Feb 23, magic date for p4?

[causality]

I read in another thread that Intel will be dropping prices around Feb 23? Is this true? I have been considering buying a 2.4B for 190 from newegg, but I can wait a few days if it will save me some dough!

 

[Refault]

i think soon.. some time in feb/earely march i heard... wait for the price drop... gonna be worth it!

 

[SKORPI0]

Newegg has ad on PC Magazine and Maximum PC (March 2003 issues) shows the Intel Pentium 4 2.4BGHz 512K 533MHz CPU Northwood P478 Processor Retail Box at $159 (shipped for free).

If you can wait till March 1st. It is Item# N82E16819116139. Currently sells for $189.

Related thread... Newegg advertising in PC Magazine

 

[oldfart]

When it hits $159, I'm so there!

 

[Budman]

Originally posted by: oldfart
When it hits $159, I'm so there!

Wait for the 2.4 ghz HT enabled 800 fsb cpus oldfart.

Those should go very nicely with a springdale board you're going to buy.

 

[Yeti101]

Hrmmmf... I'm trying to decide which CPU to get for a rig, that I'll be building sometime around April.
When will lower clock speed CPU's with HT be out?
Will there be C1 HT chips?

Thanks,
Yeti

 

[Budman]

Originally posted by: Yeti101
Hrmmmf... I'm trying to decide which CPU to get for a rig, that I'll be building sometime around April.
When will lower clock speed CPU's with HT be out?
Will there be C1 HT chips?

Thanks,
Yeti

should be close, april/may , all 800 fsb chips will be C1.

 

[PhoenixOfWater]

what about the 1.8Ghz? will they be drop the price on them too?

 

[bgeh]

intel processor prices are not the only one to drop next week
AMD will also drop prices in response to intel's
that means we get all-round lower prices
yay
then i might be able to get the 1700+ or 2100+ that i've waited sooooo long for

 

[Dm301]

I guess I'll be upgrading both my P4 rig and my AMD rig soon...

everyone wins

 

[oldfart]

Originally posted by: Budman

Originally posted by: oldfart
When it hits $159, I'm so there!

Wait for the 2.4 ghz HT enabled 800 fsb cpus oldfart.

Those should go very nicely with a springdale board you're going to buy.

Will there be lower clocked Prescotts? Yes, next mobo is either Springdale or Canterwood. I've done very well holding onto my (very nice) Epox 4BDA2+ 845D for almost a year! The thing is, 2.4 @ 800 FSB does not leave much room for overclocking (memory speed limitation). I think I will want a higher clocked Prescott for that reason.