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Intel Core i7 Processor Models and Pricing

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AuDioFreaK39

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The news is finally here! According to HWBox, the new Intel Core i7 processors will be labeled and priced as follows:

Core i7 965 Extreme Edition
Product Code: BX80601965
3.20GHz
8MB L3 Cache
QPI Speed: 6.4GT/sec
MSRP (per 1000): $999

Core i7 940
Product Code: BX80601940
2.93GHz
8MB L3 Cache
QPI Speed: 4.8GT/sec
MSRP (per 1000): $562

Core i7 920
Product Code: BX80601920
2.66GHz
8MB L3 Cache
QPI Speed: 4.8GT/sec
MSRP (per 1000): $284

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I've been tracking Nehalem for months. Here are the latest and most recurring speculative releases:
  • week 40 (September 29 - October 5, 2008)
  • week 44 (October 27 - November 2, 2008)
  • first two weeks of Novembe
In my opinion, the first two weeks of November seems most likely. Afterall, the first Penryn (QX9650) was released on November 12, 2007.



As far as preorders go, I'll probably be one of the first to let you guys know ;)
 
so i take it these are all quad cores with the new form of hyperthreading? so 4 physical cores and 4 virtual cores (2 threads per core)?

when do the physical 8 core chips arrive?

edit: nevermind i see that the 8 cores will only be for servers.
 
hm, maybe I'm just missing it...but I can't see what the new information is? =X
 
the new info is:

1) model numbers for the 2.93GHz and 3.20GHz chips

2) product codes for all three models
 
ahh...I skipped right over that and was looking at the icky technical stuff.
 
That's a hell of a price jump from 2.66 to 2.93 - almost double for 10% greater clock speed.
 
Forceman said:
That's a hell of a price jump from 2.66 to 2.93 - almost double for 10% greater clock speed.
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Remember when the Q9550 was first launched? I sure do (I waited 7 months for it before caving on a QX9650..)

It was $584 at launch - while the Q9450 was $364..

Now look at the price difference between the two, only $10 bucks :rolleyes:
 
Forceman said:
That's a hell of a price jump from 2.66 to 2.93 - almost double for 10% greater clock speed.
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My thought exactly.^^

I have been thinking that since the pricing was leaked almost 2 months ago. I'm going to build a ci7 rig when they launch and was conflicted between those 2 models but the more I think about it the I feel the 2.93 chip is money wasted. Unless, when the reviews come out, it's proven the 2.93 OC's significantly better I don't think I will be going for the 2.93 variant.

Thoughts?
 
AuDioFreaK39 said:
Remember when the Q9550 was first launched? I sure do (I waited 7 months for it before caving on a QX9650..)

It was $584 at launch - while the Q9450 was $364..

Now look at the price difference between the two, only $10 bucks :rolleyes:
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This is true however, the problem with that is I will not be waiting 6 months for pricing to come down to earth on the 2.93 part. So if you want it anytime soon we will have to pay the initial prices.

I have waited long enough to upgrade. :)
 
i love to see that this new cpu is almost out..this means that the current line will get cheaper maybe..
 
Thanks for the information. About time something new comes out. Looking forward to building a new rig with the Core i7 920. Hopefully prices are going to be reasonable for the corresponding X58 motherboards and DDR3 when the i7's become available in a couple of months...
 
echn111 said:
Thanks for the information. About time something new comes out. Looking forward to building a new rig with the Core i7 920. Hopefully prices are going to be reasonable for the corresponding X58 motherboards and DDR3 when the i7's become available in a couple of months...
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You can expect the 2.66GHz 920 to be around $315 when it's released. More than reasonable - especially to all those who haven't caved for a Q9450 yet ;)


As for the other two, I have no idea. I just hope I won't be paying over $1100 for the Extreme Edition
 
Skyblue said:
WHEN is it released???

Can I preorder? :)
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I've been tracking Nehalem for months. Here are the latest and most recurring speculative releases:
  • week 40 (September 29 - October 5, 2008)
  • week 44 (October 27 - November 2, 2008)
  • first two weeks of November
In my opinion, the first two weeks of November seems most likely. Afterall, the first Penryn (QX9650) was released on November 12, 2007.


As far as preorders go, I'll probably be one of the first to let you guys know ;)
 
lol I just can't justify 1k+ for a cpu. My hats off to those of you that can swallow that. :)

I mean I'm going to be spending approx 2500 give or take on a new rig but I just can't justify to myself that much for a cpu when I know the role of a cpu in a gaming rig. All good though, someone has to buy the EE's.
 
Savoy said:
lol I just can't justify 1k+ for a cpu. My hats off to those of you that can swallow that. :)

I mean I'm going to be spending approx 2500 give or take on a new rig but I just can't justify to myself that much for a cpu when I know the role of a cpu in a gaming rig. All good though, someone has to buy the EE's.
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In my opinion, once I bought my first Extreme Edition, I knew there was no going back. There is SO much unthinkable potential with an unlocked multiplier that I hadn't realized...all I could do was watch the great liquid nitrogen stories on sites like these. But now that I've had one, the difference is like going from SD to High Def. there's just no going back ;)
 
Savoy said:
lol I just can't justify 1k+ for a cpu. My hats off to those of you that can swallow that. :)

I mean I'm going to be spending approx 2500 give or take on a new rig but I just can't justify to myself that much for a cpu when I know the role of a cpu in a gaming rig. All good though, someone has to buy the EE's.
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A friend of mine once payed $8000 for a 8086 ibm pc! I believe it was 8mhz :)

Maybe you are right :)
 
8 physical cores? This is getting out of hand. Some guy will swear his 8 core + H/T cpu blows away his quad, it's night and day difference in Microsoft Word. Just like they do now with quad over core 2's. It's sickening.
 
Just like people swear their E8400 @ 3.5 GHz will blow away their Q6600 @ 3.5 GHz in games.

I think we just learn to ignore them. ;)
 
It's amazing how when one company starts winning the chip battle that prices just shoot through the roof. I am not pro amd, but folks have to hope the competition steps up and makes it affordable to get a high end chip again.
 
Guess I won't be jumping the gun anytime soon. CPU+Mobo+Ram $$ = lots of gas $.
 
hasoos said:
It's amazing how when one company starts winning the chip battle that prices just shoot through the roof. I am not pro amd, but folks have to hope the competition steps up and makes it affordable to get a high end chip again.
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$284 for that level of computing performance is affordable. In the past Intel has introduced new tech exclusively on Extreme chips with the $1000 price point, so people being able to get these for <$300 around launch time is pretty amazing.
 
so once these come out, all of a sudden, socket 775 will become oldschool?

I wonder what threads we'll see... how people will be asking what to get, a Q9650 or these new cpu's ...

Q9650 already is enough power for almost everything
 
vict0r said:
Q9650 already is enough power for almost everything
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I'd say that any decent Core 2 is enough power for most people at the moment, yes - although I'm sure lots of enthusiasts will upgrade to Nehalem because it's new. Except in a few applications it's not likely to make much in the way of real-world difference at the moment though. Most applications aren't really hurting for CPU speed right now (video encoding is one exception, if you do a lot and find you're waiting too long). Unless you can use the performance benefit Core i7 provides in multithreaded applications, it would be an expensive and unhelpful upgrade today.

Good upgrade if you have an older machine, but not compelling from the last CPU generation.
 
bigdogchris said:
8 physical cores? This is getting out of hand. Some guy will swear his 8 core + H/T cpu blows away his quad, it's night and day difference in Microsoft Word. Just like they do now with quad over core 2's. It's sickening.
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its 4 for now... 6 soon... and then 8
 
I was thinking the 2.93 for sure...but seeing that specification wise it is identical to the 2.66 aside from 270 mhz.....I am thinking I will save the ~$300 bucks.
 
So, a faster QPI, as opposed to just a higher and unlocked multiplier for the extreme edition is interesting. How much of a difference does that make, really? Also, is it something we will be able to alter?

Depending upon how quickly prices drop (like, Conroe took awhile to drop noticeably) I'll probably stay with the lowest model. *Way* too much of a price jump there.
 
bigdogchris said:
8 physical cores? This is getting out of hand. Some guy will swear his 8 core + H/T cpu blows away his quad, it's night and day difference in Microsoft Word. Just like they do now with quad over core 2's. It's sickening.
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getting out of hand? i take you don't do much media encoding. encode some movies in x264 @ 1080p and then tell us 8 physical cores is "out of hand" :rolleyes: especially when it cuts your encoding times down in half from a quad.

i think going from 7-10 frames per second on my q6600 @ 3ghz to almost real time would be nice ;)

of course you can accomplish that now if you buy a couple quad core xeons and get a board that can overclock them...just aren't many capable motherboards designed to overclock two quads. but yes your spreadsheets would fly!
 
Ugh... what a failure to my eyes.... no huge improvement...

Hopefully AMD will come back and rock them...
 
bigdogchris said:
8 physical cores? This is getting out of hand. Some guy will swear his 8 core + H/T cpu blows away his quad, it's night and day difference in Microsoft Word. Just like they do now with quad over core 2's. It's sickening.
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For Realz, I feel ya.
 
has there been any definite word that the production cpu's (excepting extreme editions) will absolutely have the fsb and multipliers locked? i guess there could possibly be a way for motherboards to manipulate fsb speeds, but is intel pretty much out of overclocking except for the very high end?
 
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