Conroe Prices

Monstermunch · 18 Apr 2006 at 00:53

Don't know if anyone has posted this yetr, but i've just found it!

http://www.reghardware.co.uk/2006/04/05/intel_conroe_pricing_details/

Adnan769 · 18 Apr 2006 at 01:16

The four dual-core Conroes are clocked at 1.86, 2.13, 2.40 and 2.67GHz, respectively, run on a 1066MHz frontside bus and contain 4MB of cache shared between the two cores.

The CPUs will be priced at $209, $244, $316 and $530, respectively, at launch, the new report claims.

If it was true then the 2.67 GHz Conroe will be around 290 pounds. I think its too good to be true tbh. Although the pricing scheme looks like a normal intel stepping. However they used to offer CPU's with a 500+ pounds price tag.

Energize · 18 Apr 2006 at 01:23

Probably so everyone buys intel instead of amd, and amd get severly damaged. However prices dont get converted right usually.

Sumanji · 18 Apr 2006 at 01:28

Adnan769 said:
If it was true then the 2.67 GHz Conroe will be around 290 pounds. I think its too good to be true tbh. Although the pricing scheme looks like a normal intel stepping. However they used to offer CPU's with a 500+ pounds price tag.

lol dude, since when are UK prices a direct conversion of what they are in USD?! Rule of thumb you take the number, remove the $, and add a £. That will net you a pretty accurate selling price.

So £530 seems a bit more realistic

Imo the 2.4GHz model at roughly £300 seems like a sweet spot. 4MB of cache and a relatively high multiplier... now all we need is for Intel to not noob around with their chipsets to prevent us from clocking the nuts off it

Suman

Adnan769 · 18 Apr 2006 at 02:16

Sumanji said:
lol dude, since when are UK prices a direct conversion of what they are in USD?! Rule of thumb you take the number, remove the $, and add a £. That will net you a pretty accurate selling price.

So £530 seems a bit more realistic

Imo the 2.4GHz model at roughly £300 seems like a sweet spot. 4MB of cache and a relatively high multiplier... now all we need is for Intel to not noob around with their chipsets to prevent us from clocking the nuts off it

Suman

This makes sense. So If I buy the CPU from the other side of the ocean then I would save a fortune.....but I might be wrong a gain

as imported stuff passes by the taxman.

turbotoaster · 18 Apr 2006 at 06:49

Adnan769 said:
This makes sense. So If I buy the CPU from the other side of the ocean then I would save a fortune.....but I might be wrong a gain as imported stuff passes by the taxman.

not if its a 'gift' from dear old grandma, that what i do when i want something for USA

andyp · 18 Apr 2006 at 11:43

Adnan769 said:
I would save a fortune.....but I might be wrong a gain as imported stuff passes by the taxman.

I'm currently waiting on a CPU from Los Angeles - the package is marked as 'gift' so i'll see what happens when it reaches our shores.

If you want to keep an eye on how things go with it, look over in the 'Mobile DTR Processor' thread

stoofa · 18 Apr 2006 at 13:29

Do you know that on a near weekly basis somebody makes a post with information similar to:

"I'm a student - so I don't have to pay tax on my income"

This is of course false. Most students don't make more than the UK allowance and this is the reason they don't pay tax, not because they are actually a student.
It is amazing just how this rumour has spread to the point where so many people actually believe it.

Where am I going with this post?
At the same time people are posting the above, other people constantly post "Get it marked as a gift, then there is no tax to be paid".
This too is false and people really should get all of the facts before they actualy attempt to buy items from outside of the EU.

Do you honestly think that C&E are going to have this massive "loophole" where people can send into the country items that cost many hundreds of pounds and then not see the item taxed as it enters the UK?

Don't come crying to the forums when your attempted tax fraud goes wrong and you end up paying a lot more for your items then you expected because you "thought that gifts were tax free".
Ignorance is thankfully not a defence.

mbmbmb · 18 Apr 2006 at 13:45

Normally i would agree with the replace the $ with a £ comment. But i dont think that will be the case with these CPU's.

If you look at current CPU's on UK and US Websites they are well different. I looked at Tigerdirect and they have that 805 for $149 and OC has it at £79ish

I'm not so sure on those prices quoted, but if they are right then £300 for the high end Conroe looks good!

Sumanji · 18 Apr 2006 at 14:48

Good point actually... I just checked out prices for 7900GT's and they are roughly £240 here right (the ones actually in stock i mean

)? They are about $299 over there.

So new rule; remove $, add £ then subtract 60 from figure... that works

Suman

andyp · 18 Apr 2006 at 14:49

stoofa said:
Don't come crying to the forums when your attempted tax fraud goes wrong and you end up paying a lot more for your items then you expected because you "thought that gifts were tax free".
Ignorance is thankfully not a defence.

Even if I do have to pay tax on my item, it still ends up costing less than if I were to buy it in the UK.

And given I pay income tax, then VAT on anything I purchase in the UK - not to mention tax on fuel, and everything (and anything) else Mr Brown decides, if I can get away with this charge from Customs and Excise, then i damn well will.

Adnan769 · 18 Apr 2006 at 18:18

I have a solution just elect me to be a prime minister :rolleyes:

and I will see that all computer parts don't get taxed

or should I just stick to my computer and forget about it

Powder to the people.

speeduk · 18 Apr 2006 at 18:19

So conroe is still 3 months+ away? Hmm I was hoping it would be out sooner.

welshtom · 18 Apr 2006 at 18:49

Adnan769 said:
Powder to the people.

Easy now, this aint the 70's

NathanE · 18 Apr 2006 at 18:53

speeduk said:
So conroe is still 3 months+ away? Hmm I was hoping it would be out sooner.

June/July is my guess. Intel's official date is August but they have been repeatedly saying since November that they are way ahead of schedule with Conroe and that an earlier launch is not out of the question. The chips have been sampling since Feburary and history shows that Intel desktop chips normally sample for 4-5 months maximum before reaching the market.

mbmbmb · 19 Apr 2006 at 21:47

NathanE said:
June/July is my guess. Intel's official date is August but they have been repeatedly saying since November that they are way ahead of schedule with Conroe and that an earlier launch is not out of the question. The chips have been sampling since Feburary and history shows that Intel desktop chips normally sample for 4-5 months maximum before reaching the market.

Not likely i think, availability will be around Sept i reckon.

NathanE · 19 Apr 2006 at 23:45

Fair enough. I still reckon June/July. We shall see!

ashmanq · 22 Apr 2006 at 09:48

would it be better to buy the conroe then instead of an amd cpu for gaming??

bbreezeuk · 22 Apr 2006 at 10:01

from the looks of the super-pi testing in a previous thread it looks like the intel will wipe the flooor with any AMD

Jimbo Mahoney · 22 Apr 2006 at 11:47

Will mobo makers be able to make aggressively clocking boards, or will they be limited by what Intel let them do? (Sorry, I don't know anything about modern Intel boards).