Bearlake prices?

[neokill3r]

I was waiting for a bearlake mobo so I would have a better upgrade path and I noticed several sites have them for sale. The problem is that they are really expensive! So will the price go down a lot when they are actually released or do I have to wait for p33 for a reasonably priced bearlake mobo? Does anyone know what the price will be when its released?

 

[apt403]

Don't worry, they'll go down in price, everything does. I mean, you can't even buy DDR3 ram yet and Penryn is still a while away, of course they're going to be expensive.

 

[Hathorian]

Have you considered the Asus P5K or the Gigabyte GA-P35-DQ6? They are significantly cheaper than the other P35 boards I have seen so far. Anyone have any other info on these two boards? I want to buy a computer ASAP (waiting only on these 2 boards getting stocked) but don't know which of these two boards are better.

 

[cahutch]

GA-P35-DQ6 = $260 right now. ~50 more than the GA-965P-DQ6 was.

fyi, the GA-P35-DQ6 is in stock and on sale now at ClubIT.com.
I just ordered one today.
Phone orders only though. Intel made them take it off the web site 'till the official launch.

 

[Hathorian]

The DQ6 is more expensive most places, but I saw one site where it is listed much cheaper...I think it may be a price error. I should order now in case they want to increase the price. :twisted:

 

[hunter_green32]

The Chipset IS the mainboard. For the kind of money you are talking, get a 680i reference board... direct from nVidia, or also from eVGA, BFG, XFX, ECS, or Foxconn.

It's a better product, my opinion.

 

[Hathorian]

The Chipset IS the mainboard. For the kind of money you are talking, get a 680i reference board... direct from nVidia, or also from eVGA, BFG, XFX, ECS, or Foxconn.

It's a better product, my opinion.

yes, but will 680i support the new Penryn chips when they come out?