Aces High Bulletin Board
General Forums => Hardware and Software => Topic started by: Fulmar on July 24, 2008, 11:55:17 PM
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http://www.tomshardware.com/news/Intel-Q6600-price-cut,5944.html
"Intel reduced the tray price (PDF) of the Q6600 by 14% from $224 to $193, which makes the CPU Intel’s first quad-core processor to be priced at less than $200. The chip is priced against AMD’s Phenom 9650 (2.3 GHz, $195) and 9550 (2.2 GHz, $175). The current average retail price of the Q6600 is at $242, according to Pricegrabber.com.
The sharpest price cut can be seen for the 45 nm dual-core E8500 (3.16 GHz) processor, which was dropped by 31% to $183. While it remains the most expensive dual-core CPU in Intel’s desktop lineup, all Intel dual-core processor have fallen below the $200 mark, presumably to build up the defense against AMD triple-core assault. The 3.0 GHz E8400 CPU was reduced by 11% from $183 to $163 and is now priced on one level with five other 6000- and 8000-series Core 2 Duo processors ranging from 2.33 GHz to 2.83 GHz in clock speed.
In the entry-level segment, the E7200 model (2.53 GHz), is the first 45 nm dual-core CPU we can consider as a true entry-level chip. Intel dropped the price of this processor by 15% to $113 and now undercuts AMD’s cheapest triple-core processor - the Phenom X3 8450 (2.1 GHz) sells for a tray price of $125. AMD’s other triple core CPUs are priced at $145 (8650) and $175 (2.4 GHz) and can be considered direct competitors of the E8500 and E8400 processors."
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Those dirty rotten so and so's. Why oh why couldn't they do this about 2 days ago.
Dear NewEgg,
We have to talk!
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FYI, Intel usually makes prices cuts in July and December/Jan. Also before a new processor is released.
Just learned that a new BIOS update for my motherboard supports more processors. And at under $200 the E8500 looks like an attractive upgrade for me.
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I am thinking about jumping to a Quad Core from what I have now which is an E6600 Conroe I bought in December '06. Any noticeable improvement there if I did that?
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I am thinking about jumping to a Quad Core from what I have now which is an E6600 Conroe I bought in December '06. Any noticeable improvement there if I did that?
What do you use your computer for? If it's for gaming...not really. That is if you were to get say the Q6600 over your E6600.
If you video/photo edit/3d render....yes yes and yes.
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Now it is a bunch of photo stuff with the kids and even some video in putting some football high light tapes together for a few old high school buddies to watch our old memories. Thanks for the input; I am ordering this weekend.
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Dang them, that's real close to what I paid for my 6750 late last year. Still not worth upgrading though.
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Now it is a bunch of photo stuff with the kids and even some video in putting some football high light tapes together for a few old high school buddies to watch our old memories. Thanks for the input; I am ordering this weekend.
If you are using an application like Adobe Premier, then you probably will get more bang from a quad core. It's not going to be double the dual core performance, but probably in the 20% to 25% increase category.
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Those dirty rotten so and so's. Why oh why couldn't they do this about 2 days ago.
Dear NewEgg,
We have to talk!
Dont feel too bad
I paid $189 for my E840 about a month ago.
And I still dont have it installed yet