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Nehalem aka Core i7 as it likes to be called now is the new architecture from Intel consisting of 4 to 8 cores. With the latest skull trail on the way we could see 16 core configurations! Now thats computation.

So your a overclocker or you like to get more life out of that CPU than you first expected, you decided to invest in a after market cooler. Since the new Processor will use a brand new socket your older socket heat sink wont fit! So you need an alternative.

Today I have the Nexus FLC-3000 w00t! Probebly the first of its kind! The  cooler features 6mm copper heat pipes at a 30 degree angle. It is supported by a 92mm fan on the top which runs around 900rpm to 2500rpm.

Somehow the heat sink actually works on Socket LGA 1366, LGA 775 and  AM2 socket, how this will work I dont know!

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There isn’t much change in the I.T technology front. I’m not quite sure why this is the case but my guess is all is quiet and then suddenly *BANG* Nehalem, motherboards, Solid State Hard Disk and Larrabee . When the market is usually quiet it indicates that the main vendors are busy creating their next technology advances or rushing around trying to bring out their next generation products to release.

My estimate is that Intel will be releasing Nehalem in the last quarter of this year! The motherboards will follow and then the new Graphics architecture from Intel will be released next year along side the enthusiast level Nehalem products.

Q4 and Q1 of next year are important for the computer hardware enthusiast. Keep posted, updated news is just round the corner!

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Microsoft has announced that they will drop the prices of their XBox 360 console in the US, unfortunately. The pricing move will undercut Nintendo Wii sales and the sony PS3. Correct me if im wrong but with the original xbox 360 Microsoft used the same sales strategy.

The price cut will include the low end Xbox 360 which is currently sold at $279. This will be reduced to $199. The mid and high end versions (all the same to me, how can you dignify high end by a hard disk specification? ) are being reduced by $50.

The Xbox 360 will be the first console of it generation that will be sold in the sub $200 price bracket. The price drops will take immediate effect today.

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There is a rumour that AMD are panning to release the phenom FX CPU next year. Back in the day AMD CPU performance ruled all other the FX was the enthusiast of AMD products.

The AMD FX chip failed once Intel released their Dual Core processors, tut. With AMD’s lack of technological advances continuing the support of the FX chip was a no go area, lets try something new aka Intel.

In 2009 AMD are planning a desktop oriented Phenom processor using a 45nm process (about time). The processors code named Deneb could reach 3Ghz clock speed and beyond!

Predictions indicate that the processor should be around par with the existing 45nm quad core processors from Intel. So what about Core i7? hmmm still some way away yet.

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So when is it ever a good time to buy a P.C? Well in my opinion I don’t think there is ever a good time to buy! Technology is forever changing updated hardware is released every 6 months if not quarterly.

So when is it a good time to buy hardware? Do you wait for the latest technology and pay the high price to go with it? Or do you wait till the prices go down and then buy the not so latest technology? The other option is to buy 6 months / 12 month old parts when new technology is released, this way you get last years hardware at a fraction of the cost.
This sounds all well and good but do you want to get the old top of the range or the latest technology at main stream level? For example take the extreme series Intel processors these cost around £900 and £1000 for the top model. Now think of Intels new technology Nehalem, once this hits the market the extreme processors can probably be snapped up for around sub £500?

Expect products which are enthusiast level now can be snapped up for main stream prices!

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