I7 980X

[ghnader hsmithot]

Why is the i7 980x so expensive?
I was thinking of getting one.
I know the i7 2600k is great, but why is it(980x) still stuck at the price point?
Any business reason or technological brief as to why its expensive?
Isnt i7 980x still considered a 32nm manufacturing process?It should have matured.

 

[sportsfanboy]

Doesn't make a whole lot of sense to me either considering they have newer unlocked chips for far less. I mean cmon,if you need a ton of cores you go with a multi socket workstation and not a 1000 dollar chip.

 

[ghnader hsmithot]

Doesn't make a whole lot of sense to me either considering they have newer unlocked chips for far less. I mean cmon,if you need a ton of cores you go with a multi socket workstation and not a 1000 dollar chip.

Hi sportsfanboy!
Thanks for the reply.

 

[sportsfanboy]

Hey man... I wouldn't buy a 1000 last gen chip over a 215 dollar unlocked current gen chip. The 2600k with 4 cores and lower stock speed holds it's own and beats the 980x in some benchmarks. Sandy bridge really made the 980x insignificant IMO. http://www.anandtech.com/bench/Product/142?vs=287

Just a small overclock and the 4 core 2600k for 750 dollars less should perform the same or better.

 

[ghnader hsmithot]

i know that but you see i have a 1366 board.
And i was given it for free.
Tried to sell it on Ebay but no luck.
So trying to figure out what to do.Since i have a i7 2600k and also have a i7 950.
So thinking what to do with it the mobo.

 

[sportsfanboy]

Really no luck on ebay? I could sell pocket lint on ebay, I can give you some pointers if you want. I'm confused, why not use the 1366 and 950 combo and buy a z68 board? Or do you want to move half your stuff?

 

[ghnader hsmithot]

Really no luck on ebay? I could sell pocket lint on ebay, I can give you some pointers if you want. I'm confused, why not use the 1366 and 950 combo and buy a z68 board? Or do you want to move half your stuff?

Well its on a 1366 mobo itself so in other words.It has already got its own mobo.
So yeah,
just was wondering about this.But there is a i7 980x price drop recently but its still around the $900 price range.
So yeah, kinda dissapointed that it hasnt gone down in price.

 

[sportsfanboy]

I can't see it being worth it, the 950 is a fast chip especially when overclocked. I mean unless you need to do some serious rendering/encoding/transcoding, even then you'll need commercial grade software in some cases to use all 6 cores and utilize hyper threading.

 

[mdd1963]

If the 980x retailed at $220, and X58 mbs were same price as Z68, I still would not choose 980x over the 2500k, at least not in a gaming system.....

 

[tokencode]

Its that expensive for 2 reasons, A) people are willing to pay that much B) it is considered to the best silicon. Similiar processors (same core) at different clockspeeds are generally all made identically, they then test them and given the a clockspeed they are rated for. In order for Intel to rate a chip at that clock speed it probably needs to be in the top 1-5% of the chips they make, therefore there are only so many they can produce because only 1-5% of their silicon meets those standards.


If you want the best you have to pay for it.

 

[ghnader hsmithot]

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