core 2 duo gets pushed AHEAD for us americans...

[secretanchitman]

linky (http://www.theinquirer.net/default.aspx?article=32849)

july 14th is the release date for core 2 duo in europe. for us, we get ours at 9PM PST on july 13th...weird that its in the evening, but hey, faster ordering for us!

apparently final pricing is confirmed:

E6300 - $183
E6400 - $224
E6600 - $316
E6700 - $530
X6800 - $999

addition intel price cuts:

945 - $163
915 - $133
820 - $113
805 - $93

im just iching for an E6600...man i cannot wait for it!

[RichUK]

Weird some sites still say 23rd and 24th over here.

Also can't believe how cheap the 805 is going to be, that will be like £50 over here, not that i would buy one.

[hardwareking]

why only in America?its not fair.
oh well,i'll be getting the E6300 and OCing the thing to hell and back.

[Griswold]

Originally posted by: secretanchitman
linky (http://www.theinquirer.net/default.aspx?article=32849)

july 14th is the release date for core 2 duo in europe. for us, we get ours at 9PM PST on july 13th...weird that its in the evening, but hey, faster ordering for us!


9PM PST is 6am CEST, july 14th in europe. ;)

[MBrown]

That is the first thing I am going to buy. the E6600. I'll get the other stuff later I just want the first batch of these conroes.

[evenmore1]

Does anyone know the price of an E4200?

[Trurida18]

some how i figured this would happen

[Vegitto]

805 is gonna sit comfortably in my MacIntel :D.

[BrownTown]

lol, the launch date is moved up, but delivery dates are still the same, so only a select few retailers will actually have chips at this date, or even by the end of the month.

[archcommus]

I need to see benches of an E6300 versus an X2 3800+ or 4000+ before I make any decisions.

[broly8877]

Originally posted by: archcommus
I need to see benches of an E6300 versus an X2 3800+ or 4000+ before I make any decisions.

http://www.behardware.com/articles/623-1/intel-core-2-duo-test.html

[Brahmzy]

Those prices are for the 1000+ qty distributor order. Add $20-$30 per proc. This is old news BTW. :)

[A554SS1N]

Originally posted by: broly8877

Originally posted by: archcommus
I need to see benches of an E6300 versus an X2 3800+ or 4000+ before I make any decisions.

http://www.behardware.com/articles/623-1/intel-core-2-duo-test.html

Good Link!!!

[imported_inspire]

What's the difference (architecture-wise) between the E6300 and the E6600?

[RichUK]

Originally posted by: inspire
What's the difference (architecture-wise) between the E6300 and the E6600?

The difference is in the stock clock speed, and the amount of L2 cache

[secretanchitman]

Originally posted by: A554SS1N

Originally posted by: broly8877

Originally posted by: archcommus
I need to see benches of an E6300 versus an X2 3800+ or 4000+ before I make any decisions.

http://www.behardware.com/articles/623-1/intel-core-2-duo-test.html

Good Link!!!

nice thanks for that!

[Skott]

Well, if they do move the launch day up (and it wouldnt suprise me if Intel did just to counter AMD's planned price cuts) I bet it'll just be more like a paper launch. Not enough supply to meet demand is what I'm guessing. Even if it is the 23rd the Conroe will be still hard to find. The launch day is meaningless really. Its how soon you can actuallyget a chip thats important to the user. Dates are more or less just PR ploys IMO.

[BladeVenom]

Originally posted by: broly8877

Originally posted by: archcommus
I need to see benches of an E6300 versus an X2 3800+ or 4000+ before I make any decisions.

http://www.behardware.com/articles/623-1/intel-core-2-duo-test.html


Just started skimming that article. Looks like real good so far.

[berat556]

Well, I think they do have the capacity to pull it off and the chips have been in production for while now since it takes like three months to go from wafer to chip. Well when AM2 launched I did not see any on newegg, for a couple of weeks, either so it would not suprise me.

[DrMrLordX]

Originally posted by: RichUK
Also can't believe how cheap the 805 is going to be, that will be like £50 over here, not that i would buy one.


They're just trying to dump Smithfields. With the 915 being as cheap as it is, I see no reason to get an 805 anyway.

[MeowKat]

My country 'tis of thee...

Three cheers for Intel. This is good news. Good news indeed. But its from the Inq so who knows.

[Nightmare225]

Yay, Conroe comes out next week, which means I'll finally be able to build my new rig. Anyone have news on Avaiability though? I kind of doubt that Intel will have problems spitting them out, they want this chip to become a quarter of their sales by the end of the year, that's a pretty high goal...

[Avalon]

That behardware link was AWESOME.

A very informative page was the one that showed differences in L2 cache, FSB, and bandwidth, and the effect of those items on Core 2. The difference in L2 cache seems a bit less than I previously thought, and FSB doesn't seem to have much of an impact at all. More good news for me and my aspiring E4200 OC'ing plans.

[n7]

Originally posted by: broly8877

Originally posted by: archcommus
I need to see benches of an E6300 versus an X2 3800+ or 4000+ before I make any decisions.

http://www.behardware.com/articles/623-1/intel-core-2-duo-test.html


Incredibly superb review :D

It basically answered any questions i had.

And i know now i won't be able to resist the upgrade urge for very long, like i'd hoped :P

[theteamaqua]

is this true?? cuz i heard it got [ushed back to july 27 from july 23. and now it got push forward??

i do hope its true, but it just seem unrealisitic....

[Skott]

Sure they been cranking them out as fast as they can but it also takes them time to get the factories at 100% too. Not to mention Intel ships world wide, their favored vendors get first dibs that'll go into ordered systems, and then add in demand from the OEM user...think they'll have enough on launch day? If I had to bet they'll come up with too little than more than enough. I'm guessing the first two weeks they'll be hard to get for the OEM market. Just a hunch on my part though. Hopefully I'm wrong.

[Gary Key]

Originally posted by: Avalon
That behardware link was AWESOME.

A very informative page was the one that showed differences in L2 cache, FSB, and bandwidth, and the effect of those items on Core 2. The difference in L2 cache seems a bit less than I previously thought, and FSB doesn't seem to have much of an impact at all. More good news for me and my aspiring E4200 OC'ing plans.



Their tests in the FSB oveclocking section resulted in numbers that stayed within the same memory strap which caused almost equal scores. Believe me, when set properly, FSB increases will make a huge difference. ;)

[Avalon]

Originally posted by: Gary Key

Originally posted by: Avalon
That behardware link was AWESOME.

A very informative page was the one that showed differences in L2 cache, FSB, and bandwidth, and the effect of those items on Core 2. The difference in L2 cache seems a bit less than I previously thought, and FSB doesn't seem to have much of an impact at all. More good news for me and my aspiring E4200 OC'ing plans.



Their tests in the FSB oveclocking section resulted in numbers that stayed within the same memory strap which caused almost equal scores. Believe me, when set properly, FSB increases will make a huge difference. ;)

That was the entire idea. I wanted to see the effects of FSB and memory seperately.

If you take their 1600FSB DDR2-800 4-4-4-12 score, and compare it to their 1066FSB DDR2-533 3-3-3-8 score, you can extrapolate what the combined effect is.

Winrar gained 9%, and their Farcry scores gained 5%. Not even close to a huge difference, IMO. It will be the mhz that gives the most tangible boost.

[Cookie Monster]

Its weird but i could actually buy CORE right now here in NZ. :Q

[alex123]

Originally posted by: Cookie Monster
Its weird but i could actually buy CORE right now here in NZ. :Q

"CORE" and "CORE 2" are different. Conroe is "CORE 2". And "CORE" was an Intel mobile CPUs released 6 months(?) ago.

[DidlySquat]

Originally posted by: Skott
Sure they been cranking them out as fast as they can but it also takes them time to get the factories at 100% too. Not to mention Intel ships world wide, their favored vendors get first dibs that'll go into ordered systems, and then add in demand from the OEM user...think they'll have enough on launch day? If I had to bet they'll come up with too little than more than enough. I'm guessing the first two weeks they'll be hard to get for the OEM market. Just a hunch on my part though. Hopefully I'm wrong.


[mo]ron, a processor on its own is usually sold as retail package to end users, OEM CPUs go to (surprise) OEMs

[DidlySquat]

Originally posted by: DrMrLordX

Originally posted by: RichUK
Also can't believe how cheap the 805 is going to be, that will be like £50 over here, not that i would buy one.


They're just trying to dump Smithfields. With the 915 being as cheap as it is, I see no reason to get an 805 anyway.



too bad there is no such thing as a 915 so bottom line is we have two morons talking about a non existent product that was mentioned because the first moron copied wrong information from a bad source and the second moron decided to comment as if he knows what is being told.......

[theteamaqua]

ok people is this real or yet another inquirer's bs??

[secretanchitman]

Originally posted by: theteamaqua
ok people is this real or yet another inquirer's bs??

thats what im skeptical about.

but hey...core 2 is officially coming out this month, so no worries (for some of us)!!!

[Cookie Monster]

Originally posted by: alex123

Originally posted by: Cookie Monster
Its weird but i could actually buy CORE right now here in NZ. :Q

"CORE" and "CORE 2" are different. Conroe is "CORE 2". And "CORE" was an Intel mobile CPUs released 6 months(?) ago.



I mean CORE2.

I could go and buy Asustek P5B Deluxe (chipset 965) right now too.