Sandy Bridge 2600k VS I7 950 extreme

francois-chaer

hi guys, anyone got a descent review on the performance difference of those 2 CPUs on a rendering machine with 16gb ram, i mean which one would be better ?

thanks

BashLogic

unless I am mistaken, Sandy has a bad bug. the bug is so bad that intel has had to recall all the chips that were shipped!

Flakk

BashLogic wroteunless I am mistaken, Sandy has a bad bug. the bug is so bad that intel has had to recall all the chips that were shipped!

True
sources here
http://www.anandtech.com/show/4142/intel-discovers-bug-in-6series-chipset-begins-recall
http://www.anandtech.com/show/4143/the-source-of-intels-cougar-point-sata-bug

dont buy any series 6 boards or any sandy bridge processors just yet.

francois-chaer

then i guess i will stick with the Extreme edition for now

thanks for the info