Intel Plans to Discontinue Multiple CPUs, Incl. Core i5-3450

[halcyon]

Guys forgive me for asking instead of Googling. What is the successor to the 2500K? Four cores...hyperthreading?

 

[SteelCity1981]

oh how i miss the days where you can switch out an amd processor for an intel processor and vice versa and still use the same motherboard.

 

[Someone Somewhere]

[citation][nom]hydac7[/nom]Still on Conroe here too , but looking for AMD's next line of Piledrivers I will not tolerate Intel's scheme to overprice stuff beyond the galaxy ![/citation]

It's the 3570K - pretty much the same chip with a lower TDP and PCIe 3.0 support.

 

[amk-aka-Phantom]

Nice, still two years warranty left on my i7-2600, if it craps out (which it probably wouldn't, haven't had a single non-functional Intel processor found in junkboxes at work that doesn't work no matter how old!), I get Ivy Bridge 😀

 

[spookyman]

No worries.

You will find these processors available for the next 2 years.

 

[hardasrock]

so does this mean they will drop the prices of the Sandy Bridge processors?

 

[mavroxur]

Damn, and to think i'm still running a Wolfdale chip at home.

 

[sarinaide]

[citation][nom]InvalidError[/nom]Considering how much of a commodity computing power has become, this is highly unlikely. Even though AMD may be "far behind" Intel in per-core performance, AMD's chips are still vastly sufficient for most everyday tasks and gaming so if Intel wants to keep selling new CPUs, they have to keep their markup within sane margins.Also, many people like myself do not feel like we are hurting for faster CPUs even with our venerable Core2Duo/Core2Quad CPUs. With today's Core i3/5/7, the number of people who can make-do with 5-7 years old CPUs is going to become much greater and Intel will have to make a good enough proposition to convince people like me to upgrade even though we do not need it.Another obstacle to Intel jacking up prices the same way they did around Y2k is that lots of non-(PC-)gamers are doing an increasingly large chunk of their everyday computing on mobile devices. If Intel tried to make people cough up $300 for a low-end CPU, most of those people would give up on owning a PC and use the money for a more powerful smartphone or tablet.While people may not have too many options for x86-based computing, they do have plenty of options to take their general computing needs elsewhere so Intel cannot afford to drive people away from x86 by turning excessively greedy.[/citation]


I like this

 

[f-14]

[citation][nom]dalethepcman[/nom]No one can say they didn't see this coming. The 22nm chips are more profitable per unit than the 32nm chips. Because performance is stellar for either they have to be priced similar to each other, or who would buy the new one. Once the old chips are gone Intel can slowly start creeping up CPU prices again, until everyone is paying $400 for bottom end and $1000 for top end again.Thanks for the complete lack of competition in the CPU segment from AMD, Intel can now go back to milking its customers.[/citation]

hahahaha i see all your -hate rating for being right.[citation][nom]InvalidError[/nom]Considering how much of a commodity computing power has become, this is highly unlikely. Even though AMD may be "far behind" Intel in per-core performance, AMD's chips are still vastly sufficient for most everyday tasks and gaming so if Intel wants to keep selling new CPUs, they have to keep their markup within sane margins.Also, many people like myself do not feel like we are hurting for faster CPUs even with our venerable Core2Duo/Core2Quad CPUs. With today's Core i3/5/7, the number of people who can make-do with 5-7 years old CPUs is going to become much greater and Intel will have to make a good enough proposition to convince people like me to upgrade even though we do not need it.Another obstacle to Intel jacking up prices the same way they did around Y2k is that lots of non-(PC-)gamers are doing an increasingly large chunk of their everyday computing on mobile devices. If Intel tried to make people cough up $300 for a low-end CPU, most of those people would give up on owning a PC and use the money for a more powerful smartphone or tablet.While people may not have too many options for x86-based computing, they do have plenty of options to take their general computing needs elsewhere so Intel cannot afford to drive people away from x86 by turning excessively greedy.[/citation]

and you sir also are correct[citation][nom]Halcyon[/nom]Guys forgive me for asking instead of Googling. What is the successor to the 2500K? Four cores...hyperthreading?[/citation]
that would be the i5-3570k at $190 at microcenter. with the price of the i7-3820 being $230 the only reason to go 1155 would be the cheaper prices of those motherboards. that is the main concern holding alot of people back. 1155 is a dead end socket and it's hard to face that fact on a $400 socket 2011 m/b

 

[f-14]

i7-3829

hit the wrong key, meant i7-3820

 

[WyomingKnott]

My i5-750 Lynnfield is still meeting all of my needs. I don't have the update itch yet.

 

[jacobdrj]

[citation][nom]WyomingKnott[/nom]My i5-750 Lynnfield is still meeting all of my needs. I don't have the update itch yet.[/citation]
My desktop is still on a Q6600 with 8 gigs of RAM... No need to upgrade yet here either...

SSDs have set us all free...

 

[halcyon]

[citation][nom]jacobdrj[/nom]My desktop is still on a Q6600 with 8 gigs of RAM... No need to upgrade yet here either... SSDs have set us all free...[/citation]
If your system's primary role doesn't put focus on CPU a Q6600 is still nearly overkill, you lose nothing but CPU-power bragging rights. You can brag about the extra $$$ you still have. ...but if you do game, encode video, yadda, yadda then you may see some benefit from an upgrade. ...or you could just not worry about that extra minute and keep smiling.

 

[Guest]

Q6600 here with 8GB RAM on ASUS Maximus Formula. Still rocks. The only reason I am looking to upgrade is to get 32 or maybe 64GB RAM. Since X79 is not ready to support 6 ports SATA3 I find myself forced to wait.

 

[luciferano]

[citation][nom]Anonymous[/nom]Q6600 here with 8GB RAM on ASUS Maximus Formula. Still rocks. The only reason I am looking to upgrade is to get 32 or maybe 64GB RAM. Since X79 is not ready to support 6 ports SATA3 I find myself forced to wait.[/citation]

Why can't you simply use a PCIe SATA adapter? Regardless, there are several X79 boards with more than 6 SATA 6Gb ports. Newegg has ten X79 boards with 6 or more SAT 6Gb/s ports, three of which have more than that (one has 7, one has 8, and the third has 10).

 

[cmi86]

At first glance I though this said "discount" I should have known better it is intel were talking about.

 

[Dnaangel]

If Intel chips started creeping to $400 for the low end, I think I would go with AMD. I know Intel chips are better, but that's too much damn money. Hopefully you are mistaken.

I doubt i5's will ever go that high. Unless AMD goes completely belly-up (they are getting dangerously close). Even then though, im sure another company will fill the void.