Core i7 940 Review Shows SMT and Tri-Channel Memory Let-down

[Mechromancer]

I think this would a lot clearer if America took it head out of its arse and actually wrote the date correctly as in the 9th day of the 10 month of the 2008th year.... The only country on earth that writes its date in such an idiotic way...

As ref the article, i'm all of a dither about Nehalem, and as normal the first set of benchies dont show when the platform is capable of since the benchies are designed for test an old platform, not a new one, same thing with the switch from single to dual channel, assuming most of you guys can remember that far back. Its a wait and see case i think, particularly interested in the results Movieman will get...

Dubz

Dude, we write it that way because we speak it that way, ie. "Today is October twelfth two-thousand eight." Also you Brits are the ones that brought it over in the first place so blame yourself! LOL

Now back to the OP (sorry for not combining both posts), It is a good thing that we don't see much of a gain going from dual to triple channel DDR3! I can buy a 1.5v 4GB G.Skill DDR3-1333 for $125:Links!

Now only if those X58 motherboards are "reasonably" priced and not $399.99, it would make sense to wait for Core i7. I'll bet good money there will be motherboards more expensive than the Core i7 2.66Ghz 940.