Intel’s Pentium E6500K with Unlocked Multi Hits Shelves

AMD’s Black Edition processors have enjoyed tremendous popularity among DIY market, so Intel decides to market with the Pentium E6500K in response. Actually, this model with unclocked mutiplier has hit stores in Guangzhou, China.

The blue and black package box is marked with “unclocked”, and the processor does not come with CPU cooler.

As the second model from Intel Pentium E6000 series, the Pentium E6500K is based on 45nm processing, and runs at 2.93GHz, with 1066MHz of FSB and 2MB of L2 cache, supporting virtualization technology.

Intel Pentium E6500K is sold in bundle with Biostar TP45E Combo motherboard for RMB1299 (US$190) together. The motherboard retails RMB799 ($117) separately. According to Intel’s roadmap, the CPU will cost $84.