Nehalem new news

[plasma06]

you are looking at over a grand with mob cpu and ram upgrade, better start saving

[Anirk]

Im prob just going to stick with my q6600 =(

MB + Ram cost dont justify upgrading for me at least *tear

[Akaris]

I have yet to buy my computer...

DDR3's price is already beginning to drop slowly. 4 GB of DDR3 is already 150-300$. Is it worth grabbing DDR3 instead of DDR2 just because of the new architecture, Core i7? Will the Core i7 and the x58 board become the new standard for upcoming processors and motherboards? Within the next 3-4 years?

Thanks for the answers.

[Howling]

Originally Posted by Diablo

You will need a new mobo x58 as well as ddr3 and 3 sticks of it to see the benefits. One of the reasons the intel board is crap 4 dimms WTF?

Didn't you know... tri-channel obviously fits into 4 slots.... somehow ;D
Intel Techs ftw!

[Zethos]

yeah I wonder the same thing as Akaris, I am getting a computer this Christmas, if the new x58 type motherboard will become the usual for the future, I might as well get i7.

I am trying to build a comp which would be easy to upgrade with time :P

but yea if I am able to get a i7 system at a reasonable price, I am probably getting it

[The Crowing]

After the release of the new X58 motherboards and i7, I would wait a while before buying them. I would do this to see what kind of critical bugs/issues there are and take note of them. For example, there were serious issues in certain brands of nforce 680 boards when they first came out.

[Diablo]

I would wait for Q2 of next year when the mainstream processors are out, these are technically server CPUs. Heck with waiting these things are blowing everything out of the water.

Already has 4 OC world records lol.

[The Crowing]

Originally Posted by Diablo

I would wait for Q2 of next year when the mainstream processors are out, these are technically server CPUs. Heck with waiting these things are blowing everything out of the water.

Already has 4 OC world records lol.

Yep I agree. When Core 2 first came out in the summer of 2006, it started out with the E6300 and E6400. The really good stuff didn't show up until roughly a year later.

[Howling]

Originally Posted by jg1981

For example, there were serious issues in certain brands of nforce 680 boards when they first came out.

Uh... there still are issues, the same issues, with many of the 6xx boards, which are also present in the 7xx boards o.O

But yeah, wait till Q2 to let the hardware mature a bit - iron out the bugs and improve performance.

[Diablo]

Kal you're back?

oh wait just howl.

Serioulsy the new 780 790 boards are great and those issues are long gone.

[Howling]

Originally Posted by Diablo

Kal you're back?

oh wait just howl.

Serioulsy the new 780 790 boards are great and those issues are long gone.

You know I've gotta do my share of hating for Kal too, since he's not here ;D

Even if the new 780 790 boards are good, there's no reason AT ALL to buy one - you should be buying ATi GPUs, no need for SLi boards ;D

[Diablo]

XFX Black Edition 260 216 core is smoking the 4870 1GB so there may again lol.

XFX GTX260 Black Edition Review - Overclockers Club

[The Crowing]

Originally Posted by Howling

Uh... there still are issues, the same issues, with many of the 6xx boards, which are also present in the 7xx boards o.O

But yeah, wait till Q2 to let the hardware mature a bit - iron out the bugs and improve performance.

Yea that's true. I got lucky with the 680i that I've had since it released in 2006. No issues with mine. I guess I dodged a bullet.

[Diablo]

Official launch date 11/17

[The Crowing]

YoYoTech and Falcon Northwest have already unveiled their Core i7 machines, and at ridiculously high prices too. How do these companies stay in business if no one wants to buy their expensive products?


Core i7 Desktops Begin to Surface - Tom's Hardware