Core 2 duo pricedrops are here

**Peter** · July 23, 2007, 11:03 AM

Anyone looking to upgrade should consider these new prices on both the C2D and the Quad 6600

http://www.dailytech.com/Intel+Price...rticle8073.htm

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16819115017 Q6600 299$

The new range of E6550, E6750 and E6850 is also due out with the main difference being the 1333Mhz FSB.

Just thought i let you know

**Freddie** · July 23, 2007, 11:25 AM

And there so cheap that the Q6600 Surreysfield has sold out all ready.

**Peter** · July 23, 2007, 11:41 AM

It was just a price reference, but yes the q6600 will sell in huge quantities.

**westy159** · July 23, 2007, 06:02 PM

And for us British: http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showpr...odid=CP-143-IN

I am not sure if it is just cheap because of the 'this week deals' or if it also low because of the intel price drops (everywhere or just US?) but still, a bargain.

**Peter** · July 23, 2007, 07:48 PM

No the Intel pricedrop is world wide, some countrys might experience it later but the offcial date for the price adjustment was the 22'nd of july

**Aristocrat** · July 23, 2007, 11:17 PM

Australia.

http://www.itestate.com.au Q6600 - $329

For the first time in, well ever, it is now possible to build a top of the line computer for <$2000 in Australia (and I mean top of the line as Quad core, 4gb good ram, 8800GTX, 680i motherboard, etc).

**Arakorn** · July 24, 2007, 08:07 AM

Meh. At least the shop I shop from here in Finland still lists the Q6600 as over 500€...

**Town Watch** · July 24, 2007, 08:42 AM

Hmm, I also thought about buying Q6600, now that it's already 24th.
Although I saw some reviews about q6600 not holding up as high as E6850 in some games. Probably because of the clock speed, which is lower with the quad.

Still, Should I go for the quad over the new dual core? I like to multi-task a lot. I also use my computer for other things such as photoshop, iTunes, WMP etc. Though I'm not doing any 3-d rendering or anything with Maya or something like that.

BTW, are there any new mobo suggestions for the E6850 and Q6600? I'm probably gonna buy some killer videocard too.

Man I was in germany on a language course for the last 3 weeks, and now I can't even type/use my computer mouse properly. Kinda weird.

**Peter** · July 24, 2007, 10:59 AM

I have a plan of my own, im not saying you should do this but it might inspire you. The plan is that i buy one of the new dual core E6550, 6750 or E6850 and then wait for the penryn quad core to arrive. The penryn is 45nm which is colder and more efficient clock for clock wise compared to Kentsfield
(Q6600)

My reasoning is that i want to overclock alot and Q6600 is known to be fairly modest when it comes to overclocking especially if you get unlucky batch of cores.

Now about the motherboards All intel P35 chipset will support 1333mhz FSB along with the penryn. So its either the ASUS P5K, Gigabyte GA-P35, ABIT IP35 or MSI P35 series That will suit you and your price-range. Im fairly sure the Nvidia 680i supports the 1333mhz FSB cpu's but wont be compatible with the upcoming penryn line.

Im going to try ABIT IP35Pro which should be a good board to overclock your processor.