Nehalem - Core i7/i5, etc...

[W1nTry]

Xigmatek will or already would have made the new bracket for you to use with the Core i5 so have no fear.

[SPK]

*prepares to look for a new bracket for this Thermalright cooler when the time comes*

[W1nTry]

Newegg have P55 mobos like they on FIRESALE dread.... wha bout this one:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813131410

I am not up to date on the Intel front, so I doh know who making the best OCers. Since Gigabyte and Asus are the prime manus i'd guess them, but with SO many models I doh really know what the extra 20USD is for, Arc and Capn do expand.

[Arcmanov]

Well, the main difference between the 120 US boards, and the 130 US boards is the presence of the
2nd PCIe 16x slot on the latter.  Other than that, the differences are minor.

Quite a nice selection between 100 and 200 US.

Out of that lot, these would be my picks from Asus and Gigabyte.

[Spazosaurus]

I studying to bring in one each now...hmmmm

Good lord. What Intel doing to AMD is almost too painful to watch. Its like using a tank to level an anthill. Don't forget, i3 is yet to come.

[Arcmanov]

Check out this table summarising the complete i5 launch.


Source.

Some nice Xeon prices there.

[Arcmanov]

It refers to the 'Turbo Boost' which allows the i5 cores to individually increase in clock speed
by several orders of magnitude depending on the amount of load/threads from the apps running.

Read this for a better understanding.

[W1nTry]

That 3440 looking like a chip to get hoss!

[Arcmanov]

...and you done know how much nastier those Xeons tend to take an OC.

The X3440/50 might very well be the 'new Q6600'.

I 'almost' vex I didn't wait for Core i5 (pricewise), but then when I remember how much
of a MONSTERRRRR COMBOOOOO an OC'ed i7 920 can be, the vexness evaporates.

[W1nTry]

I 'almost' vex I didn't wait for Core i5 (pricewise), but then when I remember how much
of a MONSTERRRRR COMBOOOOO an OC'ed i7 920 can be, the vexness evaporates.

That is until HardOC builds a i5/7 system with that new Xeon and kicks in ur 920 front teeth XD

[Spazosaurus]

The X3440 is undoubtedly the way to go. That extra thread per core is a SIGNIFICANTLY better value than the 750, especially at just $15us more. Seriously, if only p55 supported 16x16 lanes on the pci-e x16 bus, I would switch just for the hell of it. Doesnt mean I wont build one anyway either.

[Arcmanov]

Check out the HSF Intel is planning to ship with these CPUs.

I must say, I am impressed.  Looks like there may be no need for aftermarket with this one maybe? 

[Spazosaurus]

Thats impressive indeed. We just have to wait and see how it actually performs though.

[rassmatic]

Early Gulftown engineering sample previewed.

Polish computer site PCLab managed to secure an engineering sample of an Intel chip manufactured on the Westmere 32nm process, containing six-cores and 12MB of L3. Yes, it certainly looks like Gulftown – the codename for what likely will end up being marketed as Core i9.

Despite Gulftown not being officially supported yet the testers managed to get Gulftown to work on three boards: Gigabyte EX58-Extreme, ASUS Rampage II Gene and ASUS P6T SE, thanks to the chip using LGA 1366 socket. Of course, the BIOSes for the motherboards weren't optimized for Gulftown just yet, so there were some performance issues – particularly in the memory department.

Overall, test results showed that Gulftown performs as many would hope it would with an extra two Hyperthreaded cores. Multithreaded applications saw impressive gains thanks to the bump in 50 percent greater number of cores.

http://www.tomshardware.com/news/gulftown-core-i9-benchmarks-tests,9152.html

Allyuh seein' dat Vantage score!!!!???!!!! WTMC!!!!!! I hadda get one!!!!

[Arcmanov]

O_O


Interesting.

[Crixx_Creww]

70% delta in vantage!! wtf!!

i was just laffing at this thing before i did that math, thinking... why? lolz like seriously why??
but 70% delta!! screw the fact that its completely unnecessary for anything we do now or in the near future.
70% delta in vantage = gimme 2! lolz

[rassmatic]

^^Why for now?

u doh worry why. i just hadda get one.

[Arcmanov]

I actually think this CPU might be a waste of money for a gaming PC though, unless there
is a quantum leap in core/thread utilisation across the board by ALL the major game engines,
which I just can't see happening in a hurry.  I'd rather plunk down the cash on a big, sexy new
GPU (or two).

[Crixx_Creww]

nah arc yuh not seeing the potential

4 dragon age running
2 crisis running
and ah battle field running same time

lolz, plus you encoding blu ray to  H.264 and raring gigs of data
same time
for no good reason

lol
thats my favourite thing about quad power
i never have to close a game or an application anymore.

[rassmatic]

^^Why for now?

u doh worry why. i just hadda get one.

I swear u starting to sound like a certain someone on the forums yes.

like who exactly? i sure i'm not the only one who wants one. really doh get where ur coming from.