Current motherboards will be compatible with Intel's new Penryn CPU's coming out this year?

Question

I want to build a new PC and heard the new Penryn chips coming out the 2nd half of this year will be 40% faster than current core duo chips. Will I be able to build a PC right now and then just swap in a Penryn chip into my existing motherboard or should I hold off and wait for new motherboard models to come out?

Answer 1

Seems mystic has an issue with the search function. Here's a good article:
http://www.firingsquad.com/hardware/intel_penryn_sneak_peek/
http://www.anandtech.com/cpuchipsets/intel/showdoc.aspx?i=2955

Penryn is for mobile AND desktop cpus. It's basically the 45nm technology cpus. Looks like the fsb will be even faster then before, that would be yet new motherboards again.

Answer 2

Well future Intel stuff is hard to predict, because details tend to change continuously until the product is released. I'll give you what I know to the best of my knowledge at this time. The Penryn is now actually supposed to be a notebook chip, so not what you will be interested in. What you are interested in is now called Wolfdale, basically the same thing only for a desktop socket. It will have 6MB of cache as opposed to the 4 on current Core 2 Duos. Yorkfield will be the quad core version. They are supposed to come out either late this year or early next year. As for will they work with current motherboards, that is a big fat maybe, as there is no real definitive answer. If you are really concerned about that, I would suggest waiting till this summer when the new boards come out, those WILL work with the upcoming 45nm processors.

EDIT: Well if you note, the first thing I said was it is hard to predict the future since they change constantly. It appears now they are calling both mobile and desktop Penryn, at least for now. I have to say I doubt this is how it will bear out, since becasue they will use different sockets they will probably end up with different names. Anyway, if you are interested in those, like I said you should most likely wait on buying a motherboard.

Answer 3

No it won't. Intel processors are diverse from AMD processors and that they require separate motherboards. Motherboards than can use the lastest technology of intel i7s will say so. in addition they'll say issues like Z68 or LGA1155, motherboards that publicize which will run the main up-tp-date i7s. btw, asus sells various intel motherboards too.