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Intel Updates Its CPU Roadmap with Price Cuts, Says Motherboard Partners

Posted 09/19/08 at 05:45:02 PM |  by Paul Lilly

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More price cuts are on the horizon from Intel, with some processors soon to reach their end of life (EOL), say motherboard makers. As DigiTimes reports it, Intel will announce product discontinuance notices (PDNs) for the Core 2 Extreme QX9770 and QX9650 in the first quarter of 2009. PDNs will also be sent out for four quad-core chips, one of which is the Q9450 and ten dual-core CPUs, including the E8300.

Specific numbers haven't been released, but come October 19, Intel is expected to cut the price of the Core 2 Quad Q8200 and Q6600, Core 2 Duo 7300, and Pentium E2220 and E2220 CPUs. Around the same time the chip maker will launch its Core 2 Duo E7400.

In November, look for Intel to release a Core 2 Quad Q8300 clocked at 2.5GHz, Pentium E5300 clocked at 2.6GHz, and a dual-core Celeron E1500 at 2.2GHz. Prices in thousand-unit quantities will sit at $224, $86, and $53 respectively.

And finally, on January 18, 2009, Intel plans to launch the Core 2 Duo E7500 (2.93GHz, $133) and will make the following price cuts:

  • Core 2 Quad Q8200 from $193 to $183
  • Core 2 Duo E7400 from $133 to $113
  • Pentium E5200 from $84 to $76
  • Pentium E2200 from $84 to $64
  • Celeron E1400 from $54 to $43

Keep in mind that none of this is official, with Intel declining to comment on the price cuts and product launches.

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avatarNew chipset for current processors?

Submitted by skhills on Mon, 2008-09-22 09:00

I assume the new chipset referred to is the x58, which uses a new and larger CPU socket.  Are some under the misconception that they may be able to run current C2D/C2Q processors on future Nehalem boards?  I'd love to have the upgrade path from Penryn to Nehalem, but with the memory controller being moved onto the processor and the death of the FSB, there's no way to make this work.  Socket 775 and FSB have lived a good, long life.  Bring on Nehalem and QPI.

 Hold out for price cuts if you want, but the last socket 775 boards are already out in the marketplace.

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avatarDiscontinue the awesome chips?

Submitted by pentiuman on Fri, 2008-09-19 19:23

Maybe I've been living in a cave, but I have an E8400 and it's awesome. So, I find it hard to believe that Intel will soon discontinue the Q9450, and 10 dual cores! If that is true, it could only be because their new chipset due in a month is incompatible with their current Penryns and Intel will release an even better family of chips. It just seems like this is an unnecessarily quick change. Right?

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avatarIntel sure have been doing

Submitted by Keith E. Whisman on Fri, 2008-09-19 19:23

Intel sure have been doing alot of price cuts the past few months. Why settle for a 2.4ghz Q6600 when you can get a 2.83Ghz for around $250bucks or cheaper and it's an 1333mhz FSB 45nm 12mb cache Penryn chip. Penryn that means it's gotta taste good.

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avatarI had planned on ordering a

Submitted by b_boy_69_00 on Fri, 2008-09-19 16:50

I had planned on ordering a Q6600 this week, but I guess I will be waiting a month to see how much the price drops.

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