Penryn

ben16 · 10 Jul 2007 at 22:05

Does anyone have any information or ideas as to what the pricing structure of the Penryn series will be? I beleive there is meant to be a quad 3.3ghz coming out first?

ben16 · 11 Jul 2007 at 07:21

I tried googling it and all I can find is that it will be the same price as "other flagship processors", how much is this then?

Jokester · 11 Jul 2007 at 07:47

It'll almost certainly follow the same pricing structure as C2D does now. Extreme edition will be about £700, the next one down about £350 (both quads I would think) then maybe a quad and the fastest dual at about £200.

Not sure how fast they'll be introduced at the lower end of the market, could be a while before you can pick up a £100 Penryn based processor.

Jokester

Rezident · 11 Jul 2007 at 11:05

Last I heard Penryn NDA was due to be lifted this weekend so I would expect more info then.

ben16 · 11 Jul 2007 at 11:59

Extreme edition will be about £700, the next one down about £350 (both quads I would think) then maybe a quad and the fastest dual at about £200.

Thanks.
Is the 3.3ghz 'Yorkfield' I've heard about the "extreme edition" or the "next one down"?

n3crius · 11 Jul 2007 at 16:11

Do we know the date of these being released?

Alex UK · 11 Jul 2007 at 16:32

Probably towards the end of the year, Nov/Dec time.

MumboJumbo · 11 Jul 2007 at 17:53

Noooo this is driving me insain.

I want to begin the upgrading at September.But now ill be like... should i wait till december or not lol.

stickroad · 11 Jul 2007 at 17:55

8igdave said:
Noooo this is driving me insain.

I want to begin the upgrading at September.But now ill be like... should i wait till december or not lol.

When you have the money that you would like to spend on your system but their and then. If you kept waiting you wouldn't ever buy anything.

ben16 · 11 Jul 2007 at 17:56

8igdave, I'm in the same posistion as you and am looking at building a similar spec.

I think it'll be better off waiting till Xmas and getting the next gen GPU and CPU. More performance for less money (I hope anyway).

queamin · 11 Jul 2007 at 18:09

That when i looking to buy around christmas

simonnance · 11 Jul 2007 at 23:46

Alex UK said:
Probably towards the end of the year, Nov/Dec time.

last i heard was dec for server chips and jan for desktops.

Tute · 12 Jul 2007 at 01:42

So are these replacing the current Conroe processors or just going to be sold alongside them?

Azza · 12 Jul 2007 at 01:50

Tute said:
So are these replacing the current Conroe processors or just going to be sold alongside them?

The will be sold alongside the current C2D chips. They are not just going to disapear.

These are basically current C2D chips but on 45nm and not 65nm.

Tute · 12 Jul 2007 at 11:00

Azza said:
The will be sold alongside the current C2D chips. They are not just going to disapear.

These are basically current C2D chips but on 45nm and not 65nm.

Fair enough, just wondered who would want a Conroe when there's Penryn.

Unless the Conroes get a huge price slash, much lower than the Penryns, to make them more competitive.

Rezident · 12 Jul 2007 at 11:02

8igdave said:
Noooo this is driving me insain.

I want to begin the upgrading at September.But now ill be like... should i wait till december or not lol.

Same boat. There's always something supposedly-better coming around the corner. Don't think I can wait any longer than September though.

You could get a P35 board and a cheap E6600 until Penryn chips are out - you never know, they might not actually be out until the start of next year.

House · 12 Jul 2007 at 11:34

This is just a smaller/cooler version of the same chip though isnt it?

No socket change or anything serious that would stop a future upgrade?

Were talking about a development/optimisation to the design not a step change yes?

If im wrong please tell me.

Rezident · 12 Jul 2007 at 13:11

I was under the impression that we'd been promised definite improvements, not just the 45nm process. Someone at one of these trade shows said so. Can't get into the link now 'cos of Websense.

I'll get a P35 board but I can't hang on for the chip - I'm on a Pentium 4 3.0!

Devious · 12 Jul 2007 at 16:50

Just get an E2160 with the P35 and clock it to 3.0ghz +, a cheap very fast upgrade to put you on until penryn is released and then you can see if they are much faster. Your not going to lose much on a £55 chip.

MumboJumbo · 12 Jul 2007 at 19:47

I think ill jsut stick with a Q6600 overclocked to 3Ghz, i would suspect that will last me quite a long time?

How long do you think it would be till i needed to upgrade if i had a 3ghz Q6600?