Intel Core i7!!!!

[50mobber]

It's here!!! They're on newegg

 

[Teny]

and majority of us cant afford it!

 

[50mobber]

they have one priced at 319.00, although you would have to buy a new mobo

Its always nice to dream though

 

[SuxoR]

With the way the economy is I see a price drop soon

Especially to get people to buy these for the holidays

 

[newbie1323]

I hope there is a price drop in the uk, the cheapest one here is 300, if its really 319 on newegg im tempted to guy it, and pay sombody to ship it to the uk for me

 

[Teny]

but then you need a new board, which is about $200 on newegg, and then some DDR3 ram if you dont have them already.
So its pretty much a new build you are starting.

 

[Cabbs]

Not exactly worth it for most people, including gamers.

 

[Teny]

Not exactly worth it for most people, including gamers.

Exactly.
the Core 2 Duo is doing fine as it is right now, so why upgrade?

I think most would wait until the cost goes down like what dual cores and DDR2 rams are now.
I would probably only pay $100 for a processor, $150 for a mobo, and proabably about $70 for ram at most.

 

[Cabbs]

I could see server and workstation-related tasks taking advantage of i7's performance though.

 

[Holysky]

yay that means Quad Cores are probaly gonna go down by x-mas