Price drop details!

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Woot; here they are!


Author: SuperSix

Details on Intel's 07/22 price drop were announced, and again - you hear it here FIRST!

In addtion to the price drops listed below, the following new processors are launching on 7/22.

The new models are:

QX6850 - Quad Core, 3GHz, 1333Mhz FSB, 8MB L2 - $1005.00*
Q6700 - (No price at this time)
E6850 - Core2Duo, 3GHz, 1333Mhz FSB, 4MB L2 - $279.00*
E6750 - Core2Duo, 2.66GHz, 1333Mhz FSB, 4MB L2 - $198.00*
E6550 - Core2Duo, 2.33GHz, 1333Mhz FSB, 4MB L2 - $177.00*
E4500 - Core2Duo, 2.2GHz, 800Mhz FSB, 2MB L2 - $146.00*
*Prices are rough street estimates as of 07/22/07


Intel PN Description Price Change
BX80562QX6800 Core2Quad QX6800 2.93GHz ($200.00)
BX80562Q6600 Core2Quad Q6600 2.4GHz ($257.00)
BX80557E4400 Core2Duo E4400 2.0GHz ($20.00)
BX80552347 CeleronD 347 3.06GHz ($5.00)
BX80562X3220 Xeon X3220 2.4GHz ($257.00)
BX80562X3210 Xeon X3210 2.4GHz ($194.00)
BX80537530 Celeron Mobile 530 1.73GHz ($25.00)
BX80537520 Celeron Mobile 520 1.6GHz ($20.00)




http://jonnyguru.com/news_details.php?id=308


note that the prices to the right of the ones on the bottom is the total drop; not the new price

also, i noticed that the E6850 will have a 1333fsb, while the q6600 only has the 1066- was this common knowlege that i somehow missed? or hows that faring?


anyway, dig in and discuss!
 
So the QX6800 will cost the current $1200 - $200 = $1000? Yuck :cry:

Assuming I did want to spend $1000 on the CPU, and getting a brand new system, should I pick QX6850 or QX6800? Would there be any noticeable difference in speed?
 

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lol, 200 for the Qx... i wish =/

the original link is there too; they have a table that didnt cut/paste properly
 

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So the QX6800 will cost the current $1200 - $200 = $1000? Yuck :cry:

Assuming I did want to spend $1000 on the CPU, and getting a brand new system, should I pick QX6850 or QX6800? Would there be any noticeable difference in speed?
Grab a motherboard that supports stock FSB 1333, a $266 @6600, OC it to 3.0GHz and you have a stock QX6800 :twisted:
 

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But I understand it won't be exactly QX6700, it will be Q6700 with a locked multiplier. I wonder how much difference that makes...

Yes it is the QX6700. It is being phased out because of the QX6800.

" The selling price of the Intel QX6700 unlocked Multi will also be lowered, coming in at $530 by the end of July."
 

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I'm wondering what's going to happen to the current E6*** series.

I mean, the E6550 is basically an E6600 with a 1333 FSB and 70 MHz lower speed, so it'll probably perform about the same, if not better. But will the E6600 drop or are they keeping it at the ~$220 mark? And what of the other ones?
 
Yay!!! Thanks! Maybe the Q6700 is actually worth the money then :p

About the E6600, I think they'll just stop making it. There are already way too many CPU models to choose from, it's confusing.
 

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Try this link. The QX6700 will be down to $530.00 by the end of July.


http://www.dailytech.com/Intel+Readies+Price+Cuts+For+Quadcore+Desktop+Server+Processors/article7293.htm

Bleh, I'll believe this when I see it. It is exceedingly rare for Intel to ever drop the prices significantly on its "extreme" processors. If you'll remember, the Pentium D based extremes were still going for $975 as of 3 or 4 months ago, regardless of the fact that even the entry level C2D's could wipe the floor with them. I think it's just confusion because of the introduction of the non extreme Q6700. Or Intel may have changed its policy regarding extreme pricing. Either way, I'll wait and see on this little fact
 

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You're right, the Q6700 will be the processor in the 530 price bracket. Not having an unlocked multiplier shouldn't slow you down terribly, it's a very high-end thing that, with phase cooling or better, will allow tremendous overclocks. Simply upping your FSB will still result in good gains. The QX6700 is likely a better-binned chip, so it has the potential for much greater overclocks. At stock speeds there's no difference.
 

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Well, the E4300 or E4400 are likely going to be close before too much longer. Then there's the Pentium E2000 series, which will be even cheaper. Both overclock extremely well on a decent motherboard with decent ram.
 

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Gd, I don't mind it only having an 800mhz FSB as I only got 800mhz RAM. Is that the only difference bar cache between the 4xxx's and the 6xxx's?
 

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Gd, I don't mind it only having an 800mhz FSB as I only got 800mhz RAM

Wow your mobo must be pretty crappy because it won't run in dual channel. Otherwise, you can run 1600FSB with 800mhz dual channel memory.
 

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Gd, I don't mind it only having an 800mhz FSB as I only got 800mhz RAM

Wow your mobo must be pretty crappy because it won't run in dual channel. Otherwise, you can run 1600FSB with 800mhz dual channel memory.

I am running Dual Channel DDR2 800 (says in siggy)

Whats this about a 1600mhz FSB and if thats true why is their such a fuss about 1333mhz FSB?
 

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Yea, on almost any motherboard 800 is going to be plenty. The nice thing about 800FSB is that they have higher multipliers, so overclocking them is generally much easier.
 

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Here's a explaination of the advantage of Dual Channel

Single Channel

memory -------------> FSB -----------CPU

Dual Channel

Memory ---- \
------> FSB ---------CPU
memory ---- /

Dual channel has 2x 64 bit RAM as opposed to SIngle channle 1x 64bit.

Single channel and dual channel all use the same FSB/ share the FSB thus FSB doesn't change.

That means if you have 1066mhz CPU with 1066FSB, you need 1066mhz RAM in total...

In Single Channel

1066mhz RAM ------> 1066FSB-------> CPU

In dual Channel

533mhz RAM ----\
----->1066FSB ------->CPU
533mhz RAM --- /


For an 800mhz CPU such as Pentium E2140. The dual channel memory 1:1 for this CPU is

400mhz RAM -----\
------> 800mhz FSB -----> CPU
400mhz RAM------/

To use the full potential of 800mhz RAM on a 800mhz FSB Cpu such as a E4300. It will be like this

800mhz RAM ------\
-------> 1600mhz FSB -----> E4300 overclocked to 3.2ghz
800mhz RAM-------/



I hope these explaination + diagrams help you understand what dual channel really means.

There are many more details that i didn't put onto this explaination because it takes a while to write all those stuff. If you want to learn more, read articles about RAM on Wikipedia and that will help you a bit.
 

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H/o a second; I've only been hearing about Intel's price cuts BUT will Intel cut prices on their mobile series (T7XXX series)?

I'm thinking of buying a T7500 after July 22nd but if Intel isn't cutting prices on their mobile line, I just might buy the CPU now...

PLEASE - I WOULD LIKE AN ANSWER - THANKS.