Intel to Discontinue Sandy Bridge Processors

[Hilbert Hagedoorn]

Intel’s third generation 22nm Core series Ivy Bridge processors have been out for quite a while now but Intel is still selling the old 32nm second generation Sandy Bridge alongside the new m...

Intel Plans to Discontinue Sandy Bridge Processors

[---TK---]

RIP SB, buy now before the prices go up due to eol

[Brasky]

And another one bites the dust....

[PhazeDelta1]

Damn, that was fast. SB hasn't even been out for 2 years.

[dcx_badass]

Still selling them till September next year, hardly biting the dust yet...

[HamsterCrispy]

As said in the article, It is surprising that they would also discontinue the i5-3450 IB

[Speed Weed]

Had an idea this would happen, although mabe not quite so soon.
Will be watching Novatech and Amazon for any news of a price drop on the Core i5 2500K.
Novatech seem to be becoming a bit shy about holding a stock already, ready just to send out.

[chevy350`]

I wonder what their going to do when some of us who hit them up on the "$25 one time you fry it no questions asked replacement" decide to use that option.....maybe we'll get it replaced with a Ivy

[SLI-756]

Originally Posted by ---TK---

RIP SB, buy now before the prices go up due to eol

Or perhaps buy an Ivy Bridge and run a gen3 system.
My ol' 2500k is lying in a dusty drawer.

[AbjectBlitz]

Ivy with their heat issues are just not worth the marginal performance increase. SB is the better chip IMO if you clock to 5ghz.

[Mikedogg]

^That's why I'm thinking this early discontinuation is to boost IB sales.

[---TK---]

Originally Posted by SLI-756

Or perhaps buy an Ivy Bridge and run a gen3 system.
My ol' 2500k is lying in a dusty drawer.

Me? I am going haswell, not spending a penny on a dying socket.

[SLI-756]

Originally Posted by ---TK---

Me? I am going haswell, not spending a penny on a dying socket.

But you still recommend folks spend their pennies on 1156?

'RIP SB, buy now before the prices go up due to eol '

hehe i know the sandies were classic, imo Ivy Bridge is the bizz.( highly polished sandies if you like)

[RoadKillNL]

Originally Posted by ---TK---

Me? I am going haswell, not spending a penny on a dying socket.

Going to do the same thing here, going from a 950 @ 3,8 GHz wasn't worth the money to go SB/IB. I will be going Haswell aswell to make a big step.

[SLI-756]

Well enjoy the wait, me i'll be playing borderlands2, farCry3, Crysis3 -my body is ready -, Hitman and GTA5 with a full gen3 system, hell i'll maybe pick up some 3Ghz ram for the occasion.
Say hello to the wake -gen3 pc master race reporting in.

[---TK---]

Originally Posted by SLI-756

But you still recommend folks spend their pennies on 1156?

'RIP SB, buy now before the prices go up due to eol '

hehe i know the sandies were classic, imo Ivy Bridge is the bizz.( highly polished sandies if you like)

SB is socket 1155 fool

[SLI-756]

Originally Posted by ---TK---

SB is socket 1155 fool

ok you got me, i was kinda meaning the z77 over the z68.

[---TK---]

Both those chipsets are 1155

[Mozaik]

SB would be my choice again over IB if would buy the new proc now.

[CPC_RedDawn]

Originally Posted by RoadKillNL

Going to do the same thing here, going from a 950 @ 3,8 GHz wasn't worth the money to go SB/IB. I will be going Haswell aswell to make a big step.

This is the main reason I have not upgraded my self. I'm still on the X58 platform with my 960 D0 and its still got an almighty punch left in it. I planned on this mobo/cpu lasting me 3-4 years. But I think Haswell was held back, thought about IB but then thought, why bother. I wont be using the extra power much. All apps and games run as they should do and Ive yet to find a game that bottlenecks this CPU even with my HD7970 overclocked as well it still does not bottleneck it.

[CPC_RedDawn]

Originally Posted by SLI-756

Well enjoy the wait, me i'll be playing borderlands2, farCry3, Crysis3 -my body is ready -, Hitman and GTA5 with a full gen3 system, hell i'll maybe pick up some 3Ghz ram for the occasion.
Say hello to the wake -gen3 pc master race reporting in.

I will be playing all those games too, my the rig <<<< at full settings too with very playable fps. Your point? Wasting money on stuff that will only increase performance slightly in games (other apps like video encoding/editing etc, maybe).

My friend has more or less the same system as you but he has SLI 680's and he said, going from an X58 platform to what he has now, is seriously not worth the money. The only thing he is happy with is the SLI 680's but he had those before he moved to "gen3" as you keep calling it. Even with SLI his performance only went up slightly in games compared to the x58 platform.

[Norvekh]

SB was a brilliant step forward. It gave even better performance than Nehalem in most situations and in comparison sipped power and was a cool customer. IB would've been the same way had they not fumbled on the paste. I'm plenty happy with my 2600K and may very well wait out Haswell for its successor. Sad to see SB go, but at the same time that's technology, no different than seeing Nvidia's 8 series finally retire as those cards were brilliant too.

[ViperXtreme]

lol i was originally got a Z68 more than a year ago so i could get a 2500K to overclock but this tiny i3 2100 is just doing fine, haven't been gaming much these days anyway D:

[EspHack]

haha intel is really a fast forward company

[airbud7]

Originally Posted by EspHack

haha intel is really a fast forward company

Yea...Top Dog!!!...Great Scientist's with the Best Architecture...Period!!!