Rumor: Intel Launching Core i5, i7 September 8
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Rumor has it that Lynnfield will be here next week.
According to Digitimes' sources at motherboard makers, Intel's upcoming Core i5-750, Core i7-860 and Core i7-870 CPUs as well as P55 chipsets will be announced on September 8.
While the upcoming Lynnfield platform parts haven't officially been launched yet, some retailers have already received new Core i5 and Core i7 CPUs and are already selling them, much to Intel's chagrin.
Either way, motherboard makers are excited for the new Intel P55 chipset as it is expected to boost sales by 15 to 20 percent in the fourth quarter. P55 boards are expected to make up one fifth of total shipments by the end of the year.
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Gigabyte all the way.
http://www.provantage.com/scripts/search.dll?QUERY=lga1156&Submit.x=9&Submit.y=12
Just because Intel hosed Toms and every other major site that reviews hardware by keeping an NDA long after their CPUs were out for retail sale doesn't make this a "rumor"
Gigabyte all the way.
http://www.provantage.com/scripts/search.dll?QUERY=lga1156&Submit.x=9&Submit.y=12
Just because Intel hosed Toms and every other major site that reviews hardware by keeping an NDA long after their CPUs were out for retail sale doesn't make this a "rumor"
If the benchies are good enough, maybe i´ll finally update my Core2Duo E6400...
http://www.sohodiffusion.com/newsletter_offer.asp?num=13224
The media hype for this mid-range product that's coming out a year after the high-end platform it's based on is unprecedented, especially since nobody will post benchmarks. Perhaps they want to hype it up and get their pre-order sales up before the tech sites spill the beans and tell you it sucks for gaming... Non-gamers can still do just fine with a Q6600 or a 940BE, so Core i5 would still be pointless.
i know!! just dying for a review about them i5's...
Thats because everyone who buys into this chip will REQUIRE a new MB that will be limited in what you can do with it in the future when 2 X8 PCI-E lanes are too slow for future video cards.
Here are the prices and speeds:
i7-870 2.93ghz LGA1156 = $649.399
i7-860 2.8ghz LGA1156 = $349.99
i5-750 2.66ghz LGA1156 = $229.399
Hopefully the i7 920 will come down in price because of these
Btw, is the LGA1156 faster or slower than the LGA1366? I assume slower...?
It overclocks well. I overclocked mine to 4.2ghz and broke the 10 second mark in super pi mod 1M.