DiscoAnt

I would still upgrade to it because Nehalem wont be out till 09 sometime. and even when it is out, its gonna be expensive as h3ll =X

stargate125645

Shouldn't be any more expensive than current CPUs are now.

__________________
Links:
[ Project Nighthawk | Project Ablative Armor | G15 LCD Program Archive ]
[ Intel Core i7 Voltage Limits | Overclocking Effects on Benchmark Scores | Explanation of LCD Terminology ]

bowman

First Nehalems are out Q4 08 and will consist of server- 'Extreme'- and high-end non-extreme quads. I'm waiting for that. Even if it turns out to be too expensive or not that good for desktop use as one expected, Penryns will fall in price and demand thanks to it.

Also, I concur with everyone who hates the heatpipe jungle. I can't imagine this many mentally ill plumbers getting employment in Taiwan. Even my AM2 board has it and it doesn't need half as much cooling as an Intel northbridge.

__________________

Fold on your:

RayvinAzn

If AMD hasn't done anything impressive before then, we may very well see CPU prices start crawling back up.

__________________
Dusted.

dr4gon

lots of features

I like the heatpipe design

__________________
Project: Orange Box Uni-Sleeving your 24-pin PSU Guide
Join the New OCN Flickr Group - My Flickr
>>> For Sale: <<<
Team Fortress 2 - Add OCN @ 68.232.173.130:27015 / 8.12.68.58:27015 to your favorites.

OC'ing Noob

dr4gon officially loses his title of watercooler. I hate heatpipes...gayest thing known to man. It forces us to upgrade the heatsinks on SB and mosfets as well or dremel off the heatpipe.

__________________
Selling BNIB late 2009 iPod Touch 8GB for $175 shipped!

Just trying to make it in this corrupt world painted black and white with shades of gray.

Green Mother Worklog

FAQ: Is Liquid Cooling for Me? and FAQ: Planing and Installing Your Liquid Cooling System
Water Cooling Configuration Guide and Hall of Blocks: CPU

Traeumt

wish prices are lowwww

__________________

5800 Ownerz Club

MCBrown.CA

i want to see their p45 Premium model! Asus ftw

__________________

Hterag

I completely agree, we all (AMD and Intel user alike) need AMD to get something significantly better out as soon as possible. Look at what happened to nVidia when AMD/ATi lagged behind long enough? 9800GTX?

On topic, I like the look of that board, but after seeing the P45 chipset, I can see the advantages it has over the P35, but how does it compare to the X38/X48? Forgetting overclockability, temperatures, stability etc. does it have any additional features over the X38/X48 that might make me want to upgrade?

ChrisB17

Temps are actually higher then P35. And I belive its Crossfire 8x8 or 16x8.

__________________
The AM3 motherboard buyers guide and help thread.

Member of the OCN Firefighters club

Thank you veterans.