CPU 2550k Quiet release?

Did anyone else notice the quiet release of the new Sandy Bridge 2550K chip? Or has it just been completely ignored by everyone?

Just spotted it on Scan's today only.

http://www.scan.co.uk/products/intel-core-i5-2550k-s-1155-sandy-bridge-quad-core-34ghz-6mb-smart-cache-34x-ratio-95w-retail

 

No GPU and clocked a little higher. With a £15-20 price premium!
Seems a lot like intel are dumping semi-faulty SB chips into the channel now.

 

Wow that's a big price premium, it should cost the same as the 2500k as it doesn't have a GPU.

 

Here are the other new processors:
http://www.engadget.com/2012/01/30/intel-quietly-outs-seven-new-sandy-bridge-cpus-to-check-were-pa/

I can't believe Intel STILL makes single core processors. Way to deceive users who don't know much about these processors.

 

As opposed to the FX '8-core' processors? I'm not sure how a single core non-hyperthreading processor is deceiving.

 

now now. Tundra won't be happy with that statement lol

 

This is just a faulty gpu. The clock bump is probably nonsense too. Your not saving thermally as you're not using it in bigger rigs with dedicated gpu.

 

I agree that Jimmy no mates will look at the Celeron 797 and have no idea how many cores it's got. He'll just see Intel and a cheap price tag and then be surprised when his shiny new machine bogs down when asked to anything even modestly taxing...

 

I can't even be asked to have a go at him. Bulldozer is 'Eight' cores anyway. Eight superthin cores that make a model look positively obese, and consequently rather crap in their ability to do anything singlehanded.