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i7 2700K

Maybe a surprise price drop on its older 2600k/2500k/2400 parts?

One can only hope so with intel's cheapest quad just shy of $190.

To many decisions if a builder has only $150 for a cpu .
 
T_Yamamoto said:
Why hasnt noone posted about this?

also this is my 1000ths post!
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We have another thread started yesterday. http://forums.anandtech.com/showthread.php?t=2201018

Likely noone besides reviewers with NDAs have received a chip yet. The four feedbacks on Newegg were all bogus, from people who didn't own the chip.

Looks like mine will arrive tomorrow, I will post overclock data then. But even then, one chip wont provide enough data to tell whether there is any real difference from the 2600K binning. I'm stoked nonetheless.
 
Red Storm said:
Yeah seems like a pointless processor. Not even sure why Intel released/announced it.
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Profit margin.

There are people who think the 2600K is cheap for the performance level. For the enthusiast who will pay for the top chip, Intel is missing out on those extra $$ by carrying only one Sandy Bridge i7, considering what people paid for Nehalem. I wouldn't be surprised to see a 2800K follow within the next 6 months.

As far as whether it is a pointless processor, until we see OC averages, it is too early to say. I hope you are wrong and that they shifted the binning up by 100Mhz, so to speak.
 
sangyup81 said:
Will the 2700k come with a better cooler?
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The 2700K cooler is different. Whether it is improved remains to be seen, I will try it out.

The fins on the heatsink are curved on the 2700K, whereas they are straight with 2600K. The fan blades are also different, appearing to have more surface area and different pitch possibly.

There isn't a big difference, they are still similar size, so that tells me they aren't much different in performance.
 
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I find it more interesting that Newegg has lowered the price of the i5-2500K by $5 to $215 and raised the price of the 2600K by $5 to $320.
 
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Note with the 2700K they don't have the "Y" fin design, plus the curved fins are back, similar to some older Intel heat sinks. We are probably splitting hairs here, since there isn't a significant thermal mass difference, and you will either want to run it stock, or throw a $25 CM 212+ on it. My wife's 2600K is running the stock HSF and I had to set hers back to 4.0 Ghz on turbo to keep it under 70C while in Photoshop, etc.
 
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looking at my old q6600 cooler, it appears similar fin design as the 2700K and the fan from the 2600K. Though the actual core looks to be more copper on the q6600 (at least from the outside, no idea what actually runs through the cooler.
 
save your money guys.4 or 5 of these have been tested over at xtreme and one couldnt get past 50x and the others were stuck around 53-55x multy.

just like I said it in another thread,these are nothing more than a 2600k labled as a 2700k.
 
toyota said:
my 2500k cooler looks different than either of those.
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interesting, because my 2500K cooler looks just like that 2600K cooler pictured.

I wonder if the new 2700K cooler is such to save on manufacturing or to improve performance. (or both, in a perfect world)
 
grkM3 said:
save your money guys.4 or 5 of these have been tested over at xtreme and one couldnt get past 50x and the others were stuck around 53-55x multy.

just like I said it in another thread,these are nothing more than a 2600k labled as a 2700k.
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I fail to see how not getting past 50x and being stuck at 53-55x multi proves they are nothing more than 2600K.

Have you seen the results of ASUS' 100 chip test? 2600Ks don't go 50x on average.
 
mrjoltcola said:
I fail to see how not getting past 50x and being stuck at 53-55x multi proves they are nothing more than 2600K.

Have you seen the results of ASUS' 100 chip test? 2600Ks don't go 50x on average.
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Iv had 4 2600ks and all went over 52x on average.

the one I have in my setup now is a 53x chip and Im done trying to find a 55+ chip.

people thought the 2700ks were going to be 55+ chips and there nothing more than a 2600k(so far)Im not talking about air cooling,IM talking SS and no2 cooling for max runs.

your chip is most likely going to run exactly like most 2600ks do.
 
mrjoltcola said:
Have you seen the results of ASUS' 100 chip test? 2600Ks don't go 50x on average.
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Wasn't that test done long before SB was released? If so, it might have been the D1 stepping. AFAIK, PLL Overvoltage did not work on D1 CPUs. Few SB chips reach 5GHz without it. Even if Asus had tested D2 chips, PLL Overvoltage may not have been available to them at the time.
 
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