Heads up! Intel Penryn Pricing!

GTengineer · Jul 17, 2007

W-T-F?!!! Intel is going CRAZY!

http://www.dailytech.com/article.aspx?newsid=8074

Xeon Quads expected next quarter? This prices are actually making doubt my Q6600 g0 buy at the end of July. When is next quarter supposed to be anyway?

Edit: the problem I see is that the below $300 chips have very low multiplier.

nd4spdbh2 · Jul 17, 2007

lol they are really trying to kick amd outta the race... jezus crist! no bueno :bang head

White_Pawn · Jul 17, 2007

its not that bad... the E5410 uses a 7x multi.
450 x 7 = 3150mhz.
480 x 7 = 3360mhz.
500 x 7 = 3500mhz.

Actually, it IS that bad. LOL Since most mobos crap out at around 480 and only higher end mobos hitting 500+; it'll take an true enthusiast board to take that cpu to its limits.

Personally though, i'm eyeing that L5410 for $320.

I never imagined a quad core would use only 50 watts so soon. :drool:

rainless · Jul 17, 2007

Wow... That's startling... 209 bucks... 12MB of cache... That's really, REALLY going to hurt AMD.

ancalime · Jul 17, 2007

WOW amazing stuff Intel is offering. The desktop chips can only be cheaper I assume correct? :drool:

sno.lcn · Jul 17, 2007

OMG I can't wait. Like rainless said, 12mb cache :drool:

core2due · Jul 17, 2007

Still getting my q6600 then when these come out i'll grab one of these and a new mobo. :beer:

benbaked · Jul 17, 2007

Very interesting and exciting, thanks for sharing!

traldan · Jul 17, 2007

12 mb cache? Holy hell, can you say SMP PPD?

drshivas · Jul 17, 2007

traldan said:
12 mb cache? Holy hell, can you say SMP PPD?

QFT!!!

nd4spdbh2 · Jul 17, 2007

now what boards are going to be able to support these things... i mean intel is not requireing an update of the VRM 11.0 till their new socket in late 08. And like said before... quadcore... 50watts HOLLY BEJEZUS!

and what default fsb are these things gonna be using...

E5420 2.50 GHz 80W 12MB $316

2500mhz / 266 = 9.39x multi

2500 / 333 = 7.5x multi????

btw when is the pernyn stuff spost to start showing up... i may just have to upgrade my system, although its gettin very close to a year old, yet is still top of the line.

Sorin · Jul 17, 2007

nd4spdbh2 said:
and what default fsb are these things gonna be using...

E5420 2.50 GHz 80W 12MB $316

2500mhz / 266 = 9.39x multi

2500 / 333 = 7.5x multi????

Looking at those clock speeds in that link, I was wondering the same thing myself about what clock and multiplier combos they've got going on for these processors.

Tyranos · Jul 17, 2007

Hmm 160mhz raises the TDP 40 watts for the extreme? I wonder what the e5405 will do with phase.

White_Pawn · Jul 17, 2007

obviously, they are 1333mhz fsb. LOL the cpus go up by half a multiplier.
lowest quad core is 7x, next one up is 7.5.

MadMan007 · Jul 17, 2007

Looking at the chart it looks like the first shot at 45nm isn't going to bring huge speed increases, I guess that's expected from a new process but it would be neat to see Intel stretch 45nm further at the start. I suppose they are notably lower TDP than even the G0 stepping CPUs though.

A few various tests showed Penryn had about a 10% per-clock advantage over Conroe, except when SSE4 was involved then the increase was massive at around 40%. If Penryn only oc's 'a little' more than G0 stepping Conroes which it may given the small max speed increase that means the July 22 pricecut chips oc'd could be nearly the fastest for a good long while. The 65nm process is really mature, and at one point was intended for Netburst as well aka mucho headroom...I wonder if 45nm will eventually allow much more headroom?

GTengineer · Jul 17, 2007

White_Pawn said:
Actually, it IS that bad. LOL Since most mobos crap out at around 480 and only higher end mobos hitting 500+; it'll take an true enthusiast board to take that cpu to its limits.

Nah, just a P35

I think I'll still go Q6600 g0 and further down the road jump on the penryn bandwagon

Pomegranate · Jul 17, 2007

Definitely no quad for me until 45nm. Q6600 is going to look quite lame soon.

EmAn · Jul 17, 2007

45nm! 50Watts! 4 cores! 12mb of cache $170

can it get any better??!?

and does anybody think if amd can pull it self out of the predicament?

TALK ABOUT FOLDING POWER!

MadMan007 · Jul 17, 2007

EmAn said:
45nm! 50Watts! 4 cores! 12mb of cache $170

What chart are you reading?

There's no CPU with all of that. The TDPs aren't hugely lower except for the LV low voltage models. They always have a large-ish price premium though

Soichiro · Jul 17, 2007

AMD is definitely screwed. With this, the only people who will buy AMD are the extreme value junkies, and even then, there's trouble. AMD is in a predicament. Intel is just tearing them apart. But I WANT ONE OF THESE CPUS!! I can't wait for them to come out, they're just so awesome! :santa:

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