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Intel drops price of top quad core by 40% to make room for Q9650

by Scott Bicheno on 11 August 2008, 12:22

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Intel has launched seven new 45nm processors today, including the Q9650, which will head-up its quad core range (not including the extreme series).

It has been introduced at the same price point as the previous top quad core. The Q9550 used to cost $530 but has seen that price axed by 40 percent to $316.

The $530 Q9650 appears to be the first mainstream quad core CPU to clock at 3.0 GHz, with the Q9550 clocking at 2.83 GHz. The price compares favourably to the QX9650, which has identical clock speed, L2 cache and FSB figures, but costs $999.

An analogous launch and price drop has happened in the Xeon server CPU range, with the 3 GHz X3370 coming in at $530 and the X3360 dropping by 40 percent from $530 to $316.

The five other new CPUs are as follows, with Q signifiying quad, E dual core and X quad Xeon. Apparently the last E is also a Xeon :

Q9400: 6M L2 cache, 2.66 GHz, 1333 MHz FSB, $266

E8600: 6M L2 cache, 3.33 GHz, 1333 MHz FSB, $266

E7300: 3M L2 cache, 2.66 GHz, 1066 MHz FSB, $133

X3330: 6M L2 cache, 2.66 GHz, 1333 MHz FSB, $266

E3120: 6M L2 cache, 3.16 GHz, 1333 MHz FSB, $188

The Q9550 now costs the same as the 2.66 GHz Q9450, while the Q9400 costs the same as the 2.5 GHz Q9300 and 65nm Q6700. Intel now has no less than four desktop processors priced at $266 so we can probably expect at least one to drop off the list soon.



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That gives the price of the E8600 as $266 which translates into £138.

I wonder how much they will actually be when they become available.
Betty_Swallocks
That gives the price of the E8600 as $266 which translates into £138.

I wonder how much they will actually be when they become available.

Well the Q9300 is currently $266 so presumably similar prices to that. From Scan's prices that'll be about £170.
Betty_Swallocks
That gives the price of the E8600 as $266 which translates into £138.

I wonder how much they will actually be when they become available.

AFAIK the quoted prices are for 1000 unit quantities, by the time you factor in tax, supply costs etc… it ends up a bit more than that.

I too would expect it to be about £170
Betty_Swallocks
That gives the price of the E8600 as $266 which translates into £138.

I wonder how much they will actually be when they become available.

E8600 is only dual core and the same priced quad core is Q9300 - I wonder which is faster for the gamer and every day use.