Few People Will Pay for Intel Pentium E6500K, and Why?

Intel’s Pentium E6500K made a great flutter when it initially popped up in China, but it seems that the new processor has been pretty quiet in the last a few weeks. Why are the people uninterested in buying this CPU with unlocked multiplier?

Firstly, the unpopularity of E6500K is due to its pricing - people are quite sensitive to the cost performance when they purchase an entry-level product. The E6500K is currently sold at an average price of RMB660 (US$97)here, and no fan is included, which means the whole cost would achieve RMB700 (US$102). I guess the budget users would prefer to pay for the E5200 or E5300 which costs under RMB500 ($73).

Another problem is the overclocking section - E6500K can achieve up to 4.6GHz under air-cooling condition, but you need to set the voltage above 1.7V, which is unpleasant to use for overclockers.

Anyway, Intel will probably launch more processors with unlocked multiplier in the coming future, and I believe this is something that many overclockers really want to see.

Source: expreview.com