News - Corsair announces XMS DDR3 memory for Intel Core i7

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Budgeting for your Core i7 upgrade? Corsair will be offering 3GB and 6GB DDR3 kits priced at £109.99 and £209.99, respectively.

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Am I that out of touch with the market prices that £183 squid for 6gig seems absolutely crazy for DDR3 ? :S

If I was a little bit more impulsive I'd be ordering now.

It does seem a little on the cheap side.. maybe this'll widen adoption of Core i7 and so bring prices a bit more mainstream!

I live in hope.

this is only 1333 thats why it is so cheap.

Scan have Corsair's 4GB 1333mhz kit for about £120. Add £60 for the third module and it looks like they're roughly in line with current pricing.

You'd be a mug to buy now, pricing should drop pretty sharply once more companies jump on the Nehalem bandwagon and manufacturing ramps up for the early adopters.

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Originally Posted by Lanky123

You'd be a mug to buy now, pricing should drop pretty sharply once more companies jump on the Nehalem bandwagon and manufacturing ramps up for the early adopters.

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And when will that be? jan? feb? thats time im going to upgrade

or skip i7 and wait for the 32nm processors later next year/early 2010 (core 3?)

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Originally Posted by magneticman

or skip i7 and wait for the 32nm processors later next year/early 2010 (core 3?)

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and u really think core 3 will be cheaper when it first comes out? LOL its the same cycle mate, anything new is always expensive then when its a few months old.

a 280gtx was going for £400+ when it was first released. now look at the price now

i wasn't really thinking about price, i just think the westmere cpus will be a better choice for the money.

I think Core 25 will be better value for money. 25 cores ftw!

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Originally Posted by j.o.s.h.1408

and u really think core 3 will be cheaper when it first comes out? LOL its the same cycle mate, anything new is always expensive then when its a few months old.

a 280gtx was going for £400+ when it was first released. now look at the price now

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actually, the gtx would most likely be the same price if ati didnt pull a quick one. Nvidia halfed the costs and that just shows they were milking it at first which is quite right since early adaptors should pay a premium. The I7 will be expensive since it isnt competeing with anythung apart from itself, nvidia sat on same tech waiting for ati and intel are doing it differently which means they will stay top for awhile unless amd pull another :P.

So.. it looks like memory bandwidth is the new Ghz.
Front Side Bus, anyone? Oh, that is sooooo 2007!