So what's the word on upgrading to Haswell???

Umm... you seemed to miss the quote brackets on my post.

There is nothing wrong with SB-E at all, first generation platform or not. It may be more than what you need, but that is between you and your wallet. Just so you know....Ivy Bridge-Extreme is going to be released in September, however, that may just muddy the waters for you lol.

kbrady1979 said:

There is nothing wrong with SB-E at all, first generation platform or not. It may be more than what you need, but that is between you and your wallet. Just so you know....Ivy Bridge-Extreme is going to be released in September, however, that may just muddy the waters for you lol.

Well, for the record I sometimes I think my current system is more than I need but...

Didn't even know about the extremes so yeah that may muddy the waters a little further. However if the pricing is a bit more than the 3930, I may well pass it by.

Solarstarshines said:

sygnus21 said:

Umm... you seemed to miss the quote brackets on my post.

Yea The other day the Forum timed out on me too

BTW Your system is a beast

Thanks. Which one? The one I'm planning on building, or the one in my system specs?

LOL - Yeah, I'm pretty happy with the system but want to upgrade while I have the means to do so. I'll be going into cash strapped mode later and need to get this done while I have the chance.

Plus I have to replace my aging Q6600 system that the family uses as I think either the processor or motherboard is going.

kbrady1979 said:

There is nothing wrong with SB-E at all, first generation platform or not. It may be more than what you need, but that is between you and your wallet. Just so you know....Ivy Bridge-Extreme is going to be released in September, however, that may just muddy the waters for you lol.

To really muddy the waters... The new Ivy Bridge-Es may also use TIM instead of solder between the chip and the heat spreader which means they might have the same heating problems as the regular Ivy Bridges and the new Haswells.

The system I have now should easily meet my needs for several years to come (it had better, after the small fortune I spent on it!).

Though I heard a lot about heating issues I'm not going to get caught up in the method Intel is using between the heat spreaders as I'm confident that'll be sorted, whichever way Intel chooses to go. Also overclocking isn't as big a deal to me as it once was so I figure if I stay within stock range, heat shouldn't be an issue. However that doesn't mean I'll completely ignore the issue though