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I've built dozens of systems, and only once have I upgraded the CPU in an existing board.]]>Nov 3rd 2008 2:01PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/11/03/intel-core-i7-review-roundup/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/03/intel-core-i7-review-roundup/http://anandtech.com/cpuchipsets/intel/showdoc.aspx?i=3448 ?

Fail.]]>Nov 3rd 2008 2:24PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/11/03/intel-core-i7-review-roundup/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/03/intel-core-i7-review-roundup/

nerdtalker, seriously. They left out the one that counts. ]]>Nov 3rd 2008 2:57PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/11/03/intel-core-i7-review-roundup/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/03/intel-core-i7-review-roundup/Nov 3rd 2008 9:30PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/11/03/intel-core-i7-review-roundup/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/03/intel-core-i7-review-roundup/
Anyway, I've said my piece on why you shouldn't bother with Core i7 right now anyway, so I'll save it. All I'll say is that it would be smart to wait for the non-enthusiast motherboards (the successor to P45 instead of X58). You can get a great P45 mobo right now for 100 bucks, so if you give it a month or two, the P45's successor should be out, and around that price. You'll still pay out the ass for DDR3 ram, but atleast you'll save a bit on the mobo.]]>Nov 4th 2008 9:11AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/11/03/intel-core-i7-review-roundup/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/03/intel-core-i7-review-roundup/Nov 3rd 2008 1:46PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/11/03/intel-core-i7-review-roundup/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/03/intel-core-i7-review-roundup/Nov 3rd 2008 1:48PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/11/03/intel-core-i7-review-roundup/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/03/intel-core-i7-review-roundup/If so how are the prices??]]>Nov 3rd 2008 1:49PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/11/03/intel-core-i7-review-roundup/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/03/intel-core-i7-review-roundup/
http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/02/intels-core-i7-purchased-overclocked-benchmarked/]]>Nov 3rd 2008 1:58PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/11/03/intel-core-i7-review-roundup/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/03/intel-core-i7-review-roundup/
The next step down (940) will probably MSRP for $500-$600, and the low end(920) should come in around $250-300.

I'd personally opt for the low-end....clock speed differences aren't worth the price premium....the new architecture is going to be the main performance increase.]]>Nov 3rd 2008 2:03PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/11/03/intel-core-i7-review-roundup/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/03/intel-core-i7-review-roundup/Nov 3rd 2008 2:04PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/11/03/intel-core-i7-review-roundup/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/03/intel-core-i7-review-roundup/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intel_Core_i7#Processors]]>Nov 3rd 2008 2:28PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/11/03/intel-core-i7-review-roundup/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/03/intel-core-i7-review-roundup/Nov 3rd 2008 2:49PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/11/03/intel-core-i7-review-roundup/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/03/intel-core-i7-review-roundup/http://hothardware.com/Articles/Intel-Core-i7-Processors-Nehalem-and-X58-Have-Arrived/
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Example, im gonna be one of the people who give the first gen i7 a miss. The technology is fantastic but the price just isn't justified now. Im planning to take advantage of the price drop on everything 775 when they come out to build a new PC (except the case, HDD's and gfx card(s, plural in my case, not SLI)). I just bought a new PSU (currently in transit) and should be getting a new gfx and 2 shiny new 24" monitors to go with it.

My HDD's are fine (i have 4 of them, not really in need to upgrade).]]>Nov 3rd 2008 2:15PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/11/03/intel-core-i7-review-roundup/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/03/intel-core-i7-review-roundup/
Given that I would have to get a new mobo, CPU and RAM....I'll hang onto my overclocked e8500. This sucker is screaming at 4.1Ghz on air cooling....36C, nice! ]]>Nov 3rd 2008 2:15PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/11/03/intel-core-i7-review-roundup/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/03/intel-core-i7-review-roundup/Nov 3rd 2008 2:28PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/11/03/intel-core-i7-review-roundup/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/03/intel-core-i7-review-roundup/
Just join me in raking in all the cheap, but still fantastically awesome hardware which will be made "obsolete" by i7 :D

xcrunk,

Get that higher boy! E8400 can push 4.3GHz on air so i reckon you could hit 4.4ish with it (ive built plenty of E8400 rigs but never played about with an E8500).]]>Nov 3rd 2008 2:47PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/11/03/intel-core-i7-review-roundup/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/03/intel-core-i7-review-roundup/Nov 3rd 2008 2:42PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/11/03/intel-core-i7-review-roundup/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/03/intel-core-i7-review-roundup/I was thinking of buying a new PC using the 6600 so I am wondering if this will push prices down?]]>Nov 3rd 2008 2:51PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/11/03/intel-core-i7-review-roundup/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/03/intel-core-i7-review-roundup/Nov 3rd 2008 4:04PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/11/03/intel-core-i7-review-roundup/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/03/intel-core-i7-review-roundup/Nov 3rd 2008 2:51PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/11/03/intel-core-i7-review-roundup/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/03/intel-core-i7-review-roundup/
It depends alot on what you are going to use them for but the lowest priced Core i7 with motherboard and memory will cost about 50% then a Q9550 system, so for many system like gaming you are way better of useing that money another place in your system.]]>Nov 3rd 2008 3:06PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/11/03/intel-core-i7-review-roundup/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/03/intel-core-i7-review-roundup/Nov 3rd 2008 3:09PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/11/03/intel-core-i7-review-roundup/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/03/intel-core-i7-review-roundup/Nov 3rd 2008 3:39PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/11/03/intel-core-i7-review-roundup/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/03/intel-core-i7-review-roundup/Nov 3rd 2008 3:42PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/11/03/intel-core-i7-review-roundup/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/03/intel-core-i7-review-roundup/
WHaaat? HD video playback is all fine with my AMD 64 3500+ ..surely not the CPU that is FAILing you.]]>Nov 3rd 2008 3:49PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/11/03/intel-core-i7-review-roundup/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/03/intel-core-i7-review-roundup/http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/Intel-Core-i7-Nehalem,2057.html

The best review is on Tom's. Note that the non-extreme Nehelem CPU's will have a power-cap (eg. 130 watts) to prevent what Intel would consider excessive overclocking. This is understandable from a business point of view considering that it isn't too hard to get a low-mid range quad core now and overclock it so it performs better than the top of the line extreme edition. The performance is definitely there though, with an average 25% gain over a 45nm Core 2 Quad CPU with the same clock speed.]]>Nov 3rd 2008 4:09PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/11/03/intel-core-i7-review-roundup/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/03/intel-core-i7-review-roundup/Nov 3rd 2008 4:36PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/11/03/intel-core-i7-review-roundup/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/03/intel-core-i7-review-roundup/
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