New chips are out, but it doesn’t seem like pc enthusiasts are paying much attention, including me. Why? Well, prices are too high right now. Also, I just built this PC what, about a half year ago, I don’t think I’m ready for an upgrade quite yet. Most people are sticking with their Core 2 Duos or Core 2 Quads, since with those overclocked, there’s not much of a difference between the i7 at stock. Of course, the i7 should be able to overclock further, but who needs that kind of speed right now anyway. Last time I checked, my Q6600@3.2GHz was not having any trouble with current games. I rarely even see my processor go more than 50% use, except when I’m encoding video, where it goes to 80%. Booting up windows etc only puts my processor at about 5-10% use. I see no reason, wouldn’t even use the power. That’s why I don’t think there’s a big fuss over the Core i7′s in comparison to all the fuss made over the Conroe architecture when that came out. GPU’s are behind processors nowadays so no one sees a need.

Of course, these CPU’s will become more prevalent in the coming months, until they’re more mainstream. In a year or more I will most likely have one of these processors, either that or another new processor that came out in between. I go where the performance is, maybe AMD will have something for me. Last time I had them was with the Opteron 165. This brings back memories, because I actually ruined my first Opteron 165 I still have it sitting at my desk at all times, to remind me not to be fruitless with my technology.