Reviews - Intel Core i7 - everything that Core 2 should have been - performance numbe

[j.o.s.h.1408]

Is i7 really what Core2 should have been?

I mean, compared to the P4s Core2 is/was a massive jump forward, and i7 should do the same to Core2.

However, Core2 bought Quad Cores to the mainstream, overclock fairly well, and a fairly reasonable pricetag to boot. The q6600 seems to be fairly high on the bang for buck rankings...

dont forget that prescott and pentium D came out inbetween core 2 and p4

[kalniel]

dont forget that prescott and pentium D came out inbetween core 2 and p4

They're both p4.

[Blackmage]

Is their not going to be a P55 chipset or something?

[SiM]

Is their not going to be a P55 chipset or something?

Probably... but they will milk the enthusiasts for the higher end stuff first

[kalniel]

Is their not going to be a P55 chipset or something?

Doesn't seem to be, for Core i7 at least. They might release one for Core i5 or whatever they call lynnefield in a years time. Different socket though.

[j.o.s.h.1408]

They're both p4.

o is it? u mean their like die shrinks of p4 like how a q9xxx is for core 2?

[kalniel]

o is it? u mean their like die shrinks of p4 like how a q9xxx is for core 2?

Yep, exactly right.

[Biscuit]

Doesn't seem to be, for Core i7 at least. They might release one for Core i5 or whatever they call lynnefield in a years time. Different socket though.

Iv heard this aswell, is it socket 1160 or something? It also loses the tri-channel feature and goes back to the standard dual channel.

Will they really wait a year to release it?

[shaithis]

Will they really wait a year to release it?

Wouldn't surprise me.....unless AMD make an assault on the desktop CPU market in the mean-time, then Intel will probably milk the 45nm Core2 range for a while yet (I would do the same in their position TBH)

[Main]

Brewster,

We have 1,000-unit tray pricing and it's as follows:

Core i7 920 - $284 (~£200)
Core i7 940 - $562 (~£400)
Core i7 965 EE - $999 (~£750)

I've put my best-guess UK pricing in brackets, given the current exchange rate and mark-up.

These should be close to the mark when they're officially released later on this month.

Seems like pretty good estimations, as CCLonline now have them priced for preorder, so they're going to be in the regions of (including VAT):

Core i7 920 ~£250
Core i7 940 ~£475
Core i7 965 EE ~£850

Ouch.

[j.o.s.h.1408]

Seems like pretty good estimations, as CCLonline now have them priced for preorder, so they're going to be in the regions of (including VAT):

Core i7 920 ~£250
Core i7 940 ~£475
Core i7 965 EE ~£850

Ouch.

same price has the Q9XXX range then its the mobo and ram price that people are worried about

[Main]

same price has the Q9XXX range then its the mobo and ram price that people are worried about

Looks like they have a motherboard priced too...

MSI Eclipse SLI - £250.48 ex VAT, £294.31 inc VAT

and scan have 4 triple DIMM sets listed (filter using "3x" to see only them) between £103 and £241.

So by these prices an i7 set will be at least ~£640 for just the core components...or probably ~£600 if somebody does a cheaper motherboard...

Waaaaaaaaay outta my price range

[Biscuit]

Looks like they have a motherboard priced too...

MSI Eclipse SLI - £250.48 ex VAT, £294.31 inc VAT

and scan have 4 triple DIMM sets listed (filter using "3x" to see only them) between £103 and £241.

So by these prices an i7 set will be at least ~£640 for just the core components...or probably ~£600 if somebody does a cheaper motherboard...

Waaaaaaaaay outta my price range

Once you add a new GPU its just scrapin my price range after christmas but i been waiting a LOOOOONNNNNNGGGGGG time for a proper upgrade. My current one was literally the cheapest B4B option at the time cuz everything was so cheap and my opty 175 was only scrapin COD4. May end up goin high end C2Q but well see.

[j.o.s.h.1408]

i still need to buy a new GPU,psu, hdd and case

[Tarinder]

Early adopters will always pay a significant premium for having the latest kit near launch day.

Give it a month and we should, I hope, see sensible pricing on motherboards, along with DDR3 continuing the drop down.

[j.o.s.h.1408]

Early adopters will always pay a significant premium for having the latest kit near launch day.

Give it a month and we should, I hope, see sensible pricing on motherboards, along with DDR3 continuing the drop down.

Jan is when i will be upgrading but some say the prices wont go down that much