Supposedly USD right? Whoever's bulking the Yorkfield (Quad), pls inform me!!!

Thx for the links. I wonder what the prices for older generation CPUs (e.g.Q6600) would be....

Shouldn't be eh..... my E6750 was also first batch, no problems so far....

I think you have to factor in the price of the Q6600 and the performance difference of the Yorkfield (penryn quad) vs the Q6600. If the price of the Q6600 drops a lot but the performance differences are not that much, maybe it is better to get the Q6600. Of course, if you have the $$$, then the best is for you.

Case in point - the Wolfdale (penryn dualcore) is, clock-for-clock, on average 5-10% faster than current C2D..... Of course, have to wait a proper review when the procs comes out

@sad_ticket - Wow! Nice graphical explanation, but I don't really understand it!

Anyway, if you're uncle got lots of proc he wanna give away, pls pm me!!!

Hmmm.... looks like our hopes for cheaper quads are not going to happen in the near future. Probably because Intel is comfortable at the top.....

http://www.xbitlabs.com/news/cpu/display/20071012161815.html

I'm also targeting the Q9450. I just hope that these new procs can be "plugged" into our P35 mobos without any issues......

Motherboard compatibility assessment for the penryn family : http://www.anandtech.com/mb/showdoc.aspx?i=3138&p=1

Nah, C2 extreme QX9650 already on sale. Get it here, cheap cheap ( ) : http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/Se...p?EdpNo=3451428

Yeah, the high-end model already released. The Q9450 would be very tempting..... alternatively, a cheaper 2nd hand Q6600 G0 stepping would be tempting too!!!

Yeah, that would be a good idea. I bought my E6750 the 2nd day it came out, and 1-2 weeks later, bulkers was selling it for much cheaper!!!

I'm so itchy in the butt to get the Q6600 but I think I'll wait for the Q9450 before I decide....

This post has been edited by kmarc: Dec 14 2007, 03:29 PM

Rigless? Then why not a 2nd-hand CPU e.g. E2160 @ E2140, then sell it later on. Probably will lose some money but these cheap procs won't drop that much. At least can have a rig while waiting....

Supposed to be USD 316. So that is about RM1000-1100. The Q6600 was supposed to be USD 266 (the price never changed), see how much it is selling for now....

Yup. The P35 and X38 chipsets are supposed to support penryn. Current P35 mobos would need a bios update though....

Bios update, means that you have to flash your bios to the latest one that supports penryn CPUs.

For example, my gigabyte P35-DS3's current F10 bios still doesn't support penryn CPUs yet. However, certain models of gigabyte mobo already has bios that support them. So just have to wait until a bios that supports penryn for you mobo comes out....

They are supposed to run penryn as long as the bios is up to date. However, previously, it was said that penryn requires 11.0 VRM specs mobo (whatever that means)......

Anyway, the only way to be sure is to test these procs on current 45nm-supported mobos.....

This post has been edited by kmarc: Dec 14 2007, 10:40 PM

Download latest bios for your mobo from their website.

This post has been edited by kmarc: Dec 14 2007, 11:23 PM

Haha, I see what he meant now. Easy ma, the vendor have to sell you a mobo that supports penryn ma...... alternatively, they can flash a new bios for you?

As far as I know, you need a bios update. If you look at their current range of mobos, some of the updated bios(es) already support penryn while some still don't support them. I guess it takes time to release updated bios(es) for each mobo.....

Example here:
P35-DS3R has a bios that already supports penryn : http://www.giga-byte.com.my/Support/Mother...?ProductID=2626
P35-DS3, not yet : http://www.giga-byte.com.my/Support/Mother...?ProductID=2627

This post has been edited by kmarc: Dec 15 2007, 08:03 AM

See what happens when there's no competition : http://www.digitimes.com/mobos/a20071218PD212.html

Intel to delay launch of 3 penryn CPUs on poor AMD performance, specifically the Q9300, Q9450 and Q9550

Yeah, now thinking of whether to wait for penryn or go for the Q6600..... In that article, no definite release date, they stated that maybe it will be release in February or March, DEPENDING on the performance of AMD's CPU.....

Further info on this : http://www.xbitlabs.com/

(Can't link to the page, look at top right hand corner - Intel set to postpone introduction of new quad-core)

This post has been edited by kmarc: Dec 20 2007, 10:56 PM