Quote Originally Posted by Chad Boga View Post
Yes, but rightly or wrongly the AMD Fanboi attacks will say that Nehalem at high overclocks produces much more heat than Penryn at high overclocks.
I think people have to just plain grow up and understand that what you buy is your choice and based on many factors including cost.
Today you can build a pretty decent AMD based machine for very short money and that has to appeal to many people.
Then the factor of "what your used to"
Like a comfortable pair of shoes, someone whos owed a particular brand knows before building what to expect.
Yes, Nehalem does generate more heat than Penryn.
I have the following and all essentially with the same cooling,(True w/120mm fan) :
Q6600(65nm kentsfield)@3600: 50C @100% load
Harpertown(dual socket Penryn)@3600;51C@100% load
Nehalem i7-965@3733;60C@100% load