Nehalem Prices leaked?

[Kougar]

From previously released Intel slides we know there will be three Bloomfield Nehalem chips, at 2.66GHz, 2.93GHz, and 3.2GHz for the LGA1366 platform.

It now looks like we finally know their prices. LINK (http://techreport.com/discussions.x/15110). In a surprise turn of events it looks like the cheapest chip is below even the ~$334 mark I was expecting. Prices are reported to be about $284, $562, and $999 respectively.

The Bloomfield X58 chipset is reported to cost board makers about $70, which is in line with the cost of X48 so no surprises here. For those curious NVIDIA's 790i chipset costs motherboard makers $115.

There is however one key difference, and that is only the Extreme SKU is rated for DDR3-1333 memory support. The cheaper CPUs will only be rated for DDR3-1066 memory support. Right now I am not sure if this actually means anything, it could either mean they have "unofficial" support, or it could very well mean only the Extreme CPU will be able to handle high-speed DDR3 RAM.

I'm not sure which yet, but would suspect the former if AMD is any indication to go by.

[Raptorfury]

well if intel doesnt allow overclockin on the cheaper cpu's they gonna hav some serious problems on selling there line ups ( keeping the overclocking cpu's to the more expensive cpu's ) and if intel does what they normally do when it comes to hyper threading they goin to get hurt there as well . bc intel has a habit on only allowing hyper threading to their Highest priced cpu ( extreme edition which is in the neighbor hood of 1000 $ + ) which will force those with lil money to spend on cpu's to the AMD market . bc the cpu's will be cheaper and also provide overclocking while also using cheaper memory ( which currently AMDs with ddr2 terrorizes intels ddr3 bandwidth )

edit found what i was looking for ..

apperently intel goin to have 3 chipsets for these cpu's

# Bloomfield: Socket 1366, Quad-Core, Ultra-High-End.
# Lynnfield: Socket 1160, Quad-Core, High-End.
# Havendale: Socket 1160, MCM (CPU+GPU/IMC), Dual-Core, Mid-Range.
# ?Havendale?: Socket 715, Dual-Core, Low-End. Northbridges can use DDR2

Found Here (http://www.beyond3d.com/content/news/540)

and Again Intel may lock the Over clocking features on the 1160 socket ( if it is put into production . )
Found Here (http://www.pureoverclock.com/story.php?id=1989)

again if intel fallows suit to this they gonna get hit pretty hard in the wallet . they will determine what cpu socket will do what . and by doin so can charge what ever they feel they want for those cpu's in the 1366 socket . unless Intel makes the new cpu's out perform Amd clock for clock with the 1160 socket and down wont stand a chance in the mainstream market . currently the only thing keeping intel's market share right now is the fact that Intels cpu's clock a whole lot higher then AMDs cpu's . bc right now clock for clock there bout even right now ( with a push pull between the two cpu's , one does better then the other and visa versa )

[Goliath182]

Intel will be hurt if no one can find a way to overclock.

HT wasnt only on high end CPU's, it was on a lot of the sub 3 gig Preslers.

[PP Mguire]

I thought we already been through this overclocking thing? There will ALWAYS be overclocking. And the reason the Nvidia chipsets cost so much is becasue of the nforce 200 chip. It costs 30 bucks to make alone. According to sources X58 possibly will support SLI and Nvidia might drop out of the chipset business.

[Raptorfury]

on the single cores it was . duals it was only offered on the exteme models .. the prices are not all that bad .i think personally intels asking just a tad to much for there cpu's still . in this day and age of higher costs and such peeps goin to want to buy something cheaper ...

[PP Mguire]

Seems your quad is OCed to 3.888ghz. How is this any different? Ok so many FSB is takin outa the picture but motherboard manufacturers will always have a way to OC. The OCing chips are still gonna be Extremes where they allow you to bump up the multi but regular OCing on cheaper chips will still be there too.

[bobletman]

Wow lets hope you can find a way to overclock these. If you can OC them then that would be absolutely amazing.

[Goliath182]

Seems your quad is OCed to 3.888ghz. How is this any different? Ok so many FSB is takin outa the picture but motherboard manufacturers will always have a way to OC. The OCing chips are still gonna be Extremes where they allow you to bump up the multi but regular OCing on cheaper chips will still be there too.
Not necessarily. Intel is in control of there CPU's if they say no over clocking then no one would disobey as that could lead to a law suit, and not being able to use Intel chip sets. :ahhhhh:

[Raptorfury]

heres more reading .. again this is rumors still and still speculation . intel can go either way on the fence here .

Basically, because some traditionally Northbridge-based components - like the memory controller - will be on-die, Intel has significantly more control over how CPU clocks are generated. In fact, the chip giant is allegedly planning to use a "checks and balances" type system, where one clock generator will be inside the CPU, and another will reside in the PCH - and both will maintain OEM speed by referencing and mirroring the other. Thus, attempts to alter the speed of one clock generator will be nullified when it is being checked over by the other. Boo, Intel. Boo.

this can be found here (http://www.overclockersclub.com/news/22328/)

like i said if intel does this and there cpu's are way overly priced ( upwards of 400 $ and more for the 1366 cpu's ) i personally may move over to Amd . Amds 45nm doesnt look to bad of a cpu ....