Intel's price cuts

Adamczyk · 18 Sep 2008 at 23:50

Cutting the price of Q6600 and a couple more processors beginning October. How much cheaper can the Q6600 get is what I want to know

http://www.digitimes.com/mobos/a20080917PD213.html

MikeHiow · 18 Sep 2008 at 23:53

This is disappointing, having only bought one a couple of months ago.

At the rate things are going, within 6 months, I'll be able to build my current machine for half the price.

Sinopa · 18 Sep 2008 at 23:56

MikeHiow said:
This is disappointing, having only bought one a couple of months ago.

At the rate things are going, within 6 months, I'll be able to build my current machine for half the price.

Warning: The value of your investment may plummit as well as fall.

Adamczyk · 18 Sep 2008 at 23:57

MikeHiow said:
This is disappointing, having only bought one a couple of months ago.

At the rate things are going, within 6 months, I'll be able to build my current machine for half the price.

I'm getting one next week. As long as the price cuts aren't like 50% I'm happy

How much you got your's fore?

Adamczyk · 18 Sep 2008 at 23:57

Sinopa said:
Warning: The value of your investment may plummit as well as fall.

That's not a warning, that's a fact and always will be

MikeHiow · 19 Sep 2008 at 00:03

Adamczyk said:
I'm getting one next week. As long as the price cuts aren't like 50% I'm happy

How much you got your's fore?

I paid £140 inc. for mine, as I went for the guaranteed 3.3ghz one, simply because, I couldn't take the risk as anything less than 3.3ghz, just wouldn't do, I'd have rather spent closer to £200 for a Q9XXX, worth the extra £15-20 for peace of mind.

On a side note, I've noticed the guaranteed 3ghz one is now over £10 more!

MooMoo444 · 19 Sep 2008 at 09:08

The guaranteed 3.xghz Q6600's are just a way to extract more money from your backside pocket

Probably 99% of Q6600's can pass 3.3, and if you got the one that doesnt, you could just send it back saying you're unhappy with it. You're entitled to up to a week later as far as I'm aware - no questions asked.

Pneumonic · 19 Sep 2008 at 09:33

If your going for a Q6600 would certainly look at buying 2nd hand.. you can pick up a gauarnted clocker.. and shouldnt cost you more than £90ish..

Nick1881 · 19 Sep 2008 at 09:35

I'm so glad I picked up my Q6600 for the bargain price of £112 posted brand new lol.

Adamczyk · 19 Sep 2008 at 09:49

Pneumonic said:
If your going for a Q6600 would certainly look at buying 2nd hand.. you can pick up a gauarnted clocker.. and shouldnt cost you more than £90ish..

Where would you recommend looking for second handy's??

Freelanc3r · 19 Sep 2008 at 10:00

Adamczyk said:
Where would you recommend looking for second handy's??

Members Market, Or a Popular auction site

Barrybear · 19 Sep 2008 at 10:02

wait until the i7 chips are out then all the LGA775 chips will want to be sold

rjk · 19 Sep 2008 at 13:53

prices fall - im surprised people STILL act so shocked about it

Tetras · 19 Sep 2008 at 13:58

Probably 99% of Q6600's can pass 3.3, and if you got the one that doesnt, you could just send it back saying you're unhappy with it. You're entitled to up to a week later as far as I'm aware - no questions asked.

You can do this and many retailers will accept it but the product you just sent back is not re-saleable as new so you just ripped off the merchant due to the vague wording of the distance selling regs, are you happy with that?

prices fall - im surprised people STILL act so shocked about it

Agree, in technology a month is a long time, 3 is a decade and 6 is a new century.

Richdog · 19 Sep 2008 at 14:03

Tetras said:
You can do this and many retailers will accept it but the product you just sent back is not re-saleable as new so you just ripped off the merchant due to the vague wording of the distance selling regs, are you happy with that?

Personally, yes, of course i'm happy with that. And so are most normal people I imagine. The DSA is not there just so you can return faulty or defective items ... it's there for you to return a product bought online for ANY reason within 7 days. You don't need to make up an excuse, it's your right.

So please, less of the bleeding heart "omg I am liek... so moral" nonsense.

pedrochop · 19 Sep 2008 at 14:16

Great find mate. I've been waiting until the chips drop in price a litte more and I guess October will be the month I get some new bits - sweet!

Tetras · 19 Sep 2008 at 14:16

Personally, yes, of course i'm happy with that. And so are most normal people I imagine. The DSA is not there just so you can return faulty or defective items ... it's there for you to return a product bought online for ANY reason within 7 days. You don't need to make up an excuse, it's your right.

Touched a nerve? Intel CPUs are factory-sealed and even if they weren't, once opened and used you can't re-sell electronics. We all know what a CPU looks like and Intel puts the revision on the box (so you don't have to open it), returning it because it doesn't overclock well enough is not the intended purpose of the regs (it is to inspect goods that you cannot see). What do you expect the retailer to do with them?

With the constant price-cuts (that most of us expect to see yesterday) I wouldn't want it on my margin, that is for sure.

soul_child · 19 Sep 2008 at 14:37

dammit ..and im just about to buy an 8400 but the n again at 99 quid its still a bargain

Richdog · 19 Sep 2008 at 14:46

No nerve whatsoever, my conscience is clear.

From the office of fair trading: http://www.oft.gov.uk/advice_and_re...ance-selling-regulations/cancellation-periods

Cancellation periods

The regulations give consumers an unconditional right to cancel an order.

This is to allow the consumer the opportunity to examine the goods or consider the nature of a service.

If a consumer cancels an order, written notice must be given to you by:

goods – seven working days from the day after that on which the goods are received by the consumer;

services – seven working days from the day after that on which the consumer agrees to go ahead with the contract.

If you fail to provide consumers with written confirmation of all the required information, then the cancellation periods can be extended up to a maximum of three months and seven working days. If the missing information is provided during this time, then the cancellation period ends seven working days beginning with the day after the full written confirmation is received by the consumer.

Where a contract is cancelled, the consumer must ensure that reasonable care is taken of any goods received and 'restore' them to you. This does not mean that they have to return them - unless you stipulate this in the contract - only that they make them available for you to collect.

It doesn't say anywhere that you have to return it for specific reasons, just says that you have an unconditional right to check out the goods and return them for whatever reason.

Hell, legally you don't even have to return it to them after cancellation... only "make it available for them to collect".

Tetras · 19 Sep 2008 at 14:57

You don't no, you can tell them that you don't like the shade of blue on the box but what the heck am I (as the seller) going to do with an unsealed, used Intel CPU that I sold as new? The only possible option is b-grade and if the margin is tight I may have made several sales worthless, to take the loss.

I have no idea if the buy to sell price is 50% markup or 15 but my guide for the regs, is if I could do it in a shop then it is fine but if not, it ain't going back unless broke. What you do is of course, up to you