How long until we get benefits of Intel July price cuts?

anindrew

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Hi everybody!

Since I'm planning to build a new PC around the end of the month, I was really excited to hear about Intel's price cuts. Several sources claim that the cuts will happen on July 20, 2008. That seems to coincide with Intel's cuts for the last few years.

I was planning to get a Q9450. I know Intel is phasing them out. I don't know if the price cut would impact that CPU. I have read that the Q9550 is supposed to come down to $317 or so.

When Intel cuts prices, do retailers lower their prices right away or does it take a couple weeks for us (you and me) to see the savings?
 

Hugh H

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I heard anytime from 20 July to 10 August (fudzilla I think was the source).

I wonder if the QX9650 will come down in price as well... planning on getting one since getting those free multipliers will make for a nice overcloked quad until the Nehalems become more mainstream and the issues with the X58's mobos are sorted out.
 

harpoon84

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From what I've seen generally the price cuts take effect in the channel right away.

As for the Q9450, it is being phased out, along with the Q9300. The Q9300 will be replaced by a Q9400 at the $266 pricepoint, and the Q9550 will drop down to $317 as you said.
 

Chronoshock

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Prices are cut fairly quickly (within a couple days), but this increases demand, limiting availability, so there's a good chance of seeing gouging. So you need to either be quick, lucky, or just wait until things settle. With the price cut, you should see even fewer q9450s available as they're replaced with 9550s. Think of it as free .5 multiplier and not as a product going away.

I doubt you will see the qx9650 go down in price as the "extreme" parts tend to stay highly priced until they're no longer made. Your best bet is to hunt ebay for a deal. You might be able to snag one for around 600
 

mshan

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How significant a retail price cut can we expect in the lower end cpus (e.g. e7200)?

 

Chronoshock

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Originally posted by: mshan
How significant a retail price cut can we expect in the lower end cpus (e.g. e7200)?

From another AT post:
Newer / Price Cut Core 2 Quad Processors
Processor - Speed - Current Price - Newer Q3 Price
Q9550 - 2.80 GHz - $530 - $316
Q9400 - 2.66 GHz - NA - $266
Q6600 - 2.40 GHz - $224 - $203

To be Phased Out Core 2 Quad Processors
Q9450
Q9300
Q6700

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Newer / Price Cut Core 2 Duo Processors
Processor - Speed - Current Price - Newer Q3 Price
E8600 - 3.33 GHz - NA - US$266
E8500 - 3.16 GHz - $266 - $183
E8400 - 3.00 GHz - $183 - $163
E7300 - 2.66 GHz - NA - $133
E7200 - 2.53 GHz - $133 - $113

To be Phased Out Core 2 Duo Processors
E8300
 

foges

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These are the prices that the retailers get them for, right? not what we can expect to pay. So what big benefit does the q9400 have over the q9450? does the added 0.5x multiplier change anything? overclockability?
 

anindrew

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Thank you for all the responses. Now that I think about it, about a year ago the price drops were supposed to have the Q6600 drop to $266. And we all know that did happen in a relatively short amount of time. So I can believe that the prices will drop quickly.

foges: The Q9400 is similar to the Q9450, but with half the cache (6MB instead of 12MB). It's the Q9550 that has the 0.5x multiplier (8.5*333). It's stock speed is already faster than the Q9450, so in theory it could OC higher than the Q9450. Having a higher multiplier can't hurt.

I'm definitely going to watch prices like a hawk.
 

nyker96

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well i remember newegg once droppd the price few days ahead of the offical cut. But sometimes they don't move until the cut day. Hard to say probably depend on how much supply etc for the chip is available.
 

Chronoshock

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Originally posted by: foges
These are the prices that the retailers get them for, right? not what we can expect to pay. So what big benefit does the q9400 have over the q9450? does the added 0.5x multiplier change anything? overclockability?

Yes those are the prices per 1000 chips or something for retailers. We usually see ~10 bucks more, although it varies based on supply. The higher multi can help overclocks as you can either achieve the same OC as with a 9450 with lower FSB or go for a higher OC at equivalent FSB speeds.
 

foges

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Sounds good. Im surprised though that prices are only app. 10$ more, id have thought the retailers wanted more, hmm. What is the q9450 price at now (intel not retailer price)?
 

Idontcare

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Originally posted by: foges
These are the prices that the retailers get them for, right? not what we can expect to pay. So what big benefit does the q9400 have over the q9450? does the added 0.5x multiplier change anything? overclockability?

Let's just say it's the maximum price retailers get them for when purchasing 1,000 units.

You can be sure there is a labyrinth of marketing schema for rebates, volume pricing discounts, and the ever controversial "distributor loyalty" phenomenon which involves subsidizing the distributors marketing budget...;)
 

GundamF91

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If you see good prices on Q9450, go jump on it. Just like Q6600 and Q6700, the difference is what Intel locked the multiplier at. Chances are the overclock potential is the same (we're only talking about 0.5 multiplier here), so I doubt Q9550 would be a better overclocker. Maybe some will be better, but I doubt it's better on average.