Nehalem (AKA: i7) now on store shelves

David Field | Nov 18, 2008 12:05 PM
Affordable? Bah!
You can buy it now.

They all have 8MB of L3 cache, support DDR3 at 1066MHz, have a TDP of 130W and are built on the 45nm architecture.

  • The 3.20GHz i7-965 Extreme Edition retails for $USD 999 (StaticIce says the second lowest RRP is AUD$1990), and uses a 6.4GT/s Quickpath interconnect.

  • The 2.93GHz i7-940 retails for $USD 562 (StaticIce says the second lowest RRP is AUD$1049), and uses a 4.8GT/s Quickpath interconnect.

  • The 2.66GHz i7-920 retails for $USD 284 (StaticIce says the second lowest RRP is AUD$569), and uses a 4.8GT/s Quickpath interconnect.


We looked at the prices of these new chips, thought about the financial crisis, gazed at the relatively cheap 920, and realised why we love the proper use of overclocking.

There is much more detail, benchmarks and everything else about it in our feature on Nehalem.

That is all.