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News Intel upgrades Bay Trail NUC to Celeron N2830

Discussion in 'Article Discussion' started by Gareth Halfacree, 24 Apr 2014.

  1. Gareth Halfacree

    Gareth Halfacree WIIGII! Lover of bit-tech Administrator Super Moderator Moderator

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  2. Bede

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    Surprised they're still shipping chips with known hardware faults. Not entirely ethical, to my mind anyway. Ethics aside, I'm always astonished that they can make chips doing 2+GHz in a 7.5W TDP!
     
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    TheMadDutchDude The Flying Dutchman

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    So they know there's a problem with the chips but they continue to hold stock and expect customers to deal with it? Naughty Intel! They should recall the lot, and replace them free of charge.
     
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    littlepuppi Currently playing MWO and loving it

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    Article says the chip is bug fixed!!? Am i missing something?
     
  5. Gareth Halfacree

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    Yes: the last paragraph of the article.
     
  6. littlepuppi

    littlepuppi Currently playing MWO and loving it

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    Ahh, ok, that is a joke.
     
  7. azazel1024

    azazel1024 What's a Dremel?

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    What I kind of don't get is why they are so darned expensive? z3770 runs something like $37 a pop in 1000 trays, but this runs $107 in 1000 trays. I know that it has more features (like SATA support and stuff), but it is a cut down core count. I do wonder if Intel is simply being honest on the z3770, but isn't advertising the true price to OEM/ODMs on the bay trail m/d line up. After all, there are several celeron based mITX boards that are less than the 1000 tray price of the processor on the board. I can't imagine that the OEM/ODMs are willing to take a huge hit just to make volume, so I assume Intel is subsidizing and/or offering big discounts on actual orders of the m/d chip lineup.

    Anyway, I don't see what would make the chip 3x more expensive.
     

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