i7 soon to go?!?!?!

If it is true, it is good, then all i5 and i7 are on the same socket, so you can get your board with an i5, and have somewhere to upgrade to later down the line, rather than being stuck with the cpu and mobo and having to switch both to get any better
 
Stoic Sentinel said:
Anyone heard about this, yet? I'm not even sure it's true or just a rumor, but... http://www.bit-tech.net/news/hardware/2009/06/05/confirmed-core-i7-920-940-950-to-go-soon/1


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Article about an up-coming i7-930, looks like it'll make a comeback... just after they canceled it? http://www.bit-tech.net/news/hardware/2009/10/28/core-i7-930-arriving-q1-2010/1
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Did you check the date on that first article. June 09.

It's not exactly a flaming hot off the press rumor. I think they'll goo sooner or later - but as long as they are selling and profitable with a low production cost - and people are buying them - no need to put the cart before the horse.

Edit: I'm done trying ot figure out sockets. I build on the 1366 platform and my PC rocks for my needs. Then these rumors made me think I was getting the socket shut down. I'm just gonna grab a bowl of popcorn and watch from now on. When I want to upgrade - I'll worry if the socket has any use or not. I've decided it's not worth dwelling on - as a purchase decision - unless it's a socket that is on the way out like the 775 or AM2+. But even those could be worthwhile if you got a CPU at the right price.
 
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Jamin43 said:
Did you check the date on that first article. June 09.

It's not exactly a flaming hot off the press rumor. I think they'll goo sooner or later - but as long as they are selling and profitable with a low production cost - and people are buying them - no need to put the cart before the horse.

Edit: I'm done trying ot figure out sockets. I build on the 1366 platform and my PC rocks for my needs. Then these rumors made me think I was getting the socket shut down. I'm just gonna grab a bowl of popcorn and watch from now on. When I want to upgrade - I'll worry if the socket has any use or not. I've decided it's not worth dwelling on - as a purchase decision - unless it's a socket that is on the way out like the 775 or AM2+. But even those could be worthwhile if you got a CPU at the right price.
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Lol, that's ONE way to put it, never heard of that figure of speech :P
 
thank you and do you think it will be a better idea to not buy a computer now and just wait until the 6-core processor comes out next year? because the i7 now is 45nm and the 6-core is supposed to be 32nm so i would have to buy a whole new mobo and maybe ram if i wanted to upgrade
 
It's up to you - but I think a 6 core processor is going ot be expensive as heck. 500+ dollar range at the low end if I had to guess.

Not sure it's worth the wait at that price - but that's just for my spending habits. It's your build.
 
well what i was thinking about doing was just building a cheaper i7 920 or amd x4 or i5 computer and then waiting until the 6-core was out for about 8-10 months then upgrade so then its cheaper and most bugs are fixed
 
Sweet, Intel is really aiming to piss off their loyal fanbase with all of this crazy many socket, discontinuing, re-continuing non-sense.
 
I hope its true...I would like to upgrade if they brought out a new species!


But i wish Intel would stop switching sockets!!
 
The first article that Stoic Sentinel posted is old (look at the date) and false

Intel is not switching sockets

There are two sockets, one for mainstream (LGA 1156) and one for high-end PC (1366)

Intel will keep releasing newer processors in the future for socket 1156 and socket 1366.
 
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I hope it's true, so that the agonizing jealousy I have for current i7 owners that I feel on a daily basis will go away, if only for a little while.
 
I heard there will be no more 920/950, the 975 will stay and the 1366 socket will become i9 only once they come out. They are trying to have the people that would have bought a 920 to now buy the 860 and to keep the 1366 strictly highend.

Just to add if anyone has seen the Quad Crossfire 5870's results it shows that after 2 cards you are CPU bound with an i7 so the extra processing power of the i9 will actually come in handy once it is out.
 
^haha so according to what you heard thermal, intel wants the people that bought the 920, which is a beast, to upgrade to an even bigger beast?haha intel is funny xD. Well we'll see how that goes...

I still think intel would have a good market with the 920 still out there, its a great proc.
 
i7 930 will just be an i7 920 with higher multi and clockspeed is all. From what i have been hearing it will be the same 45nm architecture as current i7's(unlike some rumors claiming it to be 32nm).
 
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