Topic: Intel cuts quad-core price by 50 percent

[Clive]

Intel posted price cuts on Sunday that included reductions of 50 percent on select quad-core processors. The chipmaker also introduced new Celeron and Core 2 Duo processor models.

The price of the Core 2 Quad Q6700 (2.66GHz) fell 50 percent from $530 to $266, while the quad-core Xeon X3230 (2.66GHz) saw an identical cut: from $530 to $266.

Celeron price-cut highlights include the Celeron 430 (1.8GHz), reduced 23 percent from $44 to $34 and the dual-core Celeron E1200 (1.6GHz), falling 19 percent from $53 to $43.

The dual-core Xeon 3085 (3GHz) was reduced 29 percent from $266 to $188, and the Intel Core 2 Duo E6850 (3GHz), from $266 to $183, or 31 percent.

Pentium dual-core chips saw price drops too: The E2200 (2.2GHz) and E2180 (2GHz) were cut 12 percent and 14 percent to $74 and $64, respectively.

The chipmaker introduced the dual-core Celeron E1400 (2GHz) at a price of $53 and Celeron 570 (2.66GHz) at $134.

New Core 2 Duo chips were also introduced. The E8300 (6MB cache, 2.83GHz) and the E7200 (3MB cache, 2.53GHz) at $163 and and $133, respectively.

http://www.news.com/8301-10784_3-9924121-7.html?tag=nefd.top

[sam]

cool, if I wasn't happy with my machine I'd be excited about those moves...

[Simon]

Bugger!  Still, I think I got mine for a reasonable price. 

[Reno]

I might try and get a quad in a couple of weeks. Either I'll do that or wait a year for them to hit $100.

[mistybear]

Michael said we should have waited and gotten a quad, but I think a duo core 2 meets his needs. Plus we really couldn't wait that long as his cpu temps were getting up to 92 degrees c. 

[Reno]

Michael said we should have waited and gotten a quad, but I think a duo core 2 meets his needs. Plus we really couldn't wait that long as his cpu temps were getting up to 92 degrees c. 

Average is ~32c. 92F is just about 2 degrees above that. If your husband told you it was running hot to get you to buy a new computer you got rickydooed. If you were worried though you could have just gotten a better cpu fan.

http://www.newegg.com/Store/SubCategory.aspx?SubCategory=574&name=CPU-Fans-Heatsinks

[sam]

that was 92 degrees Celsius... so 3x the average.

[Reno]

that was 92 degrees Celsius... so 3x the average.

Yep, I didn't see her c. Still the majority of the time its a fan problem.

[mistybear]

We replaced the stock fan a long time ago with Arctic Freezer Pro's, on both computers. Michael's computer has gone through various upgrades, and we were both aware that his cpu and mobo needed replacing. Reaching those high temps just made it more urgent.

Oh, Michael is my son and he is doing IT at TAFE, and he doesn't try to "rickydoo" ? me.

[Reno]

You can say you officially know a colloquial Texas term. Rickydoo is another way of saying taking advantage. I'm glad your son Michael has gotten his IT degree, but I'm not Australian so I wouldn't be familiar with TAFE. When did he graduate?

[sam]

all these local terms - it just bostin to see.

[mistybear]

Crickey Sam, you pair are doing my head in. At least I have a translation page for brummie, not so easy for texan though. Don't ya just love the english language. 

TAFE is technical and further education colleges. He hasn't graduated yet, he's doing certificate 4 in IT, he is suppose to go on and do the diploma, but he's not sure if he wants to, might as well. 

Anyway can someone explain the benefits of a quad over the duo core 2's.   

[sam]

4 nodes instead of 2 misty.

[gmax]

Crickey Sam, you pair are doing my head in. At least I have a translation page for brummie, not so easy for texan though. Don't ya just love the english language. 

TAFE is technical and further education colleges. He hasn't graduated yet, he's doing certificate 4 in IT, he is suppose to go on and do the diploma, but he's not sure if he wants to, might as well. 

Anyway can someone explain the benefits of a quad over the duo core 2's.   

Check the CPU charts, i would go for a duo core 2.
http://www.tomshardware.com/charts/cpu-charts-2007/itunes-7-1-1-5,378.html?p=%2C%2C%2C%2C%2C%2C%2C%2C%2C%2C%2C%2C%2C%2C%2C%2C%2C%2C%2C%2C%2C%2C%2C%2C%2C%2C%2C%2C%2C%2C%2C%2C%2C%2C%2C%2C%2C%2C%2C%2C%2C%2C%2C%2C%2C1217%2C1273%2C1272%2C1271%2C1270%2C1269%2C1275%2C1308%2C1307%2C1306%2C1268%2C1267%2C1274%2C1253%2C1266%2C1252%2C1264%2C1263%2C1228%2C1251%2C1250%2C1262%2C1248%2C1249%2C1245%2C1246%2C1247%2C1305%2C1244%2C1242%2C1243%2C1240%2C1241%2C1260%2C1259%2C1304%2C1239%2C1238%2C1237%2C1235%2C1236%2C1300%2C1258%2C1234%2C1255%2C1257%2C1299%2C1233%2C1232%2C1231%2C1230%2C1256%2C1298%2C1229%2C1254%2C1297%2C1296

[Reno]

It looks like they're just encoding a movie. There aren't that many windows softwares that take advantage of multiple cores these days. I think that's why quads were originally only sold to businesses. The average person might not be able to take advantage of it, but the administrator getting his mail server hammered could.

Yeah, a degree looks real good on the old resume even if it is a simple two year. Scotty got a 2 year degree in IT about a year or two ago. I could have graduated with the same thing, but I didn't think there was much work in it these days. At the time it seemed like everyone was going into computers and all the companies were sending their IT jobs to india.