Intel price drop 21/22 July

HeX · 30 Jul 2008 at 20:03

Price error.

It was prolly meant to be 99 ex vat.

That is what they are at most places now.

GJ02 · 30 Jul 2008 at 20:04

i will still get it for that price tho wont i ?

HeX · 30 Jul 2008 at 20:23

If they've charged you already then you should do.

psychas · 30 Jul 2008 at 20:30

were is my special price drop "burp" drunk

sxndy · 1 Aug 2008 at 09:15

Nub questions

Does each of the cores on an intel Q 9550 run at 2.86GHz or is the 2.86GHz divided into 4?

And how would a single core on a Q 9550 compare to a single core AMD 4000+? (performance wise)

I'm liking the look of the price drop

gurusan · 1 Aug 2008 at 09:17

each core runs at 2.86ghz.....and a single 9550 core would absolutely rape an AMD 4000+ core upside down, left, sideways, backwards, and inside out.

willhub · 1 Aug 2008 at 09:22

Imagine that

, 715Mhz quad core

sxndy · 1 Aug 2008 at 09:26

Thats the answers I wanted to hear, thanks for that.

Looks like the MGB GT is getting sold.

sxndy · 6 Aug 2008 at 13:53

Seeing the Q9550 for £234.99 including VAT (£199.99 ex vat) pre-order on a uk site.

Still seems a bit pricey but heading in the right direction.

Cob · 6 Aug 2008 at 18:58

sxndy said:
Seeing the Q9550 for £234.99 including VAT (£199.99 ex vat) pre-order on a uk site.

Still seems a bit pricey but heading in the right direction.

OcUK have it up at £223.24 inc VAT

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showp...83GHz 12MB-cache (1333FSB) Processor - Retail

Bobly · 6 Aug 2008 at 19:26

If only it was Sub 200 inc VAT

cliffy · 7 Aug 2008 at 14:14

Are the new price reduced Q9550 going to be the new E0 stepping?

Kelt · 7 Aug 2008 at 18:48

Could send them a webnote and see what they say.

Greebo · 7 Aug 2008 at 19:41

cliffy said:
Are the new price reduced Q9550 going to be the new E0 stepping?

Eventually but I would suspect current stocks aren't but slowly they will filter in.

jbloggs · 8 Aug 2008 at 10:12

I think the E0 stepping, for the Q9550, will be available quite soon, simply because so many places have been out of stock of it....

Cob · 8 Aug 2008 at 12:16

Yeah there's been very very few Q9550's available for a good while.

sxndy · 9 Aug 2008 at 08:06

Cob said:
Yeah there's been very very few Q9550's available for a good while.

Did OC run out of them? are the ones they will be selling cheaper on Monday going to be E0 stepping?

nightmare99 · 9 Aug 2008 at 08:37

are the ones they will be selling cheaper on Monday going to be E0 stepping?

There is no real way of knowing until they have them to hand to read the s-spec off the cartons.

sxndy · 9 Aug 2008 at 08:45

No need for a new thread if I can get advice here (this one will die soon anyway).

Because of the price drop, I'm going to buy a q9550 next week and also buy an Asus P5Q Deluxe (read here that it is a good board).

I do intend to overclock. I bought a coolermaster cosmos s last week week when OC had them on special offer (anyone seen the size of these cases? you could pack all your stuff in them and go on holiday, they are so big

) )

I'm stuck on what memory to choose, I want 2x2gig sticks but its hard to pick what make is best. Any advice?

Also can anyone recommend a heatsink/fan for the cpu? I don't want to water cool.

This will be the third time I've built a rig for myself and so far it has worked out that they last three years before I need a new one to keep pace with things.

One more thing, is the mobo a good choice for what I'm doing?

sxndy · 9 Aug 2008 at 08:47

nightmare99 said:
There is no real way of knowing until they have them to hand to read the s-spec off the cartons.

rgr that