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    Ivy bridge ES i5 3320QM, i7 3520QM, i7 3610QM , i7 3720QM available on ebay

    Discussion in 'Hardware Components and Aftermarket Upgrades' started by moral hazard, Mar 22, 2012.

  1. moral hazard

    moral hazard Notebook Nobel Laureate

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    Not bad prices.


    Check it out:
    INTEL i5 3320QM 3.3GHz quad ES ,fastest mobile CPU on earth, upgrademonkey onl | eBay
    INTEL i7 3610QM 3.3GHz quad QS ,fastest mobile CPU on earth, upgrademonkey only | eBay
    INTEL i7 3720QM 3.6GHz quad QS ,fastest mobile CPU on earth, upgrademonkey only | eBay
    INTEL i7 3820QM 3.7GHz quad QS ,fastest mobile CPU on earth, upgrademonkey only | eBay
    INTEL i7 3520QM 3.6GHz quad QS ,fastest mobile CPU on earth, upgrademonkey only | eBay

    Tempted to try the low end i5 in my old sandy bridge toshiba.
     
    moral hazard, Mar 22, 2012
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  2. triturbo

    triturbo Long live 16:10 and MXM-B

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    Well, you know how it goes with the modding/upgrading - give it a go and let the others know :D
     
    triturbo, Mar 22, 2012
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  3. Cloudfire

    Cloudfire (Really odd person)

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    wow is it legal to sell them right now? :)
     
    Cloudfire, Mar 22, 2012
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  4. GeoCake

    GeoCake http://ted.ph

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    If eBay allows it.. I'm pretty sure it is... even if it's not, lol.
     
    GeoCake, Mar 22, 2012
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  5. Ryan

    Ryan NBR Moderator

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    Looks tempting....


    Sent from my iPhone with Tapatalk
     
    Ryan, Mar 22, 2012
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  6. long2905

    long2905 Notebook Virtuoso

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    They arent the first IB batch he have or anything :D (3920XM).
     
    long2905, Mar 22, 2012
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  7. triturbo

    triturbo Long live 16:10 and MXM-B

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    BTW are those BGA chips with soldered pins, or they're normal PGA? Not that I'm going to buy one, just curious :)
     
    triturbo, Mar 22, 2012
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  8. jalaj

    jalaj Notebook Geek

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    thought that the QM67 chipset won't support the newer IB CPUs
    if so, who has a compatible motherboard for these chips?
     
    jalaj, Mar 22, 2012
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  9. Thaenatos

    Thaenatos Zero Cool

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    Id like to see who can get this to work and see what the actual performance increase is. Either way Im still going to be more then satisfied with my 2860QM. :p
     
    Thaenatos, Mar 22, 2012
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  10. Tsunade_Hime

    Tsunade_Hime such bacon. wow

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    Ya it says those are BGA CPU's...so if you want to break out your solder stations please..
     
    Tsunade_Hime, Mar 22, 2012
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  11. User Retired 2

    User Retired 2 Notebook Nobel Laureate NBR Reviewer

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    A 22nm IVB i7-3612QM 2.1 compared to a i7-2670QM 2.2 at http://forum.notebookreview.com/gam...nchmarks-revealed-yknyong1-2.html#post8369334 is 5% faster at the same clock but consumes 22% less power at max load (35W TDP vs 45W TDP). The power saving feature means can either get more battery life or higher performance levels before hitting Tjmax.

    I read somewhere that Intel concentrated on improving the HD4000 iGPU performance rather than the CPU with the IVB release.
     
    User Retired 2, Mar 22, 2012
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  12. yknyong1

    yknyong1 Radiance with Radeon

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    i5-3320QM: The new budget quad?
     
    yknyong1, Mar 22, 2012
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  13. Enpatsu

    Enpatsu Notebook Geek

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    They made it wrong on the ebay, there's no way a mobile i5 can be quad cores, it's dual cores.

    I am looking forward to the 3612qm or the 3720qm, the ability to play emulation games will determine it :D.
     
    Enpatsu, Mar 22, 2012
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  14. moral hazard

    moral hazard Notebook Nobel Laureate

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    Sorry, where does it say BGA?

    All I could see on the listings are "Socket G2 (rPGA988B)" and "988-pin micro-PGA (rPGA988B)" :confused:

    EDIT: Looks like most do say BGA, but the 3610QM is listed as PGA.
    Could be a mistake by the seller...
     
    moral hazard, Mar 23, 2012
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  15. jalaj

    jalaj Notebook Geek

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    OP is confusing people. Do some research first. The mobile ivy bridge (IB) chips aren't compatible with sandy bridge (SB) laptops. Also IB laptops havent been released yet. Moreover, these are useless because they are BGA chips and not the user upgrade friendly PGA chips. So you can prebuy some qs chips at retail pricing of final spec chips in anticipation of an unreleased compatible platform, more power to you.
     
    jalaj, Mar 24, 2012
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    5482741 5482741

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    5482741, Mar 24, 2012
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  17. moral hazard

    moral hazard Notebook Nobel Laureate

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    I did some research :rolleyes:

    I know they aren't supposed to work, but there have been many times where it's been possible to mod a component to get it to work with an unsupported platform. For example take this thread:
    http://forum.notebookreview.com/har...intel-gl960-gl40-useful-info-pll-modders.html

    And all I said in the OP was that the prices were not bad and that *I* would like to try one. I wasn't telling other people to go ahead and do so...

    BTW I already responded to the whole BGA/PGA thing 1 post above yours, yes some of the links had BGA CPUs, but there are PGA out there as well.
     
    moral hazard, Mar 24, 2012
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  18. GalaxySII

    GalaxySII Notebook Deity

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    no one has them yet
     
    GalaxySII, Mar 25, 2012
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  19. yknyong1

    yknyong1 Radiance with Radeon

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    There are people with the new chipset HM77, which is already on sale.
     
    yknyong1, Mar 25, 2012
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  20. upgrademonkey

    upgrademonkey Company Representative

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    Hello this is Lee from upgrademonkey,

    the IVB CPU are PGA, and will NOT work on 65 67 chipset
     
    upgrademonkey, Mar 26, 2012
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  21. User Retired 2

    User Retired 2 Notebook Nobel Laureate NBR Reviewer

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    Ah.. we have laptopmonkey aboard. Thank you for joining in this important thread.

    Does that mean you've tested one of your IVB quad ES chips in your HM65-equipped Clevo P150 finding it didn't boot?
     
    User Retired 2, Mar 26, 2012
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  22. GalaxySII

    GalaxySII Notebook Deity

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    Hi u are laptop monkey in US and upgrade monkey in EU ? :D
     
    GalaxySII, Mar 27, 2012
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  23. Thaenatos

    Thaenatos Zero Cool

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    Minimal at best. But then again thats the nature of "the tick" vs "the tock". In the real world that means the ~4 hours I get would yield maybe 4.5 at best and no noticeable increase in performance.

    Pre sandy bridge upgrade? Yes please! Upgrade from my latest and greatest sandy bridge? Nah Ill wait.

    I also was under the impression the mid to higher end quads were still 45w TDP making them even less of a power savings.
     
    Thaenatos, Mar 27, 2012
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  24. whitrzac

    whitrzac The orange end is cold...

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    so... have you gotten yours yet? :rolleyes:
     
    whitrzac, Mar 27, 2012
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  25. moral hazard

    moral hazard Notebook Nobel Laureate

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    The price is still a bit too high for me, I need to buy one of these + a core 2 quad for my M17 (and a second 4870) so I'm waiting until it fits my budget.
     
    moral hazard, Mar 28, 2012
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  26. granyte

    granyte ATI+AMD -> DAAMIT

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    edit nvm

    but if you are looking for the lower Quads like a Q9000 consider Pming me i might have something worth it
     
    granyte, Mar 29, 2012
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  27. Kallogan

    Kallogan Notebook Deity

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    Will there be a bios mod hero huhu
     
    Kallogan, Apr 3, 2012
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