RUMOR: Intel Sandy Bridge-E launching November 14th

Brian Ambrozy 3 Nov, 2011 at 12:14am ET Article published in Tech

The Intel rumor mill is in high gear, and an industry insider tipped us off to a very likely November 14th launch date for Intel’s highly anticipated follow-up to their flagship Sandy Bridge CPU family. What we know so far:

Socket 2011
PCIe Gen 3 or Gen 2 depending on motherboard maker (CPU supports PCIe 3)
No native USB 3
Native SATA6
4 or 8 DIMM slots per board
3 models at launch: 3960X, 3930K and 3820, with the X and K being unlocked
130W TDP

We’ve also got some info on possible pricing, with the top-end 3960X at a premium $999, the 3930K coming in at $583, and the 3820 at $294. Clock speeds are expected to be as follows:
3820 = 3.6GHz/3.9 turbo, 3930k = 3.2GHz/3.8 turbo, 3960x = 3.3/3.9. Cache levels will be 10, 12 and 15MB L3 respectively. The X79 chipset will require a new HSF mounting kit over LGA-1366. Motherboard manufacturer ECS teased some photos of their X79R-AX series, showing the new socket in action.

AnandTech has an article on overclocking Sandy Bridge-E if you want more info.

Comments

3 Nov 2011 ~ 8:30am Garg Makes the 2600k look cheap.
3 Nov 2011 ~ 9:05am csimon Does anyone know the particular pin counts of the Intel desktop line-up?
3 Nov 2011 ~ 9:52am Thrax LGA1155 = Sandy Bridge and Ivy Bridge
LGA2011 = Sandy Bridge-E and, presumably, Ivy Bridge-E.
3 Nov 2011 ~ 10:52am csimon

Thrax wrote:

LGA1155 = Sandy Bridge and Ivy Bridge
LGA2011 = Sandy Bridge-E and, presumably, Ivy Bridge-E.

Thanks ...it was the 2011 I was interested in.
3 Nov 2011 ~ 10:53am Thrax Cool. Figured I'd cover the bases.
3 Nov 2011 ~ 11:41am boasist Hello, it's you i'm looking for
'Cause I wonder where you are
And I wonder what you do
I can't wait to take you home
3 Nov 2011 ~ 12:02pm primesuspect "I love you"
3 Nov 2011 ~ 5:51pm Tim I've been waiting for Ivy Bridge to build my new gaming PC with, I'll have to read the reviews on this Sandy Bridge-E stuff. What's the E for?

And they REALLY should not release a Socket 2011 in November of 2011 ! That's just plain STUPID!!!! They should call it Socket 2012 and toss in an extra pin for something.
3 Nov 2011 ~ 7:06pm Thrax Ivy Bridge is march.