Intel Core i7-980 Gulftown on sale from June 26

[siopao1984]

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Intel Core i7-980 Gulftown on sale from June 26



Intel Core i7-980 will officially be on sale from June 26th onwards replacing the current Core i7-970 processor launched nearly a year back. Nothing has changed (still a 6-core Gulftown with 12MB cache on LGA1366 package) except a speed bump from 3.2GHz to 3.33GHz (25X multiplier). While every enthusiast is eagerly waiting for Sandy Bridge E with X79 chipset to arrive in a few months time, it is unclear if demand for such a processor for the old X58 chipset still exists. Anyway, Intel isn't killing off LGA1366 platform just yet or at least not till Waimea Bay comes along. The box part is BX80613I7980 and is expected to be priced at US$583 (approximately Php 25,292.90) . The good thing from having a newer/faster processor on board is probably, price cut on the older models.

[OmegaRed]

pla na kaha price ani? murag mahal raman gyapun cguro bsag mag cut off pah.. myta 70% ang cut.off.. hehehe..

[EarlZ]

25k as posted I believe.

[siopao1984]

^ yep

US$583 (approximately Php 25,292.90) as per article ako ra gi convert to peso using XE - The World's Favorite Currency and Foreign Exchange Site

[freelancetech]

Hehehehe very expensive though! btw sir ask ko ninyo so meaning kaning mga socket 1566 na first gen intel ma phase-out najud na cya?

[stagnantwater]

Maybe you mean socket 1366? No i think they will still be supported upto the Ivy Bridge era.