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Penryn launch msrp?

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I saw it somewhere, but I can't seem to find it.

I'm most likely going to wait till I get back to school from the holidays, before I build my pc.

Was planning on a e6750.. but I guess if I can get a better performing penryn for under $200, I could wait a extra month after coming back.


Edit- Found it!
http://www.tcmagazine.com/comments.php?shownews=16193&catid=2
Are these reliable? Should I expect inflation? Otherwise, looks like I'm going with the 8400
Should I expect them to be available on the 8th? or before February?
 
that E8500 on an x38 mobo paired with like 4 gigs of ddr2 and a nice vidcard will do good
and wont be that expensive by the time
 
for someone in europe or with euro's , buying these things from the US is not expensive at all...
 
vict0r said:
that E8500 on an x38 mobo paired with like 4 gigs of ddr2 and a nice vidcard will do good
and wont be that expensive by the time
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E8400, p35, 2gb ddr2 800, should hold me off till my next upgrade, due for the next socket type.
 
Nice thanks for the post man , Ive been looking for somthing like this to base my upgradeability options on.
 
Brahmzy said:
Horrible overclocker though.....
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Truth. The low multiplier kills its potential. This is also true for the Q9450. The multiplier should be 8*333 by math. So you would need to push 400Mhz FSB just to get 3.2Ghz out of the chip. Assume even that the x38 chipsets, with a very mature bios, can hit 450 FSB. 8*450 = 3.6Ghz.

Now look at the E8500. 9.5x333 = 3.16Ghz; 9.5x450 = 4.27Ghz -- Quite a difference there. Still, if I can get 3.6Ghz out of a Quad, then I'm very happy.

It looks like premium x38 boards can hit at least 500Mhz FSB. This means Q9300, if the chip can handle it, will hit 7.5x500 = 3.75Ghz. Q9450 will do 8x500 = 4.0Ghz and the E8500 will do 9.5x500 = 4.75Ghz. Now imagine the E8500 being pushed to 9.5x550 = 5.225Ghz; anyone think that is possible? I hope we see some OC results by the end of January!
 
E8400 looks like the sweet spot for the dual cores.
Do you think it will go well with a gigabyte ds3R (ddr2)?
 
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