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Reviewers accuse Intel of snubs and rudeness
ALWAYS A SYMPATHETIC shoulder to cry on, the INQ's been passing round more Kleenex than usual lately to hardware reviewers claiming to be getting an icy cold shoulder from Intel.
'Intel won't send us an [...insert any product you can think of...] and it's just sooooo unfair!' seems to be the rallying cry from the cheap seats.
"I'm a performance analyst that has his own media company," Hamid Najii from www.HotOverclock.com told the INQ, between sobs. Najii told us that despite pestering Intel repeatedly for core i7 920 samples – even second or third hand ones – not only did he not receive any kit, he also didn't even get a reply from his Intel EMEA rep explaining why Chipzilla wouldn't send him any goodies.
Najii, who runs his Farsi-language review site from Iran, says he will now have to go down to the souk and pick up an i7 920 for a whopping $440 just in order to get his review done. Worse still, Najii sniffs, is that last year alone he had to cough up some $2,618 on Intel kit just to help his readers mull-ah over which CPU to choose.
"We are covering Intel in our media," complains the riled reviewer, adding that he has good relationships with Intel's partners, and never has any problem getting kit from Nvidia or AMD.
"I know some not so well-know media and Overclockers who have two i7 965s and we don't have one i7 920," bemoans Najii, noting he doesn't understand Chipzilla's grudge against him as he has "very nice relations" with Intel partners including ECS, ASUS, DFI and Jetway.
Of course, one could posit something about US export laws to Iran being problematic for a big US firm like Intel, but even reviewers in the States have reported being snubbed by choosy Chipzilla reps.
"Requests for Core i7 have gone largely unanswered, or been blown off in face-to-face convos," the INQ was told by tech blog Icrontic's news editor. Another writer chipped in, "We can't get jack from Intel. It's always 'We don't have any kit to give away right now' and 'we'll get back to you'."
After much sympathetic nodding and encouraging back patting, however, it does appear to us at the INQ that all this sniveling about not being given free Intel hardware to play with is a tad OTT. There are, after all, literally thousands of so called 'tier four and five' review sites on the Interwibble, and for Intel to provide kit to all of them is as unrealistic as it is impractical.
As spIntel's Czar of PR, Nick Knupffer, is quick to point out, "We would love to give free sample CPU's to all of the worlds reviewers but, unfortunately, we can only support so many."
Knupffer adds, "Supplies of Core i7 are plentiful for those eager to purchase one: if you combine Core i7 and the Xeon 5500 series, Intel expects to ship our one millionth Nehalem-based processor this week."
Still, Intel, would it really hurt you to send Hamid an email, even to politely refuse his request?
Ignoring him really is more than a little rude. µ
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hey intel! Its clear that you have no media in his region then look him as your opportunity, I know that in Asia a popular man could increase the sales very well because Asians has very different mind and they follow their head, thank you INQ to disclosure his story, hope to a day that we have no slave media like FUDZILLA (FAKEZILLA) and Techpowerup!!
big frakkin' deal.
A pathetic attempt in trying to make someone look bad. This story is fabricated. The poor guy in Iran can't even sue you Sylvie for posting this crap. Now go ahead and delete my post as you have done in the past. This so called news site is so heavily biased it has become a joke. Sylvie used to write good. Now it's apparant she's getting good money, OR, typical j.ew taking a pi.ss @ poor m.uslim. Shame!!!
Give me a break, this guy bitches because Corporate Intel didn't give him the free handout he thinks he deserves? Sorry this is not how things work. HotOverclock.com is not a significant website in the community, it is not a priority on Intels or any other hardware manufacturer's list of give-free-crap to. Not one company is required to give free hardware to review websites for review. This is complete bullshit. If he wants to cry about it, go ahead, it just makes him look like an idiot. Go buy the damn product when it is available and do your best, honest review. Build your reputation up from the ground like everyone else has. Even when you reach the top, you are never, ever guaranteed free product, let alone have the guall to complain about it.
Lots of 920 sales are possibly eating into the higher priced chip's profit margins. Could that be it?
There are loads of reviews of the 920, google 'em.
The problem with the 920 isn't the lack of reviews, it's the high price of the cpu and the mobo.
Luckily the ram price has halved to under £100 for 6GB triple channel.
Re: other comments, love the mansion review etc, the comments are 1/4 the fun of the inq.
So every site on the internet that wants to write a review of this processor doesn't get a free one provided for them : BOO HOO. What in the wide world of sports makes them think they are entitled to one ?
I fully understand that the boo-hoo tier 4 and 5 review sites that are run by a guy in his mom's basement can't all be satisfied - but it's frustrating for larger sites who have been around for years, seeing smaller sites with less traffic who are getting exclusive or pre-release kit. One has to ask who they're friends with, cause believe me, it's not just the numbers they look at.
He should copy benchmark sites and change the name.. Kinda similar to what the INQ does most of the times!
AMD ad at the end of the article, very fitting!
Maybe he should change his name to John or Bill.. Having a name from Johnny Quest or Iran will not help anyone in this moment in time. I'm not racist, but a realist. Plus if he wasn't such a bullsh*tter, Intel might have given him a chip. I can't think of no other reason why a company wouldn't do business with you unless you're shady. Bullsh*t reviewers get bullsh*t back
I want to run a blog that reviews mansions, who will give me one? Maybe a fairy tail castle with a moat.
If this chump can't get his hands on a processor that other people have got, IMO he sucks as a (potential) reviewer. Does he need ram and a mobo? Does he need an OS? Can he get a psu or does he need one of those too? Don't forget elecrticity and an internet connection, does intel need to pay all his bills?
'Intel please send me a house with utilities and a computer already assembled so I can review it.'
(1) He can run a site that makes enough profit so it pays for the stuff he reviews.
(2) He can get enough media clout so his opinion matters, while pandering to Intel.
(3) He can accept that his tinkering is a hobby, and like many hobbies it costs money.
(4) He can cry.
Options 1 and 2 take effort, option 3 takes at least as much self-awareness as SkyNet, and option 4 is what he is choosing. Does he think Intel will ever give him anything now? They would be crazy to send the world the message that you can get free chips if you wine.
Oh Booooo Hooooo, poor babies. Guess what, intel wouldn't give free stuff to me, or any of my friends either. and I even promised to review it on my BLOG. Jeeeze You'd think they were in the business of SELLING chips, instead of giving them away...... WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
That reviewer shouldn't be so surprised that a company with Zionist leanings won't return his calls or send him free review-samples. He might use them for simulating nuclear weapons! If he wants to do that, he ought to pay full price like everyone else. He'd have better luck with AMD _
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