CPU/Mobo Cheaper Intel Sandy Bridge CPUs to Arrive Soon, Starting at $64

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Source: Cheaper Intel Sandy Bridge CPUs to Arrive Soon, Starting at $64 - Softpedia

Launched just a few weeks ago, Intel's Sandy Bridge processor line will get new addition in the following months in order to offer lower priced solutions for budget conscious buyers, recent leaks suggesting the launch of a wide variety of Pentium and Core i3 CPUs based on the new architecture.

According to ComputerBase, these new chips will arrive towards the end of the first half of 2011 and drop the price paid for an Sandy Bridge CPU to a rather low $64.

For this much money, consumers will be able to get the Pentium G620 chip that packs dual processing cores clocked at 2.6GHz, 3MB of Level 3 cache memory, as well as built-in graphics.

The on-die GPU is based on a cut-down version of the Intel HD 2000 graphics unit, that doesn't feature Quick Sync support, and is clocked at 850MHz (up to 1100MHz thanks to turbo).

Right above the Pentium G620 comes the G840 that operates at 2.8GHz, and the 2.9GHz clocked G850, the first one being priced at $75 while the latter will be available for $85.

These three Pentium chips have a TDP of 65W, Intel also releasing a more energy efficient model, dubbed the G620T, which has an estimated power draw of just 35W, a 2.2GHz core frequency, and a $70 price tag.

All of the Pentium chips come without Hyper-Threading and Turbo Boost support, AES and AVX being also left out of the picture.

In addition, Intel will introduce two new Core parts, the Core i5 2405S and the Core i3 2105, the SKUs being really similar to the already available 2400S and 2100.

Together with these Sandy Bridge-based processors, Intel is set to launch new LGA 1155 chipsets, including the much-anticipated Z68 that allows for CPU overclocking while the integrated graphics is being used.
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^^ no they are quiet energy efficient actually. Get a 45W Athlon II X2 2.8GHz... good enuf

THe problem with INTEL, they need to put a strong IGP into these CPUs, and not into the top of the range 400$ SB procc, bet they have cut the GPU to less than half on these Pentium Series.
 
Intel are gonna release a new H61 platform and expect this to replace the G41 and the SB pentiums will replace current E5xxx series. Remember that the Clarkdale Pentiums costed $86 and there was no cheap mobo for LGA1156 as intel wanted to keep selling the LGA775 series.

Now SB will replace them completely.

But these will get released only in late Q2/early Q3
 
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