Monday, October 31st 2011

Sandy Bridge-E and X79 Motherboards Listed on Chinese Stores

A couple of weeks ahead of its worldwide launch, Intel's much talked about "Sandy Bridge-E" Core i7 processors and compatible motherboards are beginning to surface on an online store in China. Listings include all three of the Core i7 LGA2011 processors Intel will launch in November, that includes the quad-core Core i7-3820, six-core Core i7-3930K and six-core Core i7-3960X Extreme Edition (details on the three here. Apart from these, a few compatible motherboards such as the ASUS ROG Rampage IV Extreme and MSI X79A-GD65 8D, were also listed.

Before getting into the pricing, it's important to note that prices of components in mainland China, in general, are more or less consistent with those in the US. The top-of-the-line Core i7-3960X Extreme Edition is priced at RMB ¥7,800 (converts to US $1,227). The next best LGA2011 offering, Core i7-3930K, is priced at ¥5,800 (US $912). The most afforable of the three, Core i7-3820, goes for ¥3,500 (US $550).
VR-Zone comments that at a first glance, these prices seem way off from the earlier speculated prices of around $300 for the i7-3820, ~$583 of i7-3930K, and ~$999 of i7-3960X Extreme Edition. Perhaps noting that AMD's FX processors didn't quite dent the performance processor segment, Intel is flexing its prices for the HEDT (high-end desktop) segment. If worldwide prices of these chips are anywhere close to where the Chinese are putting it, then a lineup of $550, $999, and $1200 chips is looking more likely. Then again, logic dictates that pre-release pricing is unreliable because it gives vendors the ability to make a quick buck out of pre-release orders.

Moving on to compatible motherboards, the same site is putting ASUS' top-end gamer-overclocker segment offering, the Republic of Gamers Rampage IV Extreme, at ¥5,990 (US $942), and MSI X79A-GD65 8D at ¥2,990 ($420). Again, these prices seem way off. Some European retailers are pre-listing ASRock X79 Extreme4 for as low as €192.40 ($268) and Intel Desktop Board Extreme DX79SI for €266.33 ($372).
Source: VR-Zone
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36 Comments on Sandy Bridge-E and X79 Motherboards Listed on Chinese Stores

#26
extrasalty
Intel has stuck for long time with 3 brackets for their top processors - $280+,$500+, and $990+, with majority of their sales being in the first. Intel is not going to price their new 6 core below their $500 bracket. The quads (3820) will be in the $280+ bracket. Nothing new. Move along.
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#28
xenocide
[H]@RD5TUFFI doubt these prices are real.
All that needs to be said. Anyone who thinks otherwise is an idiot.
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#29
20mmrain
i7 3820 = ( A little Less than $300)
i7 3930K = (About Mid $550 )
i7 3930X = (A Little less than $1000 Bucks)

I got this information direct from a Intel Pricing sheet. While I rounded the numbers (not to give away the exact numbers).... I promise you the rounding I did is not greater than $30 Bucks at it's largest point.
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#30
n-ster
20mmrainI have had the pleasure of messing with these CPU's already. I can not disclose where and how and why. Whether you guys believe me or not is another story..... But I can tell you now for sure officially..... do not worry!!! Prices of these CPU's are not that High....They are closer to this.....

i7 3820 = ( A little Less than $300)
i7 3930K = (About Mid $550 )
i7 3930X = (A Little less than $1000 Bucks)

I got this information direct from a Intel Pricing sheet. While I rounded the numbers (not to give away the exact numbers).... I promise you the rounding I did is not greater than $30 Bucks at it's largest point.
TBH I'm skeptical about your story, but theses are the prices that were speculated and the ones that make sense
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#31
disint5AI
I will jump aboard, if they come out with an 8 and/or 12 cpu from this series. I myself am an enthusiast (currently with a X58 chipset), and I do think that all the rest of the new features for this new type processor do seem pretty exciting to read about. So let's just hope that they come at about the same prices as the last enthusiast chipset did, and the one before it and so on... wink* And eventually come out with one that will leave the competition in shreds. I have faith that Intel knows what they are doing and by next year all of the die hard enthusiasts will be raving about how their system is soaring to new standards to have never been seen yet in the pc industry. ;)
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#32
Halk
I don't get the whole SB-E platform in all honestly.

We know that IB is around the corner, in less than six months. And if it's going to go the way that it has been then we should expect IB to deliver roughly equal to SB-E performance for all but rendering tasks.

As it stands now the 2600K is overall a better CPU in many regards than the 980X... certainly for general use. Is it going to be the same with the top IB vs the top SB-E?
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#33
n-ster
disint5AII will jump aboard, if they come out with an 8 and/or 12 cpu from this series. I myself am an enthusiast (currently with a X58 chipset), and I do think that all the rest of the new features for this new type processor do seem pretty exciting to read about. So let's just hope that they come at about the same prices as the last enthusiast chipset did, and the one before it and so on... wink* And eventually come out with one that will leave the competition in shreds. I have faith that Intel knows what they are doing and by next year all of the die hard enthusiasts will be raving about how their system is soaring to new standards to have never been seen yet in the pc industry. ;)
LGA 2011 Xeons could have an 8-core chip... 12-core chip MIGHT be seen in Xeon when IB-E comes out
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#35
bpgt64
That's expensive, but unless your encoding HD Media every day, there's no reason to have this much power in a cpu(K Series). There just leveraging the 1%'s willingness to pay ridiculous amounts of money for a chip that is more potent PER socket. Though the X79 set has almost no bearing on the PC gaming scene, as benchmark after benchmark show the 2500k+ lineup as being tied for most gaming benchmarks. If your a gamer, you money is better invested in a stronger GPU rather than a 1k dollar chip.

Albiet I was hoping for a i7 920 type scene, where a chip could be had for sub 500 dollars. Dual x16 slots/quad channel memory is tempting.
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#36
btarunr
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If someone wants to start a countdown timer, we are now 76 hours away from SnB-E launch.
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