Question on QX9650

[Csst]

Anyone know if this chip is out yet? I don't seem to see it anywhere..

Csst

 

[o1die]

I expect to see some of the penryns at newegg in January. Intel says all of the first group will be released within 45 days.

 

[Sheninat0r]

First of all, I hope you meant QX9650 instead of QX6950

They should be out today - they're not on Newegg yet, but Tigerdirect says they're in stock now and shipping for $1149.99.

 

[Csst]

Thanks alot looks like there the only ones so far that have them.

 

[josh609]

Just buy the q6600 and a nice heatsink and overclock. Save yourself $700.

 

[DrMrLordX]

Looks like Tiger Direct has them

http://www.tigerdirect.com/app...428&sku=CP2-DUO-QX9650

and no, I didn't find that link, I got it from this thread:

http://forums.anandtech.com/me...=2117222&enterthread=y

 

[math20]

Wait a few days and all the usual places should have them, at $1000 a pop I don't think they will be selling out soon.

 

[bryanW1995]

newegg will probably run them at 1200-1300 like they did with QX6850...

nice, no hsf included!

 

[novasatori]

clubit has oem in stock

does it really only have 90 day warranty on oem or does it carry the full 3yr like retail?

 

[swing848]

Originally posted by: novasatori
clubit has oem in stock

does it really only have 90 day warranty on oem or does it carry the full 3yr like retail?

No warranty from Intel on OEM. Whoever sells the CPU has to provide the warranty, I have seen OEM warranties as low as two weeks.

 

[The-Noid]

Retail is nice.

http://img148.imageshack.us/im...0/cpuscreenshotpi0.jpg

 

[novasatori]

Originally posted by: swing848

Originally posted by: novasatori
clubit has oem in stock

does it really only have 90 day warranty on oem or does it carry the full 3yr like retail?

No warranty from Intel on OEM. Whoever sells the CPU has to provide the warranty, I have seen OEM warranties as low as two weeks.

Yeoouch

When did this change? I used to exclusively buy OEM and they always came with manufacturer 3 year warranties.

That really sucks, can't say I blame em though.

 

[aigomorla]

Originally posted by: Yoxxy
Retail is nice.

http://img148.imageshack.us/im...0/cpuscreenshotpi0.jpg

i hate you yoxxy.

You are one of very few people i get jealous at. <evil stare>


Skulltrail is the only thing holding me back right now from picking one up. You can get them at tigerdirect and clubit.

Just froogle.com qx9650.

 

[bfdd]

Aigomorla, I'm in the same boat as you... I kind of want to see the total cost of a skulltrail system before I pounch on something like this =)

 

[HOOfan 1]

Obviously the Yorkfield can reach higher speeds than Kentsfield I am not understanding why they are releasing the high end part at the same clockspeed as the old high end part. WIth this new .5 increment multiplier, they should have started out the high end part with a default multiplier of 10 to have it at a default speed of 3.33Ghz. In fact the first previews I saw of Yorkfield speculated that is what the first Extreme chip would be clocked at. Then we could have the $530 priced chip with a 9.5 multiplier and clocked at 3.16Ghz adn the $266 Priced chip with a multiplier of 9 clocked at 3.0Ghz...and so on. So the $1,000 price point gives the same clockspeed, while the coveted $266 pricepoint yeilds merely a 200mhz increase in Yorkfield. With Phenom on the horizon and hints that it will be extrememly competetive, I would have thought Intel would have not only released Yorkfield with the process shrink, but also raised the top end clock speed and lowered the price/Mhz more.

 

[swing848]

Originally posted by: novasatori

Originally posted by: swing848

Originally posted by: novasatori
clubit has oem in stock

does it really only have 90 day warranty on oem or does it carry the full 3yr like retail?

No warranty from Intel on OEM. Whoever sells the CPU has to provide the warranty, I have seen OEM warranties as low as two weeks.

Yeoouch

When did this change? I used to exclusively buy OEM and they always came with manufacturer 3 year warranties.

That really sucks, can't say I blame em though.

I found this out many years ago when I made a phone call to Intel.

 

[swing848]

Originally posted by: HOOfan 1
Obviously the Yorkfield can reach higher speeds than Kentsfield I am not understanding why they are releasing the high end part at the same clockspeed as the old high end part. WIth this new .5 increment multiplier, they should have started out the high end part with a default multiplier of 10 to have it at a default speed of 3.33Ghz. In fact the first previews I saw of Yorkfield speculated that is what the first Extreme chip would be clocked at. Then we could have the $530 priced chip with a 9.5 multiplier and clocked at 3.16Ghz adn the $266 Priced chip with a multiplier of 9 clocked at 3.0Ghz...and so on. So the $1,000 price point gives the same clockspeed, while the coveted $266 pricepoint yeilds merely a 200mhz increase in Yorkfield. With Phenom on the horizon and hints that it will be extrememly competetive, I would have thought Intel would have not only released Yorkfield with the process shrink, but also raised the top end clock speed and lowered the price/Mhz more.

Intel has no high end competition at the moment so Intel is milking the market. If AMD is able to produce a killer CPU, Intel will release faster processors.

Intel milked the market by keeping prices high for 18 months with the 33MHz 386DX CPU years ago simply because there was no competition.

 

[Sheninat0r]

Woo, its on Newegg now for $1295 OEM and $1345 retail. Most excellent prices... </sarcasm>

http://www.newegg.com/Product/...x?Item=N82E16819115035

http://www.newegg.com/Product/...x?Item=N82E16819115034

and LOL, on the retail version the core is listed as "Yorkshield", instead of "Yorkfield"

 

[Dacalo]

Originally posted by: Sheninat0r
Woo, its on Newegg now for $1295 OEM and $1345 retail. Most excellent prices... </sarcasm>

http://www.newegg.com/Product/...x?Item=N82E16819115035

http://www.newegg.com/Product/...x?Item=N82E16819115034

and LOL, on the retail version the core is listed as "Yorkshield", instead of "Yorkfield"

LOL, both out of stock.

 

[Csst]

Yep I'll be getting mine shortly.. My last piece of equipment to buy to finish my upgrade.

 

[HOOfan 1]

when the QX6800 was first listed on Newegg, they listed it as Yorkfield...even when they corrected it to say Kentsfield they left in that it has SSE4.

 

[AkumaX]

anyone know if Yorkfield will still work with 965P chipset?

 

[bryanW1995]

Originally posted by: HOOfan 1
Obviously the Yorkfield can reach higher speeds than Kentsfield I am not understanding why they are releasing the high end part at the same clockspeed as the old high end part. WIth this new .5 increment multiplier, they should have started out the high end part with a default multiplier of 10 to have it at a default speed of 3.33Ghz. In fact the first previews I saw of Yorkfield speculated that is what the first Extreme chip would be clocked at. Then we could have the $530 priced chip with a 9.5 multiplier and clocked at 3.16Ghz adn the $266 Priced chip with a multiplier of 9 clocked at 3.0Ghz...and so on. So the $1,000 price point gives the same clockspeed, while the coveted $266 pricepoint yeilds merely a 200mhz increase in Yorkfield. With Phenom on the horizon and hints that it will be extrememly competetive, I would have thought Intel would have not only released Yorkfield with the process shrink, but also raised the top end clock speed and lowered the price/Mhz more.

ask mr h ruiz of sunnyvale, ca. he might be able to clue you in

 

[aigomorla]

Originally posted by: Csst
Yep I'll be getting mine shortly.. My last piece of equipment to buy to finish my upgrade.

well seeing how your one of the high end shoppers. Let me tease you with whats bothering me on not pulling the trigger.

Skulltrail, which is intels new chipset platform for gaming. Well its more of a server platform, but gives you overclocking abilities on it.

It features dual LGA771 sockets so thats octocores. Only thing im having some confusion on is the ram requirements for it.

Some people say you need FB-DIMM's, others im hearing it takes DDR3.


But to sum things up short... your rig may only hold crown for a few months b4 skulltrail releases. And as you can see, you cant really recycle much parts.

 

[VirtualLarry]

I thought that SkullTrail was specifically Socket775 parts, not 771, hence the whole appeal of the thing. But they are using a "server" chipset, with dual-FSBs, that also requires FB-DIMMs.