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Intel drops prices of desktop CPUs

Scott Bicheno - 20 Jul 09, 5:35pm

Core i5 time?

Intel updated its price list over the weekend and it focused on cutting prices within pretty much all its desktop CPU families bar the latest - Core i7.

The cuts are mainly of the order of 13-14 percent and affected products are within the Core 2 Quad, Core 2 Duo, Pentium and Celeron families.

This move raises the possibility that we'll be seeing the new Lynnfield Core i5 processors a fair bit earlier than expected, as well as the advertised wholesale re-brand of its processor naming scheme.

Here are all the affected products and their new prices:

 

Processor Old price ($) New price ($) Decrease (%)
Q9400 213 183 14
Q9300 213 183 14
Q8400 183 163 11
Q8300 183 163 11
Q9400S 277 245 12
Q8400S 245 213 13
E7500 133 113 15
E6300 84 81 4
E5400 84 74 12
E5300 74 64 14
E1500 53 43 19

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Re: News - Intel drops prices of desktop CPUs
I agree, those are the ones I'd be most interested in if I were upgrading.Quote
Re: News - Intel drops prices of desktop CPUs
no i7 920 price drops? :PQuote
Re: News - Intel drops prices of desktop CPUs

Quote: randomJ
no i7 920 price drops? :P

That does suck. Got an i7 build in the works :rolleyes:Quote
Re: News - Intel drops prices of desktop CPUs
I bet i7 will drop shortly after i5 is launched, but for now there needs to be a gap large enough so that i3 (775), i5 and i7 have distinctive price points so they don't compete as much with each other.Quote
Re: News - Intel drops prices of desktop CPUs
Im still happy with my overclocked Q6600, probs wont be changing that till after christmas when i change pretty much everything.Quote

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