Monday, November 7th 2011

Six Core Sandy Bridge-E Chips Listed by British Retailer

A certain British retailer listed the two hexa-core Sandy Bridge-E chips, Core i7-3930K and Core i7-3960X Extreme Edition. The top-end i7-3960X is priced at £850.79 (including taxes), that converts to around US $1,361. The unlocked Core i7-3930K, on the other hand, is priced at £477.59 (including taxes), that's around US $764. Earlier this month, news surfaced of a Chinese retailer listing these chips. The Chinese put the Core i7-3960X Extreme Edition at the equivalent of US $1,227, and Core i7-3930K at the equivalent of US $912.

While the British store is making the Core i7-3930K at least $150 cheaper, it's still a long shot from the $583 price point that the chip is expected to occupy. On the other hand, the British store is quoting a price that's about $130 higher for the Core i7-3960X. It looks like Core i7-3960X Extreme Edition is increasingly unlikely to come with a three figure price.
Source: Hexus.net
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53 Comments on Six Core Sandy Bridge-E Chips Listed by British Retailer

#26
NdMk2o1o
Damn_Smooth1 post and banned? Damn, that takes SPAM.
Fixed that for you :toast:
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#27
Damn_Smooth
NdMk2o1oFixed that for you :toast:
I didn't even realize that, thanks. The broken English threw me off.
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#29
Boomstick777
DannibusXNearly 150 in VAT? Nice.
Yep that's rip off Britain for you. These days to find the price of PC components for Britain just convert the $ into a £ and there you have it, oh chuck a load of VAT on top aswell lol.
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#30
Easy Rhino
Linux Advocate
DannibusXNearly 150 in VAT? Nice.
expect a nice fat VAT in the US in the coming years...
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#32
xenocide
I feel those conversions are inaccurate and misleading because most Internet-Oriented services do a 1:1 pricing scheme rather than converting it, e.g. Steam, Amazon (time to time), Hardware Sellers. There's also the 20% VAT applied, so the actual prices are likely substantially lower than stated.
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#33
Super XP
These prices are rip off prices. Crazy expensive. I'll stick with my PII for now until the FX goes further down in price :D
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#34
[H]@RD5TUFF
That VAT is a killer.
Price can't be legit.
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#35
xenocide
[H]@RD5TUFFThat VAT is a killer.
Price can't be legit.
AMD Fans will say it's proof Intel is greedy and just out to rip you off and abuse it's market share, Intel Fans will point out the facts repeatedly. I wouldn't put too much (See: Any) stock in these alleged prices.
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#36
[H]@RD5TUFF
ensabrenoirHow much profit is amd making on these things? They're practically giving them away now...further price cuts cant be good for the bottom line. with pd so close...if their time table is accurate. why release this albatross?..... this has all been said before. (more threads...same performance...next it'll be osx or windows 95 benches)
Meh
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#37
claylomax
Those prices are not bad, that means that the lower model will cost around £220-£230 hopefully. But I've never heard of that retailer, definetely not one of the most popular in the UK, but surely they're getting some hits since yesterday thanks to this. Hexus is associated with Scan which is one of the leading hardware retailers in the UK.
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#38
Boomstick777
claylomaxThose prices are not bad, that means that the lower model will cost around £220-£230 hopefully. But I've never heard of that retailer, definetely not one of the most popular in the UK, but surely they're getting some hits since yesterday thanks to this. Hexus is associated with Scan which is one of the leading hardware retailers in the UK.
Intel's pricing is actually pretty decent, especially the 2500K/2700K range but the prices in general that we get in the UK are terrible, the conversion from dollars to pounds these days is just to replace the $ with the £. We also pay way to much VAT in this country, paying all that VAT to support non working chavs lol. Really is rip off Britain :shadedshu
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#39
Kantastic
Boomstick777Intel's pricing is actually pretty decent, especially the 2500K/2700K range
It's not like we have any other company's offerings to compare prices to in that performance sector.
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#40
xenocide
KantasticIt's not like we have any other company's offerings to compare prices to in that performance sector.
Exactly. There are alternatives that are cheaper, but they perform accordingly. If AMD had an offering in the $300 price segment, it would cause the price on the 26\2700k to drop.
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#41
ensabrenoir
[H]@RD5TUFFMeh
Watching. Several threads at once. Posted that. In the wrong one.:laugh:
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#42
Gzero
Boomstick777Intel's pricing is actually pretty decent, especially the 2500K/2700K range but the prices in general that we get in the UK are terrible, the conversion from dollars to pounds these days is just to replace the $ with the £. We also pay way to much VAT in this country, paying all that VAT to support non working chavs lol. Really is rip off Britain :shadedshu
Nah you're just a mug for paying taxes whilst the big boys roll away with billions of unpaid tax, but if you let them pull the wool over your eyes and convince you that a few million on benefits is what the problem is then you deserve a :nutkick:. :P

I've never heard of insight though even though it seems they have a few shops. Shame we are losing Best Buy as well when they hardly got started here.
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#43
Boomstick777
GzeroNah you're just a mug for paying taxes whilst the big boys roll away with billions of unpaid tax, but if you let them pull the wool over your eyes and convince you that a few million on benefits is what the problem is then you deserve a :nutkick:. :P

I've never heard of insight though even though it seems they have a few shops. Shame we are losing Best Buy as well when they hardly got started here.
Not sure why all the hostility, guessing your on benefits.. No worries not all people getting benefits are chav's, my point was one of the reasons we pay high tax in this country is becausce we support the unemployed etc. We get the prices we do in rip off Britain becausce people keep prooving that time and time again we will pay those prices.

Im not sure what you mean by being a mug for paying taxes either, should I just go on benefits aswell? Not really sure what your post meant?

Take it easy mate :)
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#44
Gzero
Boomstick777Not sure why all the hostility, guessing your on benefits.. No worries not all people getting benefits are chav's, my point was one of the reasons we pay high tax in this country is becausce we support the unemployed etc. We get the prices we do in rip off Britain becausce people keep prooving that time and time again we will pay those prices.

Im not sure what you mean by being a mug for paying taxes either, should I just go on benefits aswell? Not really sure what your post meant?

Take it easy mate :)
Don't mean to be hostile, just saying that the reason we pay soo much tax is because the people at the top don't pay tax. It's easy to see when you look at petrol prices etc, easy targets to extract money from, the welfare bill is minuscule (although it is increasing, compared to other bills: public sector, MOD, overseas aid) and not paid for by consumer VAT.

Personally I'd like to see VAT brought back down to 15% although have to admit 20% isn't that high on low value essentials.

Yeah currently between jobs again, sigh fail economy. :p
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#45
khmerog
Damn_Smooth1 post and banned? Damn, that takes skill.
Why was he banned? I do not see anything offensive about his message. Unless it is some computer geek thing. I am new and very curious.
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#46
Frick
Fishfaced Nincompoop
Meh, Extreme Edition = Extreme Prices.
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#47
n-ster
FrickMeh, Extreme Edition = Extreme Prices.
It's been like that since the beginning of time lol
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#48
claylomax
khmerogWhy was he banned? I do not see anything offensive about his message. Unless it is some computer geek thing. I am new and very curious.
He posted a link to voodoo and wasn't a Jimi Hendrix's song. :rolleyes:
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#49
scaminatrix
Kikatek and Aria claim to have them for pre-order now.
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#50
khmerog
claylomaxHe posted a link to voodoo and wasn't a Jimi Hendrix's song. :rolleyes:
lol..thanks man. but we are allowed to post links/websites as long as it has to do with the topic right? like sources of a review, rumour, etc.?
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