why you can't buy e7200 under $100 while yu can buy g0 Q6600 for $150???

[harbin]

I tried to buy an e7200. And all they want $100 or plus. At the same time, it is easy to buy G0 Q6600 for $150.

 

[Flipped Gazelle]

Yes, this is generally true.

Based on your thread title, I thought you were going to offer an explanation.

 

[aigomorla]

Originally posted by: Flipped Gazelle
Yes, this is generally true.

Based on your thread title, I thought you were going to offer an explanation.

supply and demand.

why? cuz 7200 is a 45nm technology which is just getting refreshed to i7.

The g0 is a 65nm technology, old, and already was refreshed by the yorkfield class.


So yes, generally the older tech will cost less then the newer one despite which is better.

 

[Martimus]

Fry's had them on sale a couple of weeks ago for $80.

I don't understand why you think that Q6600's being $150 should make E7200's cheaper.

 

[v8envy]

Not to be too much of a Doubting Thomas, but where is the ease in getting a q6600 for $150? Just checked microcenter and the egg, they both have em for $180.

I'm still hanging on and waiting for news of Deneb, but a $150 Q6600 would be a complete no-brainer for my next build.

 

[hclarkjr]

Originally posted by: v8envy
Not to be too much of a Doubting Thomas, but where is the ease in getting a q6600 for $150? Just checked microcenter and the egg, they both have em for $180.

I'm still hanging on and waiting for news of Deneb, but a $150 Q6600 would be a complete no-brainer for my next build.

I believe he is referring to the for sale forum here on anandtech. i just bought a q6600 for that price too

 

[nyker96]

yep got a 7200 got 86 shipped last week. But to be honest, if you doing heavy duty threaded apps I think q6600 G0 is much faster. if you cant find a 7200 for sub 100 maybe a e5200 which is similar just 1mb less cache, I think 5-10% diff in benches.

 

[Zap]

Originally posted by: Martimus
Fry's had them on sale a couple of weeks ago for $80.

That was last week, and the bastards cancelled my order. :|

 

[nyker96]

Originally posted by: Zap

Originally posted by: Martimus
Fry's had them on sale a couple of weeks ago for $80.

That was last week, and the bastards cancelled my order. :|

hey zap, don't you already got a quad? I remember you from a previous quad thread.

 

[Denithor]

I think the OP wonders why the e7200 doesn't cost half as much as the q6600 because it basically appears to be 1/2 the chip (2x2.5GHz versus 4x2.4GHz).

The real answer has been addressed already: new versus old technology. e7200 is a newer generation chip, doing more work in the same cycles, with lower power consumption, albeit with half as many cores.

The smart-assed answer would be: because Intel said so!

 

[imported_apocalypse]

A better comparison would be the E7200 and the Q9300, but the Q9300 has more cache..

And the 9300 comes out as slightly more than double the price.

 

[Zap]

Originally posted by: nyker96
hey zap, don't you already got a quad? I remember you from a previous quad thread.

Yeah, a Q9400. I also have two E6850, one E6420, one E6550, one E8500... all unused and sitting in various motherboards or desk drawers. This isn't counting an A64x2 and a Phenom quadcore. Whoops, that makes two quads collecting dust.

I know people who collect arcade cabinets, and people who go out to bars a few nights a week, and people who go to indian casinos, and people who have poker night. I can safely say that my hobby doesn't cost any more than other people's hobbies, and indeed has a better residual value (except for arcade cabinets).

 

[taltamir]

people have the illusion that newer = better. Instead of better = better weather it is old or new.

 

[Denithor]

Zap -- you should get those things folding for the TeAm (198).

Or donate them to me -- I'll gladly add them to my folding farm.

 

[nyker96]

Originally posted by: Zap

Originally posted by: nyker96
hey zap, don't you already got a quad? I remember you from a previous quad thread.

Yeah, a Q9400. I also have two E6850, one E6420, one E6550, one E8500... all unused and sitting in various motherboards or desk drawers. This isn't counting an A64x2 and a Phenom quadcore. Whoops, that makes two quads collecting dust.

I know people who collect arcade cabinets, and people who go out to bars a few nights a week, and people who go to indian casinos, and people who have poker night. I can safely say that my hobby doesn't cost any more than other people's hobbies, and indeed has a better residual value (except for arcade cabinets).

I don't have the money to buy that much hardware but I bet I'm up there when it comes to buying DDR2 ram sticks. Must have owned about a dozen sets at one point then just needed money and sold about 6 of them. Better than burning away cash in casinos I say. That's pretty much giving money away. At least we got plenty stuff to show 'em grandkids. :]

 

[BladeVenom]

So the OP thinks twice as many cores should cost twice as much? Look at performance though; twice as many core rarely leads to almost twice the performance. Most of the time it offers very little performance gain.

They charge what the market will bare.