#4420035

Norvekh

2012-09-28 20:23

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.

#4420188

ViperXtreme

2012-09-29 01:01

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:

#4420225

EspHack

2012-09-29 02:54

haha intel is really a fast forward company

#4420254

airbud7

2012-09-29 03:56

haha intel is really a fast forward company

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

#4420783

The_Fool

2012-09-30 00:36

Seems a little early to discontinue them. But, it would give me an excuse to upgrade if something ever happens to this great processor.

#4420838

dcx_badass

2012-09-30 02:57

Did anyone actually read the article, not sure what this early rubbish is, how is September 2013 early, it's 18 months after Ivybridge came out to replace it.

#4420997

alanm

2012-09-30 12:02

Did anyone actually read the article, not sure what this early rubbish is, how is September 2013 early, it's 18 months after Ivybridge came out to replace it.

Yes good point. Furthermore, this is what Intel does with ALL their chips. Once a new gen/die shrink is out, the previous one is discontinued in the same way. What makes SB any different? It would be senseless (and costly) for them to dedicate fabs producing different chips/processes concurrently once the newer chips ramp up in production/volume.

#4421006

Zboe

2012-09-30 12:29

I wonder if Intel stocks up a bit at the end of a run for warranty purposes? I have the tuning and protection plan for my chip so I am wondering about that. At damn near 1.5 volts it's probably going to start degrading soon (knock on wood, it seems to still be going strong so far) and I'm going to need a new chip to replace it if/when it does die.

#4421013

Black_ice_Spain

2012-09-30 12:44

I think this announcement its more about freeing their 32nm factories (selling them to others or whatever) than stopping sandy bridge because they want to boost ivy. (ill buy a 2500K soon too, 3570k doesnt worth it ._.).

#4421309

The_Fool

2012-10-01 00:20

Yes good point. Furthermore, this is what Intel does with ALL their chips. Once a new gen/die shrink is out, the previous one is discontinued in the same way. What makes SB any different? It would be senseless (and costly) for them to dedicate fabs producing different chips/processes concurrently once the newer chips ramp up in production/volume.

Yea, I guess you're right.