Core i7 920, 940, 950 to be Phased Out by 'early next year'

Category: CPU's
Posted: June 6, 2009 04:04AM
Author: premiumgfx

Many rumors have been circulating over the last few weeks about Intel putting the Core i7 920, 940, 950 and 965EE on the chopping block in favour of the Lynfield based Socket 1156 CPUs. Bit-tech has now reported that it has seen roadmaps from all of the X58 mainboard makers which confirm that the Core i7 920, 940, 950 and 965EE will be gone by 'early next year'. Based on the motherboard manufacturers' roadmaps it looks like the 975 Extreme Edition and the upcoming six-core CPUs will be the sole users of the LGA1366 socket. LGA1366 and X58 motherboards will be reduced in production around Q3 and Q4 with the release of the Lynnfield platform on September 1, although it is unclear when the current Core i7s will be phased out.

So, all those ppl who bought into i7 6 months ago, to the tune of the better part of a grand, are gettin' screwed?!?!?! If so ... GG intel!

"Get i7 because 775 has no room for expansion!" lulz

Well, socket 775 is still going to have no room for expansion. core i5 is going to the 1156 socket.

Yeah, but socket 775 is now > i7 because of how dirt cheap it is.

Kia > BMW?

Nope. The only reason people used to recommend i7 is because of the expandability and upgrade room, but now that's gone. It's like: "Take Car B over Car A, even though it's more expensive, it'll be a better buy because Car B constantly has new parts replaced." And then Car B stops having new parts put into it, so Car A is more valuable.

Well I'm still going to build an i7 system even if it IS going to be phased out as it is (and still will be) superior to the crummy i5. Why buy the i5 just because it is new? Doesn't mean it is going to be better than the i7's.

Yes, i7 will remain the high-end platform to build on.

get the c0's while you can, they're dirt cheap! i5 wont be so impressive since its filling the 775 market

Please tell me this is fake

I hope this is fake, i guess i will stalk up on core i7's because i want performance not "the newest thing" expecially if it will be slower, unbelivable!