CPU What can we expect from this?

I just saw this pop up on the fb link for scan.

Intel I7 2700K

I would of thought that would of made it to the bit-tech news section at least?

Anyways, what do we know about it apart from the price?

 

i think i read a few places it's the replacement for the 2600k (refresh if you will) or replacing the 2600k at that price point, dropping the sb chips down a notch in price

 

looking at the specs for it, is it using different cache? instead of smart its, the normal L1, L2 and L3

 

Thats what I was thinking, same as the old i7 920 became the 930, 940 became the 950 and so on.

 

So just a little speed bump and some refinement. Does this count as a new stepping?

 

maybe, but it was pretty good to start with, so like you say a few tweeks and probably even better overclcoking thrown in as well.