Intel pricecut for 2008..

[strange|ife]

the e8600 will be a bombass chip. Any word on price?

[Ugly n Grey]

I've said it several times recently. The Intel vs. AMD fanboism is tiring,
you really can't lose either way you go. And what makes it a really
interesting time for enthusiasts is that in the face of historically high
global commodity prices, we're enjoying historically low PC commodity
pricing in virtually every area. Diversify! Straddle both markets! Hell I'm
putting together a new AMD AND a new Intel rig this year,
and lovin' it! EBL

AMEN brother. I'm picking up some of each. I'm buying one complete rig every month for the next 4 months so that I have some up to date knowledge with something besides servers. The price drops here do us all good good good with both companies.

[G4h4o8s6T]

I spy a yorkie with 9x multi.........

E8400 now -> Q9650 later this year

[r4gm4n]

will get the E8400 or Q9450 most probably for a spare machine Does seem the best price/performance imo

[Afterburner]

my system just got nicked, i want an e8400 now dammit

How the hell did that happen....

[Blasar]

Seems like Q6700 will be the next Q6600 come late Q1 of this year... Price cuts i've got from another forum...



Another good one coming our way..

The release dates for the Q9*** are correct? Weren´t they delayed until March??

I´m thinking on a Q6700 (when this price cut occurs), and when the next price drop comes, a Q9650...

[KTE]

This looks outdated, December time news.

We can already get lower priced Wolfdales in small quantities here and no Yorkies for a while here.

High-end TDP scares me at 45nm with all the nFET perf/leakage benefits especially when you compare Q9650 3.2Hz to QX9650 3.2GHz to QX9770 3.2GHz to QX9775 3.2GHz. Big variance.

[labs23]

^March would still be on the Q1 timeframe... And let's hope Intel will release these procs. soon, not those sad news about erratums like the ones they're telling on the press... Early Q1 to late Q1 would still be good but no such solid dates are confirmed...

[labs23]

Not just for the desktop, Xeons got price cuts too... I dont need these chips right now though..



Another upcoming incoming...

[Shintai]

This looks outdated, December time news.

We can already get lower priced Wolfdales in small quantities here and no Yorkies for a while here.

High-end TDP scares me at 45nm with all the nFET perf/leakage benefits especially when you compare Q9650 3.2Hz to QX9650 3.2GHz to QX9770 3.2GHz to QX9775 3.2GHz. Big variance.

Intel is in a time where they greatly overestimate TDP.

http://www.anandtech.com/cpuchipsets...spx?i=3184&p=2



Just like my E5405/E5410 is specced to 65W TDP, yet they use less than my 50W TDP L5320 and L5335

Another example is the dualcores that stays at 65W all the way from 1.6Ghz to 3.33Ghz.

Why you might ask? Well look at AMD and their greenline show not long ago. Thats kicking themselves in the rear end now. I must say tho I adore their approach that helped change the industry focus. Anyway, the point is now that AMD sits with preshot class CPUs and even had to invent ACP due to it. If AMD had been quiet back then and kept TDP numbers up. Nobody would really notice.

Now lets look at the future. The table could turn again. And raising TDP values to stay competetive just dont look good if you already lowered them. Also looking abit more ahead its nice to have some headroom for the onboard GPU/IMC/PCIe that are coming.

In short, its easier to give than to take.

[STaRGaZeR]

That graph should be completed with the voltage used in each frequency. Of course they haven't used default for 4,40Ghz, so that power consumption in real life should be even lower. And that's another point for Intels 45nm process

[Jodiuh]

...but the E8400 looks like its gonna be the big winner for performance/price.

Like the E6400 and it's 8x before it.

E8400 now -> Q9650 later this year

Sounds like a plan. Here's to hoping Fry's foobs the release this weekend!

[Zytek_Fan]

*chants* Price Cut; Price Cut; Price Cut

[smee]

Cherry E4700s will be 6GHz+ capable!

Really????

You guys think so? If thats true or almost true then I'm gonna get that one.

[dinos22]

Really????

You guys think so? If thats true or almost true then I'm gonna get that one.

LOL he wishes hahahah

[smee]

LOL he wishes hahahah

Ok, I figured there was something wrong with it, but just wanted to clarify
I'll still look into getting one though

Thanks Dinos

[dinos22]

Ok, I figured there was something wrong with it, but just wanted to clarify
I'll still look into getting one though

Thanks Dinos

actually we all wish for that to be the case

[awdrifter]

Woot, Q6600 for $224. I might just have to build a new rig after Apr.

[TheJollyFellow]

where the heck did that E7200 come from?? What a random chip to throw in that lineup...to the unaware consumer, a 1,000 difference between that and the E8xxx's looks like a lot of performance

any to the aware consumer...well, we would never buy that chip, so it doesn't really matter, now does it?

[Shintai]

where the heck did that E7200 come from?? What a random chip to throw in that lineup...to the unaware consumer, a 1,000 difference between that and the E8xxx's looks like a lot of performance

any to the aware consumer...well, we would never buy that chip, so it doesn't really matter, now does it?

What else should they have called it? Its to replace the 4000 series. 5000 is sued by servers, 6000 by old performance dualcores.

[The_Beast]

nice price cut

[lazy]

those cuts need to take affect asap

[Epsilon84]

where the heck did that E7200 come from?? What a random chip to throw in that lineup...to the unaware consumer, a 1,000 difference between that and the E8xxx's looks like a lot of performance

any to the aware consumer...well, we would never buy that chip, so it doesn't really matter, now does it?

Yeah, just like how everyone is avoiding the E4x00 series because it's a '2000 point' difference from the E6x00 series.

Why would we never buy that chip? Since when did they appoint you spokesman for enthusiasts?

For one, the 800FSB is perfect for overclocking on the cheap. It means less stress on the chipset and is budget RAM friendly. It'll only be a few % slower than the 6MB chips clock for clock, and the $133 pricetag doesn't hurt either.

[sdumper]

No. QX9770 is for LGA775 and QX9775 is for LGA771 (Server and Skulltrail).

How do those differ from the QX9650 besides the factory increased FSB and TDP?

[ghost101]

E4700 and E8600 appeal to me

Cherry E4700s will be 6GHz+ capable!

E4700s are allendales.

As for the e7200 being a 2.53ghz chip. The stated 800fsb mean that the multiplier is between 2530/200 = 12.65 and 2533.33/200 = 12.666. That makes no sense.

With a 1066fsb the multiplier becomes somewhere between 2533.33/266.66 = 9.5 which makes much more sense.