Yeah, Intel is saying probably in February or March. However, they did confirm that it will come out in H1 of 2008. That's anytime in the first 6 months!!!

Penryn is the whole family which includes Wolfdale (dual-core) and Yorkfield (quad-core)...

Some people don't have any patience at all..... haih........ bad bad...... should wait like me, bought my E6750 on the day of introduction.....

Jokes aside, @ regentcid, mind posting up some screenies?

Here's the most recent update on the penryn family of CPUs.....

Here a review on motherboard compatibility with the penryn. A bit old but hope they update it soon : http://www.anandtech.com/mb/showdoc.aspx?i=3138&p=4

You can read from the first page, just showing a link for gigabyte mobos....

Edit : Looks like Nvidia chipsets do support penryn?

This post has been edited by kmarc: Jan 9 2008, 07:14 AM

Already checked my mobo (P35-DS3). No new bios update for penryn yet. However, some gigabyte mobo's bios can already support penryn e.g. P35-DS3R. And our forumer did test out the wolfdale with his P35-DS3L......

I thought some forumers mentioned as low as RM680-700?

Only your hands aaa? Me already butt itchy long time ago

8400 vs Q6600, I'd still go for the Q6600...... need more cores for folding...

Wow! The Q6600 @ USD 224 would be a bargain. Not to mention 2nd-hand ones!!!

Most recent news indicates that the Q9450 will come out in Q1 of 2008.....

Penryn CPU introduction today!!!! Anybody going LYP kai kai?

20th Jan came and gone and looks like NOBODY in LYN bought the penryn wolfdale.....

Everybody waiting for quad?

Yeah, what cooler are you using? And at what vcore? The core temp is quite high for a 45nm proc, isn't it?

Don't forget that the multiplier is also lower for the Q9300. Details of quads:

Q6600 - 9x multiplier / 2.4Ghz speed / 8mb cache / USD 266 / runs hotter

Q9300 - 7.5x / 2.5Ghz / 6mb / USD 266 / runs cooler (due to 45nm process)

Q9450 - 8x / 2.66Ghz / 12mb / USD 316 / runs cooler (due to 45nm process)

With the lower multiplier, it would be difficult to OC the 9300 to 4 Ghz as you would need 7.5 x 533mhz = 4.0 Ghz. Not many mobos can do that. Furthermore, there would still be the CPU's FSB wall....

The Q9450 would be better with the 8x multiplier. You just need 500mhz bus speed to get to 4.0Ghz..... again, 500mhz is not an easy OC with the average mobo....

That's why I have decided to give the penryn quad a pass for the moment..... maybe next time when it is much cheaper.... for now, going for 2nd-hand Q6600....

This post has been edited by kmarc: Jan 28 2008, 11:34 AM

Yeah... true.... of course, we talking about lower-end quads.....

Wonder whether it is easy to get higher end Yorkfield to go above 4.0-4.5Ghz..... (Never been following higher-end penryn quads as tooooooo expensive/out of my league.....)

Hey, nice review. This is interesting to me, as I always like to go for the best-bang-for-buck parts.... (not rich ma..... )

Note : They only estimated the price of the Q9450.....

This post has been edited by kmarc: Jan 28 2008, 12:24 PM


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Eh? You don't want to OC aaa? Mild OC, more speed for nothing ma.....

Yeah, if at stock/mild-mod OC, definitely the Q9300 would be better....

This post has been edited by kmarc: Jan 28 2008, 02:20 PM

So far, there's no news of any price drop for Intel CPUs, especially the quads.....

That's why I chose the Q6600 G0 for now.

One reason was that I don't want to wait, the other reason is that the Q9450 would probably be selling for 1.1-1.2k....

Definitely. However, in terms of price & if you are tight on $$$, which would you go for? 2nd-hand retail Q6600 for RM600 or Q9450 for RM1.1-1.2k.....