[dawestsides]

Good news for all:The X58-based motherboards as well as the Nehalem family new cpu's has been finally released on several online shopping websites (Amazon,Newegg,Tigerdirect,...)

-Asus Rampage II Extreme
-Asus P6T Deluxe OC Palm
-Asus P6T Deluxe
-MSI X58 Platinum
-MSI X58 Eclipse
-Gigabyte GA-EX58 Extreme
-Gigabyte GA-EX58 UD5
-Intel DX58SO
-EVGA X58 Sli
-Foxconn Renaissance

Finally the new technology I've been waiting for so long has been released,and this means 2 things:

- Prices of today high-end parts will drastically come down.
- We'll have to wait the first manufacturer revisions and users feedback before going Nehalem.

So I have 2 choices,either to dig deeply in my account and build an X58 based system after few months,or to go for intel Extreme CPU and a Nforce 790 Ultra system.The Core 2 Quad still have a lot to give I think,but maybe the market will follow the new trend as users tend to go for the newest technology.We'll know by Christmas.

This post has been edited by dawestsides: 23 November 2008 - 09:13 AM

[luckyarcher]

Judging by how bad the computer industry is faring rt now, quad cores will still be in high demand and prices wont really crash. I think the core i7 will be a huge flop from Intel. There really isn't anything much to go for in it unless you want to play Crysis @ very high [and that depends if Crysis can make use of i7s looks-good-on-paper technology]

[dawestsides]

Correct.That's why I'm waiting for the feedback to see what the Nehalem has inside...

[rage285]

i7 is consideribely faster that core 2 range of intel in many aplications but its price is very steep the decision is hard but it might be worth it .

[SQr]

Are i7 stuff available in Dubai yet?

[dawestsides]

no idea,and if available it will be so overpriced that you will end buying it online.By the way anyone tried to order those jewels?

[SQr]

dawestsides said:

no idea,and if available it will be so overpriced that you will end buying it online.By the way anyone tried to order those jewels?

You're right about that. Just went to the market today and found the Gigabyte EX58-Extreme for....1800dhs!!!! It costs around $328 on newegg.

Well, at least the CPUs might be closer to the MSRP when they launch....

Might have to order the mobo from amazon...again...:tear:

[AG-HMX]

im staying with wolfdale...... it seems a bit unnecessary to upgrade ATM.... let the cost of DDR3 and the X-58 mobos cool down..
im waiting for westmere and sandy bridge era...

[akosiparusa]

prices? some say it's available now in the uae

[dawestsides]

In less than one week the EVGA X58 motherboard price dropped from 349$ to 299$ (except on amazon) even though it's out of stock everywhere and available on pre-order only.
The Patriot 6GB triple channel memory kits (1600Mhz) from 320$ to 279$,(1333Mhz) for 249$...
Crucial 6GB (1066Mhz) for 195$....

Luckyarcher I bet by Christmas it will drop 30$ more...

A japanese OC team has already taken the Core i7 965 to 5.73Ghz:
Intel Core i7 965 XE auf 5,73 GHz übertaktet - News - Hardware-Infos (anyone can translate?)

It's hard to be a PC passionate within those new technologies release periods :freak:
And the 32nm CPU's are coming by the end of 2009....

This post has been edited by dawestsides: 21 November 2008 - 03:02 PM