Purchase E8400 now or mid-May?

[TheRide]

I want me rig to be completed by mid-May. I see the E8400 (OEM) in stock again for $210.

Should I grab it now or do you guys think by mid-May (~1.5 months) they'll be cheaper and in stock.

The last thing I want is having trouble finding them in stock. Thanks.

[xslitx]

Buy it now.

If you wait something new will be out and you'll want that and wait again... then something newer will be out and you'll want that and wait even longer. Gotta' stop the cycle sometime.

[TheRide]

Buy it now.

If you wait something new will be out and you'll want that and wait again... then something newer will be out and you'll want that and wait even longer. Gotta' stop the cycle sometime.

I understand that but I have my heart set on the E8400 and OC'ing that baby. So I don't think that'll be a problem. I hope...

[kuqdew]

now

[crazdefool]

don't count on it being cheaper in may.. look at the E6850 prices.. still holding strong..

[kuqdew]

don't count on it being cheaper in may.. look at the E6850 prices.. still holding strong..

+1

just get it now

[TheRide]

Thanks fellas, I looked at the E6850 prices and you're right. I'll grab it tomorrow and give myself peace of mind.

[willy]

Isn't the next Intel price cut in Apr 20 ?? There will be a cheaper E8300 too ...

[kuqdew]

Isn't the next Intel price cut in Apr 20 ?? There will be a cheaper E8300 too ...

oh rly?/

will their be cuts for the budget cpu's?????//

[willy]

The upcoming price cuts are mainly on the older 65nm chips.

Take a look at my thread here ... http://www.redflagdeals.com/forums/showthread.php?t=570145&highlight=45nm

If everything goes as Intel's plan, you will a huge jump in supply of 45nm C2D in the coming months (Q3).

[Evil Techie]

just buy the E3110 now

$220 at NCIX

[gordholio]

I would wait 2 months, but that's me.
I'd recommend waiting until this Wednesday and seeing if NCIX has a special on the E8400. If they do then you saved a bit, if not you can still buy it.
I find that technology pretty much always goes down in price though; even if these chips are hard to find, another similar cpu will be cheaper by then.

[willy]

Yup ... Everyone is paying a premium for E8400 (as well as the Xeon counterpart) now coz there's very little other choices. We will only see more and more 45nm chips .... Not the other way around. 45nm chips will still be priced higher than the 65nm chips but the premium will disappear as the supply of 45nm parts increase.

[xplode]

Even though the price at retail stores will not go down (at least not much) the price on RFD will slowly go down unless there are big supply issues.

[jamgyu]

just buy the E3110 now

$220 at NCIX

i just bought one at NCIX and although I know I probably could have gotten it for $10-$15 cheaper had I waited, I'm glad I didn't wait...

this thing is an overclocking beast... out of the box I just upped the FSB to 400mhz, didn't touch any other settings, and it was stable and temps staying around 40 degrees.... a couple bios tweaks later I'm running 4005 mhz stable and load temps hovering around 50 degrees.... I've only upped the voltage to 1.26 so I'm pretty sure I could squeeze a bit more out of this cpu.

[klam]

I just bought my E8400 at Infonec over the weekend at $215. They also had E3110 in stock at $209, but said it wouldn't POST with the motherboard I was getting unless I put in another LGA775 chip first and then updated the BIOS.

[Silver Bullet]

just buy the E3110 now

$220 at NCIX

$209 @ infonec.com for the last couple weeks.

[Mgz]

I want me rig to be completed by mid-May. I see the E8400 (OEM) in stock again for $210.

Should I grab it now or do you guys think by mid-May (~1.5 months) they'll be cheaper and in stock.

The last thing I want is having trouble finding them in stock. Thanks.
MSRP Street price Premium
Intel Core 2 Quad Q9300 $266 $299 +$33
Intel Core 2 Duo E8400 $183 $259 +$76
Intel Core 2 Duo E8200 $163 $239 +$76

look at the ridiculous premium that we have to pay because of low supply and high demand.

also look at here (Intel Supply Roadmap)

http://www.anandtech.com/cpuchipsets/showdoc.aspx?i=3272&p=4

in Q1, the 45nm cpu is only 4% or so of total Intel CPU supplies, but they will increase the 45nm duo to 12% and 45nm quad to 5% in Q2, hopefully that will lower the price pressure --> bring price closer to MSRP.

[TheRide]

Pulled the trigger and grabbed the E8400 from PC Village today. It was the last one :D $209+tax