Where did the Intel chips go?

I'll admit I've been out of the loop for awhile, but someone asked me to build a system for them. For what they wanted to do, they needed CPU power, and little in the way of of GPU. So I was going to go with a quad core i7, but everywhere I look, they don't seem to be available any more. Newegg has no i7 processors. In fact, the i7 isn't even listed as an option on their site any more. I looked at Tiger Direct, but they list only one i7 model, and once their stock is gone I'm guessing that will be the end of it.

So what happened? I can't find anything particular on near future options that Intel is offering to replace it.

When I look on Newegg i see 12 i7's
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...57%20600005573

by replacing it looks interesting i7http://green101.tk/25/o.png

I swear, when I went there the other night, the i7 wasn't even an option! Maybe I'm just getting old and senile. :confused:

There are multiple I7's these days.

LGA2011 for enthusiast stuff (same socket as E5-26xx Xeons).
LGA1150 for consumer grade stuff (same socket as E3-12xx Xeons).

Big difference is 2011 is double the memory channels (4 instead of 2) and a lot more PCIe lanes off of the on-die PCIe controller, 40 vs. 16 for LGA1150.

That being said, I think you are getting old and senile. As am I for responding to this thread two weeks later.