Another reason I will not buy Nehalem

http://www.fudzilla.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=9214&Itemid=1

 

 

Fudzilla has already mentioned the fact that for some reason you need to run memory CPU voltage synchronously which might be an overclocker's worst nightmare. At this current stage you cannot go over 1.65V and some memories such as DDR3 1600 or DDR3 2000 might need a bit more than that. With more than 1.65 you will kill any current Nehalem CPU.

Bloomfield Nehalem doesn’t run with DDR2 memory as the memory controller is inside of a CPU and so far we are not aware of any plans to release Bloomfield Core i7 CPU that would support DDR2. 

DDR3 1066 doesn’t really sound like a state of the art speed but this is the reality.

not sure where these guys got their info but bloomfield is to run:

Dual and Triple channel DDR3
800/1066/1333/1600 MHz

having said that, we tell people all day how little ram speed makes a difference


now the same site also says:

Nehalem overclocks to 4GHz+             
Written by Fuad Abazovic    
Monday, 25 August 2008 09:28



On air

We’ve learned that the 3.2GHz Nehalem can easily overclock all the way to 4GHz or more, on air. If you use water or LN2 you are in for much higher speeds, but the initial 4GHz+ gives you a clear idea that Nehalem will be as overclockable as the Yorkfield generation of Core 2 Quad CPUs.

This is a good news for all Intel fans, as good overclocking is slowly becoming a trademark of Intel’s high-end generation.

We are not sure that slower clocked Nehalems will overclock so well, but at least 3.2GHz will. There are still some issues with overclocking, but since Intel won’t really launch probably before November, there is still time to polish them off.

source (same site as your article)

ok now tell me that the ram issue, even if its true, would trump 4GHz+ on air cooling

Edited by DST4ME - 03 Sep 2008 at 3:55pm

lol I'm still stuck on 4GHz+ on air cooling

I can't wait to see some real results on a mombo that actually supports Nehalem.