The Sandy Bridge Review: The New Intel CPUs

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  1. Posts : 12,012
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       #10

    Do my eyes deceive me, or have they actually modified the traditional 4 pin heatsink mount?

    As I understand it, the traditional 4 pin mount was a joint venture between the Marquis de Sade and Alfred E. Newman. Hard to believe that Intel would give up on such a genius piece of engineering.
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  2. Posts : 7,683
    Windows 10 Pro
       #11

    My eyes must be deceiving me because I don't see, or get what you're talking about?
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  3. Posts : 3,322
    Windows 8.1 Pro x64
       #12

    sygnus21 said:
    Not bad at all, though I think I'll stick with my I7-930 for awhile.
    Well it's like most hardware at the moment - If you have something like an i7 930, then this isn't really worth upgrading too. It's most likely for people on Core 2 stuff still. I'm not sure when I'm going to do a CPU upgrade. All I'd need is a motherboard and CPU as I'm already using DDR3 RAM with my 790i, but
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  4. Posts : 67
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       #13

    ignatzatsonic said:
    Do my eyes deceive me, or have they actually modified the traditional 4 pin heatsink mount?

    As I understand it, the traditional 4 pin mount was a joint venture between the Marquis de Sade and Alfred E. Newman. Hard to believe that Intel would give up on such a genius piece of engineering.
    Good call, even when I get the thing properly mounted I still have doubts if it's going to stay
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  5. Posts : 396
    Windows 7 Professional x64
       #14

    Should be getting my i5-2500k next week. :)
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  6. Posts : 4,663
    Windows 7 Home Premium 64 bit
       #15

    Here's a review from a UK mag and some UK prices. Don't look bad but you would have to get a new mobo.

    Intel Sandy Bridge review | Processors | Reviews | PC Pro
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  7. Posts : 925
    Windows 10 Pro
       #16

    The fan looks nice, but the CPU doesn't. My mega machine probably going to need to lay down plastic on a dual 6-core Xeon with HT (3.3/3.5 gigs) and 14+ gigs of ram :) Soon, hopefully soon !
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  8. Posts : 6,243
    win 7 ultimate32bit, Win8.1pro wmc 32bit
       #17

    johnwillyums said:
    Here's a review from a UK mag and some UK prices. Don't look bad but you would have to get a new mobo.

    Intel Sandy Bridge review | Processors | Reviews | PC Pro
    The price is very good , but I think the inbuilt DRM will put a few people off
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  9. Posts : 5,840
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       #18

    The price is ok, but having to replace the Motherboard if you wanted one seems a bit much.
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  10. Posts : 12,012
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       #19

    pebbly said:

    The price is very good , but I think the inbuilt DRM will put a few people off
    Does anyone have a decent understanding as to how intrusive the DRM is going to be? What won't I be able to do?

    I've heard complaints about DRM for the last 4 or 5 years and it hasn't affected me yet.

    Didn't I read that certain upper end models of Sandy Bridge will not have the DRM component?
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