Intel 3.40EE & 3.60E - LGA Arrives

MBR writes "MBReview has taken a quick look at Intel's new high-end LGA775 processors, the 3.40GHz Extreme Edition, and the 3.60GHz 'E,' now known as the 560. They've covered some of the questions about pin frailty of the new LGA socket, as well as cooling issues that might arise from these new processors." ("LGA" stands for Land Grid Array, which moves pins from the processor to the socket it sits in.) Update: 06/19 20:50 GMT by T : Reader Chi-Energy points out that besides the new processor packaging, Intel has also just released its i925X and i915 chipsets, PCI Express and DDR2 DRAM for the desktop, and links to this review showcase with benchmarks at HotHardware.

Comments

Wow, look at the length of the 3.40 EE bar!

[Jeremy Erwin]

Oh, wait. It seems that none of those bar graphs include an origin. Never mind.

We really need _that_!

[MikTheUser]

Come on, bust out some even faster processors! I'm sure, with PCI and IDE, we'll be able to get the best out of every single additional Mhz in comparison to those slow and obsolete 2Ghz machines!

Re:New pins

[ModMeFlamebait]

or throw away the whole mobo, including the rest of the perfectly good components on it[*].

So I guess it's time for chipsets in sockets, too.