i7 3930K OOS

[Diogenes2]

Any Ideas why all the major retailers are out-of-stock on 3930K ?

Are OEMs snatching them all up ?

 

[jhu]

Possibly any, all, or none of these:

1) High demand
2) Low-yield
3) They've been turned into Xeons
4) Someone's hoarding them and waiting to sell them at higher prices

 

[nanaki333]

Possibly any, all, or none of these:

1) High demand
2) Low-yield
3) They've been turned into Xeons
4) Someone's hoarding them and waiting to sell them at higher prices

yeah. intel!

 

[Diogenes2]

I wonder if Intel has 2nd thoughts about setting the price-point of the 3960 at +$400+, when it looks like the performance doesn't warrant it?

Maybe they are holding back the 3930's to boost sales of 3960 ...

 

[Arachnotronic]

Yields on the 3960X are probably worse than the 3930K. Also, the 3960X chips are Xeon-quality, so to make sure opportunity cost isn't significant selling it as a desktop chip, they price 'em like a Xeon.

 

[mrjoltcola]

I don't know, Intel17, I've always understood that Xeon's weren't necessarily the top-bin chips, because they are not overclocked.

 

[Absolution75]

I believe xenons are binned for low voltage though - sorta the same thing