How much was the total price, including tax? Also im going to wait till the z68 MoBos comes out. Its the p67 and h67 in one plus will have ssd caching. Ssd caching makes a small ssd and a normal hd one drive. Programs you access the most will run off your ssd.

After tax the i5 was $194, defintely a good buy I think. Cheaper than Newegg at the very least. What's the timeframe for the z68 mobos to come out?

2500k all the way. There is no possible way that 2mb L3 cache and Hyperthreading are worth the extra $100 for the 2600k. And at a stock frequency of 3.3Ghz, even if you don't overclock it will still be a very strong CPU. However, with the possibility of hitting upwards of 4.6-5.0Ghz with the right board and cooling solution, I would say Overclocking is the thing to do.

As for the choice of motherboard, it might be smart to wait and see what the other manufacturers come out with. It should be anytime now before all the rest of them release their own revised versions for the P67 chipset. My 2 cents...:rolleyes:

As far as i know no game currenly has support / use HyperT.
So Icore7 is only extra cost for gamers.

Go for the Icore5 2500K clock it to 4GHZ or even 5GHZ on air.

In my opinion the i5 2500K is the best CPU cost/performance and overlocking potential wise for gamers.

Two weeks ago I decided to order the components for a new build based on the i5-2500K. I read as many reviews as i could find and all agreed that the i7-2600K offered only very marginal improvements in games (a few fps in most cases) - not worth the extra cost in my opinion.

The new B3 boards are now available at retailers. I have ordered an Asus P67 board from Scan.co.uk and expect it to arrive today. (I would really recommend Scan very strongly for UK-based readers - very keen prices, great service and speedy delivery).

Also, with the temporary unavailability of Sandy Bridge motherboards I noticed a price reduction on the 1155 processors - in UK on the Scan site the i5-2500K dropped from around 190 pounds down to 162 - it has since went up to 174, but I expect prices will go up again as the motherboard supply situation is sorted and people start buying components.

I'd also recommend a Sandy Bridge processor over an i7-950 - both for performance reasons, bang per buck and future upgradability.

Hi, I’ve just build my new price sensible rig.
I’ve chosen to go for i5 2500k on an ASUS P8P67evo
Video is a MSI twin frzer 560 ti
Both the 2500k and MSI will over clock easily.
The ASUS software makes the oc ing of the 2500K easy as cake.
The system has run stable at 4,7 MHz to be sure ive put a great big Mugen cooler from Scythe on top of it.’ Which keeps it at a unbelievable 37 degrees C at that speed.
Be sure to visit Toms hardware http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/...on,2866-4.html and their remarks about buying an i7 2600k .
And do price check on tweakers.net.

Greetz,

Niels

I've just takewn delivery of a new rig with i7 2600 and am mightily impressed with it. It plays IL2 like a dream (as you'd expect) and ROF with all sliders to the max with silky smooth frame rates. Check out the benchmark results yourself and you'll see that the i7 2600 gives loads of bang for your buck compared with other high end processors.

PPanPan

You made a good purchase. The main difference b/n the 2500k and 2600k is the L3 cache and stock clock speed, obviously the 2600k has more but I think you'd be hard pressed to notice a difference on screen.

Re: Can you elaborate on your overclocking comment? Not sure what you mean because I think all socket 1155 CPUs have on-board graphics.

Actually a sensible price would have been with AMD not Intel. Remember if your LCD refresh rate is 60hz you wont get over 60 fps so saying you get 150 fps with intel versus 125 with AMD is pointless.

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Can't go wrong with the 2500K at the moment. Great per core performance + major clockability at a reasonable price!
Sweetes thing in the CPU market since the original C2Duo's.