Intel's 45nm Prices & Performance

[gdogg]

I'm disappointed with prices, and max of 8.5X divider if I don't go qx for the quads.

Honestly, their is not 1 45nm process that I'll be able to get past 3.6Ghz in a reasonable price range. Now with 8.5 being $150 more then 8.0, there is no reason to leave a q6600, the q6600 is the winner for overclockers.

Unless these can do 500 fsb easily, but I highly doubt that.

[Donnie27]

I'm disappointed with prices, and max of 8.5X divider if I don't go qx for the quads.

Honestly, their is not 1 45nm process that I'll be able to get past 3.6Ghz in a reasonable price range. Now with 8.5 being $150 more then 8.0, there is no reason to leave a q6600, the q6600 is the winner for overclockers.

Unless these can do 500 fsb easily, but I highly doubt that.

But what if you skipped Q6600 to wait on this bad boy! Let's not forget, 3.6GHz for Penryn will still be very Kick-A$$

[gdogg]

But what if you skipped Q6600 to wait on this bad boy! Let's not forget, 3.6GHz for Penryn will still be very Kick-A$$

Very true, but I would pick q6600 over a 8x penryn since with a maximus, (not sure how 45nm fsb is doing atm) and my q6600 over 450FSB is problematic and requires insane nb voltages , 470 1.75 NB isn't even stable ... , pll and fsb voltage won't help either.

But it would def be a hard choice. I'm gonna keep hoping for a 9X model in $500 price range to appear.

[Donnie27]

Very true, but I would pick q6600 over a 8x penryn since with a maximus, (not sure how 45nm fsb is doing atm) and my q6600 over 450FSB is problematic and requires insane nb voltages , 470 1.75 NB isn't even stable ... , pll and fsb voltage won't help either.

But it would def be a hard choice. I'm gonna keep hoping for a 9X model in $500 price range to appear.

Sure, but that's for Drag racers here. Many of us rather just watch the Extreme Guys do it. I don't have water like many here and just depend on a Ninja to do its Best. I don't see myself doing much with a Quad Core but might go that way anyway. I know I want at least 3.1GHz model only overclocking to 3.6GHz is fine for me. I'll still look for others to overclock it to the teeth and cheer them on as they do so. Just because I like NASCAR doesn't mean I want to get out on the track and pretend to be Johnson or Gordon