With the recent announcement on i7 and i5, I wouldn't even consider an i7 anymore.
Not good news either for those of us who jumped on the i7 bandwagon early :( -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Greg Sevart Sent: 01 June 2009 15:07 To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [H] Core i7 new computer I'm wanting to go i7 as well, but also can't justify the need. I haven't been doing any H.264 encoding lately, so with a Q6600 at 3.6GHz and 8GB of RAM, I just don't have a need. I'm sure I'll do it anyway eventually. Maybe when W7 goes RTM. Greg > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:hardware- > [email protected]] On Behalf Of Naushad, Zulfiqar > Sent: Monday, June 01, 2009 1:45 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [H] Core i7 new computer > > Agreed, > > However, right now I'm seriously considering an i7 920 with 6GB DDR3 > and > a semi-basic mobo. All that would cost me around 500(ish) and would be > a good upgrade from my C2Q 6600. But problem is that I just got the > Q6600 recently (less than a year ago) and I can't justify the expense > right now. > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Greg Sevart > Sent: Monday, June 01, 2009 4:52 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [H] Core i7 new computer > > Yeah, and it looks like shortly after i5 is released, Intel plans to > discontinue most if not all of the lower-cost i7's. I expect i7 SKUs to > start at $500+ post i5. The good news is that i5 still appears to be > very > fast. Couple that with i5 P55-based boards that look to be much less > expensive than their X58 i7 counterparts, and i5/P55 could make a very > nice > platform. > > Greg > This message and any attachment are confidential and may be privileged or otherwise protected from disclosure. If you are not the intended recipient, please telephone or email the sender and delete this message and any attachment from your system. If you are not the intended recipient you must not copy this message or attachment or disclose the contents to any other person. Clifford Chance LLP is a limited liability partnership registered in England & Wales under number OC323571. The firm's registered office and principal place of business is at 10 Upper Bank Street, London, E14 5JJ. For further details, including a list of members and their professional qualifications, see our website at www.cliffordchance.com. The firm uses the word 'partner' to refer to a member of Clifford Chance LLP or an employee or consultant with equivalent standing and qualifications. The firm is regulated by the Solicitors Regulation Authority. The Authority's rules can be accessed by clicking on the following link: http://www.sra.org.uk/code-of-conduct.page Clifford Chance as a global firm regularly shares client and/or matter-related data among its different offices and support entities in strict compliance with internal control policies and statutory requirements. Incoming and outgoing email communications may be monitored by Clifford Chance, as permitted by applicable law and regulations. For further information about Clifford Chance please see our website at http://www.cliffordchance.com or refer to any Clifford Chance office.
