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.