Intel Desktop CPU Price Cut On July 22

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Intel plans to slash all Core 2 Duo and Core 2 Quad CPU prices again just 3 months after the previous drop on April 22. With a remarkable price cut of 50%, AMD is facing another harsh battle with Intel.



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[Conti027]

looking to get me a E6850

 

[ex_reven]

3ghz stock dual core

The future is looooooookin good

 

[laszlo]

poor AMD soon they don't have what to cut;since they buy ati i'll see only delays in new products and intel & nvidia is rising...
who has read the AMD report can see the 1st signs of bankruptcy and if happens the prices will rise

 

[OrbitzXT]

I don't know how business works, but for the consumer this is a good thing right now...regardless if it would ever happen or not, if AMD ever did actually go bankrupt and Intel was the sole chip maker, wouldn't that eventually be a bad thing for consumers with Intel's high prices?

 

[Darksaber]

Well that will mean Quad core and 8800GTX SLI for me at the end of summer

cheers
DS

 

[ex_reven]

Well that will mean Quad core and 8800GTX SLI for me at the end of summer

cheers
DS

What will you use Quad Core for? Wouldnt the dual core be a better alternative for gaming and general use?

 

[mullered07]

What will you use Quad Core for? Wouldnt the dual core be a better alternative for gaming and general use?

a bigger e-penis is always a must im thinking a e6850 or q6600 by the end of the year

 

[mandelore]

lol the fsb on some of those chips almost spell 1337

 

[Bonerheimer_c]

Im gonna say $266 quad FTW!

 

[PVTCaboose1337]

Im gonna say $266 quad FTW!

Same, if AMD does not get their act together, I'm going to the Dark Side

 

[JrRacinFan]

Same, if AMD does not get their act together, I'm going to the Dark Side

Do not underestimate the power of the dark side.

In all seriousness though, This type of news I have been waiting for in the past couple months.

2 C2D price-cuts .....


As far as AMD bankruptcy goes, I doubt that will ever happen with the FASN8 stepping coming out. As i always say "Only time will tell".

 

[GJSNeptune]

Can't believe the Q6600 will be so damn cheap. Hopefully the high-end motherboards won't be too bad either.

 

[lordlatte]

This raises the question of whether I want a q6600 or a e6850. I'd love quad-core, but then again, I'd rather have the real world use of the extra 600mhz. Also I should probably consider, the 1333 is like paying intel to oc the chips for us, won't that limit the oc'ing ability of the 6850? Does anyone know how much people are getting out of their q6600s?

 

[GJSNeptune]

Come on. Clock speed doesn't mean anything. Four cores is going to outperform two any day.

 

[mdm-adph]

I don't know how business works, but for the consumer this is a good thing right now...regardless if it would ever happen or not, if AMD ever did actually go bankrupt and Intel was the sole chip maker, wouldn't that eventually be a bad thing for consumers with Intel's high prices?

No -- you do understand how business works. Intel is only releasing fast chips at cheap prices right now because they're competing with AMD.

If AMD goes out of business, you better believe that Intel will severely cut R&D on new products -- why bother creating faster stuff if your customers can't go anywhere else?

 

[GJSNeptune]

Because if AMD tanks, Google will buy them and come out with Google OS, powered by AMD Googleon processors.

 

[bruins004]

Prices for these are looking good.
But the thing I am really interested in is what the future will bring.

I mean look at it now.
Quad cores are becoming affordable and so are blazing fast CPUs.
Just imagine how fast the next gen. CPUs are going to be.

 

[freaksavior]

i like the looks of the prices......maybe by the end of summer i can get a e6550 or e 6750

 

[evil bill]

lol the fsb on some of those chips almost spell 1337

hehe I bet so many people will alter their bus speed to 334.25 Mhz so that it says just that

 

[HaZe303]

GREAT NEWS! I will wait 2months, and buy me a Q6700. Was thinking of a Q6600 first, but now i will get the q6700 for the same price!

 

[petepete]

This is good and very bad news. At this time this is a great reason for us to buy these super cheap Intel quad cores, but at a big price. AMD will not be able to compete with such low prices that their share in the market will decrease eventually bumping the intel prices to the thousand mark.

My next comp will be the 2 cpu mobos and possibly quad core etc.. But we better hope that Nvidia and Intel don't take more of the stock market. No competition = Worse prices for the consumer. Q4 2007 to Q1 2008 is going to be a major turning point in prices so I wouldn't be too happy on the prices now

 

[Greek]

they couldnt of found a better time to cut the prices, 4 days b4 my b-day, damn q6600 here i come

 

[Eric_Cartman]

every time i decide on a processor to get intel does something like this and i change my mind

i was going to get an e4300, but now i think i will wait and either get an e4400 or an e4500, assuming the e2x00 series isn't out and one of those doesn't call my name

 

[theonetruewill]

Because if AMD tanks, Google will buy them and come out with Google OS, powered by AMD Googleon processors.

Legendary - but it would probably be true if they did indeed go bankrupt.