Places selling C2D as of 7-27-2006 at reasonable prices!

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Originally Posted by kman540

I'll give Tankguys a lot of credit for his patience. I'm sure he's just as tired of the BS as everyone else.

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Thanks. Yea it's bad. I mean, I want one too, but on top of that I've got hundreds of customers counting on us - I think I'm driving my distributor contacts crazy as well. I was pretty happy when I snagged the 6300/6400's but sheesh, the other two are impossible to get.

I get the impression that the only way stores will have these on Monday is if they buy direct from Intel. While I now have that option with AMD, we don't carry the same clout with Intel yet... considering I've sold AMD/Intel chips in a ratio of about 2,000:1 :D

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Originally Posted by TankGuys

Well, it's hard to ship them when you don't have them :D

The big distributors keep changing the ETAs, which I assume is because Intel keeps pushing back the ship date - though I don't know for sure. Granted, I've got all the 6300/6400 orders covered and ready to ship on the 7th, but the 6600/6700's are positively MIA in the supply chain. Not a single distributor has them. I've ordered from EVERY one of them - so as soon as Intel actually ships to one of them, I'm set... but that has yet to happen :(

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Thats just not true. Some retail e6600s have escaped either accidentally or purposefully and there are reports that these are sitting in warehouses just like the other chips. I think come Monday we will see all chips available from major retailers in decent numbers with even more coming in starting Monday. The smaller shops might be having a hard time getting hands on some of the chips.

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Originally Posted by Hyperformance

Ive got limited experience with intel (built a s478 system for a friend years ago) but im starting to agree with you here. amd may have bought ati but intel must have bought the rights to their paper launches :slapass:

I feel for guys like Tankguys who are a a smaller operation and trying their damndest to get these things into the hands of their customers and are getting told eta after eta that seem to continuosly change.

It also doesnt help when people say things like "be patient it will only be another week or 2." some people have spent hundreds of dollars getting ddr2 and conroe capable mobos and dont want to sit around for another couple weeks watching them gather dust.... just makes for a frustrating situation for some and it could all have been avoided if intel didnt launch on the 27th when the only real people who had an abundance of chips on that day were dell/compaq and all the other big o.e.m purchasers

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Geez and some people don't want to go to Iraq, get some perspective, its a cpu, cheese to go with your whinning:slapass:

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Originally Posted by dum

get some perspective, its a cpu

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It was referred to elsewhere as "geek crack.."

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Originally Posted by HeadShotWI

Thats just not true. Some retail e6600s have escaped either accidentally or purposefully and there are reports that these are sitting in warehouses just like the other chips. I think come Monday we will see all chips available from major retailers in decent numbers with even more coming in starting Monday. The smaller shops might be having a hard time getting hands on some of the chips.

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I'm talking about the Distribution channels - so yes, it IS true :D - I don't mean places that buy direct from Intel. If any E6600's have moved through the distributors, it's been *VERY* small quantities, and I didn't see them. I'm #1 or #2 in line at most of them - so if they'd been there, I would have likely known about it.

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Originally Posted by TankGuys

I'm talking about the Distribution channels - so yes, it IS true :D - I don't mean places that buy direct from Intel. If any E6600's have moved through the distributors, it's been *VERY* small quantities, and I didn't see them. I'm #1 or #2 in line at most of them - so if they'd been there, I would have likely known about it.

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Ahhh. Sorry I misunderstood you. Thats a real bummer that the dist channels are getting them in faster.

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Originally Posted by ewitte

Its supposed to be 1 million shiped in the next 6 weeks (although I think 8)not months. But a lot of those are going to companies like Dell. And from the looks of it starting out with only e6300/e6400/x6800.

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This makes u think that Intel has yield issues doesn't it? They ahve the ability to make/ship 9million cpus a month, yet they can only make 1 million conroes in 6-8 weeks. Then again, I think its more of an inventory issue. Until old unwanted stock gets sold, I doubt Intel will fully ramp up the new chips.

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Originally Posted by HeadShotWI

Ahhh. Sorry I misunderstood you. Thats a real bummer that the dist channels are getting them in faster.

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It is a bummer, and it sort of surprises me. I would have thought the distributors would actually buy in larger quantities than the individual stores, and thus be "more important" to Intel, and thus get quicker allocation - but apparently not :confused:

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Originally Posted by situman

This makes u think that Intel has yield issues doesn't it? They ahve the ability to make/ship 9million cpus a month, yet they can only make 1 million conroes in 6-8 weeks. Then again, I think its more of an inventory issue. Until old unwanted stock gets sold, I doubt Intel will fully ramp up the new chips.

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Yieled issues wouldn't have the overclocking ability these things do. A BAD 6600 will still get 500Mhz+.

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Originally Posted by ewitte

Yieled issues wouldn't have the overclocking ability these things do. A BAD 6600 will still get 500Mhz+.

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True. I bet the real issue is a combination of the following:

1. Intel released Woodcrest, Conroe, and Merom in a short period and must supply all three.
2. Only 3 65nm fabs online (as far as I know)
3. All retail conroes are rev 6 (B2) - they have not had much time to build a large stockpile of new product inventory.
4. Financially, Intel wants to keep its inventory levels under control, regardless of the fact that 65nm C2Ds and 90nm 965s are not long-term inventory concerns.

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Originally Posted by aashburns

True. I bet the real issue is a combination of the following:

1. Intel released Woodcrest, Conroe, and Merom in a short period and must supply all three.
2. Only 3 65nm fabs online (as far as I know)
3. All retail conroes are rev 6 (B2) - they have not had much time to build a large stockpile of new product inventory.
4. Financially, Intel wants to keep its inventory levels under control, regardless of the fact that 65nm C2Ds and 90nm 965s are not long-term inventory concerns.

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No-one seems to realize that manufacturing a new product is a ramp vs. a step function. They also don't realize that Intel has to supply the entire planet.

There's:
OEM
Industrial disti
Commercial disti
B&M
Stocking Resellers
Drop ship resellers
Integrators
ETC

Priming the entire supply line can't be done in one simple step.

I want an e6600 now! :(...Ive been waiting to build a rig for about 3-4 months because of Conroe. I have to use this pos Dell for now. boooo.

Anyone know if ClubIT really truly had the E6600's in stock when they showed in stock last week? They claimed they were in their warehouse but I'm hoping they weren't counting on expected disti orders as part of their inventory.

If they slip past 8/7 because they lied about availaibiliy I'll be pretty pissed at them.

The retail 6700 from Mwave was real!
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Crappy camera.

Then again, maybe operator LOL

Im gonna cry if the e6600s arent widely available on monday.

Buy.com come listed for e6600 for $339 with free shipping though it says it will ship within 1-2 weeks

Clubit has 24 Retail E6400's in stock ready to ship. Better hurry if you plan on getting this cpu.

NewEgg told me they will have the e6600 available for sale on 08/07/06 (Monday).

I took my chances, ordered from buy.com with next day shipping + tax.. $380.18. Lets see what happens on monday.

Heh, clubit had over 280 of those e6400 in stock when I ordered... I got it today and am running it now with ds3, and g.skill hz ram... just stock, just installed windows.

Just got off the phone with Fry's and looks like they too will have it on Monday. I will swing over to see their prices and what the egg has to offer. Now the hardest part is getting a p5w!

This is ridiculous, how many ETAs are there? I think Intel is deliberately holding back on their e6600/e6700 stock to jack prices up. This is unfair and makes me not want to buy a conroe. Is it so hard to be straightforward?

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Originally Posted by syne_24

Just got off the phone with Fry's and looks like they too will have it on Monday. I will swing over to see their prices and what the egg has to offer. Now the hardest part is getting a p5w!

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how about a MSI 975X Platinum??? ...don't bother with that silly Asus, lol j/k ;)

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Originally Posted by syne_24

Just got off the phone with Fry's and looks like they too will have it on Monday. I will swing over to see their prices and what the egg has to offer. Now the hardest part is getting a p5w!

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My guess is $425 for the 6600. BTW I looked on eaby earlier and someone was selling for $489 +25 shipping :rotf: