Core i7 Prices

[muon]

http://en.hardspell.com/doc/showcont.asp?news_id=3734

Not bad. What was the e6600 on release? Socket 1366 boards arent the mainstream boards though so may be expensive.

The names of the chips are Intel Core i7-920, i7-940, i7-965 from left to right. I wonder how QPI affects performance.

 

[manic111]

Interesting-reckon that will translate to £200, £450 and £750 or so

 

[Major_Disaster]

@above.

Yeah looks like a pretty good estimate.

 

[The_Abyss]

920 looks sweet. Any idea on the new motherboard prices?

 

[Ben M]

Interesting-reckon that will translate to £200, £450 and £750 or so

My bet would be £1k as the first price at OcUK for the top chip, probably more.

That $999 is wholesale... so that's what OcUK would buy in at.

 

[AWPC]

X6800 went for £750-800 on launch so reckon £750 is about right for the Extreme Edition chip.

Only reason the QX9770 + QX9775 went for $1499/£1K is because they include exotic materials so the price was pushed sky high.

 

[psychas]

well the 2.66 ghz looks good and cheap hope it overclocks good but then.

motherboard + ram + cpu waterblock quite expensive so will wait at least till 2009 q1

 

[tatts]

Interesting-reckon that will translate to £200, £450 and £750 or so

I dont understand intels pricing, you go up to the next model & the price doubles ??
Its similar now with the Q9650 being £160 more than a Q9550 for a few hundred mhz

 

[Crashgate3]

How long does it usually take for the first price-drops? I seem to rememeber the Q9450 and 9550 settled out a just over £200 and £300 respectively after a while, until the recent drops came in.

 

[psychas]

well Westmere 32nm comes 2009 q4 now im thinking will it be same socket as nehalem if not there is no point upgrading till westmere ?

 

[Ben M]

well Westmere 32nm comes 2009 q4 now im thinking will it be same socket as nehalem if not there is no point upgrading till westmere ?

Westmere will presumably just be a die shrink? 45nm c2 chips aren't so good that 65nm are pointless.

 

[tatts]

well Westmere 32nm comes 2009 q4 now im thinking will it be same socket as nehalem if not there is no point upgrading till westmere ?

Theres gonna be 3 sockets, LGA1160 (budget), LGA1366 (mainstream) & LGA1567 (servers)
Westmere is 1366 but is supposed to be H1 2010 with quad DDR3

I'm more interested in the Beckton atm, 8 cores / 16 threads & 24mb of L3

 

[psychas]

well yea it is probably mainstream 2010 q1 or late 2009

source: http://www.fudzilla.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=9448&Itemid=1

says late 2009

 

[XeNoN89]

920 is not too expensive

 

[Snograt]

That's the price per thousand units, right?

 

[muon]

That's the price per thousand units, right?

lol, you wish

 

[Snograt]

Tut. No, I mean that's the price per unit on quantities of a thousand, if you catch my drift.

 

[platinum87]

well Westmere 32nm comes 2009 q4 now im thinking will it be same socket as nehalem if not there is no point upgrading till westmere ?

depends if you can wait?

Westmere will presumably just be a die shrink? 45nm c2 chips aren't so good that 65nm are pointless.

when people say things similar to that, i always assume, wait for westmere, then when it is released get normal 45nm nehalem. like getting a Q6600 just after the Q9XXX were released as prices fell and its not worth the extra in a lot of cases.

 

[psychas]

anyone chipping in i ll buy one need 999 more ? anyone

when people say things similar to that, i always assume, wait for westmere, then when it is released get normal 45nm nehalem. like getting a Q6600 just after the Q9XXX were released as prices fell and its not worth the extra in a lot of cases

now that's a good thinking ^

 

[HighlandeR]

Hate too say it those estimate prices do look about right once u factor in UK ripping off prices....

Obviously it should be to £160, £300 and £550