Intel pentium D price cut upto 50%

greenwar

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Mwave is selling pentium Ds at the following prices:

920 - 212.00
930 - 215.00
940 - 253.00

All prices does not include shipping or tax. These are huge price cuts which intel promised earlier in the year. Not a really hot deal, but for people who would like to upgrade to dual core these are great prices for brand new cpus which can clock upto 4.0ghz in stock voltage.

People please post other links as you find them.

I hope this will be helpful for some. Prices may drop even further as the new shipments reach vendors.
 

fire400

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4 GHz on a dual core is nice if you like the numbers, too lazy to migrate to a 939 for performance, this is a great deal for current LGA owners
 

Zebo

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Originally posted by: cuti7399
dang it, i just dumped my dual 820 and switched to opty 170


You got a way better processor too. There's a reason they are dumping them - hot loud throttle slow.

Stock a 940D and x2 3800 are around same speeds
http://www23.tomshardware.com/cpu.html?modelx=33&model1=237&chart=74&model2=321

But when you start clocking for every 100Mhz you bump X2 you need to bump 940D 160Mhz meaning x2 @ 2800Mhz needs a 4480Mhz 940D to hang, not likly without xtreme cooling.
 

EKKC

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that 940 is pretty hot. i have a 840 myself and it's nice
then again if i upgrade i may upgrade on clock speed as well

edit: i just checked the prices on mwave, why does a 840 cost more than a higher clock speed, bigger cache 950?
 

nomadh

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Good chart at toms. The 2 procs compared are very competitive. The chart does say the amd wins in price/perf ratio. Maybe that was before the price drop.
 

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Originally posted by: nomadh
Good chart at toms. The 2 procs compared are very competitive. The chart does say the amd wins in price/perf ratio. Maybe that was before the price drop.


My guess is yes now that the 940 is so much cheaper :)

Nat
 

Zebo

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Originally posted by: programmer
Never thought I'd see the day that Intel competes on *price*

AMD -- wake up!

AMD can't while they are stuck at 90nm and make CPUs together. Both CPUs has to be perfect and it's a larger process meaning more silicon and more chance for errors. Intel OTOH can take two small 65nm CPU's and put them together for a 940.
 

EKKC

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nobody can give me a answer on why 840 cost more than a 950?!?!?! :Q:Q:Q
 

greenwar

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Originally posted by: EKKC
nobody can give me a answer on why 840 cost more than a 950?!?!?! :Q:Q:Q

I can. Its because intel only cut the price of 9x0 series cpus. Those are build on 65nm process which reduces production cost and increases yield.

 
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I won't agree the 940 is equal to the AMD 3800x2 in performance. I "upgraded" from a 3.2 gig Pentium socket 478 to an AMD 3500, then a 4200x2, and frankly the Pentium was much more responsive. If I had the cash to spare, I would dump the 4200x2 and jump on the 940. Perhaps when I do get some change, I'll build a 940 system and let you all know how they compare in REAL world use.
 

SuperSix

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Originally posted by: EKKC
nobody can give me a answer on why 840 cost more than a 950?!?!?! :Q:Q:Q

Greenwar is correct. Intel had aggressive rebates on the 8xx series that expired 04/26/06, the night the 9xx dropped severly in price. Intel is trying to clear the channel of 8xx and 9xx CPUs in preparation for Conroe.

AMD has nothing (currently) for Conroe, but I don't expect them to sit on their laurels.

Currentlym where I work (Tier 1 Intel disty), the 8xx is much more than the 9xx series. I exepect rebates to come *back*on the 8xx series very soon.