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Q6600 drops below $200 while E8500 drops by 31%...

Post Date: 2008-07-21
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    Posted: 21 Jul 2008 at 12:09pm
The sub-$200 quad-core era has finally arrived to Intel's Santa Clara HQ as the company's latest round of price cuts has seen the 1000 tray unit cost of the 65nm-built Core 2 Quad Q6600 drop 14%, from $224 to $193. In addition to making its most popular quad-core CPU cheaper, Intel has also slashed the prices of three 45nm dual-cores, the E8500, E8400 and E7200.

The 3.16 GHz-clocked Core 2 Duo E8500 has seen its price tag go down 31%, from $266 to $183 so as to leave room for the 3.33 GHz E8600 while the E8400 and E7200 went down 11% and 15% to settle at $163 and $113 respectively.
source: tcmag

Edited by skyR - 21 Jul 2008 at 12:13pm
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Doh! my chip is a cheapo now! haha...
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The days of quad core for the masses are at hand! whee! Smile

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/me waits for Q9450 to drop in price
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I will tell you that my q9450 has kept me happy...

I love the power it has, more than sufficient for my gaming :)

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