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Thrax
16 Jan 2009, 5:55pm
Intel price cuts on the way (http://icrontic.com/news/intel-price-cuts-on-the-way)
Snarkasm
16 Jan 2009, 6:56pm
Come onnnnn cheaper i7 965!

Daddy wants a new tower.
Gnome Queen
16 Jan 2009, 8:32pm
Nooo....must not build a new computer, even if the prices are dropping...nooo. Noooo. No......
Komete
16 Jan 2009, 10:04pm
OI, they drop, then AMD drops, and then we are in the same boat. Just happier pockets :)
AlexDeGruven
17 Jan 2009, 2:33am
That's how it works. AMD comes out with something new (in this case, the Phenom II), and Intel drops the price of its existing chips to keep them competing.

Later on this year, Intel will release new chips, and AMD will drop the prices on all of its other chips.

It's the nature of the beast.

Personally, I wouldn't mind picking up a Quad-core for this system on the cheap. The little E7200 runs like a champ, but I'm always game for more grunt.
NiGHTS
17 Jan 2009, 2:41am
That's how it works. AMD comes out with something new (in this case, the Phenom II), and Intel drops the price of its existing chips to keep them competing.

...that, sure. Moreso pumping out chips like crazy to meet a demand that absolutely dried up, leaving them in the huge hole they're in now. Same reason why consumer level i7's have been delayed.
DrLiam
17 Jan 2009, 8:03am
Hmm, Core 2 Duos just got even more interesting. . .
Zuntar
17 Jan 2009, 2:30pm
Just need the mobos to drop in price.
Miltownstaydown
19 Jan 2009, 5:43pm
Cheaper Quad Extremes maybe?