All Core2Duo are listed at zipzoomfly

[yacoub]

ok thanks. i didn't grasp everything he said but i could get that 533Mhz DDR2 should perform the same as 667MHz or 800MHz since the motherboard will have it run at 533Mhz, right?

 

[broly8877]

Unless you run a ratio that makes your RAM faster than the fsb. These ratios are why MBs advertise "800," because it does run them at DDR2-800 with a divider/ratio.

 

[aldamon]

Originally posted by: broly8877
Unless you run a ratio that makes your RAM faster than the fsb. These ratios are why MBs advertise "800," because it does run them at DDR2-800 with a divider/ratio.

Yeah, between the marketing speak and overlapping FSB / DDR2 speeds and numbers it's a miracle anybody can make any sense out of it.

 

[bennylong]

Originally posted by: UncivilizedAMD
Have a month until I can build a system. Should I pull the trigger now since prices at ZZF are very reasonable or will prices on the conroe cpus drop a bit in a month?

Price just went up from $199 to $219. It will only be going up for the next month.

 

[yacoub]

Maybe at vendors that price gouge. Others won't and will sell more units. Not to mention those of us with some patience will wait until prices become reasonable again.

 

[bennylong]

Originally posted by: bobdelt

Originally posted by: TankGuys

Originally posted by: keysplayr2003

Originally posted by: bennylong
that sold out fast

Hey, that 6300 is only 16.00 over MSRP!!!! Not bad ZZF. Not bad at all considering all the gougers out there.

The prices you are thinking of are NOT MSRP. That's a huge misconception by people. The prices you see on Intel's site (and quoted elsewhere) are for minimum 1000 unit orders of OEM tray processors, directly from Intel.

Just for reference, my wholesale COST on these chips is more than what people say the MSRP should be.

WRONG! They are msrp. Many many news site listed those prices at msrp. Believe it nor not, Intel does not publish how much their charge their retailers for chips, why would they? They charge different retailers different prices.... There are also trade discounts, consignment, etc. Theres a lot more too it than just buying a 10000.

If your wholesale costs are more than the "msrp", you're getting screwed. You're probably ordering from some distrubutor who is ripping you off.

Intel will start shipping a total of 10 new processors for desktop computers in early August and for laptops at the end of August. Intel has priced the desktop processors from 21,230 yen ($182.5) to 115,900 yen ($996.3) in 1,000-unit quantities.


http://yahoo.reuters.com/news/articlehy...&sz=13&WTModLoc=HybArt-C1-ArticlePage1

 

[jogiba]

I ordered the E6300 from ZZF for $219 + $1.99 2day Fedx to put into an ASRock 775Dual-VSTA with my old AGP 8x ATI AIW 9800 Pro.

 

[yacoub]

Originally posted by: jogiba
I ordered the E6300 from ZZF for $219 + $1.99 2day Fedx to put into an ASRock 775Dual-VSTA with my old AGP 8x ATI AIW 9800 Pro.

What a complete waste if you're gaming. An X2 AMD chip will provide you the same results in gaming with that old GPU that any C2D will..

 

[broly8877]

Quite the opposite, I'd say.

With the 9800P he'd be playing <1280x960, where the CPU plays a larger role in framerate

 

[yacoub]

Originally posted by: broly8877
Quite the opposite, I'd say.

With the 9800P he'd be playing <1280x960, where the CPU plays a larger role in framerate

But you don't know that. Might as well also assume that he doesn't play any recent games. That way your assumption is even stronger.

My point still stands: If he's an average gamer, he could just grab an X2 and have fairly equivalent framerates because he's highly GPU-limited.

 

[broly8877]

I'm assuming he plays recent games, hence <1280x960... And he couldn't have gone wrong with either.
C2D is a fine choice, $220 isn't so bad (though he overpayed). 4200/4600+ class performance.

 

[aldamon]

My E6300 has been packed for shipment at ZZF. They definitely have them

 

[Henny]

Originally posted by: broly8877
I'm assuming he plays recent games, hence <1280x960... And he couldn't have gone wrong with either.
C2D is a fine choice, $220 isn't so bad (though he overpayed). 4200/4600+ class performance.

$220 is hardly overpay even though they were $200 last night.

This is overpay:

Mwave Gouging

Newegg Gouging

 

[jogiba]

So who has the E6300 for less than $220.99 with 2 day Fedex in stock today ?

 

[broly8877]

My $199 E6300 has been packed, too.

 

[aceO07]

Wow.. The E6300 is actually in stock, though at the higher price. I guess ZZF realized that they can charge the higher price.

 

[PingSpike]

Originally posted by: yacoub
Maybe at vendors that price gouge. Others won't and will sell more units. Not to mention those of us with some patience will wait until prices become reasonable again.

If there is a shortage (and at this point in time, I'd say that there is versus the demand for them) they won't sell more units because they won't have more units to sell. They'll just make less money is all.