Tuesday, January 20th 2009
Intel to Release Three New Quad Core LGA775 CPUs with a 65W TDP
The guys over at Hexus.net, have got hold of information that shows details of three new quad core processors with a thermal design power (TDP) of only 65W. The interesting thing is that it seems Intel have still not yet given up the LGA775 socket despite it being superceded. These are the lowest TDP quad cores from Intel to date, based on a 45nm manufacturing process, and in theory using up to 30W less power than current quad core processors, it shows a step in the right direction. Unfortunately it cannot be all good news, as it seems that the expected prices for these are approximatly $100 more than the similarly clocked 95W counterparts.
Source:
Hexus.net
19 Comments on Intel to Release Three New Quad Core LGA775 CPUs with a 65W TDP
I'll keep my money until at least 2010 for i7 or something better than replace my quad with any of these ripoff chips.
Or if they go into a shop with not much knowledge and see a 95W or 65W, in this "economin climate" (conversation for another time, lol), they may go for the more "energy effecient" one.
That and like previously said, even to us tech people, we like new things, and better OCabaility! :D
I bet if it had been more of a public thing, MS could have got away with charging more for the jasper revision console.
What they are asking for the 65w Q9550 works out at around £260, you could buy an i7 chip for that money!
No seriously, it would probably be doable, but I'm not so sure on temps.
i7 build:
CPU: $300
RAM: $200
MOBO: $300!!
C2Q: $260
RAM: $50
MOBO: $100.
lol
processorfinder.intel.com/details.aspx?sSpec=SLB8V
processorfinder.intel.com/details.aspx?sSpec=SLGAE
I don't know about getting better clocks but it does make a little sense, especially when you consider Intel is trying to be super green these days.
It's like the G0 stepping for Kentsfield a year and a half ago. These should overclock to 4.5Ghz on air, and I'm waiting to see people trying.
would go for a i7 but as spearman914 said cost of mobo, ram and the cpu itself plus getting a new water block/ good air cooler for my cpu just isnt worth it at this moment in time