3.4GHz Wolfdale = big money$$$

[TheGoat Eater]

HRMM - didn't know this was out - though it would be awesome w/ skulltrail boards

[sierra_bound]

That's actually not a Wolfdale. Newegg has it mislabeled. It's a 1600MHz Harpertown.

[Zytek_Fan]

Wow, that's a bad mislabel.

[sierra_bound]

Here's the info on the chip.

http://processorfinder.intel.com/det...px?sSpec=SLANH

[TheGoat Eater]

That's actually not a Wolfdale. Newegg has it mislabeled. It's a 1600MHz Harpertown.

good - I was kinda freaking out I though that wolfdales are s775 only and I was thinking I was just behind on the Intel intel for once

[sierra_bound]

Yes, Wolfdales are LGA775 dual-core Penryn-based chips. Harpertowns are the LGA771 server CPU's.

[Movieman]

good - I was kinda freaking out I though that wolfdales are s775 only and I was thinking I was just behind on the Intel intel for once

Actually I think they are right this time.
Thats the 2 core Penryn version "xeon"next gen of the woodcrest..
dual core 45nm socket 771= Wolfdale
quad core 45nm socket 771= Harpertown

[sierra_bound]

Okay, my eyes are failing me. At first I thought it said "X5472". This is the 1600MHz Wolfdale that I read about awhile back. It's still socket 771, however.

[Movieman]

Okay, my eyes are failing me. At first I thought it said "X5472". This is the 1600MHz Wolfdale that I read about awhile back. It's still socket 771, however.

Just had a thought.. The complaint has always been that 8 cores are overpowering the FSB on the dual socket boards.
I wonder if 2 of these might actually make for a better gamer on a ST board.
Thoughts?

[Blauhung]

they're all the same chip, just in how they socket them. Intel only makes 2 chips. Penryn 6mb and Wolfdale 3mb. hehe

[sierra_bound]

Just had a thought.. The complaint has always been that 8 cores are overpowering the FSB on the dual socket boards.
I wonder if 2 of these might actually make for a better gamer on a ST board.
Thoughts?

The 5400 chipset has a dual independent bus and better bandwidth than the 5000X. The problem is the price. Two 1600MHz Wolfdales are going to cost over $2000. That's a lot to pay for four cores.

[Bobsama]

Especially when you can do a BSEL mod on a 5400 quad-core.

[Movieman]

The 5400 chipset has a dual independent bus and better bandwidth than the 5000X. The problem is the price. Two 1600MHz Wolfdales are going to cost over $2000. That's a lot to pay for four cores.

Agreed,if you buy them retail...

[sierra_bound]

Actually I'm more interested in this. Nehalem CPU and board. Gigabyte 7TESN-RN

http://www.chiphell.com/?action-viewnews-itemid-202

[Blauhung]

Actually I'm more interested in this. Nehalem CPU and board. Gigabyte 7TESN-RN

http://www.chiphell.com/?action-viewnews-itemid-202

same here

[Movieman]

Actually I'm more interested in this. Nehalem CPU and board. Gigabyte 7TESN-RN

I'd like that board a lot more ifit had just one PCI-e X16slot..

[sierra_bound]

Most likely has integrated graphics which for server purposes is about all you need. It's not meant for gaming. If you've ever seen the specs for HP's expensive ProLiant servers, they usually have ATI 32MB integrated graphics. Woo hoo!

[Movieman]

Most likely has integrated graphics which for server purposes is about all you need. If you've ever seen the specs for HP's ProLiant servers, they usually have ATI 32MB integrated graphics. Woo hoo!

Yes, and I see the VGA port on the I/Opanel,I just like a vid card myself.
It's that it gives you options and uses none of the system memory to run the graphics..
Of course if that board and chips showed up at my door I wouldn't complain..

[Jaco]

what are all these slots on that Nehalem board. PCI e 8x ? (or 4x ?)
What's the purpose of that?