HOT: Potential 50% drop in Intel P4's in September

[targetshopper]

Hi All,

This might be potentially hot if no one has already posted it. I apologize if someone has. See news article below
for all the details. It looks like Sept 1, INTEL has plans to do a possible 50% price drop on P4's so hold off
building your PC

News Article

 

[RadioactiveMagpies]

They are planning to lower their average selling price of the 2.53 ghz p4 of $600 retail to about 330-360ish.
That is almost a 50% price drop!!!!!!
Unfortunately, I'm only in the market for a 1.6a and the prices have been going up:|

 

[max105]

this is certainly good news for me. I've been hoping to upgrade my P3 for sometime now.

 

[reset]

Intel Moves Up Pentium 4 Price Cuts

 

[Fireman]

It's hard waiting for price drops, they always go down, but just in case you're wondering, a friend of mine works for Intel and has heard rumors of a 3.0 GHz P4 release at Christmas. :Q

 

[LeaDxPainT]

This is very good news for me, my p3 just isn't hackin it any more...

 

[SinnerWolf]

3 1/2 weeks...hmm...wonder if intel has that timed with concluding the VIA litigations. Wouldn't surprise me since they jumped up 7 weeks for price cuts. I'm getting ansy for an ABIT/SIS/Serial HD/USB2/CORSAIR XMS DDR400/P4 2000a....which will all be obsolete by the time i research well enough to buy.

 

[hans007]

Originally posted by: Fireman
It's hard waiting for price drops, they always go down, but just in case you're wondering, a friend of mine works for Intel and has heard rumors of a 3.0 GHz P4 release at Christmas. :Q

uh the 3.06 ghz p4 release was announced in the news 2 weeks ago.

 

[GagHalfrunt]

Even more on some chips. From the linked article...

"Jonathan Joseph, of Salomon Smith Barney Inc., in San Francisco, said the giant chipmaker will slash prices on its Pentium 4 processors up to 67 percent in conjunction with the release of its 2.8GHz chip Aug. 25 and in a second round of cuts Sept. 1.

With the introduction of the new chip, Intel will slash the price on its current fastest processor, a 2.53GHz Pentium 4, from $637 to $236, a 67 percent reduction. Intel will also lower prices on its slower running Pentium 4s, although the cuts will be far more modest. For example, a 1.8GHz version will be priced down from $163 to $143, a 13 percent cut. "