Thursday, September 8th 2011
November 15 Launch Date for Sandy Bridge-E
Even as AMD struggles to get its FX series processors out, and into to the market, Intel seems to be doing the opposite: trying to get Sandy Bridge-E (enthusiast) out as quickly as possible. The new high-end desktop/workstation platform was slated for December, and then there was news that chipset delays could push it into 2012. Fresh news pin-points the launch date to Week 46 of 2011, more specifically, November 15. On that day, Intel will have processors as well as compatible Desktop Board products (Intel-branded motherboards) out in the markets, ready for purchase. Ideally, motherboard vendors should have their socket LGA2011 products stocked up by then, too.
Intel will begin the Sandy Bridge-E platform with Core i7-3960X Extreme Edition 6-core Unlocked processor, Core i7-3930K 6-core Unlocked processor, and Core i7-3820 4-core processor. Intel X79 Express is the De facto desktop chipset. The first compatible Intel Desktop Board products include DX79SI, and DX79TO.
Source:
DonanimHaber
Intel will begin the Sandy Bridge-E platform with Core i7-3960X Extreme Edition 6-core Unlocked processor, Core i7-3930K 6-core Unlocked processor, and Core i7-3820 4-core processor. Intel X79 Express is the De facto desktop chipset. The first compatible Intel Desktop Board products include DX79SI, and DX79TO.
77 Comments on November 15 Launch Date for Sandy Bridge-E
Although i assume the i7-3960X will be out of my price range so it's the i7-3930K that has my interest but is there any official details on the differences?Honestly i don't expect bulldozer and sandy bridge-E to be in the same performance or price range so i would assume it should not have too big of an effect.
AMD didn't even release an actual date right so who's to say their struggling, we all get told to stop speculating and yet the speculation is in the very news posts we read :laugh:.
Good news about sandy-e though.
Will be an interesting Christmas!
Did you guys see the clock settings on the new AMD FX series. 8 core cpu at 3.6 ghz with boos to 4.2 and 4 core cpu at 4.2 ghz. I am very curious to see how hot they run. Intel seems much more conservative.
And mind you, at no point were those timelines media speculation. They were given out by AMD (official), to the press from time to time. It's AMD that has been giving us timelines, and jumping them each time.
Back then it was due to be taped out but they never done it.
Regardless of that it still shouldn't be in a news story.
The news is that there will be new Sandy-e processors not about how AMD is handling it's self.
Anyway, anyone remember this? www.techpowerup.com/148282/Sandy-Bridge-E-Delayed-to-January-2012-Sources.html
That's why you wait for official launch date.
In many occassions, AMD made those dates public, too. For example, in the recent Bulldozer/Bobcat presentation given out in late 2010, they made 1H 2011 market launch public.I know my job. Thank you.Because someone took issue with an inconvenient truth that is perfectly relevant to the news.
(see what I done, made a comment I didn't need too before making my main point :toast:)
Anyway BTA I won't argue here, I've made a complaint so I'll leave it at that.
See, not fudzila.
So you'll be spending anywhere between $50~$150 more on the i7-3820 platform compared to FX-8150.
Name X79
CPU Support LGA 2011
PCIe Configuration 2 × PCIe 3.0 x16 up to 4 × PCIe 3.0 x8
Maximum DDR3 slots 8
Overclocking CPU + Mem
Embedded GPU No
RAID 0/1/5/10 Yes
Maximum USB Ports (USB 3.0) 14 (4)
Maximum SATA Ports (SATA 3.0) 14 (6)
PCIe 2.0 8 (5GT/s)
PCI No
Intel Rapid Storage Technology Yes
Smart Response Technology Yes
Release Date Q4 '11
not only will those waiting for FX get into buying the SB-E, but also if the FX cant outperform the SBE (which looks impossible at this point) AMD is going to loose a lot of sales everywhere.