Nehalem set for bigger and stronger mounting system

[Bungral]

Intel are implementing a new stronger mounting system for the socket LGA1366 (Nehalem) CPU's.

Read the full news article.

 

[mrapoc]

When is Nehalem coming out and is it set to revolutionise proccys? Like C2D did for the world

Dont want to be shellin out on soon to be old hardware

 

[Bungral]

When is Nehalem coming out and is it set to revolutionise proccys? Like C2D did for the world

Dont want to be shellin out on soon to be old hardware

Server versions end of this year and making its way to desktop start of 09

Wini link

Lil extract:

Performance and Power Improvements

It has been reported that Nehalem will have a focus on performance. Nehalem is Penryn with microarchitectural and power efficiency improvements, including better lower power states and leakage reduction.

Nehalem will, compared to Penryn, have:

* 1.1x to 1.25x the single-threaded performance or 1.2x to 2x the multithreaded performance at the same power level.

* 30% lower power usage for the same performance.

 

[FarFarAway]

And don't forget an onboard memory controller

Thank god Intel are changing the mounting system!

 

[Bungral]

And don't forget an onboard memory controller

Thank god Intel are changing the mounting system!

Not the push pins though!!

 

[ionicle]

they should just pay amd and use their mounting system from AM2, because, tbh, its the best so far...

even their 478 one was better than the pushpins though

why cant they see sense?

 

[firefly]

Not the push pins though!!

Who came up with that p.o.s. ?

Could they have made anything worse if they'd tried?

 

[ionicle]

they could have told us all to use sellotape?

 

[Bungral]

they could have told us all to use sellotape?

Ahh but that would be easier to get off so almost more useful.

 

[ionicle]

i was thinking along the lines of it all getting clogged up and blocking the fans,....but yeah i spose

 

[Mr. Smith]

The nehalem chip is bigger. Does no one else see a possible problem?

Every cooler now be it air, water or phase that is for 775 will be smaller than the chip... Will this matter because I wanted a phase and I know I'd need a funky new mounting system.

Anyway, nice beefy socket. Looks good.

 

[ionicle]

shame it isnt the socket they needed to improve though

stupid crappy mounting system

 

[Bungral]

The nehalem chip is bigger. Does no one else see a possible problem?

Every cooler now be it air, water or phase that is for 775 will be smaller than the chip... Will this matter because I wanted a phase and I know I'd need a funky new mounting system.

Anyway, nice beefy socket. Looks good.

Well yeah I did have a thought on that when writing it. The built in mounting on most air heatsink coolers will be stuffed just because of the mounting. With waterblocks I think some should be ok even if they aint optimised for it. I mean the copper surface area on the Supreme is very large and would just need a new mounting plate. But the area the water pushes on to might not be optimised for where the cores are positioned.

Meh probably just end up buying a new block for it.