Core i7 Available for Pre-Order ETA 31st October

[Heinz68]

The prices for CPUs are higher than predicted and speculated on but than I think the UK prices are always higher.
About the ETA, I think it's going to be more like mid November before we see any Intel Core i7 available. I wonder when Intel is going to make official announcement.
Nehalem Available for Pre-Order at Overclockers UK, ETA 31st October
In the last few days we have seen photos surface of several motherboards based on the upcoming Intel Architecture, code named Nehalem. These boards utilize the Intel X58 chipset along with the new socket, LGA-1366. Many people have been eagerly awaiting the imminent release of the new CPUs and motherboards, which was rumoured to be sometime in November. The online UK retailer Overclockers UK (OcUK), has today added new links in their motherboard and CPU sections for Intel 1366 (X58 Chipset) (http://www.overclockers.co.uk/productlist.php?groupid=701&catid=5&subid=1283) and Intel Core i7 (http://www.overclockers.co.uk/productlist.php?groupid=701&catid=6&subid=1272).

Within the CPU section, available for Pre-Order, are the three processors which were expected to be available at launch following what we covered here
The Core i7 920 is priced at £258.49 (http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CP-252-IN&groupid=701&catid=6&subcat=1272&name=Intel%20Core%20i7%20920%202.66Ghz%20(Nehalem) %20(Socket%20LGA1366)%20-%20Retail), the Core i7 940 is priced at £469.99 (http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CP-254-IN&groupid=701&catid=6&subcat=1272&name=Intel%20Core%20i7%20940%202.93Ghz%20(Nehalem) %20(Socket%20LGA1366)%20-%20Retail), and the Core i7 965 Extreme Edition, at £822.49 (http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CP-253-IN&groupid=701&catid=6&subcat=1272&name=Intel%20Core%20i7%20965%203.20Ghz%20(Nehalem) %20Extreme%20Edition%20(Socket%20LGA1366)%20-%20Retail) (all prices include VAT). In the motherboard section, also available for Pre-Order are three motherboards, two from Asus and one Intel:
ASUS P6T Deluxe OC Palm Edition (http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MB-289-AS&groupid=701&catid=5&subcat=1283&name=Asus%20P6T%20Deluxe%20%22OC%20Palm%20Edition% 22%20Intel%20X58%20(Socket%201366)%20PCI-Express%20DDR3%20Motherboard), ASUS P6T Deluxe (http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MB-288-AS&groupid=701&catid=5&subcat=1283&name=Asus%20P6T%20Deluxe%20Intel%20X58%20(Socket%2 01366)%20PCI-Express%20DDR3%20Motherboard) (base model), and Intel Smackover X58 (http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MB-025-IN&groupid=701&catid=5&subcat=1283&name=Intel%20SmackOver%20Intel%20X58%20(Socket%201 366)%20PCI-Express%20DDR3%20Motherboard). The site states the ETA for all these products as 31st October 08.
Source techPowerUp (http://www.techpowerup.com/index.php?73041)

[Lfctony]

Well, its oc.uk, they always charge more than others...

[ViN86]

im just goin to wait for jAkUp to post pics. then i will know that it has launched lol.

[npras42]

That's quite a lot really. I'd be surprised if that was MSRP.

EDIT: Sorry I got it wrong. I thought £469 was the base level chip. Think I must be going blind in my old age.:afro:

[john19055]

I will have and wait and see,from what benchmarks I have seen ,it may not be such a good upgrade for gamers,but time will tell.

[slaWter]

Man I'd like to pre-order my stuff now. But not a single shop lists those parts right now here in Switzerland :o

[LordJuanlo]

Am I the only one that is happy with his current Quad Core rig and won't upgrade to Nehalem?

[lee63]

Am I the only one that is happy with his current Quad Core rig and won't upgrade to Nehalem?No, I'm very happy with what I have now but being able to run SLi and XFire on the same mobo excites the hell outta me (lee63)(lee63)

[Bearclaw]

Anyone pre-order anything yet? If so, where from?

[lee63]

Anyone pre-order anything yet? If so, where from?Prices are gonna be to high at first :( I think Ill wait until Q1 09 :D

[AngelGraves13]

Screw first generation processors. I'll wait for the 32nm shrink since it'll be cheaper, faster, and more readily available and run a lot cooler and hopefully 8 cores.

[Viral]

Whats with the 130W TDP for the 2.67GHz? 2.7GHz Shanghai's are shown to sport a 75W TDP, that's a hell of a difference.

I'm happy with my quad for probably another year. I just have a feeling that if AMD can ramp clock speeds they may be back in the game with these massive TDP differences.

[rage10]

Am I the only one that is happy with his current Quad Core rig and won't upgrade to Nehalem?

I'm keeping my current quad for another few years.

[breathemetal]

im waiting till march anyways so hopefully the prices will be down by then