(2014-06-30, 16:42)visiter555 Wrote: (2014-06-30, 15:31)Yorick Wrote: (2014-06-30, 12:59)javis Wrote: Respone from Intel person (seemingly) regarding availability on 2820 with 2830 CPU
https://communities.intel.com/message/239337#239337
Interesting. The problem is that the model DN2820FYKH don´t change the name with this new version, so it will be difficult to know that version are buying.
Yea, when I asked earlier in the Intel thread about part numbers, there is a different SKU, but...
And the answer to my question on availability that Intel gave is ambiguous at best. Intel is going to dump the old 2820 processor on a lot of unsuspecting people. Intel also said the 2840 chip is being released, so that means we will have obsolete 2820s on the street being sold when people expect either the 2830 or 2840 SOC.
What a company....lol
Short but interesting read. As stated several times, even
very recently - Intel declared a
looong time ago, that they would keep the DN2820FYKH model name, as the N2830 SoC is just "a minor revision" of the N2820 (Small tweaks and "patches", notably: adding Quick Sync). Seems the same goes for the N2840. I guess the only way to check what SoC CPU is "in there", would be either the seller/retailer providing the Intel SKU, applied software or visual confirmation. Seing how this is "just a minor revision", most retailers probably won't even update their info.
Intel has been behind on production on this unit since launch - and still is. That means that any retailer is very unlikely to hold "old stock" - new arrivals just go "straight through" to fill backorders, or see a few hours of shelf-time before sale or pickup. What we can derive from this, and the production change happening 30. may - is that if your order was shipped from the retailer/seller to you,
after approx. the middle of june - you are highly unlikely to get one with the N2820 SoC/CPU. My basis for this being that the shipments from Intel to your retailer, takes less than 2 weeks. Results may vary.
