I was searching newegg and found that the new socket 1366 processors from intel were released!! Check out this read up: http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/Intel-Core-i7-Nehalem,2057.html
Keep this in mind. This processor is the next big thing, BUT, if you are buying because you are a gamer, stick with the cheaper QuadCore Core2's. There is not a single game on the market currently that utilizes the multi-core balancing that this thing is capable of. And there probably wont be for a couple years or more. If you are thinking about building a gaming rig, save some bucks and get a standard Core2 based chip instead of the Core i7's. The motherboards for the 1366 socket are well over 200 bucks, and the chips themselves start around 300 bucks for the low end of the scale. If you are doing things that are heavy processor applications that can utilize multiple cores to load balance the work...then you wont be disappointed. Gamers...you wont notice much of a difference.
I'll take anyone's old machine if they want to throw it away. Mine takes over 2 hours to boot now and only sees 512 megs of ram no matter what I put in it! :emo::emo:
word.... I pick up my intel quad awhile ago and plays Warhammer no problem with other apps running. next step 2 TB of HD
Somewhat true, but half of owning newly released technology is for bragging rights. These new processors would kill video editing software......more cores and a quicker architetcure mean everything.
I don't get into bragging rights as if the only thing I have to brag about is having a home computer with a bunch of unnecessary processing power for playing games that see no benefit from it then my life is pretty much worthless. If I was using my PC to work video editing or music production or anything that utilizes managed processing, then yes, I'd be all over it. For basic web browsing and email, occasional web design and a few hours of gaming a week, the 3.16ghz core2 does just fine for my needs.
I'm a Microsoft Certified Systems Analyst, and I'm A+ cert. I know better. See above. :biggrin: I've got such old hardware and such a limited budget that a new system is out of the question. Hence me asking for throwaways. Socket 754 AMD64 (first gen) AGP graphics PC3200 / DDR400 RAM
Yes, and to be honest, a 3.16 core2 is still overkill for gaming. Todays games are getting more and more multi threaded, and yes the Q6600 is more than enough for any GPU bench out there today. What i'm trying to say is, games dont need a monster cpu, all they need is a cpu that will keep up with the gpu. I posted this because I wanted people to read the article on tomshardware. This new processor is a HUGE jump ahead from our current day core2 and corequads. This is intel's first processor with a memory controller, and quickpath is replacing the FSB (sounds more like an AMD lol.....but a better design). I thought some other people would appreciate this milestone. A processor that is going to change our everyday lives is the intel atom. If you dont know what it is I suggest you look it up. I'm currently building a prototype mini-itx computer using this processor to mount on and control an hdtv. I think its pretty cool that we have motherboards to day that are about 6"x6" and out benchmark full atx computers that are a decade old.
Yeah, the intel chips desperately need the integrated FSB. Glad to see this finally get picked up by intel. These atom's are insanely cool. With the dual core's coming out, these things will get better and better. Intel's doing great things, especially for the laptop market.
^^AGREED X10000000 I'm going to pick up an acer aspire one in the upcoming months. Those are amazing little machines
I'm definately not trying to downplay the significance of on board memory control. It is really a step forward. I'm just saying there aren't alot of applications that utilize such a thing. It was more of an FYI to the hardcore gamer types that this processor, while very powerful, is overkill for a gaming rig. Because alot of gamers will run out and buy the most powerful thing out there, when in reality they would be able to build a machine with lower priced components that will perform just as well for their games. We are realisticly a few years out for games utilizing everything this processor is capable of. Early adoption wont yeild anything as far as gaming is concerned as the current games don't even use all of what is currently holding the market share for deployed PCs. Your next generation of games will probably be progrmmed around what is currently in the market share, and that is the Core2 based systems. If you are in the market for a new gaming rig, your best bet is a Core2 based desktop, by the time the games are utilizing multiple cores and memory and processing load balance, the i7 based cores will be alot cheaper and probably alot more powerful.
As irony would have it, literally as I was about to post about my tower build that my friend and I did having virtually no problems at all running 3.5 GHz for almost a year now.... It totally glitched on me and I had to go back in and re-seat my memory. (I think I have a bad stick of memory, about once every 4-6 months it tweaks and causes a system crash). My friend and I got my current older CPU to boot at a higher overclock than that chip though...... It was really flakey though and we barely got it to run more than windows. :laugh: -Steve
