Buy Core 2 or wait for Kentsfield King!

[HamidFULL]

Today I speech with my friend in taiwan and I found that Kentsfield have 4 model after release but no price is available :
Kentsfield @ 2GHz 4MB
Kentsfield @ 2.33 4MB
Kentsfield @ 2.66 8MB
Kentsfield @ 3.00 8MB

Now whats the best way? wait for Kentsfield @ 2GHz FSB1333 Quad Core 4MB
(it can reach 3.2GHz easily) or go with Core 2 E6300 @ 3.2GHz??

[Richard Dower]

Dunno....what can you afford?, the 1333FSB CPU will probably need a new motherboard. The Kentsfield we'll see will have a 266FSB.

It depends on the price i guess, if the low end model can overclock easy enough to the high end then why not buy that?

Personally at this stage i'd buy an E6300, new mobo's for the 1333FSB Kentsfield will also have ICH9R + PCI Express 2, DDR3 and also two 16x slots to run SLI...more PCI-E lanes and probably other things.

[yotomeczek]

Today I speech with my friend in taiwan and I found that Kentsfield have 4 model after release but no price is available :
Kentsfield @ 2GHz 4MB
Kentsfield @ 2.33 4MB
Kentsfield @ 2.66 8MB
Kentsfield @ 3.00 8MB

Now whats the best way? wait for Kentsfield @ 2GHz FSB1333 Quad Core 4MB
(it can reach 3.2GHz easily) or go with Core 2 E6300 @ 3.2GHz??

You compare CPU for 1500$ vs 200$ ??
It's crazy ...

[alexio]

Most important is the question what you use the computer for.

For games, Kentsfield doesn't offer much over Core 2. For encoding it does.

[Serra]

You compare CPU for 1500$ vs 200$ ??
It's crazy ...

QFT.

As long as money isn't an issue, get yourself a quad Clovertown set when they come out instead.

[-Sweeper_]

Today I speech with my friend in taiwan and I found that Kentsfield have 4 model after release but no price is available :
Kentsfield @ 2GHz 4MB
Kentsfield @ 2.33 4MB
Kentsfield @ 2.66 8MB
Kentsfield @ 3.00 8MB

Now whats the best way? wait for Kentsfield @ 2GHz FSB1333 Quad Core 4MB
(it can reach 3.2GHz easily) or go with Core 2 E6300 @ 3.2GHz??

Any estimative of price of these models?

Sorry 4 my bad english.

[smopoim86]

It really depends on if you need it, but if you are going to wait for the better hardware then you will be waiting for eternity.

[metro.cl]

LOL poncho i think you might know a lot but from roadmaps i've seen there is only one kentsfield and is a XE.

imagine what would happend to Conroe sells if Intel got all of this 4 cores been the XE the most expensive with a msrp of usd 999

[Dr.Frankenstein]

I'd also keep in mind that Core 2 Quadro will run hotter than Core 2 Duo.

[theteamaqua]

i thought kentsfield will be first availible as extreme editions?? but if i can get that 2GHz one for $300 im in

[theteamaqua]

Well... there ARE 3 production versions... not sure what they are calling them though. Maybe they are all XE... not really sure.

what 3??
what r their spec??

[cupra]

2.13@1066 8MB
2.4@1066 8MB
2.66@1066 8MB

and 3.00 @ ???

k6600
k6700

AND KX6800 ?

[HamidFULL]

Dunno....what can you afford?, the 1333FSB CPU will probably need a new motherboard. The Kentsfield we'll see will have a 266FSB

look here :

Intel zipped up the FSB speed for the Core 2 Quadro to 333 MHz compared with the 266 MHz for Core 2 Duo

source TomsHardware
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You compare CPU for 1500$ vs 200$ ??

Kentsfield @ 2GHz 4MB isnt 1500$!! it lunchs at lower price
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Couple things... This is @ launch by the way. First there are 3 versions of Kentsfield: 2.13, 2.4, and 2.66. Second they are ALL 1066 FSB. As of right now there are NO 1333fsb versions. I know Tom's hardware Guide says they are 1333, but they aren't. He overclocked those and is passing off the overclocked settings as stock. Also... they are all 8mb.

Toms have Real Kentsfield!!! look CPU-Z screen in Toms review
more here
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Any estimative of price of these models

not yet

[nooh]

wow , exiting times ahead

[deeznuts]

Toms have Real Kentsfield!!! look CPU-Z screen in Toms review
more here

Confucius says, "He who reads Toms Hardware, and believes, IS A FOOL!"

[Anemone]

FLG - if the Prescott analogy fits we are talking temps 10-15c higher than a Core duo at the same speed?

[mdzcpa]

I'd get a core 2 now. Kentsfield won't d much for 90% of PC use. Encoding and benching would benefit. Until more apps come out that really capitalize on multi threading 4 cores just isn't going to do huge things for the desktop.

Now, if you are into simple benching....that's another matter

[VictorWang]

3G is impossible !
266*?=3G ? hoho~~~