Intel’s Price Reduction on July 22

[Energize]

I bet it's been a couple of months since the last drop though. Considering cpu prices drop every week it's not suprising.

 

[Cob]

I bet it's been a couple of months since the last drop though. Considering cpu prices drop every week it's not suprising.

Four weeks today IIRC since the major Q2 drop. They've been quite steady since then.

*edit*

Three weeks ago today actually. OcUK dropped theirs a few days early as TWO offers on the Thursday.

 

[Azza]

I bet it's been a couple of months since the last drop though. Considering cpu prices drop every week it's not suprising.

The last drop was like ~4 weeks ago.

Thats why the Q6600 went down to £350 from something like £550

 

[FrannoBaz]

Yeah, Q6600 it looks like soon.... Overclock it to 3.0GHZ Job done

 

[22BUK]

E4500 looks like the sweet spot for price and performance. That 11x multi will work wonders on a cheap Asrock 4CoreDual.

 

[Duke]

That is a seriously cheap quad core chip

 

[Cupra]

roll on july quad core here i come

 

[Plasmoid]

Nice drops, but i dont know, still not enough to tempt me to ditch my 939 setup.
Factor in a mobo, the ram, its still not worth it for me.

Guess im just putting off the inevitable.

 

[Tute]

Might go for a Q6600 myself.

No 1333 FSB Quads there though, does anyone know if there's a big performance jump when running a Core 2 at the same clock but with a higher FSB?

I doubt there is but i've been wrong before.

 

[megatron]

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

Easy, 1066fsb vs 1333fsb. 2.1Ghz vs 2.333Ghz. Doubt Ill wait that long, Ive already got my crucial ballistix 6400, which I bought a little too early :/.

 

[Soulja]

I'll be getting the q6600 if it gets a realistic conversion, it would be criminal not to at that price

 

[megatron]

Do games utilize 4 cores? I dont think they do and only a handful are optimized for dual core. Gaming is the most intensive thing I do.

 

[doctoe2260]

roll on july quad core here i come

If you go quad, can I buy your C2D? I've been looking for one that clocks well!

 

[PinkFloyd]

Do games utilize 4 cores? I dont think they do and only a handful are optimized for dual core. Gaming is the most intensive thing I do.

Supreme Commander uses all 4 cores.

Some very nice price drops there, I've just bought a quad though

 

[james.miller]

wow its getting interesting now lol

 

[Azza]

I think if Intel dropped the prices right now, think how many people would go out and buy a Q6600/upgrade to C2D/C2Q. I know I would buy a Q6600.

They could destroy AMD if they put it that low now, so many people would go to Intel if it was that cheap now, not when AMD are going to be releasing their new CPUs a month or two after that date.

Thats my opinoin any way.

 

[morpheus9394]

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?

You beat me to it, I was just about to start a thread with the same info. GMTA
My birthday is 3rd August so hopefully OC will have dropped their prices to reflect Intel's new prices by then and I will be able to build myself a nice Quad-core system.
I was planning to build the system in June, when I get back from my honeymoon but now it gives me more time to save up and get a nice 8800GTX to go with it.
Thanks poster.

 

[elfy]

how long after intel drop their prices dyah reckon that retailers will do the same? dyah reckon they'll keep em, higher for a bit to enjoy the extra profit

 

[simonnance]

i guess etailer prices will dro[p when they have got rid of most of their current stock..... Or one of their competitors has!

They sure wont drop straight away, or those with stock will lose money, especialy with price drops of almost 50%

 

[WJA96]

Well, you can buy an E6600 for £120 if you factor in the £10 Google discount, so how much cheaper do you want it?