CPU/Mobo Core i7 950 to be Priced Under $300 This August

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A recent report by HKEPC shows that Intel will be cutting the prices of certain key SKUs to make them and the price-point they're targeting, more competitive. For instance, until now available for over US $500, and replaced by the Core i7 960, the Core i7 950 (LGA1366, 3.06 GHz, quad-core) chip will be placed at the $294 price-point, displacing the Core i7 930 2.80 GHz chip.

With the value segment, the socket LGA1156 Core i3 500 series chips will have a new SKU, the Core i3 560. This dual-core chip is clocked at 3.33 GHz, and priced at $138. Intel has recently released its new $200 LGA1156 quad-core chip, the Core i5 760 2.80 GHz. The new pricing will be effective from August 29.
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More about Intel's pricing and road map till Oct,2010 here

Intel plans to update its Arrandale-based P4500 Celeron in Q4 with P4600 and we’ve already wrote about it here.

The new Celeron P4600 will work at 2.0GHz and it replaces already existing P4500 clocked at 1.86GHz, also Arrandale 32nm based. The new Celeron T3300 is not that exciting and will work at 2.0GHz, while the existing T3100 works at 1.9GHz. The T3300 should launch in Q3 2010.
After Celeron T3300 comes T3500 and this should take place in Q4 2010 and this “new” Montevina plus CPU will now work at 2.10GHz, has two cores and two threads, FSB 800MHz, 1MB and they are all 35W CPUs.

All these Penryn based Celerons will lend in some cheap machines powering Montevina Plus platform while the P4500 and P4600 dual core Celeron will power Calpella based machines
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Some more news about new low end mobile celeron proccies.
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ahh i think ill wait on my AMD upgrade until August , AMD always follows suit after such INTEL decisions.
 
LGA 1156 is history with no future. AM3+ has a bigger future. Intel really need to be in a state like Nvidia , then only they will understand the pain of the masses
 
SoulFire said:
ahh i think ill wait on my AMD upgrade until August , AMD always follows suit after such INTEL decisions.
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AMD price is already so low, I don't think it can go down any further; they may cut down price for X6 but X4 & X2 price can go down maximum by 200 rupees or so.
 
Anubis said:
INTEL can go to HELL . LGA 1156 is history with no future. AM3+ has a bigger future. Intel really need to be in a state like Nvidia , then only they will understand the pain of the masses
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Please refrain from making such illogical comments. Just because a socket cannot be receiving any further upgrades w.r.t the chipset, it does not imply that it's a failure and it ends there. Intel still dominates the processor market and it would continue to do so, so long as they come up with a processor in the leagues of the Conroe which would completely thrash the nearest competitor out of water - something like the older AMD Athlon XP one could say. It's a good thing that AMD still continues to use their older socket (and a older microprocessor architecture) across all their segments. Good for marketing as well.
 
Intel vs AMD again????? Let's not be childish. It's like comparing BMW to Mercedes; both are winner at the game.
 
^ What are you talking about, BMW is clearly superior :P

The price cuts will definitely make Intel more competitive at those price points.
Anyway, good news for consumers :hap2:
 
Bro, I have been on both Mercedes & BMW....Mercedes' interior & comfort is way better than BMW. As per performance, I noticed smoothness of the gear mind-blowing for BMW, I got to give you that.
 
Great move by intel :D

Anubis said:
INTEL can go to HELL . LGA 1156 is history with no future. AM3+ has a bigger future. Intel really need to be in a state like Nvidia , then only they will understand the pain of the masses
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AMD is using old socket since some time coz it doesnt have new architecture , what future u want ? intel is still releasing new chips for 1156 , and it was clear since 2 years that six core chips will come for 1366 only . 1156 is mainstream platform so except mainstream processors only for it .

And did u even read the post or just posted this illogical comment ? it says intel releasing new chips for 1156 socket :| people who keep upgrading can always change to new board for a significantly better platform :P who wants same old thing with more clock / unlocked multi / unlockable cores unless he cant afford platform change or wants within a budget .
 
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SWEEET !!!

rock on INTEL !!!

This can only mean that affordable 6 core desktop cpu's are even closer !

The PhenomX6 is going to look like the original phenom X4 soon. Massive bunch of AMD fail , which is consistent with their cpu's recently. 6 prehistoric cores soon to be 8 /yawn
 
Well, I'll buy a Phenom II X6/X4 Thuban next year after BULLDOZER comes out(might pick it up REAL CHEAP) for my current rig, and maybe an HD6850 to compliment it.
 
Hmm you know it would be interesting to check what diff there is in gaming with a 5850 between the X4 you run and the 1055T X6. Just for real world numbers , to get an idea if it is really worth it for gamers to upgrade to this chip or wait for the next one.
 
Anyways I refrain myself for commenting like that from next time onwards. But yes Phenom II x6 is the cause for drop in prices of Intel proccy . AMD's Phenom II x6 is giving Intel's Core i7 series a run for its money
 
Soumalidon has both I think.

If he responds, you can get a true picture for gaming.

For his Graphics processing he told me he got a 25% boost with the 6 Core as compared to Q9550
 
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