The bulk unit price for the 2.66GHz Bloomfield was said to be around $285 wasn't it? So somewhere around the cost of the Q6700 and Q9300 today I'd imagine.
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The bulk unit price for the 2.66GHz Bloomfield was said to be around $285 wasn't it? So somewhere around the cost of the Q6700 and Q9300 today I'd imagine.
Errr check the Oxford English dictionary before posting please
Phenom (noun) Slang: A shortened version of Phenomenal. Entered dictionary prior to 2000.
Hence valid to use the name Phenom. As to whether it deserves that name is another story
A) Not in my copy of the dictionary
B) slang (who cares)
C) the online oxford says Phenom: Abbriviation: unusually gifted person. That really applies to a CPU
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I still dont get that so in less then 8 weeks time we will see a Core i7 2.66ghz chip that cost over £200 and outperforms a QX9770 that cost £1k ?
a few points:
1.Outperforms at same clock speeds - no guarantee you will get a 2.66Ghz i7 to the same clock speed as a QX9770
2. You will need a £150-£250 motherboard plus £250-£300 of memory to go with your bargain £200 chip
3. Always been the case that multiplier unlocked cpus are a major premium. As soon as the next gen comes out it makes you wonder why anybody bought the x model. Except they will have had 6-12 months use from it and they can afford it.
Yes, great chips, great step forward but say they are 30% quicker, unfortunately even selling your current mobo,cpu and memory you will be looking at 100% plus for an upgrade for a 30% quicker processor. Not really economic sense unless you want the best of the best.
Great for anybody about to build a new pc from scratch though but the cost will still be prohibitive. Once you spend £600-£900 on your cpu,mobo,ram bombo you still need a hard drive, case, graphics card, optical drives etc. I reckon a "cheapo" Nehalem build is going to be £1000+ and maybe £1300+.
Too rich for me.
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I thought the nehalem chips running at 2.66ghz were already outperforming a QX9770 ?
