i7 970 estimated to be priced at $885

[andz]

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Source: Intel Core July refresh led by six-core i7 970 priced at $885 by VR-Zone.com | COMPUTEX 2010

he second six-core Gulftown CPU, Core i7 970, is expected to release at a whopping $885 in mid-July. Previously, we hoped the i7 970 would fit into the $562 price point, but Intel is not interested in making its six-core offerings more affordable yet.

he Core i5 760 will be an important product, priced at $205, clocking in at 2.8 GHz.

The Core i3 540 will fall to $117, making space for Core i3 560, which will release at $138 in August. Another major change in August would be the Core i7 950, which will finally fall to the $284 price point, putting further pressure on the Phenom II X6 1095T BE.

tsk tsk tsk, So much for an affordable hexacore by intel :P

[P0w3rM0v3]

That's intel for you bay. That's y its really hard to cheer for them when they tend to overcharge customers. And from what i hear, ang new SandyBridge socket nila (yawa kaayo new socket nasad) kay walay native USB 3.0! sato pa mag salig napud ta ani ug NEC controller....
I hope AMD comes out with a competitive high end proc just to keep intel in check

I heard they're also coming out with a 990x next year.

[devilsburger]

Pretty pricey for a proc then..wew..sigh...^_^...

[siopao1984]

grabe oi... cge na lang ta kagukod ani... hehehe

[andz]

That's intel for you bay. That's y its really hard to cheer for them when they tend to overcharge customers. And from what i hear, ang new SandyBridge socket nila (yawa kaayo new socket nasad) kay walay native USB 3.0! sato pa mag salig napud ta ani ug NEC controller....
I hope AMD comes out with a competitive high end proc just to keep intel in check

I heard they're also coming out with a 990x next year.

it maybe overcharged, but an intel i7 975 processor is not the same as a i7 920 processor, the higher numbered processors have better chips, (i forgot where the link is will post when i find it, got source)

if you have the money then buy it, i would if i had the money :P Amd's hexacore wasn't even enough to beat the i7 920's, even the Phenom Quadcore was faster then the hexacores.

[P0w3rM0v3]

@andz: AMD still has a big challenge in catching up the the high end market, I agree. Hence my last statement of the first paragraph. But seriously, charging $800+ premium for a processor is just exorbitant whichever which way you look at it. Is the new hexacore very powerful? Yes definitely! but is it $800+ worth more powerful? definitely not..... $500 to $700 would be just right for these imo.

Regarding the 920, and 975 processor, i think you're talking about the article about binning. I've actually read that article.

[andz]

@andz: AMD still has a big challenge in catching up the the high end market, I agree. Hence my last statement of the first paragraph. But seriously, charging $800+ premium for a processor is just exorbitant whichever which way you look at it. Is the new hexacore very powerful? Yes definitely! but is it $800+ worth more powerful? definitely not..... $500 to $700 would be just right for these imo.

it all depends on the person, people with money will buy it.

An intel i7 980x processor which has a stock speed of 3.33ghz is actually faster or equal to an i7 920/930 overclocked to 4.2ghz, on many benchmark reviews.

It's like why do people buy 2000mhz DDR3 memory's ? when you can't even compare or gain any differences using a 1600mhz DDR3 memory in gaming ? not even like a 1-2 fps gain from 1600 to 2000mhz++

[P0w3rM0v3]

@andz: true2x but it's definitely useful on productive suites tho.... But at least RAM doesnt cost $1000 though(at least for now anyway). With DDR3 prices skyrocketing it just might! i remember DDR3 costing so much less last year....

[blizzaga4]

I am totally speechless.....

[jojobanana92400]

@Andz, intel i7 980x dritso oi, kaya ra kaau na nimu. hehe.