Quad-Core CPUs Fall Below $200 as Intel Slashes Prices
Quad-Core CPUs Fall Below $200 as Intel Slashes Prices
Posted 10/21/2008 at 1:08pm
| by Andy Salisbury
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Now that you’re playing the waiting game with your fancy new 30” monitor, why not wait for your processor upgrade as well? Price cuts on certain Intel quad-core and dual-core processors are on their way for desktops and servers.
Starting on October 19, 2008 Intel Core 2 Quad Q8200 and Q6600 will be priced at $193 and $183, drops of 14 percent and 5 percent respectively. The only question you’ve got to ask yourself is whether or not you want a chip with two cores and a higher clock or four cores with a lower clock.
The price on the Intel E7300 has gone from an already low $133 to $113, wih the E2220 and the E2200’s following suit dropping to $74 and $64,
At this rate, you’ll be able to build a rig for almost nothing!
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sinan
October 21, 2008 at 6:57pm
As someone who is looking to buy either a Nehalem CPU or an E8500 I am completely indifferent to this news. Too bad the higher end dual cores didn't get another round of price slashes.
Digihotaru
October 21, 2008 at 5:50pm
Awesome news at perfect timing for me. Thanks guys! I'm sure this is in anticipation of Nehalem... if only I were in a position to wait that long.
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