Intel Pentium G4560 Cannibalizing Core i3 Sales, Company Effectively Kills it

RavenXXX2 · 10 Jul 2017 at 17:16

Told you. Scum Intel.
https://www.techpowerup.com/235035/...3-sales-company-effectively-kills-it#comments

DragonQ · 10 Jul 2017 at 18:11

I'm surprised it took them this long. I wonder if the Ryzen 3 line-up will stretch down to that segment of the market.

Telecaster · 10 Jul 2017 at 18:19

Well you can't blame them really, but you do have to ask yourself... which idiot at intel ok'd it in the first place and didn't forsee that happening?

pandem0nium · 10 Jul 2017 at 19:06

Could still buy a used, but faster skylake i3 for the same price.

AiiR · 10 Jul 2017 at 20:04

That's fine, I would just spent a little extra and get a Ryzen 5 1400 for 2 extra physical cores and 4 threads instead of an i3.

DragonQ · 10 Jul 2017 at 20:24

AiiR said:
That's fine, I would just spent a little extra and get a Ryzen 5 1400 for 2 extra physical cores and 4 threads instead of an i3.

Not sure I'd call three times as much "a little extra". Pentiums were supreme value for money.

AiiR · 10 Jul 2017 at 21:23

DragonQ said:
Not sure I'd call three times as much "a little extra". Pentiums were supreme value for money.

I meant an i3, where the cheapest of here is just shy of £110.

FrozenShivers · 10 Jul 2017 at 21:43

Was considering buying one for an unRaid build

DragonQ · 10 Jul 2017 at 23:37

FrozenShivers said:
Was considering buying one for an unRaid build

You can still buy them for now...

benjii · 10 Jul 2017 at 23:50

I'm glad I got mine on release, it makes a fantastic 4k HTPC chip. I can't say I'm surprised at this though, its performance is near enough the same as the i3. It's just missing an instruction set, one that the majority of people won't notice is missing and the iGPU is one revision lower. Neither of those factors justify the i3 being double the price.

shamus21 · 11 Jul 2017 at 07:36

It is a fantastic cpu for the price £50.99 when I picked up two a few months back. I hope AMD come up with a offer in this area of performance in which case intel can bugger off.

Simon Belmont · 11 Jul 2017 at 10:20

Glad I bought mine last week then

CAT-THE-FIFTH · 11 Jul 2017 at 11:18

So the Ryzen 3 will be what,closer to £120ish for the cheapest model and can be overclocked - so does Intel think that a £100+ Core i3 is going to look that great in comparison especially for gaming builds??

Davedree · 11 Jul 2017 at 12:08

CAT-THE-FIFTH said:
So the Ryzen 3 will be what,closer to £120ish for the cheapest model and can be overclocked - so does Intel think that a £100+ Core i3 is going to look that great in comparison especially for gaming builds??[/w.QUOTE]

Depends if you need the i-gpu I guess which is where the Pentium really did well for itself, but yeah the I3 won't sell well at current prices

mickyflinn · 11 Jul 2017 at 19:59

The Pentium G4560 is alive and well, says Intel

http://techreport.com/news/32225/the-pentium-g4560-is-alive-and-well-says-intel

Pants · 11 Jul 2017 at 20:57

The "source" looks like some speculation on a french website. Go journalism.

Jonners · 11 Jul 2017 at 21:15

There is a serious mark up on prices in what is available of the G4560 anywhere up to £90 :eek:

They were only 55 quid maximum not long back?! Will we ever see these at sensible prices again?

muon · 11 Jul 2017 at 21:33

Would Intel admit to reducing supply?

What we do see is the G4560 selling for way above MSRP in the US close to 7100 prices.

Even if it was demand, Intel have the ability to match demand easily.

This isn't like the same situation as AMD who are desperately trying to produce as many cards as possible to cash in on the demand.

chippy08 · 11 Jul 2017 at 22:34

I paid £45 a few weeks ago so i suppose a good buy.

Gerard · 12 Jul 2017 at 01:19