Toms Hardware on the Core i7 NeHalem Socket1366 CPU's

**~~Cecil900~~** · 11-02-08, 11:27 PM

http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/...alem,2057.html

Apparently the cheapest one will be $284. Cheapest motherboard will be $305. And this all uses DDR3.

Thats $600 for CPU and Mobo alone. And then the RAM.

**jason_jinx** · 11-02-08, 11:56 PM

25% faster clock-for-clock than the Core 2. Overclockers shouldn’t get their hopes up though: all standard models are equipped with an overclocking lock.

The time in between generations is becoing shorter and shorter. Unless they gain huge improvements I will continue to OC the quad's.
If I had unlimited funds I would already have this stuff on pre order.

**CivilWars** · 11-02-08, 11:57 PM

No you wouldn't, it's an Intel.

**scuba_steve** · 11-03-08, 12:28 AM

Put bluntly, you’d need two and a half Phenom X4 processors to compete with Intel’s current Core i7 flagship model.

lol!

**Veovis** · 11-03-08, 09:59 AM

Hmm, not really looking worth it for FPS gaming right now.

I'm still running an E6400 and 8800GT, and for every single game I have (minus Crysis), that is more than enough. Guess I'll stick with that for a while longer. I could probably get a big improvement just upgrading to E8500 but not even sure if that's worth it in my 2-year old FSB 1066 board. Or just O/C my E6400 which is still at stock speeds.

**Paladinchan** · 11-03-08, 03:49 PM

imo.. the new i7 is only worth the money if you have a high end multi-GPU setup (Ex: Tri-sli or 4870X2 XFire) but if your running a single card i think dual cores should be fine