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Yup the LGA775 platform has at least a couple of years left in it. I think it will just be view as the entry level platform (i3s) while LGA1156 i5s and i7s will be mainstream and LGA1366 i7s and i9s will be entusiast/high end workstation/server class.
something will have to change then - you know its bad when £160 motherboards are called 'the budget line'
Well at least they've had the sense to not make i9 dependant on ANOTHER motherboard chipset! I was thinking of going P55/1156 at the end of this year but it looks to me like X58 might be more future proof with regards to processor upgrades.
Erm, where do you live, 1991?
Windows 7 is more optimised for multiple CPU cores than any previous version but Windows has been mutlithreaded for ages.
I feel very out of date now with my baby E8400![]()
The Intel's six core is what i`m waiting on next year along with a pair of nVidia's GT300 series cards in SLI for my new build, to replace the one in my sig.
I'm not saying they run twice as hot, I'm saying they use twice as much power and therefore release twice as much heat. That's not the same as the temperature doubling.
Firstly it's temperature above ambient that needs to be considered, not absolute temperature. Secondly the approximation that temperature varies linearly with rate of heat transfer isn't great. Finally this is approximate, as only the cores are doubled, the rest of the circuitry is the same. I'm assuming it's the cores that use the most power, which seems a fair guess.
The drop to 32nm means the increase in power consumption will be less than this implies though, as the above assumes constant efficiency.
guess my planned upgrade will have to wait for these new i9 chips![]()
Knowing what intel are like, when the new i9 first release, it will be expensive but I roughly say around £350 for the lower spec on i9 core. Don't forget our VAT return to 17.50% in January 2010![]()