Rumor: Intel Cutting Core i7 950 Price by Nearly 50 Percent
Rumor: Intel Cutting Core i7 950 Price by Nearly 50 Percent
Posted 08/31/2010 at 6:42am
| by Paul Lilly
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Before you go dropping $600 on Intel's Core i7 950 processor, take a step back and see if the latest Web chatter proves reliable. The alternative is to grossly overpay for a part that could soon be worth half as much. At least that's what Digitimes' "sources from mother makers are saying," who claim Intel just recently slashed the price of its 950 chip to $294.
A quick glance on Newegg shows that existing inventory is still going for six Benjamins, but if those chatty sources aren't misinformed, the new lower pricing could manifest online by the end of the week.
As the story goes, Intel's move is in reaction to AMD's recent price cuts for its quad-core Athlon II X4 640 chip, though that one only dropped from $122 to $99. Intel also recently launched a handful of new chips, including the Core i3 650 ($138), Pentium E6800 ($86), and Celeron E3500 ($53).
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usmckozmo
August 31, 2010 at 4:11pm
http://www.amazon.com/Intel-3-06GHz-LGA1366-Desktop-Processor/dp/B002A6G3V2
okynnor
August 31, 2010 at 9:39am
I am just wondering why Intel still makes Pentium CPUs...since they are, what is the big difference with Corei7 and Celeron?
StahnAileron
August 31, 2010 at 11:07am
It's just a brandname they still use. They're second tier to the Core series, but better than the Celerons.
It's a marketing thing since I think Pentium is still a fairly well-known brandname.
Anyway, far as I know, current Pentium-branded chip are re-purposed Core2 chips that don't meet full requirements for the Core2 branding.
Dunno how long Intel will keep the current branding system though: Flagship Core i-series (with 3-tier sub-branding...Well 4, since Core2 is still being sold...) along with mid-range down to upper-low end in the Pentium and the mass low end with Celeron.
And who knows if/when the Nehalem architecture will bleed down into the lower market brands (Pentium/Celerons.) Those are all still Core2-based last I recall. (Low end other than Atom doesn't get much news coverage, so I could be wrong...)
dlwilliams12
August 31, 2010 at 10:18am
Pentium is the low end of the market. It is missing several features fo the i7 including hyper threading and turbo boost. It also has a lower front bus speed.
GJEMaximumPC
August 31, 2010 at 8:28am
That's great that Intel is lowering their overly-high prices for very good CPU hardware. However, the comment in the article mentions that the price reduction may be related to AMD's lowering of an Athlon II CPU. Why would Intel care about that item when its i3 CPUs are more closer in range to the Athlon II in specs? I mean, this Intel i7 950 kicks the ass off of any Athlon II CPU. Don't get me wrong, I really like AMD and their low-priced line of CPUs, but the two things are miles apart in terms of abilities and esp. L3 cache. Either way, buyers and computer builders benefit for the better for Intel to stop with the high prices for at least one good item that they make. Although, I guess, both Intel and AMD are already getting prepared for their new CPU war this coming 2011 with new models planned such as the Bulldozer line. I guess all the quad-cores currently available to buy from both companies will start lowering in prices in the coming 6 months or so.
arkarkwin
August 31, 2010 at 7:47am
"Intel's move is in reaction to AMD's recent price cuts for its quad-core Athlon II X4 640 chip, ", we need AMD more than ever. I doubted that I could have built my i-7 rig with $1300 if it weren't for AMD's cheaper price. I was a long time AMD fan, but sometime a man need extra juice in his CPU.
dlwilliams12
August 31, 2010 at 7:42am
Head on over to amazon and you can already find the i7 950 for $308.
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