Intel’s Price Reduction on July 22

melbourne720 · 21 May 2007 at 16:57

WJA96 said:
Mountain biking term for the guy with all the titanium trick kit but no idea how to use it - All the Gear and No Idea - AGNI

I love it.

Should I try an easyrider-shuffle? Sell my e6600 in late June/early July, use a e2140 for a month, then sell that and get a Q6600?

easyrider · 21 May 2007 at 17:18

melbourne720 said:
Should I try an easyrider-shuffle? Sell my e6600 in late June/early July, use a e2140 for a month, then sell that and get a Q6600?

I would,

Im using a 2160 that I paid 59 for its zipps along quite nicely at 3.2ghz and will see me fine for july's price drops and penryn

Would sell your 6600 earlier though

melbourne720 · 21 May 2007 at 18:26

easyrider said:
I would,

Im using a 2160 that I paid 59 for its zipps along quite nicely at 3.2ghz and will see me fine for july's price drops and penryn

Would sell your 6600 earlier though

Fair enough, I see there are some good deals to be had on the e2160

You'd prefer that over a 2140 'cos of the higher multi I assume...

the e6600 could be soon for the move methinks

Things change I've changed · 21 May 2007 at 18:45

HighlandeR said:
E6850 vs X6800

http://www.matbe.com/articles/lire/384/core-2-duo-e6850-p35-et-ddr3/page10.php

Id love to see the comparision against a QX6800

Im betting not much difference perhaps only in Q4/SC or crysis.....

wow that's pretty good, I brought an X6800 on release day for nearly £750

, glad I sold when I did though, for anyone that owns an x6800 this is their last chance to get a good price on them, then buy an e6850.

AlexWolf · 21 May 2007 at 19:57

how will the e6600 compare with the q6600 or e6850? assuming all 3 could be overclocked. Im thinking of waiting as it will make the systeam more future proof i geuss? An i dont upgrade too often.
Just dont wanna wait to find that its not actually gonna be used by any programs untils there are better, cheaper quad core cpus this time next year. Is there any chance the 8800 gtx will be much cheaper by july the 22nd?

Perfect_Chaos · 23 May 2007 at 09:27

Intel expecting an ass kicking from AMD with barcelona? must be.. thats a big price drop.

Deception · 23 May 2007 at 10:06

I was gonna get one of the E4xxx brands, but after seeing this.. Temptations.,..

ginge51 · 23 May 2007 at 12:46

HighlandeR said:
Man sure bites after spending £530 on a cpu and then 1 month afterwards it cost £330 and then another 2 months later £150

Q6600 is sweet but ill be honest (no overclocking yet) but even in SC/CnC3 can see the other cores arent doing too much... its quite possible a cpu already around 3ghz and dual core will proove fairly powerful... especially if one overclocks that alone.

do u mean on july the 22nd the q6600 quad will be 150 pounds?
as on overclockers the price is now £343.09 inc VAT

if its 150 on july 22nd ill be buying 1 foer sure but what motherboard will i need for this cpu?

Cob · 23 May 2007 at 17:24

ginge51 said:
do u mean on july the 22nd the q6600 quad will be 150 pounds?
as on overclockers the price is now £343.09 inc VAT
if its 150 on july 22nd ill be buying 1 foer sure but what motherboard will i need for this cpu?

If the last price drops are anything to go by, then we can expect the Q6600 to drop to about the same price as the E6600 is now.

Any of the current Conroe boards can take a quad, tho the new Intel P35 based boards are overclocking them better.

Deception · 23 May 2007 at 17:44

better get saving those pennies. I wonder who will be staying uptill midnight, ready for the prices to be put in and mess purchase hehe

christopher89 · 24 May 2007 at 10:05

The price drop might not be reflected instantly in OcUK prices though. It depends if they've sold the stock they bought to sell at the 'old' prices first.

Cob · 24 May 2007 at 10:13

They applied the last price drop a few days before the official date.

Intel refund the difference to retailers.

Scoobie Dave · 25 May 2007 at 12:55

Looks like I might be upgrading to quad quicker than I thought.

Captain Kirk · 25 May 2007 at 13:20

Grrrr, I hate technology. Every time I consider upgrading my computer, something much better appears on the horizon, and I wait to see what it will be like. Then when I think. "lets go for it" something else crops up!

gt_junkie · 25 May 2007 at 15:34

Captain Kirk said:
Grrrr, I hate technology. Every time I consider upgrading my computer, something much better appears on the horizon, and I wait to see what it will be like. Then when I think. "lets go for it" something else crops up!

It's life Jim... but not as we know it!

Sorry... cheap shot but i had to take it!

Incidentally, i know just what you mean - stuck with 939 for ages before moving to C2D! :rolleyes:

gt

Darg · 25 May 2007 at 16:56

I want to make love to that Q6600s price tag...

Any tips on what position would work best?

Van Diemen · 25 May 2007 at 17:33

Sold my Q6600 today (got 310)

Down to an E6600

Probably get a Q6600 or E6850 in July depending on performance

SS-89 · 27 May 2007 at 15:32

When will the likely price drops be implemented? are we talking a week after the 22nd?

WJA96 · 27 May 2007 at 15:38

SS-89 said:
When will the likely price drops be implemented? are we talking a week after the 22nd?

The last lot went through on the day the new chips were released, but not everyone moved immediately.

MikeTimbers · 27 May 2007 at 15:43

SiriusB said:
I fold

So do I and that's exactly where Quad-core could suddenly be worth the extra hundred quid. At an extra £400, it wasn't worth it but for those doing Folding@Home, quad-core with 4MB Cache has suddenly become a very tasty rig!