Intel's desktop Ivy Bridge Core i3 processors priced

[siopao1984]

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Despite the fact that Intel's upcoming Ivy Bridge based Core i3 processors aren't expected to arrive until early June, pricing for three of Intel's upcoming models have now made an appearance at several online retailers. We don't know Intel's pricing for these models, but at least the pricing available should give us a good indication as to how Intel is planning to position the new models in the market.The three models in question are the Core i3-3220, Core i3-3225 and the Core i3-3240. Several European online retailers has priced the Core i3-3220 at around €113 (US$149/S$187) which when you remove the European sales tax, is close to the launch price for the Core i3-2100 which was one of the first of Intel's Sandy Bridge Core i3 models.The Core i3-3225 is priced at around €130 (US$172/S$215), but it's worth remembering that this model comes with Intel HD 4000 graphics and even the Sandy Bridge models with higher-end graphics are priced at a premium compared to their standard counterparts.Finally the Core i3-3240 is priced at around €132 (US$175/S$21 which is a fair bit cheaper than the currently cheapest Core i5 model which is the Core i5-3450 which is currently priced at around €175, albeit from different resellers. Not everyone needs a native quad core CPU and you do at least get hyper threading with the Core i3's, so for less demanding users, the cost saving might be worth it.All three of the new Ivy Bridge Core i3 processors appear to be competitively priced in comparison to their Sandy Bridge counterparts, despite offering higher clock speeds and presumably increased performance both on the CPU side, but even more so, on the graphics side. Some retailers appear to expect the Core i3 models to launch this month, but we wouldn't bet any money on this, as others are listing them as not arriving for at least another four weeks.

Read more: Intel's desktop Ivy Bridge Core i3 processors priced by VR-Zone.com

[lloyd_joy]

yyyiiipppeeee... linya ko's i3-3240... hehehe... unya paresan lang ug Asrock H61 na mobo... pyts... or, Z77 na mATX sa Asrock pud... para barato... ayayayay...

hehehe... daginot build napud... dropped nko ang Llano (A8-3870K) planned HTPC build...

[Sempron Guy]

k version sa i3 ra gyud ako gipangandoy hehe

[lloyd_joy]

dili ni butangan siguro nila ug "K" model ang i3 bro kay pang high-low end target market man gud ni... ang high-mid end product nila, the i5 ang naa'y "K". pricing and marketing strategy man ni sa Intel for sure...

kun plan mag OC ang buyer, ad2 gyud pa paliton nila starting sa i5...

[Sempron Guy]

lagi mao nay nakamaot sa ilaha. La pa jud ko kalimot sa mga sulit nga processor nila sauna nga overclock lang makasave na ka ug pila ka libo sa imo kwarta almost the same pa ang performance. Karon gpangwartahan jud nila ang mga overclockers.

[lloyd_joy]

hehehehe... even the Pentium SB family like the G840, G850 & G860... daghan ang gusto unta na ma OC ni sila... low cost processor ni sa SB family but very good for gaming... labi na 2 cores lang ang i-require sa games... ang ma save unta na money kay pang puno para sa GPU... hehehe...

ops, basin naa pu'y Pentium & Celeron families ang i-launch sa Intel for the IB... for sure, naa gyud ni... like ang mga units na dili "Bin 1" for the i3 na pwede pa magamit...

if the on-die GPU sa IB i3 better sa A8-3870K... good ni for HTPC kay maka duwa pud ug mga games w/out the additional discrete GPU... mas maka save sa build ang gusto na mag duwa ug gamay sa HTPC nila... pero kun ang softwares na gamiton mag need ug multi-core, pyts siguro ning duha ka mentioned processors... for a low budget build lang...