Intel axes some desktop CPU prices
Scott Bicheno - 21 Jul 08, 11:42am
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There was never any chance that Intel would ease up on the pressure following AMD’s announcement of another big quarterly loss and Intel’s most recent round of desktop CPU price cuts confirms that.
The chip giant’s latest price list doesn’t show too many price cuts, but those it has cut make its desktop offering even more competitive.
It cut the price of one of its most popular quad core processors – the Q6600 – by 16 percent last April and it’s chopped another 14 percent off it today, meaning it can now be bought for $193.
That’s the only quad core cut, but Intel’s dropping the price of its top-end Core 2 Duo processor – the E8500 – by 31 percent from $266 to $183. The next model down – the E8400 – drops 11 percent to $163 and the price of the lower end E7200 drops 15 percent to $113.
The only other price cuts were of three Xeon server processors. The X3220 and X3210 both drop 12 percent to $198 and the price of the E3110 goes down 11 percent to $167.
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Good thing I delayed my dual core am2 build. Think it might just be intel quad core now.Quote
Now the question is - Q6600 or E8500?
If it's for a server then go for the quad. Otherwise, for games and desktop applications the 8500 will blow the socks off the 6600 according to the charts on Tom's Hardware.Quote
If it's for a server then go for the quad. Otherwise, for games and desktop applications the 8500 will blow the socks off the 6600 according to the charts on Tom's Hardware.
Would you be kind enough to provide me with a link to said charts? :rolleyes:
This seems to reflect the price cuts already ... E8500 £ 122.99 , inc VAT
The news says $193 for q6600 and $183 for E8500. You'd expect to see the dual-core cheaper than the quad-core from that info. Let's hope this will be the case soon.Quote
If it's for a server then go for the quad. Otherwise, for games and desktop applications the 8500 will blow the socks off the 6600 according to the charts on Tom's Hardware.
8500 will be quicker but it wont 'blow the socks' off it :) TomsHardWare is not a great site for correct information. I remember once, that site equated the old FX5200 to a 9800Pro :p
Remember......the 8500, when all said and done, is just a dual core :)Quote
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