Intel to lower Processor Prices in 2Q 2007

[s18000rpm]

Intel will launch a pricing campaign in the second quarter of 2007, with the price for the Core 2 Quad Q6600 processor falling to US$530, :shock: according to industry sources.

The Q6600 processor is expected to hit the market in January 2007 at US$851 in 1,000-unit quantities, and later on, cutting the price, Intel will try to boost shipments of its multi-core processors, the sources said.

The Core 2 Quad Q6400 is expected to be priced at US$400-500 when it hits the market in the third quarter of 2007, when Intel's quad-core are forecasted to double compared to the second quarter, the sources added.

Intel will also cut prices for its Core 2 Duo E6700, E6600, E6400, E6300 and E4300 processors in the second quarter, the sources said, adding that the price of the E6700 will be lowered to US$316 from the current US$530.

The effect of price cut will be noticed in Intel's shipments in the third quarter, with multi-core processors expected to account for 80% of the chipmaking giant's shipments, the sources said.

Dual-core Core 2 Duo processors are expected to contribute over 50% to Intel's CPU shipments in the second quarter, and the contribution will further rise to exceed 60% in the third quarter, the sources indicated.

Source: Digi Times (http://www.digitimes.com/410.asp)

[Ankur Gupta]

Gr8 news!
thanx!

[jz2linkinpark]

superb!!! e6700 will actually be affordable!!
one more thing, what kind of motherboard will be required to run core2quad?
thanks

[sabret00the]

wohw thnx 4 the info and if it is true then big cores will be more affordable

[hemant_mathur]

That's great news.

[morpheusv6]

Check out asus and gigabyte websites on quad core compatible boards.

[Rishabh_sharma1990]

It's Really a great news for me. i have a very bad and old processor and want a new one. very very thanks for this news

[Tech Geek]

Yipppeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee

[DigitalImmigrant]

m salivating !!

[gxsaurav]

Core 2 Duo E6600, just give me this under Rs 10k, thats a lot & enough power which i m gonna need

[azzu]

good 'n' thx for d INFO

[Choto Cheeta]

jah !!

i thought Price would fall after New Year... but Q2.. thats too far... hmm.. i postpond my PC upgrade as some where i read price would come down after New Year Festive season... :(

[Ankur Gupta]

Well If you(saurav_cheeta) can somehow manage to get your hardware from the US you can get pretty good discount around this time.

[chandy]

great news guy...........keep it up

[rajasekharan]

Firstly i want so see 64 bit o.s and applications that will put an end to 32 bit . Then all apps making use of dual core . . . If these two happen by the time when quadras price is reduced i appreciate that :-). Else i will never invest in them. Its like a promise that wont happen in near future. And when it will happen ????i dont know :-(. Comp industry sux some times
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Is damn micro soft listening ??? Cut that 32 bit from vista . . And other peoples . . Make 64 bit count . . Will ya ? Make ordinary apps use dual core to its potential . . Amd and intel ,please stop . Let others catch up or atleast wake up to the reality . :sigh:

[nishant_nms]

the transition to 64 bit cann't be that fast as u hope the reason is that there is a high no. of users who are using 32 bit CPUs so the 32 bit is going to stay and slowly 32 bit will make way for 64 bit

[s18000rpm]

UPDATE

Core 2 Duo E4300
This year Intel plans to greatly expand the Core 2 Duo family by introducing at least eight new processors. Surprisingly however, only two of these new processors are planned to be clocked higher than the existing E6700.

The E4300 and E4400 models are set to become the new lightweight kings. With a suggested retail value of $130 and $150 in the second quarter of this year, they are also going to be very affordable. Furthermore, due to the more limited 800MHz FSB, these processors should be able to work with a much broader range of chipsets and perhaps more importantly, overclock like mad. While the price of the E4300 is expected to fall to $130 during the 2Q, it is currently selling for around $170, pricing it very close to that of the E6300. The price drop is one of those things that is said to be happening eventually, but whether it will or not is anyone’s guess.

The E4300 is not listed on Intel's website yet and is still waiting to be officially introduced. That said, I was amazed to find two weeks ago, it was possible to purchase one of these processors in Australia from online vendors. Without wasting any time we snapped up an E4300 so that we could put it to the test, the overclocking test.

The only real difference between the E6300 and E4300 is that the slower E4300 does not include Intel's Virtualization Technology. Ultimately this means almost nothing, as it will not affect the processor's performance or overclocking abilities. The E4300 core is not crippled in any way, so you can expect the same performance out of the E4300 if you were to lower the multiplier to 7x and raise the FSB to 266MHz. Having said that, the E4300 is essentially just an E6300 or even E6400 with VT disabled.

There appears to be quite a demand for the E4300 at the moment and we are not quite sure why. The processor is nowhere near $130, and at best users will pay $10 less for the E4300 when compared to the E6300. The E6300 is clocked 60MHz higher and runs on a 1066MHz FSB, it would seem the $10 saving is simply not worth it. However, the E4300 is (or should be) all about overclocking so we decided to give it a go, pairing it against our 3.50GHz E6300, which I should add overclocked easily using it along our new Gigabyte 965P-DS3P (rev 2.0) motherboard.

Although the 3.20GHz mark can be reached much easily and requiring no additional cooling:D (hoorah:D), 3.50GHz is possible with an upgraded air-cooler. Therefore, it was decided that rather than using the Intel stock cooler, we would overclock the E4300 using the same after market air-cooler. The heatsink of choice was the Thermalright Ultra-120 paired with a 120mm Thermaltake case fan.

Source:TechSpot.com (http://www.techspot.com/review/40-core2-e4300-vs-e6300-overclocking/)

[kumarmohit]

How much difference will it make in India?

[gxsaurav]

Just for the records : Core 2 Duo E6300 in lucknow = Rs 6500

[arun77574]

wonderful... this is a good news.

[ssdivisiongermany1933]

Heil Intel !
Heil Intel !
Heil Intel !

[Pravas]

i am going to assemle a new plans and had plans to switch to intels core 2 duo E6600...Will it be worth buing now or will i regret later. Is it the price drops will be of a few bucks or something around 1500. Anywayz please somebody make sure about the falling prices, if it is too less then who is going to wait?? Or is it that at the price of E6600 now i wiould have afforded to buy q6600:D?

[eddie]

Just follow this thread for a much better picture regarding the price drops.
http://www.thinkdigit.com/forum/showthread.php?t=54028