Sandy bridge pricing leak

[khon]

http://www.news4it.it/cpu/299-prezzi-e-caratteristiche-delle-prime-cpu-intel-qsandy-bridgeq

Translation from the link:

Intel will present the first family of Sandy Bridge CPU at CES in Las Vegas to be held early next year.

The first Sandy Bridge CPU family to make their appearance in January of next year will be the platform for Sugar Bay, or under $ 300 CPU and motherboard socket LGA1155 chipset Intel P67. Initially debuting four models, two entry-level CPU, Core i3 i3 2100 and 2120 a mid-range Core i5 2400 and the latest Core i7 medium-high 2600. Prices will range between $ 115 for the i3 2100 and $ 280 for the i7 2600, referring to price lots of 1000 units before taxes. CPUs for high-end enthusiasts will debut only in the second quarter of 2011 with the platform Patsburg that unlike the Sugar Bay platform will use the LGA2011 socket.

So a january release with prices essentially identical to the LGA1156 models they'll be replacing.

Also it seems the high end LGA2011 models might debut as early as Q2 2011.

 

[ydnas7]

no overclock models here
the core i5/i7 prices if correct look particularly competitive. the i5 2400 would be $30 cheaper than an i5 760, it would be be 10 percent higher clocked, it may be 5-25percent higher IPC, it has AVX and it may have a good enough gaming graphics capacity, but no overclock.

core i3 looks like no overclock either, but there is integrated memory controller, and graphics implemented on the 32nm CPU die, a meaningful improvement for non overclockers.

 

[Edrick]

I naturally will be holding out for a socket 2011 system for my main gaming rig. But I really like these new i3's to replace my existing i3 in my HTPC. I do not overclock my HTPC so that is not an issue. The on die GPU and mem controller will be a nice upgrade over existing i3's. (AVX may one day help HTPCs as well). Not to mention native SATA 6Gbs support. So I will get one of these as soon as they come out.

 

[IntelUser2000]

They all have overclock capability. There's no "fully locked" versions, if we take earlier rumors as true. There are only "partially unlocked" and "fully unlocked".

Even the "partially unlocked" version is supposed to do "couple of steps above Turbo".

 

[khon]

I can't help but wonder at the lack of i5 dualcores in this and other leaks.

Why would Intel lauch Sandy Bridge without a single turbo enabled dual core ? Seems illogical.

 

[SHAQ]

OK. I'll pay $280 for the... wait it is still an i7?

 

[cbn]

3.1 Ghz and 3.4 Ghz is pretty fast for a stock frequency.

How much multiplier will they really need to max out?

 

[khon]

OK. I'll pay $280 for the... wait it is still an i7?

Intel likes to stick with their names.

In time I'll bet you can get Sandy Bridge pentiums and maybe even Sandy Bridge celerons.

I just hope they decide to name the 6-8 core SBs something other than i7. Maybe i9 ?

 

[Borealis7]

so...what if i dont want an integrated GPU? what do i buy next gen?

 

[khon]

so...what if i dont want an integrated GPU? what do i buy next gen?

You buy either Bulldozer or Sandy Bridge-B2.

You'll have to wait a bit longer though, as those won't be out for another year or so.

 

[jvroig]

In time I'll bet you can get Sandy Bridge pentiums and maybe even Sandy Bridge celerons.

Pentiums, maybe, but as far as I remember, the "Celeron" brand name has been retired. To paraphrase Tweaky, Intel has done a "proper barial and burry" the brand name forever

 

[Borealis7]

You buy either Bulldozer or Sandy Bridge-B2.

You'll have to wait a bit longer though, as those won't be out for another year or so.

sux. I want a fast 4T CPU (either 2C or 4C), that can o/c to 4GHz and Turbo would be nice.
but I don't want Intel killing off my socket 2 years later. afterwards you find yourself searching the internet for a mounting kit for your great HSF that has been rendered useless.

 

[Sp12]

Why are the prices in USD but the language Italian?

 

[khon]

Why are the prices in USD but the language Italian?

Because its an italian website ...

 

[Sp12]

Because its an italian website ...

And Italy uses US dollars? Or they just like posting it in that so their readers have to convert it?

 

[khon]

And Italy uses US dollars? Or they just like posting it in that so their readers have to convert it?

Italy doesn't use US dollar but Intel does, and they're reporting leaked information they got on Intel pricing.

 

[RussianSensation]

afterwards you find yourself searching the internet for a mounting kit for your great HSF that has been rendered useless.

Well not really. Scythe, Thermalright and Prolimatech almost always have $10 mounting kits for all newer sockets in case you want to reuse your older top of the line heatsink.

 

[faxon]

the only question i have, is intel still planning on making 2011 socket a dual socket only platform, or are they gonna do single socket for high end performance/enthusiast and use the same socket + dual chipsets for multisocket like always? if they plan for dual socket only like was rumored then it looks like i may be getting a second 890FXA-GD70 or migrating my server at some point

 

[borisvodofsky]

OMGOMGOMG... 5ghz i7 soooooooooooon.. Then I'll finally be able to play this stupid box of starcraft, with my friends who I've never met on the internet.

 

[OBLAMA2009]

i think the take home message here is that unless you really need it now, you should hold off on buying the current core i's

 

[Idontcare]

the only question i have, is intel still planning on making 2011 socket a dual socket only platform, or are they gonna do single socket for high end performance/enthusiast and use the same socket + dual chipsets for multisocket like always? if they plan for dual socket only like was rumored then it looks like i may be getting a second 890FXA-GD70 or migrating my server at some point

It makes absolutely no sense to me that Intel would force LGA2011 to be 2S only. They have an entire 1S workstation/server market to sell their Sandy-B2's to. It would be absurd for them to leave that upgrade cycle to Bulldozer.

 

[bryanW1995]

yes, and it would also be absurd for them to artifically cripple overclocking on low/midrange parts. unfortunately, they have so little competition that they can get away with pretty much whatever they want to right now.

 

[khon]

yes, and it would also be absurd for them to artifically cripple overclocking on low/midrange parts. unfortunately, they have so little competition that they can get away with pretty much whatever they want to right now.

It's not like the goal is to cripple overclocking, it's just the consequency of some price saving measures.

 

[SHAQ]

So for the high end we hve to wait for the 2011 socket in 2011 called Patsburg. Now will that be a male or female socket? har har See if anyone gets that joke.

 

[IntelUser2000]

It looks like at least for the Core i7 2600, the version 2.0 of Turbo Boost won't offer much higher, if any increase over what Lynnfield chips already achieve with Turbo Boost, percentage wise. The biggest thing with this version is sharing the boost with the GPU. If the Turbo mode frequency reaches 4GHz with some parts, that would be because the base clock is high.