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4Ghz Ivy Bridge I3

Don Karnage

Don Karnage

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Random post but just always wondered why they don't release a high clocked I3 or even a 3100K. Its not like they would lose sales. I wonder how potent a 4Ghz I3 would be against Bulldozer.
 
They don't need to clock that high to beat AMD, sell well etc. They want to reach TDP targets and keep those as low as possible. And 4.0 Ghz on a stock heatsink might be pushing it... Prolly pretty toasty.
 
I wouldn't mind a unlocked i3, but I don't want it being @4ghz out of the box.
Then you wouldn't need to oc it and that takes all the fun away.
 
My guess is that it would eat into sales of locked i5s and maybe even unlocked i5s. I mean an i3 clocked at 4.8ghz to 5ghz would probably be more then the average person/gamer needs. It would probably perform better in some games then locked i5s. But it does seem weird that Intel doesn't fill the $131 to $179 gap with something more appealing then a i3 2130. Like a partially unlocked chip.
 
Highly unlikely that will ever happen. It will cannibalize some sales of the higher end processors and Intel doesn't want that to happen. Even without overclocking, the Core i3 2100 is already good choice for budget gamers, with overclocking, it will sell like hotcakes leaving the Core i5 2500K/i7 2600K for those who really needs more cores.
 
The mass markets just want a decent performance chip at good energy efficiency for 24/7 use that will not fail at 24/7 use - hence the lower ghz and tdp.

Overclockers, gamers, enthusiasts, benchers - we are a small minority compared to the vast business market.

Like Facebook, they make their money based on volume exposure (sales) to the masses.

However, we can take advantage with superior cooling the "reserve" capability of these excellent chips designed to run 24/7 with cheap stock heatsinks.

BTW the upcoming 3770k is stock at 3.5ghz and turbo's to 3.9ghz - almost the 4ghz you are talking about.
 
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I need to buy a midrange notebook and this ivy delay is so annoying. Sandybridge units without a discrete gpu should take a steep price dive due to the HD4000.
 
Can always buy an old i3 530. Good bit less than $100 now, goes past 4 GHz easy, and I'd imagine with that kind of clock it can still beat an SB i3. 😛

I just wish Intel didn't have everything so thoroughly locked down now, but there isn't much to be done for that.
 
Well we can safely assume an unlocked I3 is going to cost more than a 2130 which is around £110. As I can buy an unlocked quad for £160 I fail to see what price point they could bring in to make it look like anything but a terrible deal.

In fact about the only option they would be left with would be to either drop the prices of the locked I3s and I5s or raise the price of the unlocked I5 and I can pretty much guarantee you they wouldn't be choosing option number 1.

The 2500K is an absolute steal for anyone who wants to overclock I really can't fathom why anyone would have reason to complain. So if you really want an unlocked I3 so bad then buy an unlocked I5 and turn 2 of the cores off 😛.
 
hyrule4927 said:
Can always buy an old i3 530. Good bit less than $100 now, goes past 4 GHz easy, and I'd imagine with that kind of clock it can still beat an SB i3. 😛
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Yep the i3 540-550 is probably the best bang for the buck Intel chip still on the market. They can be found new for about $80 and most overclock to 4.5-4.6 with a decent cooler. At those speeds they are significantly faster then an i3 2100.
 
T_Yamamoto said:
:hmm: good idea.

but the i3 unlocked would be good for budget gamers wanting more performance at a small cost
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But as I (and other people in this thread) already stated it wouldn't be a small cost it would have to either slot in betwen the £110 2120 and the £160 2500k so about £130-£140. Absoloutely pointless price when you can get the 2500k for £20-£30 more.

Either that or they would have to raise the price of the unlocked quad to give it a decent price point which I am surprised they didn't actually do. Don't tell intel but I would have happily paid 30-40% more for my 2500k and wouldn't have felt ripped off 😛
 
I wish they would release a 2170k/3170k or some crap like that. Then I can change my sig. Who the heck would pay $220 for a 2500k when a $150 3170k would game just as well, and possibly overclock even higher.
 
I still think there would be a fair amount of people arguing that a 2500k is worth 30% more $$ than a 2120k.
 
sm625 said:
I wish they would release a 2170k/3170k or some crap like that. Then I can change my sig. Who the heck would pay $220 for a 2500k when a $150 3170k would game just as well, and possibly overclock even higher.
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With games now being released that make good use of quad cores you would really buy a dual with HT just so you can get a few 100 more mhz?
 
What's sad is that an i3 at stock will beat just about any AMD processor at just about anything meaningful, especially gaming.
 
I think intel is reluctant to release the power in the i3s cause they want you to dish out at least 200 for an unlocked chip. having unlocked i3s might just eat into their 200+ sales. Personally I think if you crave a cheaper cpu that can be overclocked, you can probably pick up a 2500k on ebay for like 150 after Ivy debuts, that will do better than a ivy i3, can be overclocked while cost in the range of an unlocked i3 if such a thing do exist.
 
sm625 said:
I wish they would release a 2170k/3170k or some crap like that. Then I can change my sig. Who the heck would pay $220 for a 2500k when a $150 3170k would game just as well, and possibly overclock even higher.
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You seriously think an unlocked I3 would retail for $150? Lol.
 
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