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Core i7 review

Auvers · 2008-11-04 11:43:29

http://www.techreport.com/articles.x/15818 a pretty decent review and explanation of the architecture changes regarding the i7 as far as I can see these processors are definitely worth looking at if you have the money. The CPUs themselves are pretty cheap, but the problem is that the x58 motherboards are very expensive,…

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04-11-2008 12:43pm

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http://www.techreport.com/articles.x/15818

a pretty decent review and explanation of the architecture changes regarding the i7

as far as I can see these processors are definitely worth looking at if you have the money. The CPUs themselves are pretty cheap, but the problem is that the x58 motherboards are very expensive, and until cheaper models come out I don't plan on getting one.

The new LGA1366 socket

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#2 04-11-2008 1:35pm
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30% bigger then current lga775 chips, so im guessing that means any coolers we have now are pretty much useless !

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#3 05-11-2008 5:34pm
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New socket, so new coolers will be needed!

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