Sandy Bridge Pentium processors unveiled

Note that none of the Pentium parts have the -k indication, meaning no cheap overclocking products.

THE FIRST DETAILS of Intel's upcoming Pentium branded Sandy Bridge processors has turned up and although these four processors might not be the crème of the crop, they do indicate that Intel is indeed planning on dropping its older CPU sockets. We're also curious as to why Intel has chosen to launch two different series of Pentium processors, as the initial information doesn't seem to show much in terms of a difference between them.