Intel confirms 8 core Sandy Bridge-EP CPUs in Q3/Q4

[RonzDrive]

Intel's upcoming flagship 8 core EP CPUs based on the sandy bridge architecture are expected to arrive in later half this year, according to an Intel official the launch will be on late Q3 or early Q4 2011.

Together with these new CPUs new SKUs also will follow-up based on 'Patsburg' chipset that will be launched by the Giant Chip Manufacturer with no less than four different SKUs.

Some of the interesting notes about all the SKUs will support Quad channel memory controller upto 1600 MHz, 14 USB 2.0 ports, 4 SATA 3.0 Gbps, 2 SATA 6 Gbps, upto 8 Pci Express 2.0 lanes and only differences is the type of number of storage interface.

According to a Intel roadmap leak, Intel Motherboard based for the CPUs code named Siler and Thorsby will arrive in second half of 2011.

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[salmanshah]

wow, 8 PCI E 2.0? thats too much.

[eXsTatik]

This is for socket 2011 not socket 1155, Idiot intels been doing too much socket changing which have left the consumers flabbergasted !
Amd on the other hand has been very Upgrade friendly, even with the bulldozer platform, I cant wait for zambezi .

[Mazhar]

This is for socket 2011 not socket 1155, Idiot intels been doing too much socket changing which have left the consumers flabbergasted !
Amd on the other hand has been very Upgrade friendly, even with the bulldozer platform, I cant wait for zambezi .

While AMD's been more upgrade friendly, BD/Zambezi does require a new socket

[eXsTatik]

I know but thats because its a total architecture re-work, Intel couldve not frequently changed so many sockets grr, I used to be an Intel fanboy, but seeing as what they did with the new sockets pissed me off, actually they have always been changing sockets/ chipsets way faster than AMD. AMD too did change 939, but that was for ddr 2 support.
Anyhow say that Im gonna get a zambezi now, what I can opt to do is buy the mobo first, keep using my phenom, wait and save up, get a later stepping of the zambezi for cheaper (?). A good upgrade path if I do say so >

[Mohiuddin]

¤sigh¤
upgrade kore ki lav??
Pc game level up hoite onek deri.console dependent may be in 2013~2016...specially fps...jodio 10%increase in pcgame market....(not expectatory)
upgrade korle display upgrade koro upto 5700x1200(multi display) or atleast 2500x1600, ur gpu will find some job to work.
Looking forward to bf3 though.

[Rakin the Devil]

ok now quad channel mem controller & 8 PCI lanes is just overkill.....