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How many of you are going to get a Broadwell-E CPU?
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Believed to be March / April
Interesting speculation here
http://hexus.net/tech/news/cpu/88235-intel-core-i7-broadwell-e-launch-set-q2-2016-suggests-leak/
'TPU says that the flagship Intel Core i7-6950X will cost approximately $1000, the mid-tier 8-core processor will cost around $600, with the entry level Broadwell-E chips priced around $400. All the Broadwell-E processors will have a TDP of 140W and be compatible with existing LGA2011v3 motherboards'
Although this article would seem to suggest Intel will sell th 6950x for around $1000 (inc vat equals about £817) so pretty much the same as the outgoing 5960x it does show what the problem would then be for Intel....
The eight core 6900k at circa $600 would align very closely price wise with the launch price for the six core 5930k from the previous gen ($583)
http://hexus.net/tech/reviews/cpu/76649-intel-core-i7-5930k-22nm-haswell/
This would leave Intel with very little wiggle room to price the remaining two cpu's between the $600 of the 6900k and the skylake 6700k at $350
http://ark.intel.com/m/products/881...-Cache-up-to-4_20-GHz#@product/specifications
They cant price the 6800k and 6850k both 'around $400' as this will need to be around the price likely for the 6800k with the 6850k commanding a significant price premimim as it will likely have 40 pci-e lines over 28 for the 6800k plus the small stock clock advantage.
Its unlikely that Intel would consider circa $100 (£68) gaps from $400 (6800k) to $500 (6850k) then on to $600 (6900k) would be enough to differentiate broadwell-e for retail pricing
http://hexus.net/tech/news/cpu/88235-intel-core-i7-broadwell-e-launch-set-q2-2016-suggests-leak/
'TPU says that the flagship Intel Core i7-6950X will cost approximately $1000, the mid-tier 8-core processor will cost around $600, with the entry level Broadwell-E chips priced around $400. All the Broadwell-E processors will have a TDP of 140W and be compatible with existing LGA2011v3 motherboards'
Although this article would seem to suggest Intel will sell th 6950x for around $1000 (inc vat equals about £817) so pretty much the same as the outgoing 5960x it does show what the problem would then be for Intel....
The eight core 6900k at circa $600 would align very closely price wise with the launch price for the six core 5930k from the previous gen ($583)
http://hexus.net/tech/reviews/cpu/76649-intel-core-i7-5930k-22nm-haswell/
This would leave Intel with very little wiggle room to price the remaining two cpu's between the $600 of the 6900k and the skylake 6700k at $350
http://ark.intel.com/m/products/881...-Cache-up-to-4_20-GHz#@product/specifications
They cant price the 6800k and 6850k both 'around $400' as this will need to be around the price likely for the 6800k with the 6850k commanding a significant price premimim as it will likely have 40 pci-e lines over 28 for the 6800k plus the small stock clock advantage.
Its unlikely that Intel would consider circa $100 (£68) gaps from $400 (6800k) to $500 (6850k) then on to $600 (6900k) would be enough to differentiate broadwell-e for retail pricing
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Soldato
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Sticking with my 8350 until all cards are on the table
I was kinda hoping that Intel would announce them in their CES keynote speech today and they would be available February / March. I guess I'm just being optimistic
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I might well, not the 10 core, but its possible i'll be in the market for a new setup july time so one of the smaller ones might just do me fine.
Just about puts it outside my budget.. think I'll wait for a price drop when skylake e comes later in the year..
There won't be a Skylake-E this year. We will have to wait till 2017 at the earliest for them.
It wouldn't make sense for Intel to release Broadwell-E if they also plan to release
Skylake-E in the same year just a matter of months to replace it.
Besides, it looks like we won`t see AMD Zen high end desktop parts until 2017 and
so Intel has no need anyways to release Skylake-E this year.
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I'm currently running a 4770k and might upgrade to broadwell-e depending on price and how well they overclock. If they adjust the pricing so that the 8 core is reasonable i'd probably go for that, i'm not going to spend £800 or more on a CPU and moving up to a hex core probably isn't worth it.
Intel CPU's don't really drop much in price they just go eol and make way for their replacements 4790k' s still generally sell for within £20-30 of the launch price of £260 and sometimes sell for more.....
https://www.overclockers.co.uk/inte...ocket-lga1150-processor-retail-cp-539-in.html
http://www.bit-tech.net/hardware/2014/06/19/intel-core-i7-4790k-devil-s-canyon-review/1
I for one was fairly surprised to see the 5930k sold at a discount last black friday
The bit tech review links to the oem version on ocuk, which is still £5 more than launch!
And as stated we wont see skylake-e in 2016 it may not even beat cannonlake (the skylake shrink to 10nm after 14nm refresh kabylake for the consumer sockets)!
There was previously some talk of Intel cancelling broadwell-e any jumping straight to skylake-e. Depending on how work with cannonlake goes I think Intel may actually end up canning skylake-e for a 10nm platform (cannonlake-e?) because they may realise the difficulty of selling an expensive 'Enthusiast' cpu at 14nm when they already have released or shortly due to release a 10nm 'consumer' cpu which is rumoured to be the first 'consumer' CPU that will come from Intel with 6+ cores. How would they differentiate and promote the enthusiast line in such a scenario?
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Did they get the rumour from my post earlier? 
It makes sense, all they're really doing is adding a 10 core option for those wealthy enough to be able to afford one. The rest of the range is basically the same.
It makes sense, all they're really doing is adding a 10 core option for those wealthy enough to be able to afford one. The rest of the range is basically the same.
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Well that sucks if true. Was hoping to possibly pick up the 8 core broadwell E to replace my 5820k late 2016 or early 2017 for under £400 but that looks like it might be unlikely now and that the 8 core 6900k will just be at the same price point as the current 5960x.
Intel's Broadwell-E 6950X 10-core may cost $1500
http://www.overclock3d.net/articles/cpu_mainboard/intel_s_broadwell-e_6950x_10-core_may_cost_1500/1
Knew it, didn't sound right that they would supply a 10 core for $1000. Well lets see what will happen, if people don't buy them then their prices will drop. Intel is just taking the micky now since Skylake and their silly prices.
http://www.overclock3d.net/articles/cpu_mainboard/intel_s_broadwell-e_6950x_10-core_may_cost_1500/1
Knew it, didn't sound right that they would supply a 10 core for $1000. Well lets see what will happen, if people don't buy them then their prices will drop. Intel is just taking the micky now since Skylake and their silly prices.
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Now I'm not sure whether I should buy now or wait until Broadwell-E comes out with those rumoured prices for the 10 core. I was hoping the 10 core would cost the same as the 8 core Haswell-E CPU. What do you think I should do? If I was going to buy now I'd probably get the 8 core Haswell-E i7-5960X.
Soldato
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Lol wait if it wasnt the 5960x i would bite the bullet on a 5820k but not the 5960x it'll depreciate quicker then a broken nissan.
Yeah I guess you are right. Thing is this new computer is going to have to last me a minimum of 5 years since I won't be upgrading the CPU in that time (unless it breaks).
I can't afford the 10 core Broadwell-E if it is really going to cost $1500 which means I'll just be getting the 8 core one which doesn't sound like a huge upgrade from the current top of the range Haswell-E.