High-performance 24GB Dominator kit for Core i5/i7 systems. 1600MHz, 9-9-9-24, 1.65v
Key Features

* Maximize your system memory capacity for the maximum performance
* Guaranteed to work on all dual-channel Core i5/i7 platforms
* Matching Intel Blue Heat Sinks with patented DHX technology

The 4GB memory modules are tested at 1600MHz, 9-9-9-24 latency and Dominator Airflow Fan with 60mm fans. The introduction of these new kits expands Corsair’s worldwide award-winning Dominator memory family, providing an exciting new level of performance for data-intensive computing applications. Corsair’s 24GB Dominator DDR3 memory kit has been rigorously qualified and tested in platforms based on the Intel® X58 chip set. It is designed for use with three-channel CPUs such as the Core™ i7 980X processor. The 16GB Dominator DDR3 memory kit is designed for use on dual channel platforms based on the P55 chip set. Both module kits include Corsair’s patented DHX+ technology, and feature racing-blue highlights and fins.

“We continue to see increasing demand for high density solutions from programmers, scientists, videographers, and other data-intensive users,” stated John Beekley, VP of Technical Marketing at Corsair. “These new 1600MHz modules will enable a new level of processing speed for handling these large data sets.”

The 16GB and 24GB 1600MHz Dominator DDR3 memory kits are available immediately from the Corsair Store.

Better chunk out some cash though, the 16GB kit (dual-channel) will set you back 999 USD and the 24GB set (triple channel) a lovely 1449 USD (!)

* Core i7-930″ (Bloomfield, 2.8GHz, tb/3.06GHz) 2 / 28

* “Core i7-980X Extreme Edition” (Gulftown, 3.33GHz, tb/3.6GHz) 3 / 16

* Core i5-680 (Clarkdale, 3.6GHz, tb/3.8GHz) 4 mid-May during the month

* “Core i7-880″ (Lynnfield, 3.06GHz, tb/3.73GHz) 2010/Q2

* “Core i3-550″ (Clarkdale, 3.2GHz, tb / No) 2010/Q2

* “Pentium E6700″ (Penryn, 3.43GHz) 2010/Q2

* “Core i7-970″ (Gulftown, 3.33GHz, tb/3.46GHz) 2010/Q3

The other Clarkdale CPUs are the Core i3 530 and 540 covering $123-$150. The Core i3 CPUs will not feature Turbo mode. A budget Pentium G6950 is also expected at $84, without turbo, HT and 1MB less L3 cache.

Although Fudzilla clearly dates clearly dates the Core i5 Clarkdales at January 3rd, there is no mention of the Core i3 and Pentium models.

All Clarkdale CPUs come with an IGP on die, and fit into the LGA1156 socket that currently powers Lynnfield CPUs. The branding is quite a mess – further complicated by Core i5 7xx series, which are quad core Lynnfields. One might have suggested a simpler Core i7 for Bloomfield, Core i5 for Lynnfield and Core i3 for Clarkdale, but Intel did not want to differentiate them this way.

A further model, Core i5 661 is also expected. The only difference between this and the 660 is that the IGP will be clocked higher.

Once the Core i5/i3 Clarkdale CPUs hit market, it will effectively phase out the entire Core 2 range. AMD will pitch their quad cores against Clarkdale dual core/quad thread CPUs. That will be an interesting battle. Though Intel dominates the >$200 CPU market, AMD do have the better price/performance ratio in the mainstream <$200 segment. We can expect Clarkdale to fill in. It will be interesting to see how two highly-clocked cores of the powerful Westmere architecture go against four of AMD’s aging K10-based cores. One thing is certain – Clarkdales will consume far less power, and will be cheaper for Intel to manufacture. Unfortunately for AMD, we are still a long, long way away from the next-generation Bulldozer architecture.

Over in China apparently some folks already have retail samples in their hands. This is the packaging of Core i5 750 and its stock cooler. It is priced at $196.

Check out the photo’s.

Sources in the Taiwan motherboard industry state that Intel will begin shipping the Core i5-750, Core i7-860 and Core i7-870 from early September, with quadcore clock-speeds of 2.66GHz, 2.8GHz and 2.93GHz respectively. They’ll be joined in early 2010 by two energy saving versions, the Core i5-750s and Core i7-860s, running at 2.4GHz and 2.53GHz, but with 82W TDP rather than 95W.

The Core i5 CPUs will have the same 8MB L3 cache, VT-x virtual machines and LGA 1156 socket support as the Core i7, but lack the Hyper Threading technology that allows the Core i7 processors to effectively double their core-count to eight. VT-d support is also missing, meaning virtual machines won’t have access to the host’s I/O.

However there is automatic overclocking where heat and power makes it possible, taking the i5-750 to 3.2GHz, the i7-860 to 3.46GHz and the i7-870 to 3.46GHz. The three chips are expected to be priced at $196, $284 and $562 respectively, while the ’s’ low-TDP models, the i5-750s and i7-860s, will be $259 and $337 respectively.

The Clarksfield parts should launch more toward the Q3 to Q4 crossover date while the Celerons will hit near the end of September.

Desktop CPUs (as we have mentioned) will get the P55 and Lynnfield in early September (around the 10th). Server CPUs will get a nice improvement with a whole new range of Xeon CPUs coming out.

There was no word on when the new Xeons will be released but they should be out sometime in Q3. Intel is not commenting on the new information that has been leaked.

The new 45nm CPUs will all be Socket 1156 flavored and should also come in speeds of 2.66, 2.8 and 2.93GHZ. a Dual Channel DDR3 memory controller will be build into the CPU with official support for up to 1333MHz memory.

Interestingly the 2.66GHz version will not have Hyper-Threading.

Pricing is looking to be $196 for the 2.66, $284 for the 2.8 and $562 for the 2.93. The P55 board to support these new CPUs should start popping up in August (there are even some early benchmarks showing up now).

Lynnfield should fill in the gap between the expensive i7 CPUs and the older Core 2 architecture.

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The quad-core Core i5 2.66GHz processor ran through the benchmark gauntlet on a reference Intel P55 motherboard, outperforming a dual-Xeon L5320 system and even besting the Qx9650 chip in a few of the tests. The good news is that there will be two more Lynnfield chips as launch that will be even faster, and the 2.66GHz part is expected to hit the market at $196.

DFI’s UT P55-T3eH8 and DK P55-T3eH6 motherboards that we saw today are not mass production level samples and will see some changes – you will see some hand wiring and so on that obviously won’t be there in the final shipping product. You’ll probably be able to buy them sometime in September this year, once the compatible Socket LGA-1156 Core i5 quad-core “Lynnfield” processors go on sale.

We think Intel pushed back the P55 launch again and again to allow the market to shift more of its P45 and Core 2 Duo parts before the new platform comes in and takes over the mainstream level.

P55 also supports the codenamed “Havendale” Core i5 dual-core processor which includes an on-die GPU, but we were told this will be phased out and never actually reach mass production (just for testing purposes). Instead, a newer 32nm version of it will be released sometime in Q1 next year, according to our sources.

Back onto the DFI boards – UT is DFI’s ultra high-end board and DK is a slightly cut-down version, coming in a little cheaper. The difference between the two is that the UT features a more advanced power system using a digital power management (PWM) system. UT also gets a more advanced audio add-on card as well as a better cooling system which exhausts air outside of the case – we were not shown this, DFI has to keep some surprises until Computex in a couple weeks time.

One feature you will probably notice straight away on the UT board is a the SO-DIMM like looking slot between the DDR3 DIMM slots and the IDE connector. This is an Open NAND Flash Interface (ONFI) slot that allows for an Intel made and sold 4GB or 8GB flash module to be installed to boost system performance. You can think of it as a roughly similar feature to Microsoft’s ReadyBoost in Windows Vista, but much quicker than plugging in a USB 2.0 pen drive. It acts as an extra type of cache (some are calling it “L4″ cache) and apparently you’ll even be able to access this flash memory as a hard drive and even install your main operating system on it.

Some common features on both boards – you’ll notice that the CPU socket is different from what you get on X58 and P45 boards since these boards only support Socket LGA-1156 processors – namely Core i5, as we spoke about above. Core i5 is designed to be the mainstream and cheaper version CPU of the high-end enthusiast Core i7 processor. One of the big differences is that Core i5 will only have dual-channel DDR3 support whereas Core i7 has triple-channel.

At the time of writing, DFI was unable to provide any details on pricing for either motherboard model. However, they did state a little dissatisfaction over Intel charging the same price for P55 chipsets as the P45 north and southbridge combo. Keep in mind that P55 is a single chip solution and P45 was a dual chip solution – something is clearly not quite adding up.

DFI UT P55-T3eH8 motherboard

DFI DK P55-T3eH6 motherboard

According to a report of hkpc Intel seems to have optimized the core and the Turbo Mode. Previous Core i7 models increase the multiplier by two steps at a TDP of 130 watt, while the new Core i5 reach five steps at 95 watt TDP (depending on the model to 3,200, 3,460 and 3,600 MHz).

Rumors of course.