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From: Fred on 4 Jan 2008 19:07
Matt wrote:
> Fred wrote:
>> What about the new Intel Penryn range due out soon. Have you
>> considered one of them?
>
> I haven't heard about them, however won't a new CPU be considerably
> more expensive for the first few months of its life?

Intel were supposed to be releasing a new range of cpu's based on a 45nm
manufacturing process next Monday but it looks like they have delayed things
for a month or two.
The new range offer similar performance at corresponding frequencies to what
is currently available but with lower power consumption.
The current range is expected to be phased out over the next 12 months
One major difference will be a new SSE4.1 instruction set that will speed up
video work in supported applications.
As far as prices go I remember the last product release changed what was the
best bang for buck in the Intel range.
For a general idea of what is on offer visit this translated page.
http://66.249.91.104/translate_c?hl=en&langpair=zh%7Cen&u=http://www.hkepc.com/%3Fid%3D171%26page%3D1



From: Fred on 5 Jan 2008 02:34
John Weiss wrote:
> "Fred" <bluser(a)gmail.com> wrote...
>> What about the new Intel Penryn range due out soon. Have you
>> considered one of them?
>
> If you always wait to consider a computer part "due out soon," you'll
> never buy ANYTHING!

IMHO sometimes it is a bad time to buy.
February should bring a next generation of Intel cpu's and quite possibly
lower prices.

>
> "Consider" what's available now, but with an eye to upgradability
> (when the now-future stuff is available and cheaper). P35 and X38
> chipsets should accommodate the 45nm stuff coming out...


From: Frank McCoy on 5 Jan 2008 05:06
In alt.comp.hardware.pc-homebuilt "Fred" <bluser(a)gmail.com> wrote:

>John Weiss wrote:
>> "Fred" <bluser(a)gmail.com> wrote...
>>> What about the new Intel Penryn range due out soon. Have you
>>> considered one of them?
>>
>> If you always wait to consider a computer part "due out soon," you'll
>> never buy ANYTHING!
>
>IMHO sometimes it is a bad time to buy.
>February should bring a next generation of Intel cpu's and quite possibly
>lower prices.
>
There's the new AMD quad-cores out right now ....

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From: Fred on 5 Jan 2008 05:37
Frank McCoy wrote:
> In alt.comp.hardware.pc-homebuilt "Fred" <bluser(a)gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> John Weiss wrote:
>>> "Fred" <bluser(a)gmail.com> wrote...
>>>> What about the new Intel Penryn range due out soon. Have you
>>>> considered one of them?
>>>
>>> If you always wait to consider a computer part "due out soon,"
>>> you'll never buy ANYTHING!
>>
>> IMHO sometimes it is a bad time to buy.
>> February should bring a next generation of Intel cpu's and quite
>> possibly lower prices.
>>
> There's the new AMD quad-cores out right now ....

True and from what I have read the reason Intel have delayed their launch of
the new range is because of the hardware bug in the AMD quad-cores.
It must make the AMD offering less of a threat to their market share.

Erratum degrades Phenom 9500, 9600 performance
http://www.techreport.com/discussions.x/13724


From: Matt on 7 Jan 2008 13:04
> Short-term the E6850 is probably the faster choice, so if you expect or
> are planning to swap out your CPU in about half a year, then perhaps
> that's the better choice.

I would say I'm open to swapping the CPU I get for a new one in the
future, but not that soon.

Basically, if I can overclock the Q6600 to 3.0GHz using a 1333MHz FSB,
using only the stock cooler, without reducing the life of the chip; then
I will get the Q6600.

Is this possible?

Kind Regards,

Matt
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