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Is i7 the thing for me ... ?]]>Jul 13th 2009 7:08AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/07/13/intels-core-i7-clarksfield-cpus-for-laptops-launching-late-se/http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/13/intels-core-i7-clarksfield-cpus-for-laptops-launching-late-se/Jul 13th 2009 7:19AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/07/13/intels-core-i7-clarksfield-cpus-for-laptops-launching-late-se/http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/13/intels-core-i7-clarksfield-cpus-for-laptops-launching-late-se/Jul 13th 2009 7:28AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/07/13/intels-core-i7-clarksfield-cpus-for-laptops-launching-late-se/http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/13/intels-core-i7-clarksfield-cpus-for-laptops-launching-late-se/
Thanks - I have a friend who is loving his Quad core for music making but I just don't want to get something that will be obsolete in 6 months. I know the i7's will be superseded eventually but at least if I get the mid ranged one (with over-clocking) I should get some longevity in a quad core hyperthread CPU running at 3.8Ghz.

We'll see ... ]]>Jul 13th 2009 7:28AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/07/13/intels-core-i7-clarksfield-cpus-for-laptops-launching-late-se/http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/13/intels-core-i7-clarksfield-cpus-for-laptops-launching-late-se/Jul 13th 2009 7:45AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/07/13/intels-core-i7-clarksfield-cpus-for-laptops-launching-late-se/http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/13/intels-core-i7-clarksfield-cpus-for-laptops-launching-late-se/
What did you pay for it? I know it's a DIY job so just a rough figure. I'm looking at spending just under £1700 ($2700 or €1900) for the i7 950 over-clocked to 3.8Ghz with a 300GB Velociraptor HDD and 512MB g/card.]]>Jul 13th 2009 8:05AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/07/13/intels-core-i7-clarksfield-cpus-for-laptops-launching-late-se/http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/13/intels-core-i7-clarksfield-cpus-for-laptops-launching-late-se/
As you are in the UK I would suggest you shop around for prices. I would recommend you try ebuyer or novatech for components or the same sites and play.com for prebuilt pcs

Also note that if you have a quad core processor even though it is not an i7 its not going to be obsolete in six months.

Personally I think you are going for too much for what you want to do. Perhaps a cheaper phenom ii or the i7 920 (which is being discontinued but is still available in shops) which is brilliant for overclocking are as much as you need.

You need to concentrate more on sound components and maybe some larger hdd's if you are working with raw files, rather than go overkill on processors and superfast drives.]]>Jul 13th 2009 12:17PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/07/13/intels-core-i7-clarksfield-cpus-for-laptops-launching-late-se/http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/13/intels-core-i7-clarksfield-cpus-for-laptops-launching-late-se/
Good points but I was looking at scan.co.uk as they get great reviews from the audio community and I like the fact that the are custom made with good acoustics and a 2 year warranty - plus they do a good job of over-clocking and I don't want to be doing that myself. I thought the system drive being 10k rpm would help and the working drive will be 2x1TB RAID'd to record audio channels but it's the CPU juice that I really need to use all the new virtual processing stuff that's around now.

I guess you think I'm paying too much?

Oh - by the way ... I don't want to be building this myself.]]>Jul 13th 2009 12:32PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/07/13/intels-core-i7-clarksfield-cpus-for-laptops-launching-late-se/http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/13/intels-core-i7-clarksfield-cpus-for-laptops-launching-late-se/
I think that the price is fair for the components, just that I thought that you were getting too much, i.e. more than what you needed.

If the 2 year warrenty covers accidental breakage etc, then it is a really good deal.]]>Jul 15th 2009 11:40PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/07/13/intels-core-i7-clarksfield-cpus-for-laptops-launching-late-se/http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/13/intels-core-i7-clarksfield-cpus-for-laptops-launching-late-se/
More to the point, the reason you will want it besides just being lower cost and more efficient is the fact that the Turbo Boost mechanism is vastly improved over Bloomfield. Just like this mobile chip in the article, Lynnfield will be able to heavily scale CPU cores clock speed when one or more cores isn't in use. An example would be that you could buy/build a new PC and use one of the slower and cheaper versions of Lynnfield, say 2.5Ghz or so. When all cores are maxed out, it will still be able to do 2.6Ghz or 2.7Ghz. More importantly, when only two or three cores are active, it will scale above 3.0Ghz and probably reach around 3.5Ghz in single-core mode. This gives you great performance at a good price.]]>Jul 19th 2009 3:01AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/07/13/intels-core-i7-clarksfield-cpus-for-laptops-launching-late-se/http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/13/intels-core-i7-clarksfield-cpus-for-laptops-launching-late-se/Jul 13th 2009 7:09AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/07/13/intels-core-i7-clarksfield-cpus-for-laptops-launching-late-se/http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/13/intels-core-i7-clarksfield-cpus-for-laptops-launching-late-se/Jul 13th 2009 7:26AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/07/13/intels-core-i7-clarksfield-cpus-for-laptops-launching-late-se/http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/13/intels-core-i7-clarksfield-cpus-for-laptops-launching-late-se/
Tripple channel and DDR3 aren't the same thing. ]]>Jul 13th 2009 7:53AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/07/13/intels-core-i7-clarksfield-cpus-for-laptops-launching-late-se/http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/13/intels-core-i7-clarksfield-cpus-for-laptops-launching-late-se/Jul 13th 2009 7:25AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/07/13/intels-core-i7-clarksfield-cpus-for-laptops-launching-late-se/http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/13/intels-core-i7-clarksfield-cpus-for-laptops-launching-late-se/Jul 13th 2009 7:49AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/07/13/intels-core-i7-clarksfield-cpus-for-laptops-launching-late-se/http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/13/intels-core-i7-clarksfield-cpus-for-laptops-launching-late-se/Jul 13th 2009 11:41AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/07/13/intels-core-i7-clarksfield-cpus-for-laptops-launching-late-se/http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/13/intels-core-i7-clarksfield-cpus-for-laptops-launching-late-se/
was looking at 1730's and the selection/availability is really thin and the goobers on the live chat had no information about anything being discontinued or new model releases]]>Jul 13th 2009 12:15PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/07/13/intels-core-i7-clarksfield-cpus-for-laptops-launching-late-se/http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/13/intels-core-i7-clarksfield-cpus-for-laptops-launching-late-se/
Or allow them to fool consumers into thinking they're getting a laptop with a cutting-edge CPU inside when it's a rebadged Core 2.. Nvidia-like marketing tactics win again.]]>Jul 13th 2009 7:31AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/07/13/intels-core-i7-clarksfield-cpus-for-laptops-launching-late-se/http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/13/intels-core-i7-clarksfield-cpus-for-laptops-launching-late-se/
Worst. Re-badging. Ever.]]>Jul 13th 2009 8:04AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/07/13/intels-core-i7-clarksfield-cpus-for-laptops-launching-late-se/http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/13/intels-core-i7-clarksfield-cpus-for-laptops-launching-late-se/Jul 24th 2009 8:37PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/07/13/intels-core-i7-clarksfield-cpus-for-laptops-launching-late-se/http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/13/intels-core-i7-clarksfield-cpus-for-laptops-launching-late-se/1.7 GHZ 800$
2.0 GHZ 1000$

lol intel i'll take that Dual core 2 duo 3.000 for 500$
IF ONLY AMD matters in the mobile market intel wouldn't steal us like this ]]>Jul 13th 2009 7:33AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/07/13/intels-core-i7-clarksfield-cpus-for-laptops-launching-late-se/http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/13/intels-core-i7-clarksfield-cpus-for-laptops-launching-late-se/Jul 13th 2009 7:37AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/07/13/intels-core-i7-clarksfield-cpus-for-laptops-launching-late-se/http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/13/intels-core-i7-clarksfield-cpus-for-laptops-launching-late-se/
Seriously, AMD needs to announce they're new portable platform ASAP. ]]>Jul 13th 2009 8:26AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/07/13/intels-core-i7-clarksfield-cpus-for-laptops-launching-late-se/http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/13/intels-core-i7-clarksfield-cpus-for-laptops-launching-late-se/Jul 13th 2009 8:43AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/07/13/intels-core-i7-clarksfield-cpus-for-laptops-launching-late-se/http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/13/intels-core-i7-clarksfield-cpus-for-laptops-launching-late-se/Jul 13th 2009 9:56AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/07/13/intels-core-i7-clarksfield-cpus-for-laptops-launching-late-se/http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/13/intels-core-i7-clarksfield-cpus-for-laptops-launching-late-se/Jul 13th 2009 10:02AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/07/13/intels-core-i7-clarksfield-cpus-for-laptops-launching-late-se/http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/13/intels-core-i7-clarksfield-cpus-for-laptops-launching-late-se/Jul 13th 2009 7:56AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/07/13/intels-core-i7-clarksfield-cpus-for-laptops-launching-late-se/http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/13/intels-core-i7-clarksfield-cpus-for-laptops-launching-late-se/Jul 13th 2009 8:14AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/07/13/intels-core-i7-clarksfield-cpus-for-laptops-launching-late-se/http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/13/intels-core-i7-clarksfield-cpus-for-laptops-launching-late-se/Jul 13th 2009 9:25AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/07/13/intels-core-i7-clarksfield-cpus-for-laptops-launching-late-se/http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/13/intels-core-i7-clarksfield-cpus-for-laptops-launching-late-se/Jul 13th 2009 11:10AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/07/13/intels-core-i7-clarksfield-cpus-for-laptops-launching-late-se/http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/13/intels-core-i7-clarksfield-cpus-for-laptops-launching-late-se/Jul 13th 2009 12:34PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/07/13/intels-core-i7-clarksfield-cpus-for-laptops-launching-late-se/http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/13/intels-core-i7-clarksfield-cpus-for-laptops-launching-late-se/Jul 13th 2009 3:40PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/07/13/intels-core-i7-clarksfield-cpus-for-laptops-launching-late-se/http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/13/intels-core-i7-clarksfield-cpus-for-laptops-launching-late-se/
Any suggestions? I'm looking for a machine to be an audio workhorse. I just really want to be able to squeeze every last once of power out with snow leopard.

Anybody have experience with logic pro on hackintoshes? ]]>Jul 13th 2009 10:20AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/07/13/intels-core-i7-clarksfield-cpus-for-laptops-launching-late-se/http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/13/intels-core-i7-clarksfield-cpus-for-laptops-launching-late-se/Jul 13th 2009 3:43PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/07/13/intels-core-i7-clarksfield-cpus-for-laptops-launching-late-se/http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/13/intels-core-i7-clarksfield-cpus-for-laptops-launching-late-se/Jul 13th 2009 10:51AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/07/13/intels-core-i7-clarksfield-cpus-for-laptops-launching-late-se/http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/13/intels-core-i7-clarksfield-cpus-for-laptops-launching-late-se/
http://forum.notebookreview.com/showthread.php?t=398080

4.0 Ghz i7 in laptop...]]>Jul 13th 2009 10:47AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/07/13/intels-core-i7-clarksfield-cpus-for-laptops-launching-late-se/http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/13/intels-core-i7-clarksfield-cpus-for-laptops-launching-late-se/Jul 13th 2009 11:34AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/07/13/intels-core-i7-clarksfield-cpus-for-laptops-launching-late-se/http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/13/intels-core-i7-clarksfield-cpus-for-laptops-launching-late-se/Jul 13th 2009 11:02AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/07/13/intels-core-i7-clarksfield-cpus-for-laptops-launching-late-se/http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/13/intels-core-i7-clarksfield-cpus-for-laptops-launching-late-se/Jul 13th 2009 12:40PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/07/13/intels-core-i7-clarksfield-cpus-for-laptops-launching-late-se/http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/13/intels-core-i7-clarksfield-cpus-for-laptops-launching-late-se/
something to tuck a radeon 4890 cleas card in and have a decent machine for Mac and Windows without having to go the whole MacPro route.

]]>Jul 13th 2009 6:07PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/07/13/intels-core-i7-clarksfield-cpus-for-laptops-launching-late-se/http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/13/intels-core-i7-clarksfield-cpus-for-laptops-launching-late-se/
Don't insult someone if you yourself are a bit misinformed. The point of Intel's "Turbo Boost" technology is to increase performance on single-threaded and weakly-threaded applications by shutting down x number of processing cores and increasing the clock frequency of the remaining cores -- all while staying with the same TDP. Although the implementation is far better on the Clarksfield mobile chips than it is on Bloomfield/Core i7, you are not going to see 1000Mhz clock bumps when all four cores are running. The 3.2Ghz turbo boost will no doubt only be seen when one core is active, with two and three cores running significantly slower. Running on all four cores with a cool platform will probably net you no more than ~200mhz or so with Turbo boost turned on.]]>Jul 13th 2009 8:51PM