Intel Prices "Penryn" Xeons

[m21s]

Link

 

[note235]

looks nice
octoc core for $400

 

[Ika]

Yay! Finally, a gauge on Penryn prices. Things are looking up for me in the near future... :happyface;

 

[YoungGun21]

E5405
2.xx GHz
80W 12MB
$209

So does this mean we should expect Q6600 prices to drop even more? If the E5405 can be had for that price shouldn't the price of a Q6600 be near to or maybe even less than this?

 

[jhtrico1850]

I don't think necessarily a drop on Q6600, but a retire of them eventually and then 2.66GHz quads selling in their place or something.

 

[SickBeast]

How many megs of cache does a Q6600 have?

Those low-end Xeons will be cheap. Doesn't that mean that there will be 'consumer-level' chips that will be even cheaper?

I'd rather have the Q6600 *now* than to have to wait until Christmas for something similar.

 

[coldpower27]

Originally posted by: SickBeast
How many megs of cache does a Q6600 have?

Those low-end Xeons will be cheap. Doesn't that mean that there will be 'consumer-level' chips that will be even cheaper?

I'd rather have the Q6600 *now* than to have to wait until Christmas for something similar.

Not necessarily there is going to be a $209 Xeon Clovertown once the Xeon price drops come into effect 1 week after the July 22nd price cuts but it's only 1.6GHZ a far cry from the 2.4GHZ of the Q6600.

The E5405 being 2.xx GHZ is likely only going to be 2.16GHZ judging by the chart with 1066/1333 FSB, so even with 2x6MB of cache it probably won't beat the Q6600 and it is slated for DP operation so you still have to buy 2 of them even at $209. I doubt we will see any price movements on the Quad's till we reach the 45nm Mainstream Yorkfields in 2008, but I could be wrong and who knows a more competitive Phenom X4 or Intel deciding to be even more aggressive may see some more cuts.

 

[aka1nas]

The only bummer with these is that the multipliers are really low until you pay ~$450+. Not much point in being able to OC them so much more than the existing chips if you have to buy super-premium RAM to match 500+ FSB to hiy those speeds.

 

[Nathelion]

Dude, it's called a mem divider