4770k available early in retail (Asia)

[wand3r3r]

http://www.ocaholic.ch/modules/news/article.php?storyid=6859

Intel has not officially launched its 4th generation Core Haswell CPUs but some have already found its way on retail/e-tail shelves in China and Taiwan.

The Chinese e-tailer Taobao jumped the gun and some have already been bought in Taiwan as Coolaler managed to get its hands on a pair of Core i7 4770K CPUs and posted some pictures of it at Facebook.

The Chinese e-tailer has the entire lineup which include the Core i7 4770K, Core i7 4770, Core i5 4670K, Core i5 4570 and the Core i5 4430.

Take with lots of salt as usual...

 

[Vectronic]

I don't asian very well, but are they *delivering* them, or is it just pre-orders? The offical release is only 3 weeks away, I would assume that they have probably started shipping... whoever "Coolaler" is, might just be close enough to the chain in some way to have snagged a couple.

 

[VirtualLarry]

So that fugly box design that everyone said had to be fake in the other thread is the real box design, huh?

 

[LagunaX]

I don't see any on eBay at this time but I remember I was able to buy a 3570k 2-3 weeks from Asia thru eBay before sale in the U.S.A.

 

[Idontcare]

So that fugly box design that everyone said had to be fake in the other thread is the real box design, huh?

Not only that but I am still in shock that the Haswell successor to the 3770k really is named "4770k".

I thought for sure that would be fake given the 2700k -> 3770k increment. I was wrong.

 

[james1701]

Do you think any of the big etailers will put up a preoder?

 

[Grooveriding]

So that fugly box design that everyone said had to be fake in the other thread is the real box design, huh?

It's real. A friend at work has a 4770K he had with him at work a few days ago he got via a connection in a B&M retailer, but no motherboard to run it in Looks just like that with English text. I'll ask him about taking a picture for me.

I guess these are already sitting at stores waiting for the embargo to lift, surprising, as I know from the same store that new video cards don't arrive until very close to the release date.

 

[aigomorla]

some have already been bought in Taiwan as Coolaler managed to get its hands on a pair of Core i7 4770K CPUs and posted some pictures of it at Facebook

This guy has access beyond what i had to cpu's.

DONT COUNT HIM AS TYPICAL.

He most likely got a special backdoor deal with a major retailer there for the cpu's.
And the others which was sold are lots from his order.

 

[Magic Carpet]

Not only that but I am still in shock that the Haswell successor to the 3770k really is named "4770k".

I thought for sure that would be fake given the 2700k -> 3770k increment. I was wrong.

What name did you expect?

 

[Skurge]

What name did you expect?

4890K?

lol

 

[RU482]

I'd say its a pretty good marketing decision to release product to select individuals prior to launch.

gets the hounds drooling!

 

[Idontcare]

What name did you expect?

Given that the increment in both the 1st and 2nd digits is rational and logical; I did not expect the 3rd digit to change in a seemingly irrational manner ala 2500K -> 3570K, or the 2700K -> 3770K.

As such, given the unknown motivation for Intel's marketing department's proclivities, my expectation were simply that the same motivation that lay behind the change in the 3rd digit between SB and IB SKUs would be brought to bare in compelling Intel's marketing to make yet another shift in the value of the 3rd digit. (thus retaining internal self-consistency, even if purpose of the 3rd digit is not obvious to the layperson)

In other words, what I expected was that the "7" in the 3rd digit would be changed to something other than "7", as to its specific value (0-6, 8, or 9) I am have no idea what it would be because I have no idea why it was changed from a "0" to a "7" in the first place.

 

[ShintaiDK]

Given that the increment in both the 1st and 2nd digits is rational and logical; I did not expect the 3rd digit to change in a seemingly irrational manner ala 2500K -> 3570K, or the 2700K -> 3770K.

As such, given the unknown motivation for Intel's marketing department's proclivities, my expectation were simply that the same motivation that lay behind the change in the 3rd digit between SB and IB SKUs would be brought to bare in compelling Intel's marketing to make yet another shift in the value of the 3rd digit. (thus retaining internal self-consistency, even if purpose of the 3rd digit is not obvious to the layperson)

In other words, what I expected was that the "7" in the 3rd digit would be changed to something other than "7", as to its specific value (0-6, 8, or 9) I am have no idea what it would be because I have no idea why it was changed from a "0" to a "7" in the first place.

We would quickly end up with i7 9999 then. While a lower quad would be 9996

 

[podspi]

Where are those OCing result leaks for internet fame?!

So far we have 5ghz @ 0.9V, and 5Ghz at like 1.6V (or something similarly insane)...

 

[Lepton87]

In other words, what I expected was that the "7" in the 3rd digit would be changed to something other than "7", as to its specific value (0-6, 8, or 9) I am have no idea what it would be because I have no idea why it was changed from a "0" to a "7" in the first place.

Maybe then changed 0 to 7 because too many people were shortening 2600K to just 26K etc.(in speech) Those last two digits were really redundant.

 

[Magic Carpet]

You can buy in the US, today.

 

[svenge]

Given that the increment in both the 1st and 2nd digits is rational and logical; I did not expect the 3rd digit to change in a seemingly irrational manner ala 2500K -> 3570K, or the 2700K -> 3770K.

As such, given the unknown motivation for Intel's marketing department's proclivities, my expectation were simply that the same motivation that lay behind the change in the 3rd digit between SB and IB SKUs would be brought to bare in compelling Intel's marketing to make yet another shift in the value of the 3rd digit. (thus retaining internal self-consistency, even if purpose of the 3rd digit is not obvious to the layperson)

In other words, what I expected was that the "7" in the 3rd digit would be changed to something other than "7", as to its specific value (0-6, 8, or 9) I am have no idea what it would be because I have no idea why it was changed from a "0" to a "7" in the first place.

My theory is that Intel obviously couldn't go into the i7-48xxK numbers for their Mainstream chips (as the upcoming Ivy-E Enthusiast chips have dibs on the i7-48xx and i7-49xx range).

While they could bump up all the i5 chips by 1100, that wouldn't work for the i7-3770K. The simplest way out of that mess is to just increment it by 1000 and be done with it.

The real numbering problem is going to be when the 5th Generation Core hits, as there isn't any more room to use the incrementing system used from Sandy -> Ivy and Ivy -> Haswell.

 

[Joeydubbs]

What name did you expect?

iSpyAMDtears-k non-k version too


Anyone know when the NDA is removed?

 

[lagokc]

So that fugly box design that everyone said had to be fake in the other thread is the real box design, huh?

Is there anything that Intel could possibly put on the front of the box that would make you think twice about putting it in your computer? Intel could make the box like a package of cigarettes in England with a box filled with bold text saying "Intel CPUs cause impotence and fatal lung cancer" on the front and it wouldn't matter.

 

[Idontcare]

My theory is that Intel obviously couldn't go into the i7-48xxK numbers for their Mainstream chips (as the upcoming Ivy-E Enthusiast chips have dibs on the i7-48xx and i7-49xx range).

While they could bump up all the i5 chips by 1100, that wouldn't work for the i7-3770K. The simplest way out of that mess is to just increment it by 1000 and be done with it.

The real numbering problem is going to be when the 5th Generation Core hits, as there isn't any more room to use the incrementing system used from Sandy -> Ivy and Ivy -> Haswell.

Good point, I think you are spot on.

 

[pantsaregood]

Intel's naming system was trivialized as soon as SB-E hit.

Nehalem/Westmere made up first generation "Core" products.

Sandy Bridge made up the second generation.

Ivy Bridge and SB-E (which is, architecturally, just an LGA 2011 implementation of SB) are third generation.

Haswell and IB-E are fourth generation. It makes no sense.

it would have made sense to label the SB-E units "i7-2800", "i7-2900K", and "i7-2920X" or something similar. Ivy Bridge refreshes (IB is a die shrink, remember?) could have been labeled "i5-2550K", "i7-2650K", and "i7-2750K."

Instead, Intel has given us the arbitrary "it's a new generation when we say it is" nonsense.

 

[LagunaX]

So it begins...
$600 - who's biting?
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Intel-i7-47...70K-/290917992584?pt=CPUs&hash=item43bc104888

 

[ShintaiDK]

So it begins...
$600 - who's biting?
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Intel-i7-47...70K-/290917992584?pt=CPUs&hash=item43bc104888

Who would be dumb enough to use ebay when stores already sell it.

 

[LagunaX]

Probably some extreme overclocker in the race to "post it first".

 

[ShintaiDK]

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