.13 more ghz and better tech for 5 more dollars. looks like my new choice.

This is just the replacement of the i7-920, and intel makes no secret of it and has been telling this way in advance, it's just that their socket 1156 parts are suppose to be the lower end of the market so the i7 range needed to be adjusted a bit.
And the 930 will be the same price as the 920 which reportedly will be phased out now.
Meanwhile the first gulftown 6-core is also spotted, the $999 one that is, and later cheaper ones will be the actual new generation, with some of the tricks from the i8xx range added to the 6 cores I hear.

There's no conspiracy here, it's just a normal open adjustment of their offering, and the list of features are the same as the 920 just a boost in speed, it's just the press repeating the standard features as if it is new stuff that confuses people.

I agree that it's nothing much to see, but it IS news. This is the price of lack of competition. I'm sure Intel will release this at a premium and hold the price up for as long as possible. They'll make back the billion dollar pittance they paid AMD in no time. It must be nice to be able to buy justice.

Releasing a processor based on a 2 year old part just with a +1 multiplier value is not even worth publishing as news.

...an i7-870 but with triple rather than double channel memory controller? Wow - colour me unimpressed.

Still, something for the LGA 1366 crowd I suppose.

Because AMD will not win the benchmark as expected, I'm going to buy this processor as my new customized rig.