Intel Retires Select Sandy Bridge and Ivy Bridge CPUs
A number of Intel's older CPUs are being sent off to their retirement homes.
It's that time of the cycle again, where Intel is sending a number of its CPUs off for retirement, and it's a long list.
For starters, the biggest lineup of CPUs being EOL'd (End of Life) are part of the Pentium and Celeron series. These include the G860, G645, G645T, G550T, G555, G465, G630, G620, G622, G870, G860T, G640, G530T, G630T, G640T G550, G540T, G460, and finally, the G530. These were all Sandy Bridge parts built on the 32 nm lithography.
Furthermore, Intel's Core i5-3350P is expected to pass away Q1 2014 along with the i3-3225 and i3-3210. The older Core i5-2390T, i3-2100, i3-2125, i3-2130, i3-2120T and i3-2102 passed in Q3-2013.
Finishing off the list, the cave-time Atom D2500 has received its product discontinuance notice, though it won't be finished off until sometime in Q3-2014. The Atom D2550 has received a product support change notice, though we're not entirely sure what that means.
Of all the processors I have encountered in my travels, his was the most.... computational.
Of all the processors I have encountered in my travels, his was the most.... computational.
Well I am a bit saddened as my 2500K was a good CPU as was the Sandy Bridge arch but I just upgraded to a 4670K and am pretty happy with it.
Best of all, my work paid for it. Love my new job.
Well I am a bit saddened as my 2500K was a good CPU as was the Sandy Bridge arch but I just upgraded to a 4670K and am pretty happy with it.
Best of all, my work paid for it. Love my new job.
You can actually notice an improvement? Or not really.... but looked up some benchmarks and seen it was faster?
i guess toms has to find a new budget core i5 at that price point. may be core i5 4430 or 4440 depending on price and availability. i don't see any igpu-less haswell cpu on intel's website.
If you have a microcenter near you you missed out on a heck of a sale, they were selling FX 8320's for $99.99 the week of and the week after thanksgiving, and they came with a Gigabyte am3+ motherboard that was $10, and the motherboard came with a $10 dollar mail in rebate.
If you have a microcenter near you you missed out on a heck of a sale, they were selling FX 8320's for $99.99 the week of and the week after thanksgiving, and they came with a Gigabyte am3+ motherboard that was $10, and the motherboard came with a $10 dollar mail in rebate.
i got my new 8320 for 129.99... which i think is a good enough deal really.
Gonna be a fun xmas playing with it when i get home from this missionary work.
Well, the 1090t was a "real " six core CPU.
At least you realize you have to upgrade to something good(or be disappointed).