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Intel's Haswell Refresh Processors Pricing Revealed Online
By , - Source: Guru3D

Intel has released its first Haswell Refresh processors, though you won't be able to find them on shelves just yet. This release is only for OEMs, likely so that they have time to get them into circulation. As such, the enthusiast "K" labelled products aren't on the release list. Prices below are for buying in trays of 1000 CPUs.

ModelCoresThreadsFrequencyL3-CacheTray Price
Core i7-4790483,6 GHz8 MB$303
Core i7-4790S483,2 GHz8 MB$303
Core i7-4790T482,7 GHz8 MB$303
Core i7-4785T482,2 GHz8 MB$303
Core i5-4690443,5 GHz6 MB$213
Core i5-4690S443,2 GHz6 MB$213
Core i5-4690T442,5 GHz6 MB$213
Core i5-4590443,3 GHz6 MB$192
Core i5-4590S443,0 GHz6 MB$192
Core i5-4590T442,0 GHz6 MB$192
Core i5-4460443,2 GHz6 MB$182
Core i5-4460S442,9 GHz6 MB$182
Core i5-4460T441,9 GHz6 MB$182
Core i3-4360243,7 GHz4 MB$149
Core i3-4350243,6 GHz4 MB$138
Core i3-4350T243,1 GHz4 MB$138
Core i3-4150243,5 GHz3 MB$117
Core i3-4150T243,0 GHz3 MB$117
Pentium G3450223,4 GHz3 MB$86
Pentium G3440223,3 GHz3 MB$75
Pentium G3440T222,8 GHz3 MB$75
Pentium G3240223,1 GHz3 MB$64
Pentium G3240T222,7 GHz3 MB$64
Celeron G1850222,9 GHz2 MB$52
Celeron G1840222,8 GHz2 MB$42
Celeron G1840T222,5 GHz2 MB$42

The total unit count comes up to 26 CPUs. These include Celeron processors, as well as Pentium chips, Core i3, Core i5, and Core i7 chips. The release of the CPUs in boxed variants is likely to follow soon, with MSRP (manufacturer's suggested retail price) probably slightly above the aforementioned. That said, street pricing for boxed Intel chips is almost always below MSRP pricing by a small margin, so take the prices above as a worst-case scenario guideline. Currently, the Core i7-4770 has a tray MSRP of $303, which is identical to the tray price mentioned above of the newer Core i7-4790. Since performance won't be much higher than existing parts, it'll be hard to justify an upgrade. Though if you're in the market for a new system, it's nice to know that these chips will sit at the same MSRP price point as their older counterparts, or you can make use of price cuts to which the older parts will fall victim.