Intel’s Price Reduction on July 22

Azza · 14 May 2007 at 17:46

http://www.hkepc.com/bbs/itnews.php?tid=789466&starttime=0&endtime=0

My birthday is on the 28th July. I wonder what I will be getting, Q6600 or E6850?

phi1 · 14 May 2007 at 17:50

quad!

Nelly · 14 May 2007 at 17:53

lol cool Q6600 for around £150? :cool:

Azza · 14 May 2007 at 17:55

Nelly said:
lol cool Q6600 for around £150?

It will be the price of the E6600 now. So around £140 to £150

shine · 14 May 2007 at 17:57

Nice price drop, might have to put some money aside in case I become tempted.

Will_3rd · 14 May 2007 at 17:57

bingo!

Cob · 14 May 2007 at 18:06

That's a lot earlier than expected.

Penryn must be ahead of schedule.

Azza · 14 May 2007 at 18:08

Cob said:
That's a lot earlier than expected.

Penryn must be ahead of schedule.

I think Penryn NDA is lifted 15th July.

edit ---------------------------------------------------------------

Yeah the 15th apparently.

http://www.tgdaily.com/content/view/31804/135/

However, industry sources recently told TG Daily that a whole bunch of non disclosure agreements (NDAs) for the pre-release and distribution of 45 nm processors are already in place and carry a July 15 expiration date. “Pre-release”, of course, does not mean that Intel will launch the processor at this time; however, we received confirmation from our sources that initial sample shipments of Penryn are scheduled to begin late in Q2 and early Q3. We also expect the NDAs also to apply to the press, which means that first real-world Penryn benchmarks are likely to be published on July 15.

Cob · 14 May 2007 at 18:15

Azza said:
Yeah the 15th apparently.

Sweet.

naz · 14 May 2007 at 18:21

Nice find mate! I've been holding out for a Quad Core Q6600 for ages.
I was expecting them to cut the price in September just in time for my
Birthday, but hell I can have my present earlier

oweneades · 14 May 2007 at 18:32

Whats the difference between the E6550 and the E6450?! They look identical and are the same price.

St0rmer66 · 14 May 2007 at 18:37

oweneades said:
Whats the difference between the E6550 and the E6450?! They look identical and are the same price.

Edit: Sorry misread, don't know.

~>Dg<~ · 14 May 2007 at 18:39

wonder about amd new stuff might have something to do with it aswell.

Kemik · 14 May 2007 at 18:44

Hmm, with these price drops would it be worth waiting to do my upgrade? I ordered an E6600 yesterday but could always cancel.

I'm going away on Monday for a month if that makes any difference.

doctoe2260 · 14 May 2007 at 18:46

Think my big rig plans have just changed to quad core!

Will_3rd · 14 May 2007 at 18:47

oweneades said:
Whats the difference between the E6550 and the E6450?! They look identical and are the same price.

Looks like the 6540 is missing something called TXT

Cob · 14 May 2007 at 18:56

Will_3rd said:
Looks like the 6540 is missing something called TXT

Trusted Execution Technology. The successor to the non-execute memory protection.

Will_3rd · 14 May 2007 at 18:58

Cob said:
Trusted Execution Technology. The successor to the non-execute memory protection.

Aha, cheers for clearing that up

Energize · 14 May 2007 at 19:02

Nelly said:
lol cool Q6600 for around £150?

No, thats the us price. Doesn't get a straight conversion of $ to £ because of the economy.

Cob · 14 May 2007 at 19:04

Energize said:
No, thats the us price. Doesn't get a straight conversion of $ to £ because of the economy.

True.

But the E6600's dropped to $266 in the last drop and they're available for £150