Where are the Penryns?

[Chakka]

Im about ready to upgrade and come to find out there are no penryns anywhere...no dual or quad core to be found except the xtreme which is way to expensive for me.

So far I decided on a gigabyte ds3r with raid for about $125 and ocz, patriot or geil 2x2gb for about $95 after rebate on the egg.

Is there currently a problem with the penryn availability that I was unaware of? I dont want to buy one at a huge premium either...

[CoolZone]

Penryns were launched a while ago,but only dual cores

[Dragon]

penyrns are knonwn as wolfdale cpus . 45 nm process . look for that and you cant miss it . the only one i seen available is the 8400 .

[PP Mguire]

Yea the 8400s are out and are kickin from what ive heard. Great potential.

[westy87]

Yea the 8400s are out and are kickin from what ive heard. Great potential.

Also 8200 and 8500
http://pcmaniacs.com.au/intel-core-e8200-266ghz-2x3mb-cache-45nm-1333fsb-p-4150.html
http://pcmaniacs.com.au/intel-core-e8400-30ghz-2x3mb-cache-45nm-1333fsb-p-4151.html
http://pcmaniacs.com.au/intel-core-e8500-316ghz-2x3mb-cache-45nm-1333fsb-p-4152.html

[Dragon]

you gots to be STONED if you goin to pay 365 for a cpu especially a dual core ...

[Methious]

After the penyrns (wolfdales) aren't they slated to lay out the nephalm at the end of the year? Those are supposed to be an evolution of the Intel chips, penyrns are shrunken previous generation chips that went from 65nm to 45nm. Nephalm (probably spelled it wrong) is slated to have the memory controller on die, and true quad design. I also understand that penyrn is the first generation of Intel CPU totally lead free, lead being the best metal to prevent whisker growth. Tin it's common replacement is a metal crystal and grows whiskers at different rates given it's environment. Be interesting to see how it affects the longevity of the chips. (If they are using tin not sure on that)

If they do it right and maintain their over clockability, the combination of on die memory controller, true Quad design and 45nm design should be a thing of wonder. (Unless they pull a Phenom)

[westy87]

you gots to be STONED if you goin to pay 365 for a cpu especially a dual core ...

Ahh but your not thinkinh, those prices are in australian dollars, and besides we get ripped off over here in australia, its no where near a direct conversion rate to US usually

Oh and I payed $700 for my E6700 back when it was 1st released

[PP Mguire]

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819115037

Try 239. Thats awesome for that chip. A buddy in my clan has one. Pretty sweet

[Chakka]

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819115037

Try 239. Thats awesome for that chip. A buddy in my clan has one. Pretty sweet

I saw that but its out of stock like on most webstores...thats what I keep saying, where are they? Plus the list is $186, or $53 less which is over a 25% markup over list!

[trueg50]

Look up tankguys (http://www.tankguys.com/)

You can pre-order the Quads (Yorkfields) and they might the the dual cores (Wolfdales) in stock.

There really isn't much of a point to go 45nm quad right now, the multi's are so low that you might as well get a 65nm Q6600 or Q6700.

[PP Mguire]

I saw that but its out of stock like on most webstores...thats what I keep saying, where are they? Plus the list is $186, or $53 less which is over a 25% markup over list!Idk my friend bought one no problem. I think you just have to catch them.

[asterasy]

Ahh but your not thinkinh, those prices are in australian dollars, and besides we get ripped off over here in australia, its no where near a direct conversion rate to US usually

Oh and I payed $700 for my E6700 back when it was 1st released

Wow, you got raped. The E8400 is a pretty beasty CPU, it's what I'm using in my next build. Cheapest GOOD processor you can get in AU as well.

[westy87]

Wow, you got raped. The E8400 is a pretty beasty CPU, it's what I'm using in my next build. Cheapest GOOD processor you can get in AU as well.

Well $700 was the cheapest 6700 in australia from pcmaniacs at the time. then other cpu's started coming out and in 6 months it was down to 300 lol. I was noob and didnt know wat i was doing wen i bought it. shud have got the 6600 for half the price and oc'ed it lol

[asterasy]

Yea. Our dollar keeps going up, yet prices are the same or higher.

[Exilon]

I remember when the high-end was certainly a few hundred bucks above 200USD. Let's just hope the price war between Intel and DAMMIT goes on for a good long time. :smile: