I believe the larger the SSD, the more channels to write to nand. fer example the 256 meg c300 gives you a sequential write of 255 mb/s compared to the 128 meg c300's sequential write of 140 mb/s <-- ouch
Aren't all i5's and i7's quad core? But the i7 runs hyperthreading like a phantom 8 core? If I open processors on Device Manager, it shows up as 8 processors on my i7. I think it's the mobile i5/i7 that are dual core.
Well the c300 has a read speed of 355mb/s, while the c400 has one of 415mb/s, so a 60mb/s increase, doesn't sound like that big of performance jump to me. I've also heard conflicting reports on its release date w/some places say it ships in Feb, and others saying it'll start being manufactured then (not necessarily…
is that why you're such a douche? no but seriously... i saw something interesting the other day, an i5 running with 4 cores. i thought the i5's were dual core only?
its similar enough to the earlier iseries that its cheaper, its like what happened with the core2's, the first wave was a bit more expensive, the 2nd was more affordable, an earlier adopter fee.
I don't think marketing really had any say in the codenames Intel uses. http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/f3/IntelProcessorRoadmap.svg I doubt anyone referred the current i7's as "Westmere" either :p
Piippo / Calabi - Thanks guys, all seems to be working fine. System runs beautifully, so so fast. Also, not sure if it's the 6GB/s SATA ports on the P8P67 board but Windows 7 Pro installed fresh in 4.5 minutes!
I think ASUS is also releasing compatible Motherboards for the new Sandy Bridge CPU's. The H67 and th P8P67's. They have all the good stuff you want! edit: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813131685&cm_re=h67-_-13-131-685-_-Product I have never used gigabyte, but I know Asus provides a good mobo.
waiting till the end of this year to upgrade is a very exciting prospect. Even without upgrading to the new highend sandybridge systems scheduled fer q4 2011... Kepler and the new SSD speeds ( c400 from crucial, and vertex pro3 from OSZ ) ( The c400 256 meg @ $425 is over $100 cheaper then my c300 while being over 100mb/s…
Yeah I hear you, after only days of the new 'laptop only' regime, I seriously regret it. I think it was just the whole 'Hey it's a Core i5, 4GB RAM, how bad can it be?!'... after litterally stuttering and crawling around the Max viewport today with a very mediocre number of polys in my scene, I knew I'd made the wrong…