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Originally Posted by DoolittleRaider
As I understand it, the Core i7 970 is essentially the same as the 980, but a hundred bucks or so cheaper (maybe $850 versus $1000???), except that the 970 is 'locked' and cannot be overclocked. Both the 970 and 980 are 6 Core. I don't need the 'open' or'unlocked' structure of the 980, as I never will overclock.
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If you do not overclock definitely wait for the 1155/P67/H67 Sandy Bridge motherboards.
http://news.softpedia.com/news/Sneak...p-164172.shtml
So far it seems the only downside of Sandy Bridge is very poor Overclock options due to locking the PCI etc to same base bus speed as processor.
If you do not overclock Sandy Bridge will be ideal for you.