Qxxxx and Exxxx CPU's in price drop?

[snowy190uk]

I'm currently building a new system, but have stopped.....

With the release of the i7 processor, would anyone think that the price of the Qxxxx and Exxxx CPUs should go down? I haven't noticed an obvious drop so far (been keeping my eye's on the Q6600).

As I've already commited myself to a s775 cpu by buying the m/board and ram, so I'm loathed to chuck it all in to start again for an i7 build. My new system has been in the 'building' stage for a few months, with me buying each new part on arrival of my next wage slip. I have now come to the two most pricey bits - CPU and graphics card.

I would hope that when/if i7 CPUs reach sub £200 priced we might see this happen??

Whats everyone elses thoughts on this? Is it worth waiting for prices to drop? And do you think they actually will?

 

[PhillyDee]

Its very difficult to say in the current climate.

 

[Clum]

i think it will be a while yet. if in the end you maybe save £50 you have to ask if it was worth it waiting all that extra time without completing your build.

 

[Sweetloaf]

I'm currently building a new system, but have stopped.....

With the release of the i7 processor, would anyone think that the price of the Qxxxx and Exxxx CPUs should go down?

I wouldn't hold your breath as the older chips are still going to be popular as upgrade choices for socket LGA775, due to this there will still be a greater demand for these chips than the newer i7. Where there is demand there are high prices.

(what them half in price as I hit enter)

 

[VoG]

I would hope that when/if i7 CPUs reach sub £200 priced we might see this happen??

Whats everyone elses thoughts on this? Is it worth waiting for prices to drop? And do you think they actually will?

i7 will have no effect on S775 prices as i7 is the all singing all dancing triple channel enthusiast platform, which is very much aimed at a niche market.

i5 on the other hand might well effect S775 prices as i5 is the dual channel mainstream platform & successor to S775. the 2 will coexist in Intels line up for awhile so ide be surprised if there wasn't some price cuts to S775, if only to try & clear stock. but i certainly wouldn't hold off on a purchase waiting for that to take effect.

 

[nightmare99]

Basically as said above ^^^

 

[mythrandyr]

i5 on the other hand might well effect S775 prices as i5 is the dual channel mainstream platform

noob question time , any idea when the I5 is going to be hitting the shelves? and do you know where i can get any more information about that becuase all i can find out at the minute is that its a P55 chipset and MSI already have pictures of their motherboard out on the net (so i can't imagine that the release dates will be too far away)

 

[mythrandyr]

sorry, i've got the information that i wanted, should'nt have asked. Just read a news article on them here http://news.softpedia.com/news/Intel-Core-i5-to-Debut-in-Q3-Along-with-New-Chipsets-104477.shtml sounds like good stuff tbh. Sound's to me like the I5's might be more a worth while investment than the I7's.

 

[mame]

I would say no. Look at the price of the Q6600, It never really dropped more than a few £ and then slowly climbed. The E6600 was the same price for about a year untill it was no longer stocked. The E68*0 were always expensive untill they were no longer stocked. Take a look at how much it would cost to buy a s939 athlon 64 x2.

 

[Rezident]

They already did drop, I can't see them dropping too much more. Q9650 is going for £276 - there's still places in Ireland charging €400 for it! I can't see another price drop in the short term, it already looks a good price.