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Old December 4th, 2007   #1 (permalink)
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intel penryn cpu?

the new intel cpus, what mobo's will it need, I am assuming we will all have to get new ones, so what do you think? or is it goign to be 775 compat?
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i believe its 775 compatible, however i hear theres gonna be some problems for some reason. just gotta wait for them to come out i guess.
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It is socket 775, but no ones 100% sure of which chipsets support it. We'll just have to wait and see a bit more.
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Only supported through bios update on particular model or series. Mostly like the newer ones. And yes it's socket 775, that what Intel have been using since ancient time Nehalem will using a different socket, now that's a guaranteed
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Cool, btw, where do you guys read all this, i have looked over the intel site. but i cant find anything on the new cpu's.
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