how much will ivy bridge cost?

[SickBeast]

I'm particularly interested in a "k" chip similar to the 2500k.

have there been any pricing leaks?

tia

 

[philipma1957]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ivy_Bridge_(microarchitecture) $225 for the 3570k

 

[Idontcare]

 

[Grooveriding]

lol awesome. Now I am inspired to watch the film again.

 

[SickBeast]

$225 is still a lot for a cpu. I might just stick it out with my phenom ii x4.

 

[T_Yamamoto]

$225 is still a lot for a cpu. I might just stick it out with my phenom ii x4.

or get a x6!

 

[Arachnotronic]

$225 is still a lot for a cpu. I might just stick it out with my phenom ii x4.

I remember when $225 was considered "budget" for a CPU. Now it can get you one of the best performing CPUs on the desktop in the world.

 

[SickBeast]

or get a x6!

my motherboard can't handle 125w cpus apparently, plus I would never use that many cores. even 4 cores are too many for me.

 

[SickBeast]

you and your images lately. I nearly died laughing when you suggested a new avatar for me showing the mods pwning me. alas I did not use it.

 

[Edrick]

$225 is still a lot for a cpu. I might just stick it out with my phenom ii x4.

$225 is not a lot for a CPU when you consider the scale ($79 to $999).

 

[LOL_Wut_Axel]

Each CPU replacement (for example, 3570K and 2500K) will cost either the same or $5-10 more because of no competition from AMD (see how the 2600K's price rose by $10 a month ago).

 

[Idontcare]

you and your images lately. I nearly died laughing when you suggested a new avatar for me showing the mods pwning me. alas I did not use it.

Beast, its what's for dinner.

Beast, the other white meat.

 

[RU482]

$225 is about what the 2500K class of CPU cost with just about every generation of Intel CPU.

2000, I bought a P3 550e for about that price, maybe more. It was the equivalent of the 2500k in it's day.

Factor in inflation, and performance costs less today

 

[gammaray]

hardware makers take their revenge in graphic cards market? 300-450$ for mid range video cards, seriously?

 

[RavenSEAL]

At the rate that AMD keeps pumping out crap, I would not be surprised.

 

[grkM3]

wow 225 is soo much for the performance you get....I remember paying 225 for a pentium 1 60mhz,265 for a pentium mmx 200mhz,300 for a p3 700,260 for an athlon and so on and so on and the dollar was worth a hell of a lot more back then and even gas was under a buck for 93 oct.

if anything these are record breaking lows for pricing for the performance that you get.

200 bucks is one night out in Boston.

27 for parking,20 to get into most decent places,12-14 a drink plus tips and then some food for after hours.

 

[MaxPayne63]

At the rate that AMD keeps pumping out crap, I would not be surprised.

Considering prices are far lower in real terms in an era with next to no competition than they were at the height of the x86 wars, I say bring on the crap.

 

[VirtualLarry]

wow 225 is soo much for the performance you get....I remember paying 225 for a pentium 1 60mhz,265 for a pentium mmx 200mhz,300 for a p3 700,260 for an athlon and so on and so on and the dollar was worth a hell of a lot more back then and even gas was under a buck for 93 oct.

if anything these are record breaking lows for pricing for the performance that you get.

You also have to consider the size of the market. Back then, there weren't as many computers as there are today. So Intel charging that much for a CPU today, is making MUCH more money, overall, than they were making charging the same amount for a CPU back then.

It's all about the volume.

 

[jcniest5]

$225 for the 3570K and $332 for the 3770K, I believe. When or will there ever be a 6-core for the 1155?

 

[dma0991]

I made a thread about it a while back. Prices might still be relevant.

 

[grkM3]

You also have to consider the size of the market. Back then, there weren't as many computers as there are today. So Intel charging that much for a CPU today, is making MUCH more money, overall, than they were making charging the same amount for a CPU back then.

It's all about the volume.

pentium 1 launched at 800+ per cpu tho and the pentium pro was around 1000

pentium 2 was over 700 in 1000 unit prices and that was for the 233mhz version,I cant believe how much I had to pay for cpus back in the day.

read this and you guys wont ever complain about todays prices and remember 800 bucks back then is like 2 grand today.

http://news.cnet.com/New-Pentium-II,-price-cuts-arrive/2100-1001_3-207403.html

I wish I was making this up but I remember buying a creative labs 4x cd rom drive and sound card for 500 dollars and 4 megabytes of ram was 200

 

[Borealis7]

Hello, Room Service?
One 3570K please, make it 5.0GHz, and a bucket of ICE

 

[aaksheytalwar]

There are rumours that Intel might cut costs of each
Ivy CPU by about $20-80 or so, though that is unlikely IMO and I wouldn't bank on it.

Anyway, $225 for an Ivy 3570k + $175 for a decent Z77 mobo which beats every AMD CPU in everything on earth at stock, and gives 50% more performance when overclocked. I don't see how that is too much.

That is the maximum performance/$ we have ever seen in the history of computing.

 

[KompuKare]

While I certainly agree that for the performance the 2500K/2600K or 3570K/3770K prices are ok compared to historical prices of mid to high end CPUs or Extremes, I also agree that they are expensive...

Let me explain: I tend to buy cheap CPUs and overclock them. I currently run an overclocked Pentium E5300 on a cheap Gigabyte G31 mobo. Total outlay about £90 for both. Since Intel stopped normal overclocking with Sandy Bridge there's nothing in my price range from Intel.

While AMD still allow normal overclocks my computer is mostly idle and only Lano or BD have decent idles but both of those are stop-gaps without upgrade paths. Ironically, even BD with it's poor load power usage idles well and my computer spends 80-90% of its time idling so the load usage wouldn't necessarily scare me off.)

 

[Don Karnage]

I'm particularly interested in a "k" chip similar to the 2500k.

have there been any pricing leaks?

tia

Ivy bridge prices will mimic sandy bridge prices just as sandy bridge mimic lynnfield