Monday, August 17th 2009
Intel Preps Sub-$150 Core 2 Quad Q7600
Intel's counter to sub-$150 quad-core and triple-core processors from AMD, the Core 2 Quad Q7000 series is close to being formally announced. First surfaced in January, the Q7000 series quad-core processors differ from the Q8000 series with regards to cache size. It features a 1+1 MB (2 MB) L2 cache, and an 800 MHz front-side bus speed. The first in the series that is surfacing now, is the Core 2 Quad Q7600. This entry-level quad-core processor from Intel is clocked at 2.70 GHz (13.5 x 200 MHz). The processor further has a skimpy instruction set, with lack of support for SSE4.1, which most 45 nm Core series processors from Intel feature. Targeted mostly at home and office users, and tentatively priced within the $150 mark, the Core 2 Quad Q7600 will hit stores soon.
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52 Comments on Intel Preps Sub-$150 Core 2 Quad Q7600
"Benchmarks show AMD's tri-core beats Intel quad-core! Is 3 better than 4?"
But then I have a thing for High Multiplier, low cache, low FSB processors... I have the most fun with Celerons and Semprons!
I be they would be good for crunching/folding, does the cache really affect either that much?
im still waiting on the F____IN e6500k and the e8700.
WHEN INTEL WHEN?
im wonderin the same thing as you buddy.
i bought a mobo and ram just for toyin with the e8700 and e6500k but intel looks to be slackin on their end of the deal.
i think im headed in a different direction now.
something no one has done yet.
cheers mate :toast:
Good price.
On the topic - I'd still go with AMD.
If I had a Q6600 I'd keep it over getting one of these. Heck even for its somewhat inflated $200 price I'd still take the Q6600 over this chip. Even at a relatively mild 3.0GHz a Q6600 will probably perform comparable to this Q7XXX chip at 3.6.
This is just a cheap way for Intel to leverage their positive reputation to eat into AMD's single brightest spot in the market, but the product itself...meh. With such a small cache and a lighter instruction set to boot, Intel's practically lowering their quads to Phenom I levels (other than overclocking headroom). Phenom II has more or less proven the importance of having good cache size.