950 the new 930
There's nothing like starting a Monday morning with a cup of good java and a healthy rumour or two.The folks over at rumour-infested site HKEPC reckon that Intel's taking the sledgehammer to select chip pricing at the back end of August.
Image source: HKEPC
Intel's
Core i7 920 has been the darling of the well-heeled enthusiast crowd
since November 2008, overclocking with aplomb,
but we know that its days are numbered.
According to the HKEPC-compiled table, Intel will move the Core i5 950 chip's pricing down to Core i7 930-matching $294 (£225). At the same time, the chip giant will trim the prices of mainstream CPUs.
The trouble for Intel is that the lowest-price Core i7, whatever the basic speed, will overclock to 4GHz with the minimum of fuss. Knowing this, the CPUs' factory-shipping speed becomes almost irrelevant in the mind of the enthusiast.
What we really need to see is Intel introducing cheaper six-core processors based on the Core i7 980X, because a $294 hexa-core monster would be just ideal.
We doubt that AMD will be moved to change its premium CPUs' pricing if the figures in the table turn out to be true.
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According to the HKEPC-compiled table, Intel will move the Core i5 950 chip's pricing down to Core i7 930-matching $294 (£225). At the same time, the chip giant will trim the prices of mainstream CPUs.
The trouble for Intel is that the lowest-price Core i7, whatever the basic speed, will overclock to 4GHz with the minimum of fuss. Knowing this, the CPUs' factory-shipping speed becomes almost irrelevant in the mind of the enthusiast.
What we really need to see is Intel introducing cheaper six-core processors based on the Core i7 980X, because a $294 hexa-core monster would be just ideal.
We doubt that AMD will be moved to change its premium CPUs' pricing if the figures in the table turn out to be true.
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