Sure,
Taiwan's been enjoying these chips for almost a month at this point, but it's taken until now for Intel go official with its announcement of the "
Lynnfield" processors,
Core i5-750 and Core i7-870. If the early reviews are to be believed, both chips are dominant in their performance and price range, although there are some notable caveats for the tech savvy to take heed of. If you're in need of the finer details of all these, hit up the read links below for the skinny.
Read - HotHardware
Read - PC Perspective
Read - Tech Report
Read - TweakTown
Read - Official Intel Press release
posted September 8th 2009 12:11AM
Because the average user who is building a PC is probably going to stick with stock. Also OEM's that build systems around these chips are neither going to allow the user to tweak the BIOS settings to OC or OC themselves and risk thermal issues when Billy Joe Bob and 100,000 other people puts their new Inspiron whatever number under the desk and heat builds up. Unlike Apple, Dell and co generally don't sit on the edge of the thermal envelope of what they system can take.
Yes, but that's the thing, the average user who buys prepackaged PCs is not the kind of person who reads these articles.
EAT THIS AMD!!!! HOPE YOU SINK ALL THE WAY TO THE BOTTOM!!!
These CPUs are in stock just about everywhere already: http://www.pcper.com/article.php?aid=776&type=expert&pid=15
Bad news for AMD, the pricing of Phenom II is going to have to drop dramatically to keep people interested. Sure, Phenom II is on par with Core 2 and just behind i5 in gaming, but that's just not enough to keep people interested.
They really need to get Istanbul 6-Core in the AM3 desktop package like... right now!
Phenom II X6 anyone? :)
If you have a Microcenter nearby, the i7 920 at $200 is a better deal. If you don't, i5 isn't bad, though their pricing is a bit weird right now considering the pricing of i7 920s in the past.