Intel lists new low-cost processors
Intel updated its processor pricing list with low-cost quad-core and Core 2 Duo desktop processors. A new Celeron D model was also listed.
Intel lists the Q8200 at $224, one of the least expensive quad-core chips that the company now offers. The venerable Q6600 is the only Core 2 Quad that is less expensive.
The 45-nanometer processor has a core clock speed of 2.33GHz and 4MB of cache memory. This is a relatively small amount of cache memory as most Intel desktop quads offered now come with 6MB, 8MB, or 12MB of cache memory. Generally, the more cache memory the better the performance.
The chip has a front-side bus speed of 1333 MHz. The front-side bus carries data between the processor and other silicon.
Intel also shows a new E series Core 2 Duo processor. The E5200 is priced at $84, the lowest-cost Core 2 Duo chip on the list. It has a core clock speed of 2.5GHz, 2MB of cache memory, and an 800MHz front-side bus.
Intel also lists a new Celeron D processor for $53. The 450 slots in above the current 440. The 450 runs at 2.2GHz, has 512K of cache memory, and an 800MHz front-side bus.
The Intel processor pricing list was updated on August 31.
Brooke Crothers has been an editor at large at CNET News, an analyst at IDC Japan, and an editor at The Asian Wall Street Journal Weekly, among other endeavors, including co-manager of an after-school math-and-reading center. He writes for the CNET Blog Network and is not a current employee of CNET. Disclosure. 
- by ferretboy88 September 1, 2008 7:36 PM PDT
- AMD just stinks. Even with the new lawsuits from the Democrats in NY you just can't stop Intel. Whomever makes the best product will make the cash. Why be punished for it.
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- by Imalittleteapot September 1, 2008 8:35 PM PDT
- AMD doesn't stiink. Not as good, but still a CPU that'll chug along just fine, and I've had some Intels give me problems even on Intel boards. I've never had an AMD go bad on me. I've had AMD systems crap out on me, but the chip itself was always fine afterwords.
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(3 Comments)However, what you do is when just any old chip will do is go in somewhere and be like AMD sucks. I'll pay you half of what you're asking. Which I actually did get once, but what you're looking for is a discount. It's just stupid to say AMD sucks because if you're paying the same price for an AMD that you are an Intel then you're just an idiot, and if you're not paying the same price then it doesn't matter. You're not paying as much so why would you expect it to be as good? If someone won't give you a discount on it then just buy the Intel.
Sounds like someone got tricked into paying full price for an AMD system at some point lol.