when do intel price cuts go into effect

[OBLAMA2009]

how long after the cut prices/upgrade their chips do you see it at the stores. i see no effect of the latest price cuts yet. if anything it seems like prices at places like frys have gone up or that at least frys has gotten a lot stingier with their deals

 

[OCGuy]

Prices were recently cut. The Q9650 was cut rather dramatically.


On the dual-core side, expect to see the Wolfies slide down a notch on the Intel price brackets, with the release of the E8700.

 

[ProsperoLT]

So what's the best bang/buck right now?

dual & quad?

 

[OCGuy]

Originally posted by: ProsperoLT
So what's the best bang/buck right now?

dual & quad?

E8400
Q9550

If you already have an AMD board, then PHII is the way to go.

 

[edplayer]

Originally posted by: ProsperoLT
So what's the best bang/buck right now?

dual & quad?

E5200 around $70. Good chance of getting 3.6GHz and higher

I think most people around here though would want one with more cache. E7400 at Microcenter for $100. They also sell the Q9400 for $180

 

[zagood]

Originally posted by: edplayer

Originally posted by: ProsperoLT
So what's the best bang/buck right now?

E5200 around $70. Good chance of getting 3.6GHz and higher

Just got one - running it at 3.66ghz (11x333) @ 1.325v, 4x1gb DDR2-800 @ 667 2.1v 3-4-4-10 on a ep45-ud3p. A little warm at this speed, 51c max at load (~47 average), but even without the cache this is a fast little chip for the price.

Was able to load Vista and run CPU-Z at 4.16ghz but it took 1.425v and couldn't get it prime stable.

Check ewiz.com - they're floating between $60-65 for OEM and a current special $65 for retail with free ship. Don't forget 7% live.com cashback.

-z