Anyone Want a P4 2.66?

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BD231

BD231

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$$$$, whatever happen to the Intel price cuts?. All you people buying 1.6a's made Intel decide NOT to drop prices!, DAMN YOU'S!!!!!
 
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TheCub

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Originally posted by: bdog231
$$$$, whatever happen to the Intel price cuts?. All you people buying 1.6a's made Intel decide NOT to drop prices!, DAMN YOU'S!!!!!
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They did drop the prices, but not on the 1.6. ;)

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Duvie

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I would if the price was like half...I been hearing the new stepping even has a bit of ocing room on that chip...3ghz air cooled a definite possibility....
 
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jbond04

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Yeah, the only problem is that you can't buy them yet... :(

I just bought a 2.53GHz today; I couldn't wait any longer...I have a 3D animation that needs rendering.

But anyway, those chips on a new stepping aren't going anywhere until a motherboard maker releases some sort of RDRAM motherboard with FSB options above 150MHz. A 3GHz+ chip is going to be held back by anything less than PC1066 RDRAM.
 
XMan

XMan

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Originally posted by: bdog231
Hmmmm, note to self: "NewEgg is NOT the only place to shop" :D
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Yeah, 4.46 on Reseller Ratings.
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Newegg is a 9.40. Hmmm.
 
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gunf1ghter

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Actually I was pleasantly surprised to find today that prices have dropped quite a bit. My 1.6a Northwood overclock has never been totally stable and I have been looking at a faster processor. Found today that the 2.0a has dropped to under $200... and the 2.2a has dropped to $240 shipped for the retail product.
 
BD231

BD231

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Originally posted by: Xerox Man
Originally posted by: bdog231
Hmmmm, note to self: "NewEgg is NOT the only place to shop" :D
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Yeah, 4.46 on Reseller Ratings.
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Newegg is a 9.40. Hmmm.
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Not quite sure I follow. I wasn't bashing NewEgg if thats what you got from my post. I was pointing out that I had only looked at NewEgg for prices on the P4, and when I last looked on monday, prices had not changed, so I figured Intel had decided not to drop prices when I read this thread. I've spent "A LOT" of money at NewEgg and couldn't be happier with their service.
 
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gunf1ghter

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I think you can figure that out pretty easily... if he bought over a month ago his CPUs were over $3000 alone, plus mobo, RAM, blah blah blah.

If he does professional video or graphics work it's probably worth it. If all he does with it is games and SETI then he's a chump.
 
dullard

dullard

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Originally posted by: Xerox Man
Two words: in-sane. How much did that set you back?
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Originally posted by: JackBurton
HOLY CHRIST!!! Good God man, how much did that cost you?!
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I can guess the cost for the main pieces to build a similar machine (I don't know his drives or video card):
Dual Intel Xeon 2.2 GHz with Hyperthreading enabled to appear as four CPU's: $300 each
Motherboard: $400 (Xeon motherboards are expensive)
512 MB of PC800 RDRAM: $125
Special Powersupply: $140
Case: $100
80 GB Drive: $100
Matrox G450 (Assuming this is not for gaming): $70
cheap CD drive, floppy, keyboard, mouse: $75
Quality 17" monitor: $200
Win 2000 or XP Pro: $150
Shipping: $100
Total: $2060.

Of course I priced using cheaper products, using all quality parts might make it $2500. But still this is in the range that you would have spent 2 years ago for a decent single CPU system.
 
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