Intel's Sandy Bridge-E priced, don't expect any surprises

[siopao1984]

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Intel's Sandy Bridge-E priced, don't expect any surprises by VR-Zone.com



When it comes to pricing, Intel is a very predictable company and although we're not quite sure why the company is sticking to the exact same prices over and over again, it's just how it is. One of our very reliable sources have come through with the pricing for Intel's upcoming Sandy Bridge-E processor and although there were whispers of a price point over US$1,000, well, let's just say that there aren't any big surprises in store.

In fact, Intel has stuck with its regular tiered pricing, so in other words, the Core i7-3960X will be priced at US$999, just as pretty much every other Extreme Edition desktop CPU since back in the Pentium 4 days. That said, as you're not getting a CPU cooler thrown in this time around, you're actually paying a bit more than you do for the current Core i7-990X, at least if you use the stock cooler.

The Core i7-3930K will end up replacing the Core i7-980 and it'll also end up with the same price, US$583. Finally the Core i7-3820 should be replacing the lower-end Core i7's and as such we're looking at US$294 price point. As such the Core i7-3820 will be cheaper than the Core i7-2600K, the question is how it will perform in comparison to Intel's top of the line LGA-1155 CPU.

On a related note, if you look at recent Intel roadmap leaks, you'll notice a little symbol that looks like this ≥ and it's suggesting that Intel is about to replace, or at least add a faster Core i7 K-SKU sometime this quarter which happens to corroborate some whispers we've been hearing. As to why Intel would be doing this is anyone's guess, but it's possible that the new model will have additional multipliers unlocked compared to the Core i7-2600K. We'll just have to wait and see how things develop, but right not it's not looking good for Intel's Core i7-3820, unless it can really outperform the LGA-1155 by some margin.

[Yazbuh]

As usual kung maibog ko ani bungkag nasad ako alkansiya -_-

[balipseyev]

waaaaa more or less 42K sa processor.... manulis natag bangko na... hehehehe

[street_of_no_return]

pagdato ug taman INTEL huh. maayo na. permiha na.

grabe mahala sa. *_*

[JoanaRheyl]

mura mn ug dili ibaligya.. luxury procie nmn ni oi.. XD

[regilsolon]

kaya ra kau ni sa mga kwartahan. human palit og gamit .oc dayun . after 3 mos. post ifs
hehe.

[Morcego]

kas kwarta aning bisyoha..hahahaha

[bakwakkwak]

mahalaani boss oi. tanaw lang ta ani

[Yazbuh]

waaaaa more or less 42K sa processor.... manulis natag bangko na... hehehehe

Sige!.. kung madakpan ta sa pulis ingnon lng sala ni sa Intel mahal kaayo ila procie..

Procie lng na daan ha 45K na unsa pa kaha iya mobo obviously 5 figures jud ni..

[senpai91]

well intel is intel....they have their way own of market strategy....

besides nobody is forcing to buy this processors....maibog lang sa maibog lang gud ta, da tulo laway....
grabe naman sad taga release palit daun, dugay2x pa man tawn na ma pan-os ang mga computer ron wuie....

tigom lang mode lang ta....nyahahahaha