New stuff this year?

[VARDY]

im just planning ahead and looking forward to the new hardware which will be arriving this year.
however i would like to know what will be released and preferably when, helps me to know how much money to save up

thanks in advance

 

[lukeharvest]

If you're saving up to get the most current hardware (ie the i7s now) you'll be looking at quite a lot of money, probably ~£1200-£2000 depending on what you want.

 

[VARDY]

did i hear intel are releasing 32nm CPUs or something?

 

[Jokester]

Last rumour was that they were slipping to this time next year. Both ATI and Nvidia should both have new achitectures out this year at some point.

 

[Crixus00]

logitech g13 gaming keyboard looks promising. Expected Release date early March.

 

[shinester184]

I heard a rumour about six-cored i7's? Or someone could just be having me on

 

[Ben M]

i7 die shrink.

 

[HangTime]

One thing which is 'frustrating' is the pricing on the bottom end of the i7 - it's well ever £200 even for the slowest chip, a far cry from Core2 which had a more modestly priced part in the E6300. What with mobos being priced similarly and the need for DDR3 memory, budget-conscious consumers must be steering clear.

I'd like to see a budget range come out this year (or significant price cuts when new parts are launched), with i7 chips and decent mobos dropping into to the £100-150 range. I suspect one of the reasons that Q6600 prices have risen in recent months is because there has been no competition to counterbalance the devaluation of sterling. It built a good reputation as a cheap quad around the £111 mark but with the i7-920 costing double that, there's room for it to sneak back up in price.