why is SB-E named 3xxx ?

[SheepBeast]

surely they should be named like 2900 or something, given they are the same architecture, generation and node as the normal sandy bridges?

also, with their chips named like 3800 and similar, when they release ivy bridge they will have to name them either 3500k etc (in which case they will appear to be releasing lower end chips which would surely hurt sales) or 4500k etc (which would surely be reserved for haswell?)

i just don't see the logic in the naming scheme. there is plenty of room from 2800 up to 2990 for them to use.

 

[FoxEye]

Don't worry, they aren't going to run out of numbers.

 

[SheepBeast]

Don't worry, they aren't going to run out of numbers.

i'm not worried lol

 

[LeJosh]

3 thousand sounds better than 2 thousand.

Marketing, all marketing.

 

[SheepBeast]

3 thousand sounds better than 2 thousand.

Marketing, all marketing.

yeah but the only people who'll be buying SB-E will be enthusiasts (hell i am an enthusiast and i still won't be getting it) and they will look at benchmarks or reviews before getting anything. people like us who actually have a clue about pc's aren't just gonna buy something like that blind, and anyone who doesn't have a clue is not gonna have any desire or need to spend that much money on a cpu.

 

[LeJosh]

Well people going to buy a new PC from an OEM shop will see that 3k is better than 2k.

It gets people all the time, especially in the GPU sector.

 

[fowler002]

isn't sb-e different socket then sb? with the old i7/i5/i3 the sk1366 was 9xx while the 1156 was 8xx and lower.

 

[Tythus]

isn't sb-e different socket then sb? with the old i7/i5/i3 the sk1366 was 9xx while the 1156 was 8xx and lower.

Its is the same as last time with 1156 versions of the more expensive 1366 boards with an extra channel.

 

[SheepBeast]

isn't sb-e different socket then sb? with the old i7/i5/i3 the sk1366 was 9xx while the 1156 was 8xx and lower.

exactly my point. they were both of the same generation, name-wise

 

[malfunkshun]

Apparently it is because they are third generation chips.

 

[SheepBeast]

Apparently it is because they are third generation chips.

but they're the same gen as standard SB....

 

[malfunkshun]

but they're the same gen as standard SB....

my bad, they are the third generation of this architecture....apparently, according to some marketing guff I read somewhere.
Personally I put it down to this being the third socket SB has used

 

[Bluntwrapped]

my bad, they are the third generation of this architecture....apparently, according to some marketing guff I read somewhere.
Personally I put it down to this being the third socket SB has used

This or Intel want to leave 2700-2900k open to the non extreme SB CPU's

 

[SheepBeast]

This or Intel want to leave 2700-2900k open to the non extreme SB CPU's

yeah but it doesn't seem likely to me they will release any more after the 2700k. literally no point. the only SBs worth releasing now would be a 2100k, but even that might be a bad idea for them as it might undermine 2500k sales too much