Intel Six-Core i7-970 CPU shipping

This processor was in the pipeline for a while now, yet I am surprised to see it launched so soon. Intel is about to release this product, yet a UK etailer jumped the gun.

The Core i7 970 will be clocked a tiny bit slower than the 980X at 3.2 GHz . Obviously you'll be stripped away from the unlocked multiplier as well. But still; pricing should in the end be a notch better at roughly 900 EUR.

The 6-core processor is based on socket LGA 1366 motherboards and has 12MB of L3 cache. The product also hyper-threads to 12 threads, as well as the lovely  integrated triple-channel DDR3 memory controller.

The etailer lists it at 

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