Will Ivy Bridge - E be worth it?

[bluezero5]

I usually hang out on the cooling forums, but of late I became much more interested in the next CPU upgrade from Intel. Which will be Haswell and IB-e. I run a x79 platform on a 3930k, running at 5.0ghz and some pretty high voltage; reasons for that is work related, my job and my career revolves around number crunching, and at times I got 'terabytes' worth of data to handle. I have already started to use my GTX680 SLI into openCL solutions, which helps alot.

now, here are the stats of IB-e: (credit to wikipedia)



question is, is it worth the upgrade?

my 3930k runs at 3.2Ghz stock standard. I run at 5.0Ghz, which is a 56.25% OC. (thanks intel!)
and 4930k runs at 3.4Ghz stock standard. 6.25% increase on stock.. given OC will be similar, I will assume I can go 150% ... meaning.. 5.1Ghz...

the largest possible benefit is really just with the increase in quad RAM capabilities, but I am already using 2400Mhz RAM.. so I 'suspect' the only improvement I will be seeing will be on the CPU freq.

anyone here sees any good reason to upgrade when it comes?
or should I be targetting the 4960X at least for a worthy upgrade?

 

[bmwbaxter]

The X series chips are generally pointless. Especially since you can buy K series chips that are nearly identical.


If the X chip ends up with more cores then maybe, but if not then just grab the K.

 

[trekky]

I would think it would have 5% speed boost

 

[Knufire]

The difference between Sandy Bridge and Ivy bridge should be about the same difference as their enthusiast segment counterparts. Don't think anything coming out this year would be a worthy upgrade to a 3930K.

 

[TerranBrackiatt]

Imo, it would only be worth it if IB-E performs better per clock than haswell, and that's unlikely. TDP is the same as the SB-E counterparts. You've already mentioned RAM, and pcie 3.0 is also a non issue. Only thing left is the ops-per-clock. Since intel is using the 4000 series numeration, maybe they think IB-E is comparable to haswell, but real world numbers need to be crunched first. Wait for the reviews. We expect, though, only a IB size boost. Not worth it. Haswell size boost might be worth it, but that boost is not probable.

 

[TheHutchTTU]

Another reason you might look at getting a new CPU is for the fact of degradation from running the CPU at such high clocks/voltage.

Just a thought

 

[bluezero5]

Another reason you might look at getting a new CPU is for the fact of degradation from running the CPU at such high clocks/voltage.

Just a thought

that day may come.

lucky so far, degradation has been just minimal after 18 months.
(darn.. is it 18 mths already..)

 

[trekky]

I think we talked about degradation is another post and it should take a min of 5+ years to show ANY signs of degradation
but can seem to find the thread

 

[bluezero5]

I think we talked about degradation is another post and it should take a min of 5+ years to show ANY signs of degradation
but can seem to find the thread

haha, I will settle for 3 yrs !!

 

[Hippogriff]

I don't really need a high-end workstation (I guess the school dual E5-2667 server and the one with a Tesla K20 should be enough for very demanding stuff), so I'm wondering how the 4770k will compare to the 4820k.

 

[bluezero5]

if you are gaming only 6 cores won't help you much
4 cores really all you need, and given what we are seeing 4820 is gonna be quite good I think.

 

[ivanlabrie]

The only point I see would be 3d benching on cold...freeze that sucker and it'll go past a frozen 3930k, effectively beating all other cpus at 3d stuff.

 

[trueblack]

let me help you stay Objective.

NO. not worth it.
not unless your 3930k degrades.

that being said, IB-e might be end of the line for x79 mobo.
so there might be not much there to sought after anyway.

 

[ballbreeder]

maybe broadwell will be better ....

 

[EarthDog]

I hate to answer a question with a question, but, was the move to 2600K to 3770K worth it? Most would say no, and its rumored performance is just that, since it is the same, SB-e to IB-e, essentially.

 

[bluezero5]

I hate to answer a question with a question, but, was the move to 2600K to 3770K worth it? Most would say no, and its rumored performance is just that, since it is the same, SB-e to IB-e, essentially.

yeah.. I think I sub-consciously know that.
was kinda hope that someone can talk me into buying. haha

 

[TheHutchTTU]

You will have the capability of faster memory!

 

[ivanlabrie]

Much better benching scores, higher ram clocks and faster oc on cold...for benching, yeah for sure.

 

[cruzdi]

The Z87 chipset came out with 6 SATA 6Gbps ports. Will the IB-E be upgraded to match? It currently supports only 2 SATA-6 ports.

 

[EarthDog]

I dont think the specifications have been released yet... but I doubt there will be any changes in that light. You have more than 2 SSDs to utilize the bandwidth SATA3(6Gbps) offers?