Quote Originally Posted by fiveprime View Post
I'm confused as to the purpose of this chip, the bottom line Ci7 is not all that expensive, and prices will drop as time goes. Not to mention the Ci7's performance is much better for a slightly higer cost.
Ci5 will replace the P45-P43 S775 boards. I doubt you will see many Ci7 boards below 200€, and for the mainstream especial for the OEMs thats to much money to spend only on a motherboard.

Ci5 boards will be in the 100-200€ range and everything above will be for Ci7. (Bling bling editions are an exception )