Intel to Cut Chip Prices Soon
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It looks like Intel’s pricing on their lower-end quad-core processors will be reportedly going down on January 18th. This comes in the wake of AMD’s latest 45-nm Phenom II and Shanghai Opteron chips.
AMD’s newest quad-core beast, the Phenom II Dragon processor has been garnering some pretty high acclaim as of late. Its even being featured in servers by Hewlett-Packard, Sun, Dell, IBM and Fujitsu.
The cuts are expected to be on only the quad-core processors, but it’s still very much a possibility that other chips could receive cuts.
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maniacm0nk3y
January 14, 2009 at 7:13pm
It's ineveitable, yet it's never for the things I want. It's not enough to wish for them to drop prices on their new line.....
Or some mobo vendors at least make budget boards.
Cache
January 14, 2009 at 4:51pm
Intel certainly had a reason to leave costs on the higher end before AMD rolled out their updated Phenom, but there is also the reason to clear stock so that the I7 will be the more likely choice for new builds. However, as I'm still running a socket 775, I look forward to some lower chip prices for a backup PC or two...
worm8199
January 14, 2009 at 4:33pm
I just got a Q6600 at the end of November and NOW they are going to drop prices!? Figures, that happens everytime I upgrade!
Gailim
January 14, 2009 at 7:30pm
lol the Q6600 isn't getting a price drop. It's getting discontinued.
might be a great time to consider Yorkfield though lol
b_boy_69_00
January 14, 2009 at 4:03pm
There are rumors that a cut of 15-40% for quad-core CPUs and 13% for dual-core CPUs are in the mix. This would coincide with Intel rolling out a new 65W Core 2 Quad 8200S (priced at $245), 9400S ($320), and 9550S ($369) parts on the 18th, along with price cuts to the Core 2 Quad Q8200 and Duo E7400 priced at $183 and $113 respectively.
sinan
January 14, 2009 at 3:13pm
I'm hoping the dual cores get slashed as well. I'd love to get a cheap-er E8500
Lord Omega
January 14, 2009 at 4:04pm
Same here although i want to get an e8400 to replace my e5200 150 would be nice
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