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    Intel to discontinue Core i7 920 & 940 CPUs

    Discussion in 'Sager and Clevo' started by NGH, May 28, 2009.

  1. NGH

    NGH Notebook Evangelist

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    COMPUTEX 2009: According to sources at Taiwanese motherboard manufacturers, Intel is planning to discontinue a number of its Core i7 processors almost as soon as it pulls the covers off its new Lynnfield CPUs on 1st September.

    The models include, but are not limited to, the Core i7 920 and Core i7 940, while one source suggested that the as-yet-unreleased Core i7 950 would also probably get the chop a bit later.

    Apparently, Lynnfield's performance is so close to the cheaper i7 CPUs that Intel is looking to move the focus of its LGA 1366 socket to just the high-end, workstation and SMP boards using the X58 chipset. It all sounds remarkably similar to what AMD did with the early Athlon 64 FX processors, which used Socket 940 while all other Athlon 64s used Socket 754.

    In light of this, motherboard manufacturers have said that they're already working to adjust their X58 product lines to cater for the price range and market future LGA 1366 processors will target.

    http://tinyurl.com/osefhz

    If this is really true how will it effect the D900F?
     
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  2. BIGX333

    BIGX333 Brazillian Overclocker

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    O H R L Y ?!
     
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  3. Megacharge

    Megacharge Custom User Title

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    A helpful off topic for you NGH... if you have something you wish to sell you need to post it in the NBR marketplace along with photos of the product and proof of ownership, advertising the sale of a product in your sig and especially the advertising of QS and ES chips for sale is not allowed per forum rules so you should remove that from your sig before you get banned, just a heads up.

    And back on topic, if worst comes to worst you can always buy a W3520 (309.00 USD at newegg) or W3540 (599.00 USD at newegg) they should plug and play in the D900F's X58 mobo with no problems or bios update and I don't think intel will be discontinuing those anytime soon. http://ark.intel.com/ProductCollection.aspx?series=39717
     
    Megacharge, May 29, 2009
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  4. f4ding

    f4ding Laptop Owner

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    Or just buy the 950 or higher.
     
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  5. NGH

    NGH Notebook Evangelist

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    @Crylo

    re:QS or ES Chips

    Yep, got word from a moderator that it's a no-no in the sig or anywhere else for that matter. That should clear things up for anyone wondering from about it from a previous thread in this forum that suggested it was ok.
     
    NGH, May 29, 2009
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