Intel Reveals Two New Unlocked CPUs, Big Price Drops
AMD isn’t the only company with modestly priced unlocked chips now. Intel on Thursday released two new “K” series chips which feature unlocked multipliers with extremely attractive pricing.
The 2.93GHz Core i7-875K clocks is essentially an unlocked version of the company’s top LGA1156 chip; the 2.95GHz Core i7-870. The new 875K has 8MB of L2 cache, Turbo Boosts up to 3.6GHz and has a 95 Watt TDP rating. We’ve buried the real news though: the price. The new Core i7-875K has a volume price of $342. The Core i7-870 has a volume price of $562.
Will Intel slash the prices of the 870 and other LGA1156 procs? The company didn’t give out details at press time, but it did say it will bring its product in line. We’d guess that it means a price cut not only for the Core i7-870, but also to the $284 2.8GHz Core i7-860 and Core 2.66GHz i5-750 which has a volume price of $196.