Any new P35 based boards in the future?

[Kenjutsu]

Does anyone know if Gigabyte will be launching any new P35 based MBs in the future? If not, when will the GA-P35-DS3L be EOL?

TIA

[Lsdmeasap]

P45 is coming out soon
A early look at Gigabyte GA-P45
GIGABYTE show off its P45 boards early :: TweakTown

Not sure about the EOL date on P35

[chriskwarren]

Saw this link in another forum so I figured I would pass it on:
Intel P35 will be EOLed in Dec - Expreview.com

Looks like December at the latest. Gigabyte may decide before then however.

[Lsdmeasap]

Ahh, nice to know.

I am looking forward to P45, but 1366 and 1160 socket will likely be replaced soon after so I may hold off

[Kenjutsu]

Thank you for all the info. I went and Googled around a bit to get more info on the Intel CPU roadmap, chipsets and so forth.

If I understand correctly, the current Intel "Wolfdale" CPUs will be the last LGA775 based CPUs. The "Nehalem" range will move to LGA1366/1160. The current P35 chipset will be replaced by the P45 chipset. I can't seem to find info on which chipset will be the last to support "Wolfdale"-only CPUs.

My question now is, if I want to upgrade before the LGA1366/1160 range, should I wait for the P45 based MBs, or should I go for the P35 now? My other concern is that I only have DDRII-800 RAM, which is brand new, and I would like to re-use it on my new MB (DDRIII is just to expensive right now).

TIA

[Lsdmeasap]

Na that is not true either, some are about to be phased out in Q3 for newer ones already >>

The performance-level Core 2 Quad Q9650 with a core frequency of 3GHz will launch priced at US$530 in thousand-unit tray quantities, while the Core 2 Quad Q9550 will drop around 40% from its original price of US$530 to US$316.

The Core 2 Quad 9450, currently priced at US$316, will be phased out of the market to be replaced by the Core 2 Quad 9400 at 2.66GHz and a price of US$266.

The Core 2 Quad Q9300 and Q6700 will both be phased out at the same time too, leaving the Q6600 as the only 65nm quad-core CPU left in Intel's lineup, and which will drop from US$224 to US$203.

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As for waiting for P45 or not, I dunno. It does look very nice, But I have not heard how long that wait would be

[Lsdmeasap]

More P45 posted today here at TweakTown
Intel P45 Preview – GIGABYTE DS3R + DQ6 :: TweakTown

[Kenjutsu]

Originally Posted by Lsdmeasap

More P45 posted today here at TweakTown
Intel P45 Preview – GIGABYTE DS3R + DQ6 :: TweakTown

Busy reading it now :-)

[Kenjutsu]

Here is another one: Gigabyte officially announce P45 boards

The link to the press release makes for some good reading :-) Unfortunately, no new info yet on the Gigabyte website