Intel Starts Shipping 'Haswell Refresh' Processors

[Octavean]

I'm tempted even though I have a 4770K , the only thing that stops me is Haswell-E and DDR4 which is coming soon.

I'm starting to think Haswell-E will have a 6 Core entry level processor option. Something like:

Core i7 5960X - 8 cores / 16 threads ~$1000 USD

Core i7 5930K - 8 cores / 16 threads ~$550 USD

Core i7 5820 - 6 cores / 12 threads ~$300 USD

The Haswell-E processor nomenclature is a guess as well. Still, it would make sense that Intel would attempt to make the entry level Haswell-E processor less attractive with respect to the other two (mid and high-end). So the entry level may be locked or rather partially locked comparatively speaking.

6 cores (real cores mind you) / 12 threads for ~$300 could be really interesting and attractive depending on your use case.

The problem there though is that new X99 / LGA2011-3 motherboards will likely be expensive or at least more expensive then mainstream LGA1150 boards to say nothing of DDR4 with respect to DDR3.

 

[KevinCobley]

They are not "refreshes", newer products or anything that resembles the previous, they are the same old chips off the same old production process line, the programming of the chips have been altered to a slightly higher speed and they have bought better thermal paste, that's it.

A Dazzling total of 44 chips have been introduced by Intel, 27 of which are for desktops while the rest are for mobile devices.
Wow 27 desktop chips, a chip for every $10 price point- all made from an identical piece of silicon, this makes automotive branding and marketing look simple.

Wake up Intel stop scamming us and market these products with a bit of sanity, 6 chips- 2 high end i7, 2 midrange i5, 2 lowend i3, delete all the others. Why would anyone bother with the uber low end Pentiums and Celerons they aren't worth having in production, the uber low end is the atom end.

 

[Aquinus]

They are not "refreshes", newer products or anything that resembles the previous, they are the same old chips off the same old production process line, the programming of the chips have been altered to a slightly higher speed and they have bought better thermal paste, that's it.

I never said that wasn't the case but everyone has been dubbing it a "refresh" and that is exactly what it is considering it's the same hardware in the box. A refresh doesn't imply new hardware, it implies a new round of products which may or may not be different than its predecessor. For example, I would consider the 3970x a refresh of the 3960x and that would apply to these new products coming out.

 

[Hilux SSRG]

This is a Haswell refresh, not Intel's "tock" (aka. Broadwell). Z97 afaict will still be on the same socket and will be released when Broadwell comes out but I think you're going to have to start citing sources if you're going to make claims like that.

I thought Broadwell was Tick and Skylake Tock? Intel Tick/Tock is just confusing.

 

[Aquinus]

I thought Broadwell was Tick and Skylake Tock? Intel Tick/Tock is just confusing.

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Nope, you're right. I stand corrected, I got it backwards.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intel_Tick-Tock

 

[pr0n Inspector]

They are not "refreshes", newer products or anything that resembles the previous, they are the same old chips off the same old production process line, the programming of the chips have been altered to a slightly higher speed and they have bought better thermal paste, that's it.

A Dazzling total of 44 chips have been introduced by Intel, 27 of which are for desktops while the rest are for mobile devices.
Wow 27 desktop chips, a chip for every $10 price point- all made from an identical piece of silicon, this makes automotive branding and marketing look simple.

Wake up Intel stop scamming us and market these products with a bit of sanity, 6 chips- 2 high end i7, 2 midrange i5, 2 lowend i3, delete all the others. Why would anyone bother with the uber low end Pentiums and Celerons they aren't worth having in production, the uber low end is the atom end.

You clearly have no idea how silicon binning works.

 

[MikeMurphy]

Waiting for unlocked dual core Pentium

 

[MikeMurphy]

You clearly have no idea how silicon binning works.

I doubt any Intel silicon performs worse than the highest end products available. AMD on the other hand runs up hard against performance limits on their binning.

 

[BorisDG]

I'm starting to think Haswell-E will have a 6 Core entry level processor option. Something like:

Core i7 5960X - 8 cores / 16 threads ~$1000 USD

Core i7 5930K - 8 cores / 16 threads ~$550 USD

Core i7 5820 - 6 cores / 12 threads ~$300 USD

The only one 8 core Haswell-E is 5960X. 5930K will be 6 core again.