Intel Price drop?

wtcnbrwndo4u · July 24th, 2007

I thought the Intel price drops were supposed to take place like two days ago? Or did I get the date wrong?

I need to buy a motherboard, CPU, and now memory from NewEgg. Currently, it's setup as a X2 3800+, Biostar nVidia 7025 chipset ATX mobo, and Corsair VS DDR2-667 2GB (NewEgg ran out of the Kingston memory I had earlier... making me spend more money.

).

Well, the price went up $20 from before. I remembered about the price drop and was thinking, well, maybe I can just get a C2D (that'd be hella tight).

So, when's it going down? What's the E4300/E4400 supposed to drop to?

**Capper** · July 24th, 2007

So far the prices have been fluctuating badly. I actually went to our local Fry's Electronics and bought a Q6600 last night......$90 cheaper than newegg had it for, and I actually got a free ECS motherboard with it

qazwsx · July 24th, 2007

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Originally Posted by Capper

So far the prices have been fluctuating badly. I actually went to our local Fry's Electronics and bought a Q6600 last night......$90 cheaper than newegg had it for, and I actually got a free ECS motherboard with it

thats some deal you got there then. yeah, I noticed the prices change a bit. the price of a E6750 at scan went down alot. any idea if when they will stop fluctuating? Also, when are the new 45nm cpus out? I see 1333fsb cpus but not 45nm ones.

wtcnbrwndo4u · July 25th, 2007

So, update...

I discovered the existence of a much cheaper Intel DC, the Pentium Dual-Core E2140/E2160.

Ironically, the E2160 performs nearly as well as the E4300 (with slight exceptions, but very slim).

Thus, I'm probably gonna buy the E2140. Anything wrong/bad with this idea? Thinking of getting a Gigabyte GA-945GCM-S2 motherboard.

EDIT: Never mind... The X2 3800+ performs better than the E2140.... and I'm not planning to O/C, so I'll stay put with AMD.

Tyreal · July 25th, 2007

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Originally Posted by wtcnbrwndo4u

So, update...

I discovered the existence of a much cheaper Intel DC, the Pentium Dual-Core E2140/E2160.

Ironically, the E2160 performs nearly as well as the E4300 (with slight exceptions, but very slim).

Thus, I'm probably gonna buy the E2140. Anything wrong/bad with this idea? Thinking of getting a Gigabyte GA-945GCM-S2 motherboard.

I was actually thinking of getting the E2xxx but I managed to find a decent deal on a Q6600 and a P35-DS3R motherboard for around 500. There is nothing wrong with the e21xx cpus. I usually see them overclocked to around 3 ghz. Good bang for the buck.

[Dr. V] · July 25th, 2007

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Originally Posted by wtcnbrwndo4u

So, update...

I discovered the existence of a much cheaper Intel DC, the Pentium Dual-Core E2140/E2160.

Ironically, the E2160 performs nearly as well as the E4300 (with slight exceptions, but very slim).

Thus, I'm probably gonna buy the E2140. Anything wrong/bad with this idea? Thinking of getting a Gigabyte GA-945GCM-S2 motherboard.

EDIT: Never mind... The X2 3800+ performs better than the E2140.... and I'm not planning to O/C, so I'll stay put with AMD.

Nothing wrong with it. It's still a Core 2 CPU.

wtcnbrwndo4u · July 25th, 2007

Yeah, both of you probably missed my edit.

I think I'll stay with AMD. Cheaper anyways.

Tyreal · July 25th, 2007

Alright. Let us know how it goes.

July 24th, 2007	#1
wtcnbrwndo4u Resident Brownie Join Date: May 2006 Location: KS Posts: 2,183	Intel Price drop? I thought the Intel price drops were supposed to take place like two days ago? Or did I get the date wrong? I need to buy a motherboard, CPU, and now memory from NewEgg. Currently, it's setup as a X2 3800+, Biostar nVidia 7025 chipset ATX mobo, and Corsair VS DDR2-667 2GB (NewEgg ran out of the Kingston memory I had earlier... making me spend more money. ). Well, the price went up $20 from before. I remembered about the price drop and was thinking, well, maybe I can just get a C2D (that'd be hella tight). So, when's it going down? What's the E4300/E4400 supposed to drop to? - Core 2 Quad Q6600 - DFI Infinity 975X - 4GB Corsair XMS2 w/ DHX DDR2-800 - 250GB Seagate 7200.10RPM + 160GB Hitachi 5400.4RPM - ATi Radeon X1900XT 256MB - Cooler Master Centurion 5 + OCZ StealthXStream 600W - Acer 19" P191W Monitor - Logitech Z-5500 Digital + Logitech MX Revolution - Vista Ultimate x64

July 24th, 2007	#2
Capper I'm Evil Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Las Vegas, NV Posts: 5,615 Blog Entries: 6	Re: Intel Price drop? So far the prices have been fluctuating badly. I actually went to our local Fry's Electronics and bought a Q6600 last night......$90 cheaper than newegg had it for, and I actually got a free ECS motherboard with it INTEL QX9650 ASUS P5E3 Premium 4GB DDR3-1600 Sapphire HD 3870X2 Danger Den Tower-26 (Custom W/C) 5 x Seagate 250GB HDD in RAID5 BFG ES 800W PSU

July 25th, 2007	#4
wtcnbrwndo4u Resident Brownie Join Date: May 2006 Location: KS Posts: 2,183	Re: Intel Price drop? So, update... I discovered the existence of a much cheaper Intel DC, the Pentium Dual-Core E2140/E2160. Ironically, the E2160 performs nearly as well as the E4300 (with slight exceptions, but very slim). Thus, I'm probably gonna buy the E2140. Anything wrong/bad with this idea? Thinking of getting a Gigabyte GA-945GCM-S2 motherboard. EDIT: Never mind... The X2 3800+ performs better than the E2140.... and I'm not planning to O/C, so I'll stay put with AMD. - Core 2 Quad Q6600 - DFI Infinity 975X - 4GB Corsair XMS2 w/ DHX DDR2-800 - 250GB Seagate 7200.10RPM + 160GB Hitachi 5400.4RPM - ATi Radeon X1900XT 256MB - Cooler Master Centurion 5 + OCZ StealthXStream 600W - Acer 19" P191W Monitor - Logitech Z-5500 Digital + Logitech MX Revolution - Vista Ultimate x64 Last edited by wtcnbrwndo4u; July 25th, 2007 at 13:31.

July 25th, 2007	#7
wtcnbrwndo4u Resident Brownie Join Date: May 2006 Location: KS Posts: 2,183	Re: Intel Price drop? Yeah, both of you probably missed my edit. I think I'll stay with AMD. Cheaper anyways. - Core 2 Quad Q6600 - DFI Infinity 975X - 4GB Corsair XMS2 w/ DHX DDR2-800 - 250GB Seagate 7200.10RPM + 160GB Hitachi 5400.4RPM - ATi Radeon X1900XT 256MB - Cooler Master Centurion 5 + OCZ StealthXStream 600W - Acer 19" P191W Monitor - Logitech Z-5500 Digital + Logitech MX Revolution - Vista Ultimate x64

July 25th, 2007	#8
Tyreal Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: British Columbia, Canada Posts: 2,557	Re: Intel Price drop? Alright. Let us know how it goes. I Like Watercooling. D-Tek Fuzion, MCP655, MCR220

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