Intel Core i7 980X Extreme Edition 3.33GHz 12 MB L3 Cache LGA1366 Desktop Processor

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#1

I know this is probably a dumb question…

But will 11.3 be good to go for this processor?

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#2

You know that I have not yet been able to test the Intel i7 CPU with openSUSE, but it is hard to imagine it would be a problem. The bigger question would be what chip-set, what sound and what video will you be using as opposed the CPU on the motherboard?

Thank You,

#3

Well I haven’t gotten that far yet, just wondering.

As far I as I know, this is the only motherboard that really goes with it on the market:

Amazon.com: ASUS P6X58D Premium - LGA 1366 - X58 - DDR3 - USB 3.0 SATA 6 Gb/s - ATX Motherboard: Electronics

And from looking into it, ifyou plug in the max ram, sometimes BIOS has issues w/ recognizing it.

Video Card : probably a Nvidia Gforce 9800 or something…haven’t gotten tha far

-cheers

#4

Hi
User oldcpu runs an i7 cpu. At that price for a cpu, I would rather
look at a couple of quad core Xeons and lots of RAM… :wink:

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#5

Then for the same $ a W3680 is exactly the same specs but higher memory
bandwidth;
http://ark.intel.com/Product.aspx?id=47917&processor=W3680&spec-codes=SLBV2

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#6

I would add that I have heard that the USB3 support is a function of the motherboard manufacture adding in a separate chip-set for USB3 as Intel has not yet placed that support into their chip-set. I have heard speculation that this is because Intel is pushing some sort of optical interface that will compete with USB3 and so Intel wants to hold back USB3 support until their optical interface gets a better leap out of the gate for users.

Thank You,

#7

USB 3.0 for the masses - Dispelling the myths.
http://blogs.intel.com/technology/2008/06/usb_30_for_the_masses_dispelli.php

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#8

malcolmlewis, that link of yours is two years old. First off, USB3 is out and ready to use today and Intel need not support it further in any way. You can add it to any computer and motherboards that support USB3 are also out and you can buy one for any CPU type.

What is not out, is direct support for USB3 in the base motherboard chip-set. So, to get USB3 support built-in (does not require an add-in card and BIOS booting Support) today, you must install a separate chip-set, in addition to the standard chip-set, directly on the motherboard. Now you can get BIOS support for USB3, but not direct CPU chip-set support. There is a difference and that would certainly be full speed support for the specification.

Just why this is true is of course, just speculation.

Thank You,

#9

LOL, I saw June, not the year… This one says 2012 or later for it to be out.
http://www.bit-tech.net/news/hardware/2010/04/13/rumour-no-intel-chipset-with-usb-3-until-20/1

Looks like going AMD for SATA 6Gbps may be the way.

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#10

subcook69420 wrote:

>
> I know this is probably a dumb question…
>
> But will 11.3 be good to go for this processor?
>

I see no reason why not. I’ve had openSUSE 11.0 running on an i7 920 in
production for about a year now, no problems whatsoever. OK, only in 32bit
mode and server only.

/Per Jessen

#11

Yeah I haven’t even taken USB3 into account yet, thanks guys…

-cheers

#12

I would be interested in the differences re: ia64 and x86_64 - It seems to me that some apps have different flavors for these - does linux/OpenSuSE?

#13

PattiMichelle adjusted his/her AFDB on Sun 4 July 2010 22:56 to write:

>
> I would be interested in the differences re: ia64 and x86_64 - It seems
> to me that some apps have different flavors for these - does
> linux/OpenSuSE?
>
>

I think you might be getting a bit confused here, ia64 is for big iron
x86_64 is for mortal computers like the i7 core and AMD64.

You can ignore the ia6.

HTH

Mark
Caveat emptor
Nullus in verba
Nil illegitimi carborundum

#14

okay, we went way over my head with this lol…

-cheers