http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/06/gigabyte-shows-off-ga-ibp-core-i5-motherboard-at-cebit/ Engadget Comments for Gigabyte shows off GA-IBP Core i5 motherboard at CeBIT http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2012 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/06/gigabyte-shows-off-ga-ibp-core-i5-motherboard-at-cebit/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/06/gigabyte-shows-off-ga-ibp-core-i5-motherboard-at-cebit/Mar 6th 2009 2:46PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/06/gigabyte-shows-off-ga-ibp-core-i5-motherboard-at-cebit/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/06/gigabyte-shows-off-ga-ibp-core-i5-motherboard-at-cebit/May 1st 2009 5:22PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/06/gigabyte-shows-off-ga-ibp-core-i5-motherboard-at-cebit/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/06/gigabyte-shows-off-ga-ibp-core-i5-motherboard-at-cebit/Mar 6th 2009 3:02PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/06/gigabyte-shows-off-ga-ibp-core-i5-motherboard-at-cebit/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/06/gigabyte-shows-off-ga-ibp-core-i5-motherboard-at-cebit/
I'm supposing an i5 would be a fine choice for a system destined for nothing but VMWare stuff? What do you guys think? I'd like to build a system with that as a concentration for testing stuff and working on learning Windows Server.

I don't know if QPI represents a feature on the latter half of a law of diminishing returns curve or a major overhaul that drastically improves the speed of everything.

What kind of RAM does an i7 support that the i5 doesn't?]]>Mar 6th 2009 4:02PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/06/gigabyte-shows-off-ga-ibp-core-i5-motherboard-at-cebit/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/06/gigabyte-shows-off-ga-ibp-core-i5-motherboard-at-cebit/southbridge" directly on the chip. This can be good because these motherboards won't need a separate northbridge anymore. It will just be the CPU connected to a new southbridge chip.]]>Mar 6th 2009 4:06PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/06/gigabyte-shows-off-ga-ibp-core-i5-motherboard-at-cebit/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/06/gigabyte-shows-off-ga-ibp-core-i5-motherboard-at-cebit/
i5 is meant to be low to mid range in the Nehalem family. (Think $500 Dell/HP/Gateway you would buy at Frys or Bestbuy)

It should be Socket 1156 and as mentioned, no QPI.
This means your Dual Channel memory is connected to a more traditional NorthBridge.

Supposedly the first Westmere (32nm Nehalem) being released will actually be for 1156, so in essence we will see 32nm first on the Core i5 platform. Possibly by the end of THIS year as well.
So i am a little surprised we're seeing boards already, unless they plan to release a short lived 45nm i5 in between now and Westmere.]]>Mar 7th 2009 2:01AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/06/gigabyte-shows-off-ga-ibp-core-i5-motherboard-at-cebit/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/06/gigabyte-shows-off-ga-ibp-core-i5-motherboard-at-cebit/Mar 6th 2009 2:48PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/06/gigabyte-shows-off-ga-ibp-core-i5-motherboard-at-cebit/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/06/gigabyte-shows-off-ga-ibp-core-i5-motherboard-at-cebit/Mar 6th 2009 3:41PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/06/gigabyte-shows-off-ga-ibp-core-i5-motherboard-at-cebit/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/06/gigabyte-shows-off-ga-ibp-core-i5-motherboard-at-cebit/Mar 6th 2009 4:21PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/06/gigabyte-shows-off-ga-ibp-core-i5-motherboard-at-cebit/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/06/gigabyte-shows-off-ga-ibp-core-i5-motherboard-at-cebit/Mar 6th 2009 4:22PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/06/gigabyte-shows-off-ga-ibp-core-i5-motherboard-at-cebit/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/06/gigabyte-shows-off-ga-ibp-core-i5-motherboard-at-cebit/Mar 6th 2009 2:53PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/06/gigabyte-shows-off-ga-ibp-core-i5-motherboard-at-cebit/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/06/gigabyte-shows-off-ga-ibp-core-i5-motherboard-at-cebit/Mar 6th 2009 2:57PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/06/gigabyte-shows-off-ga-ibp-core-i5-motherboard-at-cebit/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/06/gigabyte-shows-off-ga-ibp-core-i5-motherboard-at-cebit/Mar 6th 2009 2:58PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/06/gigabyte-shows-off-ga-ibp-core-i5-motherboard-at-cebit/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/06/gigabyte-shows-off-ga-ibp-core-i5-motherboard-at-cebit/Mar 6th 2009 3:10PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/06/gigabyte-shows-off-ga-ibp-core-i5-motherboard-at-cebit/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/06/gigabyte-shows-off-ga-ibp-core-i5-motherboard-at-cebit/Mar 6th 2009 3:37PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/06/gigabyte-shows-off-ga-ibp-core-i5-motherboard-at-cebit/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/06/gigabyte-shows-off-ga-ibp-core-i5-motherboard-at-cebit/Mar 6th 2009 4:07PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/06/gigabyte-shows-off-ga-ibp-core-i5-motherboard-at-cebit/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/06/gigabyte-shows-off-ga-ibp-core-i5-motherboard-at-cebit/Mar 6th 2009 3:12PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/06/gigabyte-shows-off-ga-ibp-core-i5-motherboard-at-cebit/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/06/gigabyte-shows-off-ga-ibp-core-i5-motherboard-at-cebit/
Seriously, i7 buyers are chumps.. buying a chip that's not the "real" high performance chip.. that's the Xeons... then intel will make a cheaper chip on the faster, smaller process i5. This is why Apple is sticking to Notebook processors that have less "marketing spin" to them compared to desktop chips where Intel puts all sorts of artificial constraints to not compete with their own products from last year. ]]>Mar 8th 2009 1:36AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/06/gigabyte-shows-off-ga-ibp-core-i5-motherboard-at-cebit/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/06/gigabyte-shows-off-ga-ibp-core-i5-motherboard-at-cebit/Mar 6th 2009 4:27PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/06/gigabyte-shows-off-ga-ibp-core-i5-motherboard-at-cebit/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/06/gigabyte-shows-off-ga-ibp-core-i5-motherboard-at-cebit/
looking for a new pc and maybe I can hold out, would hate to buy a new c2q for one of these suckers to come out a week later.]]>Mar 6th 2009 5:33PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/06/gigabyte-shows-off-ga-ibp-core-i5-motherboard-at-cebit/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/06/gigabyte-shows-off-ga-ibp-core-i5-motherboard-at-cebit/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nehalem_(microarchitecture)

According to that, not till at least July (more likely Sept)
As I mentioned above though, the Westmere (scroll further down the same article) will be out around Nov/Dec though.
So I wouldn't even bother with a first generation i5]]>Mar 7th 2009 2:05AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/06/gigabyte-shows-off-ga-ibp-core-i5-motherboard-at-cebit/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/06/gigabyte-shows-off-ga-ibp-core-i5-motherboard-at-cebit/Mar 6th 2009 11:47PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/06/gigabyte-shows-off-ga-ibp-core-i5-motherboard-at-cebit/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/06/gigabyte-shows-off-ga-ibp-core-i5-motherboard-at-cebit/Mar 7th 2009 12:23AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/06/gigabyte-shows-off-ga-ibp-core-i5-motherboard-at-cebit/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/06/gigabyte-shows-off-ga-ibp-core-i5-motherboard-at-cebit/i have a Dual Slot Graphics card and because my mobo uses normal vertical SATA connectors, I had to go buy special Right Angle SATA Cables.
Using those I am limited to only 2 of my 4 connectors because the right angle from port 1 intrudes on port 2 and 3 and then I have another in port 4.

If I had these right angle connectors, I wouldnt have had that problem.


now the flip side to this, is Case MFGs need to start making sure they leave some clearance for cabled sticking off the front of the Mobo.]]>Mar 7th 2009 2:07AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/06/gigabyte-shows-off-ga-ibp-core-i5-motherboard-at-cebit/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/06/gigabyte-shows-off-ga-ibp-core-i5-motherboard-at-cebit/It's a frickin micro atx with 3 PCIex slots. The sata has to be at 90 if you plan on using any long cards in any of the PCIex slots.]]>Mar 7th 2009 10:19PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/06/gigabyte-shows-off-ga-ibp-core-i5-motherboard-at-cebit/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/06/gigabyte-shows-off-ga-ibp-core-i5-motherboard-at-cebit/
And if Castle Wolfenstein for the Apple 2+ had online MP mode, I'd pwn you, because that's how long I've been gaming, dingbat.]]>Mar 7th 2009 4:48PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/06/gigabyte-shows-off-ga-ibp-core-i5-motherboard-at-cebit/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/06/gigabyte-shows-off-ga-ibp-core-i5-motherboard-at-cebit/Mar 8th 2009 1:15PM