Associate obtained in its hands all components, necessary for creating a system on base of intel bloomfield (Nehalem) processor , whose release is expected in the fourth quarter.
The first two photographs give idea about Bloomfield in comparison with Core 2 Quad 6700 and the Motherboard intel D58XSO smackover. The processor used has the default frequency 2,93 GHz. As it is evident from the photographs, it is greater than Core 2 Quad, and has the new processor socket LGA1366.







This means that the cooler , calculated for LGA775, will be incompatible with the new processors, with exception of some models. Smackover and LGA 775 motherboard Differs not only in size, but also in the orientation . Bloomfield processor has a built-in DDR3 controller, which supports three memory channels .
Motherboards producers can place four slots DIMM. Two of them relate to two separate channels, and the third and fourth - to the third . For the optimum performance the memory should be placed in three slots.
In order to increase the memory capacity , it is possible to use the fourth module. For example, if we place 2- GB modules in slots 1 and 2, and on 1- GB modules in 3 and 4 slots, then all three channels can work at the maximum speed. The second version for motherboards producers can become the installation of six slots memory modules - two on each channel.