Digitimes says Intel price cuts are coming, as well as new processors. It looks like the energy saving S-series quads will get most of the cuts early on, with the mainstream processors seeing a price drop in July. Here’s the dish:

April 19 cuts:

• Core 2 Quad Q9300 price cut from $266 to $213 (19.92%)
• Core 2 Quad Q9550S price cut from $369 to $320 (13.28%)
• Core 2 Quad Q9400S price cut from $320 to $277 (13.44%)
• Core 2 Quad Q8200S price cut from $245 to $213 (13.06%)

July 19 cuts:

• Core 2 Quad Q8300 price cut from $183 to $163 (10.93%)
• Core 2 Duo E7500 price cut from $133 to $113 (15.04%)
• Pentium E5400 price cut from $84 to $74 (11.90%)
• Pentium E5300 price cut from $74 to $64 (13.51%)
• Celeron E1500 price cut from $53 to $43 (18.87%)

New releases hit April 19 and May 31. The big May release has our interest piqued due to the inclusion of new Core i7 models. We can only hope they’ll mean price cuts for the existing line. The Core 2 Duo E7600 is another chip we anticipate will be popular with budget gamers. The release coordinates nicely with this year’s ExPO Icrontic, and should bode well for anyone needing to assemble a LAN box to take to the event.

April 19 releases:

• Core 2 Quad Q8400 will cost $183
• Core 2 Quad Q8400S will cost $245

May 31 releases:

• Core i7 975 will cost $999
• Core i7 950 will cost $562
• Core 2 Duo E7600 will cost $133
• Pentium Dual-Core E6300 will cost $84
• Celeron Dual-Core E1600 will cost $53