Intel cuts quad-core price by 50 percent

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.

Intel Core 2 Quad processor

(Credit: Intel)

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.

[xcdriver]

It's getting tougher and tougher to make any money in this business. The giant companies like AMD and Intel will continue their dogfight, competing on processor speed and price, but a lot of the profits might be coming from more niche markets where design and creativity are more important than brute speed and price. I think that some of the most interesting (and profitable) products will be coming from slightly smaller, fabless, companies that are focused on consumer products and mobile devices.

http://hightechweekly.com/semiconductor_creativity

[Mam00th]

Wait.... WHAT?

[Mam00th]

Someone had a very stable overclock with the E8300 at 4.25GHZ... At $163, that's a hell of a deal

[CascadeHush]

The definitive article is missing from the headline - it should read "Intel cuts a quad-core price by 50 percent" at least that is what it means for most users. One superseded model of their desktop quad-cores has been now been discontinued.

So what, this happens all the time.

It may be a bargain for the few people who manage to snap one up. But i'd rather have a newer CPU.