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New Intel Processors Announced

Kirth Gersen said:
... but the debate is good - that's why we're here :). Nothing wrong with people putting forward strong arguments for their point of view.
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melbourne720 said:
Going on a forum and objecting to people opinions is like going swimmming and objecting to getting wet.

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OMG wake up and smell the coffee you two :p. I said "defend purchases" which would mean defending your own purchase which is pretty pointless as what they can do is written in stone. I didn't think I'd have to explain it to you :o.

It's the same with the 2900 vs the GTX fights I've seen before. From reviews and personal experience you can give an honest view on what the hardware is capable off and then some will try and go against that and it's usually fan boys or owners of the card that will try to give you information different to what you know. So what I'm trying to get at is that some will give you an honest answer but you still get the people who promote pointlessly. Do your own research and you can't go wrong.
 
tbz_ck said:
Can't we all just buy what we feel represents the best value for our hard earned bucks and live and let live? I got a Q6600 because I usually keep processors for a couple of years before I do RAM/BOARD/CPU upgrade so it represented better value for me than a dual core when I assess my future needs.
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yes of course, common sense dictates that, if your going to keep your system for a couple of years then yes quad's are probably a more sensible purchase, my post was obviously targeted toward compulsive up-graders, like myself :D that talk about future proofing their systems, you on the other hand are 'future' proofing your system because you will actually still own the same components in that 'future', where as many other users on here will not.
 
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Yeah, the E8500 is coming out at $266 in 1000 unit quantities which is the same as both the Q6600 and E6850 so expect that chip to be that price.

The E8400 should be coming out for $184 in 1000 units or the price of an E6750. The E8200 should be seen for the price of an E6550. Ever notice that with these ever so slight bumps in technology (for example G0 stepping last year) Intel makes the new version better for the money? They're doing that again. They aren't stupid enough to charge more for less when it'd mean Average Joe and Mr. Dell would have to upgrade their motherboard to support them. They just wouldn't sell chips that way.
 
I hope they are reasonably priced as it might make going quad more tempting if they are priced too high. £120 would be good, I agree. What's with the funky sig Tom? :p.
 
Hi

how long is the current socket going to be around for? with the new boards they will accept Nehalem too right?

maybe a good choice for someone moving from AMD to intel with these cpu's coming out until Nehalem comes.
 
Skyboat said:
Does anyone know if there is a difference between the E8400 and Xeon E3110? They're exactly the same specs, but the Xeon is $5 more and is released later on.
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Big.Wayne said:
I don't know if this is relevant but I read that some of the existing Xeons are optimised towards server/workstation activities and actually run slower in normal things like games but are slightly faster in things like Folding @ Home and video encoding.

Perhaps someone more knowledgable on the different Xeons can comment further.
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Just to answer this question -

The Xeon E3110 vs E8400 is the same principal as the Xeon 3060 vs. E6600 of the previous generation.

The Xeon is basically the exact same S775 CPU but in a Xeon branded box and targeted toward 'single socket server computing'. Some may believe the Xeon is binned higher, uses better silicon, or is tested for longer or for lower volts, but in essence, there's absolutely no difference in the CPUs apart from the price ;)
 
Hey that's about 94 quid in USA! So is the mark up to cover import costs etc?
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Same price as the E6750 is here (please bear in mind this is the reseller's cost) then you add a margin (overclockers have to pay thier staff somehow) then you add the VAT and you get somewhere around £120 - £130 ish inc.
 
Tom|Nbk said:
Nah that's absurd.

E8400 = E6750 Pricing

E8500 = E6850 Pricing
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Not absurd...the pricing for those two current processors has come down a lot over time.

The E6850 was £190 upon release...

And on top of that, the $266 is per-1000 batch quantities before all the different mark-ups like the retailer, VAT, and new product premium.

When the C2D E6600 was first released, it was a $266 per-1000 chip and it couldn't be had for less than £230 and was even £250 when stocks ran low.

My guess is that things wont be quite as bad, because most people are quite happy with their current C2D and C2Q's, whereas before Conroe people were still hanging onto Pentium 4 and D's, or embraced the huge overclocks after moving from Athlon x2's.
 
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