Intel Gulftown 32nm 6-core should work with X58 boards

carbon_death · Jun 9, 2009

At least some of them

We can now confirm that the X58 platform is here to stay. Intel plans to release a new six-core 32nm CPU next year, and the good news is that this chip will continue to support its X58 chipset.

The socket should be the same, LGA 1366, and a 32nm six-core should make for a good high end CPU. The question that Intel cannot officially confirm is if the Gulftown 32nm CPU will work in all existing X58 boards.

The problem is that Intel still doesn’t have the final silicon and that it needs to do a validation with the existing X58 infrastructure. If the motherboard manufacturers used Intel’s design guidelines, they should be fine. But there is no assurance that your X58 motherboard purchased in 2008 or 2009 will work with Gulftown.

That is the bad part, while the good part is that you probably won’t need to change your motherboard and memory. We are sure that with Gulftown 32nm six-core, there will also be newer and better versions of X58 motherboards. Intel obviously has economic recession in mind even, with its high end stuff.

The bottom line is that Gulftown 32nm might work in some X58 boards.
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But i wonder how good it will realy be?

ayles · Jun 9, 2009

As they're phasing out quads im more interested in the new dual cores.

Best of both worlds for gaming? 4 threads but 2 highly overclockable physical cores.

Danthemanz · Jun 9, 2009

Im sure some people will use the extra cores but personally i would rather a higher clocked 4 core 16MB chip than a 6 core 12MB chip....
With HT i cant see myself needing more than 4 cores over the next 2 years...

rbdirty · Jun 9, 2009

We already know.

Digital Monkey has it in his thread about 1/3rd of the way down the page...

stablez · Jun 10, 2009

Hectic. 6 cores... Thats investiment in future rendering programs that i hope take full advantage...

there will be a for sure upgrades chip desighned for manipulation in overclocking/tweaks for gulftown>< 1366s is pretty large..

DiGiTaL MoNkEY · Jun 15, 2009

"Should" work I think they "should" be liable for my costs if i buy a motherboard that doesn't support it. I have my doubts if Intel doesn't update the VRM spec's for the boards to cope with the processor...

Looking forward to a 6 core cpu either way.

Tekxpert · Jun 16, 2009

That will be the laugh of the decade when all these early adopters can't upgarde to gulftown because of some VRM spec joke or someother technical reason. Reminds a bit of when 925X chipsets first came out and then a few months later 925XE came out supporting 1066Mhz FSB.

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