The CPUs' current prices in the Taiwan channel are about NT$6,800 (US$207) for Core i5-750, NT$10,000 for Core i7-860 and NT$19,000 for Core i7-870, the sources said.
Asustek Computer's P55-based motherboards are priced at NT$5,490-9,300, Gigabyte Technology's at NT$5,200-8,900 and Micro-Star International's (MSI) at NT$5,000-8,000, depending on the specifications, the sources said.
Intel's Core i5-750, Core i7-860 and Core i7-870 feature core frequencies of 2.66GHz, 2.8GHz and 2.93GHz, and are priced at US$196, US$284 and US$562 in thousand-unit tray quantities, respectively. The three CPUs also feature 8MB L3 Cache, dual-channel DDR3 memory controller and 95W of TDP, according to the previous reports.
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Posted on Monday, August 17 2009 @ 14:56 CEST by Thomas De Maesschalck