July 22nd Intel Price Cut Chart

[bryanW1995]

tankguys seems a little bit high on cpu their pricing. FX-55 130nm for $850!! It's good to see confirmation of G0 stepping on the quads, though.

 

[Smartazz]

Originally posted by: mxrider
<div class="FTQUOTE"><begin quote>Originally posted by: f4phantom2500
Anyone else notice that the E4400's will be running at 2.0GJz?


EDIT:

uh, why are they releasing the e6540 and e6550? why not just the e6550?</end quote></div>

So how fast is a GJz compared to a GHz?

It looks like the e6550 has TXT enabled while the e6540 doesn't. But I agree for the same price, and same speed it just seems dumb to me.

lol, I was going to ask the same thing.

 

[Idontcare]

Does anyone know why Intel is motivated to cut prices in July?

I am happy for it as a consumer and confused by it as an investor - at this point I don't see the logic in Intel needlessly trashing their ASP's (average selling prices) just to push AMD around.

Or are these SKU's being priced-down because new higher ASP SKU's are being released near the same time? Penryn shipping earlier than estimated?

These are desktop CPU's, not server, so all consideration of the upcoming Barcelona launch have zero impact to Intel's current pricing structure for their desktop quad-core chips.

Or are the July price cuts really just a big hoax/myth going around on the web? Has Intel officially publicly confirmed these price cuts?

 

[covert24]

from what i ahve been researching 'inside sources' have retrieved this information and have put it into a chart. Theres no sure fire way to see if this is real or not but its something to ope for as i need a new CPU

 

[harpoon84]

Originally posted by: Idontcare
Does anyone know why Intel is motivated to cut prices in July?

I am happy for it as a consumer and confused by it as an investor - at this point I don't see the logic in Intel needlessly trashing their ASP's (average selling prices) just to push AMD around.

Or are these SKU's being priced-down because new higher ASP SKU's are being released near the same time? Penryn shipping earlier than estimated?

These are desktop CPU's, not server, so all consideration of the upcoming Barcelona launch have zero impact to Intel's current pricing structure for their desktop quad-core chips.

Or are the July price cuts really just a big hoax/myth going around on the web? Has Intel officially publicly confirmed these price cuts?

Why? Come on, isn't it obvious? To put pricing pressure on AMD, rendering them unprofitable and unable to grow as planned. The newly introduced $163 E6550 is the equal of the X2 6000+, which means AMD's ***FLAGSHIP*** CPU is only worth $163 if AMD wants to maintain price/performance parity, and it appears they do considering they are preempting Intel's pricecuts by having their own on July 9.

ASPs will hardly be affected because Intel is still keeping the same pricing structure, they are merely phasing out the bottom end chips ie. E4300 and E2140 and making the need next speed grade the bottom feeder. For all intents and purposes, it costs the same amount to manufacture an E4300 and E4400, or E2140 and E2160. Silicon is silicon, after all.

I *think* the QX6800 may come down from $1400 odd to $999, but that is hardly going to affect Intel's bottom line considering the minuscule amount of Extreme Edition CPUs that are sold. Everyone knows it's the mainstream SKUs that make all the money, and AFAIK Intel is keeping their pricing structure intact, just phasing out the slowest chips and replacing them with faster ones.

 

[NicColt]

E6850 with G0 stepping the day it comes out no question.

all I want is 400 FSB for 1:1 with ram and this will do it easily on air.

this says it all

 

[VERTIGGO]

I just ordered an E6600 (I'll probably regret it in a month). Right now I'd rather have the higher core speed of the Core 2 over the Quad, and it takes forever for shipping here. Price cuts aside, I think it will be plenty for me until Yorkfield drops significantly (maybe spring or so).

 

[bryanW1995]

Originally posted by: Idontcare
Does anyone know why Intel is motivated to cut prices in July?

I am happy for it as a consumer and confused by it as an investor - at this point I don't see the logic in Intel needlessly trashing their ASP's (average selling prices) just to push AMD around.

Or are these SKU's being priced-down because new higher ASP SKU's are being released near the same time? Penryn shipping earlier than estimated?

These are desktop CPU's, not server, so all consideration of the upcoming Barcelona launch have zero impact to Intel's current pricing structure for their desktop quad-core chips.

Or are the July price cuts really just a big hoax/myth going around on the web? Has Intel officially publicly confirmed these price cuts?

I read an interview during computex where one of intel's vp's said that they planned the penryn intro to fight off barcelona/phenom. Well, phenom and barcelona are clearly a flop, but, as the intel guy said, "the train has left the station so we might as well go all out". Basically, intel ramped up production of their faster processors sooner than they needed to, and now they have all of these high-end processors that cost too much. They are not competing against amd right now in the high end, they're competing against THEMSELVES. The need to mow through the older, slower c2d cpus, and the best way to do it is to cut prices. amd just didn't keep up their end of the bargain, so many many people who have been waiting for the end of 07 new releases will switch to intel (like me).

 

[Nathelion]

Very interesting...

 

[NicColt]

the E6850 spotted in the UK

and it's also listed on NCIX in Canada here for $332.02 Cdn.

 

[Capt Caveman]

Today Only:

Intel Q6600 & ECS MB 299.99, at Fry's B&M

Intel Q6600 only Online for $299.99

 

[firewolfsm]

I won't buy it until I'm SURE I can get G0, apparently it has a lower TDP and a higher tolerance to heat, and with how hot these chips get we're gonna need every bit of help we can get.

 

[Skott]

Originally posted by: Idontcare
Does anyone know why Intel is motivated to cut prices in July?

I am happy for it as a consumer and confused by it as an investor - at this point I don't see the logic in Intel needlessly trashing their ASP's (average selling prices) just to push AMD around.

Or are these SKU's being priced-down because new higher ASP SKU's are being released near the same time? Penryn shipping earlier than estimated?

These are desktop CPU's, not server, so all consideration of the upcoming Barcelona launch have zero impact to Intel's current pricing structure for their desktop quad-core chips.

Or are the July price cuts really just a big hoax/myth going around on the web? Has Intel officially publicly confirmed these price cuts?

At the very least to increase market share. For a couple years AMD increased their market share at Intel's expense and now Intel is going to get that back and then some if they can.

 

[Barnaby W. Füi]

After a couple years of a P4 2.8, I decided to upgrade, but now I have to wait another 2-3 weeks because of the impending price drops! It's torture!

 

[kenny0813]

sigh . . . i built my rig 2 months too early. .

could've gotten me an e6750, but now i have th e6600. . . o wellz, i'll just have to oc it to 2.66 =P

 

[amking]

Originally posted by: Shimmishim

Another issue with the 6750 vs. 6850 is the 8x vs 9x multiplier.

These babies are overclocking to 3.7 to 4.0 (8 x 463 and 8 x 500) on air.

Higher multiplier will put less strain on a motherboard due to lower required FSB.

and for those that bench, 9x and higher is absolutely required.

in terms of fsb overclocking on p35 or x38 (or even P965 and other if you have exp), is there a known level/range where it really starts to shorten the life of the mobo and other components? ie 450+ or anything over 500... etc.

i originally was planning something on the order of 450*8 with a 6750 & ddr2-800 1:1, but if it makes more sense and will significantly prolong the life of the build to go 400*9 (or less) on a 6850, then i would do it.

 

[Idontcare]

Originally posted by: amking

Originally posted by: Shimmishim

Another issue with the 6750 vs. 6850 is the 8x vs 9x multiplier.

These babies are overclocking to 3.7 to 4.0 (8 x 463 and 8 x 500) on air.

Higher multiplier will put less strain on a motherboard due to lower required FSB.

and for those that bench, 9x and higher is absolutely required.

in terms of fsb overclocking on p35 or x38 (or even P965 and other if you have exp), is there a known level/range where it really starts to shorten the life of the mobo and other components? ie 450+ or anything over 500... etc.

i originally was planning something on the order of 450*8 with a 6750 & ddr2-800 1:1, but if it makes more sense and will significantly prolong the life of the build to go 400*9 (or less) on a 6850, then i would do it.

Probably not enough time has passed for anyone to have collected meaningful statistics on this.

Heck I'd be surprised if there is a data-based concensus for the answer to your question for chipsets as old at 965 and 975!

 

[bryanW1995]

Originally posted by: kenny0813
sigh . . . i built my rig 2 months too early. .

could've gotten me an e6750, but now i have th e6600. . . o wellz, i'll just have to oc it to 2.66 =P

there is still a better multiplier on the e6600 (9x vs 8x), so don't get too despondent. I wouldn't be surprised to see great oc's on these fsb 1333 processors, but there is no guarantee that they will oc as well as the 1066's did.

 

[amking]

Originally posted by: Idontcare

Originally posted by: amking

Originally posted by: Shimmishim

Another issue with the 6750 vs. 6850 is the 8x vs 9x multiplier.

These babies are overclocking to 3.7 to 4.0 (8 x 463 and 8 x 500) on air.

Higher multiplier will put less strain on a motherboard due to lower required FSB.

and for those that bench, 9x and higher is absolutely required.

in terms of fsb overclocking on p35 or x38 (or even P965 and other if you have exp), is there a known level/range where it really starts to shorten the life of the mobo and other components? ie 450+ or anything over 500... etc.

i originally was planning something on the order of 450*8 with a 6750 & ddr2-800 1:1, but if it makes more sense and will significantly prolong the life of the build to go 400*9 (or less) on a 6850, then i would do it.

Probably not enough time has passed for anyone to have collected meaningful statistics on this.

Heck I'd be surprised if there is a data-based concensus for the answer to your question for chipsets as old at 965 and 975!

hmm well it seems a lot of people are able to run their decent 965/p35 boards well above 400 without much trouble or the build life being too diminished. i'll have to see what the actual prices are after the cut before i make a decision.... while the higher multi/lower fsb would be optimal, i dont know if the higher fsb is gonna be a HUGE problem considering the computer will prob be sold in a year and a half or two.

 

[dev0lution]

Anand just posted the QX6850 and price drop charts... http://www.anandtech.com/cpuch...el/showdoc.aspx?i=3038

 

[NicColt]

wow that's heavy... they should be in the range of $600 or so, double of what the E6850 will be on the 22nd. imho

 

[bryanW1995]

they should be more than double the e6850 price b/c it costs them at least double to make them. Also, the "perceived value" of a 3ghz quad core at 9x333 is more than twice that of the e6850. The Qx6850 has that little unlocked multiplier, plus it will be the king for 6 mos and still one of the fastest processors available until nehalem arrives in 12-18 mos. I think that the smart money is on 18 mos with amd's woes. In 18 mos the e6850 will be like an fx57 - very fast but not enough cores.