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Originally Posted by jrf23
What do you think about the penryn processors coming out? They outperform everything available at the moment, but how much do you think it'll cost?
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Too much for me.
I give it several months to a year before I consider buying, typically prices fall when the next hottest thing comes out. Sometime in 2008, that'll be the "Nehalem" architecture. That one also 45nm, then 32 nm in 2009, the "Westmere". Really, I've been thinking I'll build a computer around a quad-core 45 nm "Penryn" within the next year. Another reason to wait, besides price, is that the product establishes a track record, so the true capabilities and reliability become known. [shrugs]
http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post...er-caches.html
Note the improvement for software such as video codecs.
http://www.infoworld.com/article/07/...lpenryn_1.html
The ability to speed up one core when running a single-threaded application will be useful as well.
So, are you gathering your parts yet? We'll want updates on how things are going. Pics too, if possible.
