Intel Price Drops April 20th

[v8envy]

Better analogy: Mopar made *14* of 1970 barracuda convertibles with a 426 hemi, or better yet: *5* 1970 hemi cudas with a 4 speed. You couldn't claim they never released that product -- I was sitting in one just last week.

Not that I expect a Q9550 to be worth millions of dollars in 40 years, but hey. All analogies are flawed.

 

[shlemielo]

Originally posted by: Idontcare

Originally posted by: boe
It would be like if I told me client I'd have the new server online by Monday - and the server was actually powered up and connected to the network on Monday - but no apps were installed, no security was configured etc so the client couldn't actually use the new server- I technically did what I said I would but I wouldn't be surprised if my client fired my ass for misleading them.

We are agreed, and this is where the market dynamics that lack of competition and effective monopoly makes Intel's situation depart from yours and my daily lives.

We have to work for a living and compete to deliver goods that exceed our customer's expectations or else we risk someone else doing it for our clients and taking our business away.

Intel isn't so worried about that anymore, and they know they don't need to be worried about it for quite some time to come. I hate it too (as a consumer), a sole-source supplier is the worst thing a business can become dependent upon.

Shareholders though (which I am not) expect Intel to leverage their situation into the maximal financial gain possible. If Intel does not do this then they are violating their fiducial responsibility to their owners. Greed is not expected, its mandatory.

GAH you make it sound so dismal. And it's true.

GAH.

 

[timot]

is this price cut for real? any proof from intel themselves?

 

[Winterpool]

So this was it? Don't get me wrong: a $264 (50 per cent) drop in the tray price of the Q6700 is impressive, but I'm not really sure it affects the enthusiast market that much, considering we've already had affordable Q6600s for a couple of months now. I don't think anybody intends to upgrade from a well overclocked Q6600 to a Q6700. On the other hand, the $183 E6850 might prove attractive to those having a hard time finding affordable Wolfdales or with motherboards that indifferently support 45nm chips. (Ach, but the retail E8400 is now $199.99 on Newegg, postage included!)

An E2180 for under $70 seems awfully tempting for overclocking.

So... are the E8300 and E7200 showing up anywhere (particularly the latter)?

 

[Zap]

Originally posted by: Winterpool
So... are the E8300 and E7200 showing up anywhere (particularly the latter)?

Just checked and not at Newegg. However, they now have the E8400 in stock for $200 with free shipping. The E8200 is at $170 or so, so I don't know what price point that leaves the E8300.

 

[myocardia]

Originally posted by: Idontcare
Shareholders though (which I am not) expect Intel to leverage their situation into the maximal financial gain possible. If Intel does not do this then they are violating their fiducial responsibility to their owners. Greed is not expected, its mandatory.

While I agree with everything else you said, and also actually agree with the quotes paragraph, said paragrapgh isn't exactlt right in this instance. Here's why: a sheet of silicon costs a considerable amount of money. And since 45nm products take the same amount of time to "build" as their 65nm products, and will be selling for roughly the same money as the 65nm's did, Intel is actually making less profit, since making CPU's on the 65nm process gives you so many less CPU's/sheet of silicon.

Of course, I personally believe that Intel is actually making/shipping a considerable amount of 45nm chips already. Just stop and think about how many OEM's they're supplying, and since 45nm chips are the answer to all OEM builder's dreams, it only makes sense to me that they're all probably ordering them in fairly significant quantities.

 

[bryanW1995]

yes, but keep in mind that 65nm yields are probably a LOT higher than 45nm yields right now. they can continue to build 65nm parts as "budget" and transition 45nm to "high-end" in all instances.

 

[myocardia]

Originally posted by: bryanW1995
yes, but keep in mind that 65nm yields are probably a LOT higher than 45nm yields right now.

Ah, good point. That did slip my mind. I wonder just what kind of yields they're getting so far out of 45nm. It seems to me that they should be pretty decent, since they've been shipping 45nm's since October.

 

[bryanW1995]

one of the things that intel gets by their current domination is artificially high yields. for example, x% of cpus will clock at 2.4ghz. well, if they had to clock at 3.2 ghz for their "midrange" cpus then their yields would flat out suck. AMD is feeling the opposite effect by having to get their clocks as high as possible to even come close to competing. That's why they're stepping phenom in 100 mhz increments AND throwing that tri-core garbage at us.

 

[Tweakin]

Originally posted by: Markfw900

Originally posted by: runawayprisoner

Originally posted by: Markfw900
the only Microcenter around me is way too far to drive...Q9450 is still hard to find, and X3350 is still spendy.

http://microcenter.com/add_pro...49071=TRUE&488940=TRUE

And apply the $50 off total purchase coupon. Next day shipping is only $12.

Dang it, I just Paid $344 shipped less than a week ago ! $305 !!!!! And I ran out of space for boxes..... 8 quads is enough

8 is never enough...dump the 6300

 

[Zap]

Originally posted by: Markfw900
I ran out of space for boxes

Time to go SFF or rackmount.

 

[Tempered81]

any word on E8600 or E7300 price & release dates?