At a news conference in Taipei, Intel showed off a range of new stuff, including several high-performance desktop and low-cost server processors, the new single chip P55 chipset and a range of products from third party manufacturers that support the new Intel technology. On the processor side, the company showed off two new Core i7 processors, Core i7-860 and Core i7-870, and the first Core ...
Read full articleOriginally posted by ZippyDSM:I'd wait ;-) you know in about a year the price will be dramatically different than in the next few weeks.
But...is it worth the price to upgrade to it? :P
Quote:I don't really want to upgrade again until the Mobo/cpu and ram is double or better performance wise than what I got (2GB DDR2 800,2.8 C2D,MSI PN7 SLI Platinum)Originally posted by ZippyDSM:I'd wait ;-) you know in about a year the price will be dramatically different than in the next few weeks.
But...is it worth the price to upgrade to it? :P
Originally posted by ZippyDSM:Seems like a big downgrade from the current I7 series.
But...is it worth the price to upgrade to it? :P
Quote:I aint even to a quad yet :POriginally posted by ZippyDSM:Seems like a big downgrade from the current I7 series.
But...is it worth the price to upgrade to it? :P
-Lower clock speeds
-Fewer memory controlers
-Even with the built-in PCI-E x16 controloer, you still have a lot fewer PCI-E channels...You can't even do 2-way x16 crossfire or SLI.
...Overall, I think the old 2.66GHZ I7 might be better than the new 2.93GHZ...at least for anyone who wants two graphics cards or RAID (the built-in RAID is junk). For that matter, the Core2Quad and even the Phenom would be better.
...These chips & this chipset are designed for econo-boxes; they are not intended to replace 1366 chips...only to replace the lower-end Core2quad segment.
Originally posted by ZippyDSM:Owch...and I thought my first-gen Phenom was sad. Perhapse you could get a piece of cardboard and write "Will work for quadcore" on it...then just stand by a redlight and beg for change.
I aint even to a quad yet
Originally posted by KillerBug:Meh there's no real need to go up yet.
Originally posted by ZippyDSM:Owch...and I thought my first-gen Phenom was sad. Perhapse you could get a piece of cardboard and write "Will work for quadcore" on it...then just stand by a redlight and beg for change.
I aint even to a quad yet
Originally posted by ZippyDSM:You know zip that the reason they called the model extreme is because of the extreme price:P
Originally posted by KillerBug:Meh there's no real need to go up yet.
Originally posted by ZippyDSM:Owch...and I thought my first-gen Phenom was sad. Perhapse you could get a piece of cardboard and write "Will work for quadcore" on it...then just stand by a redlight and beg for change.
I aint even to a quad yet
Though if i can get a extreme C2Q for under 500 I might :P
Originally posted by joe777:And you can easily reset the clock.
Originally posted by ZippyDSM:You know zip that the reason they called the model extreme is because of the extreme price:P
Originally posted by KillerBug:Meh there's no real need to go up yet.
Originally posted by ZippyDSM:Owch...and I thought my first-gen Phenom was sad. Perhapse you could get a piece of cardboard and write "Will work for quadcore" on it...then just stand by a redlight and beg for change.
I aint even to a quad yet
Though if i can get a extreme C2Q for under 500 I might :P
Originally posted by ZippyDSM:Yeah but if it could hover to the kitchen and make toast and boiled eggs in the morning for you and it would be worth it:D
Originally posted by joe777:And you can easily reset the clock.
Originally posted by ZippyDSM:You know zip that the reason they called the model extreme is because of the extreme price:P
Originally posted by KillerBug:Meh there's no real need to go up yet.
Originally posted by ZippyDSM:Owch...and I thought my first-gen Phenom was sad. Perhapse you could get a piece of cardboard and write "Will work for quadcore" on it...then just stand by a redlight and beg for change.
I aint even to a quad yet
Though if i can get a extreme C2Q for under 500 I might :P
Besides by the time its worth 500 or less a new mainline CPU will be 2 or 3 times faster even if I could over clock via supper conduction and make my PC hover :P :P
Originally posted by joe777:You should get yourself some liquid helium...that stuff is REALY cold!
Originally posted by ZippyDSM:Yeah but if it could hover to the kitchen and make toast and boiled eggs in the morning for you and it would be worth it:D
Originally posted by joe777:And you can easily reset the clock.
Originally posted by ZippyDSM:You know zip that the reason they called the model extreme is because of the extreme price:P
Originally posted by KillerBug:Meh there's no real need to go up yet.
Originally posted by ZippyDSM:Owch...and I thought my first-gen Phenom was sad. Perhapse you could get a piece of cardboard and write "Will work for quadcore" on it...then just stand by a redlight and beg for change.
I aint even to a quad yet
Though if i can get a extreme C2Q for under 500 I might :P
Besides by the time its worth 500 or less a new mainline CPU will be 2 or 3 times faster even if I could over clock via supper conduction and make my PC hover :P :P
On a side note I had to go to the doctors today to get a wart frozen off and I should have asked the doc if I could borrow the cannister of liquid nitro for a while. Then I could achieve a very extreme OC on my C2Q.
Originally posted by Mr-Movies:Get a quad mobo and but 4 quad core CPUs on it :P
I could use some more horse power as the AMD quads aren't fast enough but the new Intel doesn't seem the way to go either so I guess it will be the old i7. Ripping BD's requires a lot of power and 20 hours to rip a BD50 movie is a bit long and then sometimes I convert it to DVD-IFO so the process is extended even furhter.
Great job on the artical Dela!
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