155 boards to come out? I can probably return my i5-760 to Newegg since it's unopened. The new i5's look to be around $200 so a wash there. Obviously MB will be more money.

Is it worth it? Will I see a significant performance difference? (Using this for my gaming rig)
If so, which i5 should I get? 2000? 2500?

Thanks in advance for your thoughts.

 

[MadAdmiral]

Yes, you should wait. It looks like there's going to be a 20-30% performance difference with Sandy Bridge. In addition, the current price scheme should push the i5-760 down in price significantly. Either way, you're getting more performance for the price.

We can't really say which i5-xxxx to get, as there haven't been any benchmarks using all the actual chips being released yet.

 

[richison]

Thanks MadAdmiral. Looks like it's a non issue. Doesn't look like I can return my unopened CPU so I guess I'm stuck with the i5-760.

 

[joelmartinez]

Sell it new on eBay buy it now 180 I'm sure someone will bite by the way here is the tom's article on SB: http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/sandy-bridge-core-i7-2600k-core-i5-2500k,2833.html

 

[richison]

Looks like Newegg is going to allow me a return. They are the best!

Now I just have to figure out which CPU to get in its place.

 

[joelmartinez]

Great you should get the i5 2500k

 

[richison]

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