E8400 still backordered?

[Puchatek]

Any news if anyone is shipping? It's been 2 weeks on backorder at onsale.com.

Thanks...

 

[Skooter]

Yeah, it's pretty frustrating. Any news would be appreciated.

 

[Jebeelzabub]

Picked up a retail E8400 at Fry's in Austin for 225.00 Friday. They said they'd just come in, so it looks like Fry's at least has some availability for a relatively cheap price.

Jebeelzabub

 

[DarkRogue]

The most consistent way of getting one right now appears to be grabbing one at a local Fry's store, but that only helps those that are physically near one or have access to one. Short of that, there really isn't much to go for online.

 

[nyker96]

forget that now the Q9xxx is coming.

 

[Nvidiaguy07]

http://www.pricewatch.com/micr...s/core_2_duo_e8400.htm

 

[Nvidiaguy07]

nvm out of stock there too lol

i think the only place ive seen it is amazon and it was selling for 300......................

 

[toadeater]

$260, OEM version. May be out of stock by the time you read this. I'm not going to buy one for $260, even if it is in stock.

http://www.mwave.com/mwave/Sku....hmx?scriteria=BA24732

 

[taltamir]

at that price its not worth it anymore. I bought mine at 209 and if I had to buy a replacement one I would expect to do it for less. This is just the same kind of price gouging that happened on the 8800GT cards.

 

[Puchatek]

Onsale.com claims that they should receive a shipment on 3/15/08... keeping my fingers crossed. At $192, not a bad deal...

 

[TankGuys]

They are still extremely hard to find in the distribution channel. We've got a few shipping from the Intel factories right now, but it's still not many, and we had to pull a lot of strings to get them. Supplies are just not out there yet

 

[TheJian]

Uh...It says $225 when I go to onsale. Did you come in here to advertise for them?

LOL. Sorry couldn't resist. Can't see how the price would change in 30 minutes from your post But I could be wrong...

 

[Glavinsolo]

http://www.shopblt.com/cgi-bin...N60960P.shtml&order_id

I bought mine from the link above I'm one of the 3263 backordered. That number was 3026 when I ordered. They have an allocation of 3340 coming in on the 31st.

Edit: 4mins later this number is now 3314 did someone buy some?

 

[SolidSnakeUS]

I have been checking Newegg, Chiefvalue and ExcaliberPC and they have been out of stock for at least a week. And today, Newegg's price of the E8400 went up $10. Hope it doesn't get too crazy.

 

[DarkRogue]

Newegg has been out of stock for nearly a month, I got pretty annoyed because I just missed it when my friend advised me to wait a bit for prices to go down. Instead, it went from $215 to where it's at now and OOS. Should've jumped on it then..

 

[SolidSnakeUS]

When it first came out, it would have been a good time, but I didn't have a buyer for my old CPU at the time :laugh:.

 

[imported_wired247]

Jeez... when the initial rush to buy the e8400s occurred, I thought I got ripped off for paying like $209 or so... demand is utterly pwning supply!

 

[DarkRogue]

That was partially why I waited too, $225 avg price seemed way too high for something that was supposed to go for $190, had hoped to see it go down to $200 on Newegg but it never happened..

 

[narreth]

http://www.microcenter.com/sin...tml?product_id=0281097

 

[DarkRogue]

Just try adding that to your cart.

MicroCenter online has been OOS for nearly 2-3 weeks now too, as I've been checking it daily. Only way to get one from MicroCenter is to go to their B&M.

 

[narreth]

Oh, my bad I didn't try adding it.

Their prices on that and the Q6600 are excellent though.

 

[letired]

Yeah I just gave up on the e8400 and bought a super cheap e2180 to overclock until prices and supply even back out to like $190 or so.

 

[DarkRogue]

MicroCenter claims to Price Match and beat all competitors (They specifically mention Newegg and TigerDirect I believe) on their Intel CPUs, but to really take advantage of it, you need to be near a B&M because their online service is rated horribly.

 

[jiffylube1024]

Definitely hard to find here in Canada for the time being.