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The i7 has landed for pre-order.

Hi there

It sure has!

We also have motherboards and Triple DDR3 memory kits so you can get everything you need from OcUK right now to build your new Core i7 machine. OcUK first yet again! :)
 
Gibbo said:
Hi there

Its cheaper than a QX9770 and its faster so a bargain in comparison. :)
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Well, when you put it that way! Why not, ill pre order 2.

:)

Good to see DDR3 and the new proccessors out in the market now though. Hopefully they will be within my normal person budget for a rebuild in a year or so.
 
Mul said:
Might we expect any decent X58 boards appearing around the £140-180 mark?
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Hi there

Unknown first boards to appear will be flagship models which will all be around £200-£300.

Cheaper models might appear but to be frank DDR3 motherboards and budget don't really come in the same sentence, but £160-£180 might be hit eventually but how it will perform might be another matter.
 
I might be being dumb here... but how do you run 4Gb on a Triple Channel board if the packs are 3x1Gb? Do you have to stump for like a 6Gb package.... when they come out? (i.e. 3x2Gb)

Thanks.
 
Firegod said:
I might be being dumb here... but how do you run 4Gb on a Triple Channel board if the packs are 3x1Gb? Do you have to stump for like a 6Gb package.... when they come out? (i.e. 3x2Gb)

Thanks.
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Hi there

You can run 4GB easily by having 4x1GB modules but you will loose a little performance by doing so.

So its best to either use 3x1GB/3x2GB or 6x1GB/6x2GB for maximum performance. :)
 
You're doing this on purpose, aren't you.

New hardware released THE NEXT DAY after I place my order!

Though this time I fooled you all! I only ordered the new graphics card! HAHA!

*waits for announcement that new graphics cards doing 5 zillion petaflops are released for £35 each, £50 for two*
 
The problem is rather that the memory and the processor internals are fed synchronized voltages. Previous reports have stated that anything above 1.65V would fry a Nehalem processor and it would certainly be hard to get any of today's DDR3 memory modules to any kind of decent speeds at this voltage. But, these stories are exaggerated, but the fact remains that Nehalem processors are not going to like voltages above 1.7V.

You have to put it through some extreme handling for it to give up right away, but if you feed the memory with voltages above 1.8V, the processor could start degrading and finally cease to work. According to the information we've received you need to hit close to 2.0V to kill a Nehalem processor.
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