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2008-07-07 07:08:28
.Sup
be nice
+2,646|6722|The Twilight Zone
It looks like this hot summer will become more bearable for us regular folks, thanks to a couple of initiatives coming from some of the biggest hardware manufacturers. As you might know, AMD and NVIDIA have already started to downsize the price tags for their graphics cards lineups, and Intel is soon to get in the game of price cuts as well. However, since Intel is not yet a competitor in the discrete graphics department, it can only lower the prices for the central processing units.

Initially, it was said that Intel's CPUs would see the first price cut come August 10, but according to recent reports, it seems the company can’t wait until then. This basically means that Intel's fans should be on the lookout for much cheaper processors staring with July 20. The news isn't yet confirmed and the exact numbers haven’t been made public so far, but computer users should definitely have something to wait for - according to sources, the July price cuts should affect both boxed and tray processors. As a matter of fact, the 45nm dual cores are said to be the ones that will most suffer from the price cuts.

Intel's lowest 45nm Intel Core 2 processor, which has a core speed of 2.53 and comes with 3MB of L2 cache, is among the products that will come cheaper this summer. Along with it, the top E8500 model, as well as other Intel Core 2 Duo processors are expected to come with lower price tags even before the end of this month. These CPUs are targeted to the mid-range market which, in turn, means that most computer users will benefit from the rumored price cuts, if they do materialize.

So, if you are planning on acquiring a new computer system, or just on upgrading you current desktop rig to these 45nm-manufactured processors, then maybe the wisest thing to do would be to just wait a bit more. If all goes as rumored, you will end up with better technology for less the money. And, even if all of the above is not yet confirmed, the end of the month is just around the corner, as they say, and we will know soon enough.
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2008-07-07 07:15:57
rammunition
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+143|6130
Is this world wide price cuts???
2008-07-07 08:05:01
a_reborn_vetaran
Member
+8|6241|Belgium
Great, I was already thinking off buying a new(er) CPU, cuz my clockspeed (1.82Ghz) isn't the best for a Dual Core.

Let's wait until 20 July.
2008-07-07 08:09:59
Mitch92uK
aka [DBS]Mitch92uK
+192|6504|United Kingdom

a_reborn_vetaran wrote:

Great, I was already thinking off buying a new(er) CPU, cuz my clockspeed (1.82Ghz) isn't the best for a Dual Core.

Let's wait until 20 July.
overclock?
2008-07-07 08:45:19
a_reborn_vetaran
Member
+8|6241|Belgium
I ain't gonna start with OC, but thanks anyway...
2008-07-07 08:49:21
_j5689_
Dreads & Bergers
+364|6986|Riva, MD
I wonder if that has any chance of affecting the price of this: http://www.starmicro.net/detail.aspx?ID=703

It's the best processor I can put in this machine.
2008-07-07 08:54:33
.Sup
be nice
+2,646|6722|The Twilight Zone

_j5689_ wrote:

I wonder if that has any chance of affecting the price of this: http://www.starmicro.net/detail.aspx?ID=703

It's the best processor I can put in this machine.
Looks like a single core CPU. I wouldn't get it.
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2008-07-07 09:07:11
rammunition
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+143|6130

_j5689_ wrote:

I wonder if that has any chance of affecting the price of this: http://www.starmicro.net/detail.aspx?ID=703

It's the best processor I can put in this machine.
if you can fit that in your mobo, then i wouldn't get it as it seems your mobo is a 775 which can take Quad and core2duo
2008-07-07 09:12:53
Cybargs
Moderated
+2,285|6985

rammunition wrote:

_j5689_ wrote:

I wonder if that has any chance of affecting the price of this: http://www.starmicro.net/detail.aspx?ID=703

It's the best processor I can put in this machine.
if you can fit that in your mobo, then i wouldn't get it as it seems your mobo is a 775 which can take Quad and core2duo
Dude... no... It wont...

Core 2 Duo CPU's have different voltage settings then your old ass Presscot. So you would fry it... You need at least a P965 mobo  to operate core 2 duo or core 2 duo ready mobo...(No shit)
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2008-07-07 09:15:27
rammunition
Fully Loaded
+143|6130

cyborg_ninja-117 wrote:

rammunition wrote:

_j5689_ wrote:

I wonder if that has any chance of affecting the price of this: http://www.starmicro.net/detail.aspx?ID=703

It's the best processor I can put in this machine.
if you can fit that in your mobo, then i wouldn't get it as it seems your mobo is a 775 which can take Quad and core2duo
Dude... no... It wont...

Core 2 Duo CPU's have different voltage settings then your old ass Presscot. So you would fry it... You need at least a P965 mobo  to operate core 2 duo or core 2 duo ready mobo...(No shit)
interesting, i know more of AMD chips/mobos than intel so thanks for this info, im in the process of building my first intel computer so your info will help
2008-07-07 09:25:30
_j5689_
Dreads & Bergers
+364|6986|Riva, MD

.Sup wrote:

_j5689_ wrote:

I wonder if that has any chance of affecting the price of this: http://www.starmicro.net/detail.aspx?ID=703

It's the best processor I can put in this machine.
Looks like a single core CPU. I wouldn't get it.
I can't use anything other than Hyper-threaded single cores.

cyborg_ninja-117 wrote:

rammunition wrote:

_j5689_ wrote:

I wonder if that has any chance of affecting the price of this: http://www.starmicro.net/detail.aspx?ID=703

It's the best processor I can put in this machine.
if you can fit that in your mobo, then i wouldn't get it as it seems your mobo is a 775 which can take Quad and core2duo
Dude... no... It wont...

Core 2 Duo CPU's have different voltage settings then your old ass Presscot. So you would fry it... You need at least a P965 mobo  to operate core 2 duo or core 2 duo ready mobo...(No shit)
Yes, I'm already aware of all that.  The i915 is incapable of using any sort of dual core processor, not even a Pentium D.  The upgrade I posted is a Cedar Mill which runs on a 65nm process while this Prescott still uses 90nm(as all Prescotts do).  Obviously it has a higher clock speed than my current one as well, 3.2GHz vs 3.6GHz on the new one.  Plus it's got 2MB cache over my 1MB, and NX Bit and 64-bit instructions never hurt anybody.

Not to mention this retarded proprietary fan won't be spinning quite as hard all the time because the processor should be significantly cooler.  That's one of the main buying points for me actually, lol.
2008-07-07 09:28:06
_j5689_
Dreads & Bergers
+364|6986|Riva, MD

rammunition wrote:

cyborg_ninja-117 wrote:

rammunition wrote:


if you can fit that in your mobo, then i wouldn't get it as it seems your mobo is a 775 which can take Quad and core2duo
Dude... no... It wont...

Core 2 Duo CPU's have different voltage settings then your old ass Presscot. So you would fry it... You need at least a P965 mobo  to operate core 2 duo or core 2 duo ready mobo...(No shit)
interesting, i know more of AMD chips/mobos than intel so thanks for this info, im in the process of building my first intel computer so your info will help
Yes, see here:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_In … 2_Chipsets

Then scroll up

There's a very big difference in the 775 socket, either it takes Pentium/Celerons/Pentium Dual cores OR it takes Core 2 Duos.
2008-07-07 12:21:32
Bell
Frosties > Cornflakes
+362|6818|UK

Hmmm, I wonder if I can resist a Q9450   I could chuck it into a HTPC machine that I plan on doing later on when nehalm comes around.  Descisions descisions.

Martyn
2008-07-07 12:23:34
Gooners
Wiki Contributor
+2,700|6901

Bell wrote:

Hmmm, I wonder if I can resist a Q9450   I could chuck it into a HTPC machine that I plan on doing later on when nehalm comes around.  Descisions descisions.

Martyn
Only cool people have that CPU
2008-07-07 12:36:05
Bell
Frosties > Cornflakes
+362|6818|UK

Gooners wrote:

Bell wrote:

Hmmm, I wonder if I can resist a Q9450   I could chuck it into a HTPC machine that I plan on doing later on when nehalm comes around.  Descisions descisions.

Martyn
Only cool people have that CPU
Rules you out then.

OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
2008-07-07 12:40:48
Gooners
Wiki Contributor
+2,700|6901

Bell wrote:

Gooners wrote:

Bell wrote:

Hmmm, I wonder if I can resist a Q9450   I could chuck it into a HTPC machine that I plan on doing later on when nehalm comes around.  Descisions descisions.

Martyn
Only cool people have that CPU
Rules you out then.

OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
That's why it's sitting next to me in this killer system?

Hmmm Jealous Much
2008-07-07 12:59:05
_j5689_
Dreads & Bergers
+364|6986|Riva, MD

Gooners wrote:

Bell wrote:

Gooners wrote:


Only cool people have that CPU
Rules you out then.

OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
That's why it's sitting next to me in this killer system?

Hmmm Jealous Much
lol, srsly it was in his signature
2008-07-07 13:09:36
Bell
Frosties > Cornflakes
+362|6818|UK

_j5689_ wrote:

Gooners wrote:

Bell wrote:


Rules you out then.

OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
That's why it's sitting next to me in this killer system?

Hmmm Jealous Much
lol, srsly it was in his signature
He tells lies though, for instance he said he has a cawzmess but he ACTUALLY has a Lian Li because it is awsome.

On another note.  I take it there is nothing about motherboards taking a cut?

Martyn
2008-07-07 13:13:52
Gooners
Wiki Contributor
+2,700|6901

Bell wrote:

_j5689_ wrote:

Gooners wrote:

That's why it's sitting next to me in this killer system?

Hmmm Jealous Much
lol, srsly it was in his signature
He tells lies though, for instance he said he has a cawzmess but he ACTUALLY has a Lian Li because it is awsome.

On another note.  I take it there is nothing about motherboards taking a cut?

Martyn
https://i191.photobucket.com/albums/z298/Dhanjal1/DSC00124.jpg

Thread Title, Which Bell was Too Ignorant To Read wrote:

Intel CPU Price Cuts to Come on July 20
Nothing about Mobos is there, Haggis?

Last edited by Gooners (2008-07-07 13:14:26)

2008-07-07 13:16:45
Bell
Frosties > Cornflakes
+362|6818|UK

Gooners wrote:

Bell wrote:

_j5689_ wrote:


lol, srsly it was in his signature
He tells lies though, for instance he said he has a cawzmess but he ACTUALLY has a Lian Li because it is awsome.

On another note.  I take it there is nothing about motherboards taking a cut?

Martyn
http://i191.photobucket.com/albums/z298 … C00124.jpg

Thread Title, Which Bell was Too Ignorant To Read wrote:

Intel CPU Price Cuts to Come on July 20
Nothing about Mobos is there, Haggis?
Stolen google picture is stolen.

AND, for your information, I was only asking because since Intel processors are taking a cut, geee I dunno, isnt that much of a stretch to the imagination that Intel are cutting the prices of there reference desing boards (atleast to asus, gigabyte etc who may or may not pass savings onto us) and even then I was only asking!

noooooooooob!

Awww yeah, scotland 1 canada 0
2008-07-07 13:24:10
Freezer7Pro
I don't come here a lot anymore.
+1,447|6466|Winland

_j5689_ wrote:

I wonder if that has any chance of affecting the price of this: http://www.starmicro.net/detail.aspx?ID=703

It's the best processor I can put in this machine.
That CPU hasn't been in production for years. It's horribly overpriced and low-performing.

.Sup wrote:

_j5689_ wrote:

I wonder if that has any chance of affecting the price of this: http://www.starmicro.net/detail.aspx?ID=703

It's the best processor I can put in this machine.
Looks like a single core CPU. I wouldn't get it.
Dude... It's a fucking NetBurst.

cyborg_ninja-117 wrote:

rammunition wrote:

_j5689_ wrote:

I wonder if that has any chance of affecting the price of this: http://www.starmicro.net/detail.aspx?ID=703

It's the best processor I can put in this machine.
if you can fit that in your mobo, then i wouldn't get it as it seems your mobo is a 775 which can take Quad and core2duo
Dude... no... It wont...

Core 2 Duo CPU's have different voltage settings then your old ass Presscot. So you would fry it... You need at least a P965 mobo  to operate core 2 duo or core 2 duo ready mobo...(No shit)
It wouldn't fry, but it wouldn't work either. Also, the minimum is i945.

_j5689_ wrote:

.Sup wrote:

_j5689_ wrote:

I wonder if that has any chance of affecting the price of this: http://www.starmicro.net/detail.aspx?ID=703

It's the best processor I can put in this machine.
Looks like a single core CPU. I wouldn't get it.
I can't use anything other than Hyper-threaded single cores.

cyborg_ninja-117 wrote:

rammunition wrote:


if you can fit that in your mobo, then i wouldn't get it as it seems your mobo is a 775 which can take Quad and core2duo
Dude... no... It wont...

Core 2 Duo CPU's have different voltage settings then your old ass Presscot. So you would fry it... You need at least a P965 mobo  to operate core 2 duo or core 2 duo ready mobo...(No shit)
Yes, I'm already aware of all that.  The i915 is incapable of using any sort of dual core processor, not even a Pentium D.  The upgrade I posted is a Cedar Mill which runs on a 65nm process while this Prescott still uses 90nm(as all Prescotts do).  Obviously it has a higher clock speed than my current one as well, 3.2GHz vs 3.6GHz on the new one.  Plus it's got 2MB cache over my 1MB, and NX Bit and 64-bit instructions never hurt anybody.

Not to mention this retarded proprietary fan won't be spinning quite as hard all the time because the processor should be significantly cooler.  That's one of the main buying points for me actually, lol.
1: 400MHz is nothing when it comes to Prescott/Cedar Mill.
2: Cedar Mill is just a die-shrink of Prescott. It uses almost exactly as much power as a Prescott.
3: 1MB vs 2MB barely matters when it comes to NetBurst.
4: That CPU won't be cooler than your current one. It will, in fact, be signifigantly hotter.
5: For $100, you get a mobo and an E1400, which, slightly overclocked, will blow your P4s out of the water.
The idea of any hi-fi system is to reproduce the source material as faithfully as possible, and to deliberately add distortion to everything you hear (due to amplifier deficiencies) because it sounds 'nice' is simply not high fidelity. If that is what you want to hear then there is no problem with that, but by adding so much additional material (by way of harmonics and intermodulation) you have a tailored sound system, not a hi-fi. - Rod Elliot, ESP
2008-07-07 13:35:11
Gooners
Wiki Contributor
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https://i191.photobucket.com/albums/z298/Dhanjal1/DSC00141.jpg
https://i191.photobucket.com/albums/z298/Dhanjal1/DSC00140.jpg

Tbh
2008-07-07 13:36:21
Bell
Frosties > Cornflakes
+362|6818|UK

Gooners wrote:

http://i191.photobucket.com/albums/z298 … C00141.jpg
http://i191.photobucket.com/albums/z298 … C00140.jpg

Tbh
+1!!!!!!!!!! LMFAO!!!!!!!
2008-07-07 13:38:55
Gooners
Wiki Contributor
+2,700|6901

Bell wrote:

Gooners wrote:

http://i191.photobucket.com/albums/z298 … C00141.jpg
http://i191.photobucket.com/albums/z298 … C00140.jpg

Tbh
+1!!!!!!!!!! LMFAO!!!!!!!
I don't like this guy, he can't spell.
2008-07-07 15:24:04
The#1Spot
Member
+105|6808|byah

Gooners wrote:

Bell wrote:

_j5689_ wrote:


lol, srsly it was in his signature
He tells lies though, for instance he said he has a cawzmess but he ACTUALLY has a Lian Li because it is awsome.

On another note.  I take it there is nothing about motherboards taking a cut?

Martyn
http://i191.photobucket.com/albums/z298 … C00124.jpg

Thread Title, Which Bell was Too Ignorant To Read wrote:

Intel CPU Price Cuts to Come on July 20
Nothing about Mobos is there, Haggis?
I seriously doubt anyone that would be sane enough to pay more for a motherboard than a processor.

 

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