Intel Core i7-2700K and price cuts unveiled

CPU World writes Intel quietly introduced the Core i7-2700K, a new quad-core eight-threaded chip with a frequency of 3.5GHz, 100MHz more than the Core i7-2600K. Besides the clockspeed raise the chip is similar to the 2600K, it has an unlocked clock multiplier and 8MB L3 cache. Pricing in 1,000-unit quantities is $332, $15 more than the 2600K.

Additionally, Intel also cut prices of three low-end chips:

Model	Cores	Threads	Frequency	L3 cache	Old price	New price
Core i3-2120	2	4	3.3 GHz	3 MB	$138	$117
Pentium G630	2	2	2.7 GHz	3 MB	$75	$64
Pentium G850	2	2	2.9 GHz	3 MB	$86	$75