Price Drops on Intel CPUs

[BestOffer]

Effective April 23, 2006 Intel will reduce prices on select boxed desktop and mobile processors sold through authorized distributors

The percentage decline of Intel’s published 1000-unit processor price is listed below. This percentage of price decline is similar to the price decline for Intel boxed processors sold to authorized distributors. Intel Dealers should expect to see similar percentage declines in their quoted boxed processor prices from authorized distributors. The new prices are effective as of April 23rd for desktop and mobile processors. Please contact your authorized Intel distributor after such dates for specific pricing and availability details.


Celeron® processor 3.33 Ghz, LGA775 package 355 33%*
Celeron® processor 3.20 Ghz, LGA 775 package 351 35%*
Celeron® processor 3.20 Ghz, mPGA 478 package 350 42%*
Celeron® processor 3.06 Ghz, mPGA 478 package 345 45%*
Celeron® processor 2.93 Ghz, mPGA 478 package 340 35%*
Celeron® processor 2.80 Ghz, mPGA 478 package 335 33%*
Celeron® processor 2.66 Ghz, mPGA 478 package 330 35%*
Celeron® processor 2.53 Ghz, mPGA 478 package 325 38%*
Celeron® processor 2.40 Ghz, mPGA 478 package 320 38%*
Celeron® processor 2.26 Ghz, mPGA 478 package 315 23%*
Celeron® processor 2.13 Ghz, mPGA 478 package 310 25%*

Pentium D® processor 3.40 Ghz, LGA775 package 950 50%*
Pentium D® processor 3.20 Ghz, LGA775 package 940 42%*
Pentium D® processor 3.00 Ghz, LGA775 package 930 36%*
Pentium D® processor 2.80 Ghz, LGA775 package 920 17%*
Pentium D® processor 2.80 Ghz, LGA775 package 820 17%*

*OFF the current price

[eh^]

good to know ..thanks

[burnaby]

How long before this filters into TD MoBo/CPU combo deal or is the $80 rock bottom already.

[lithiumli]

shouldn't it be in the computer section?

[riskit]

Pentium D® processor 3.40 Ghz, LGA775 package 950 50%

That is a huge

[blainehamilton]

This is gonna make celery chips very cheap...

[huntlaptop]

Will AMD drop their prices too?

[Slapshot747]

ok what does this mean?... companies like dell will be dropping there prices?...maybe i should wait to buy a PC now?

[mec9t8]

Might be off topic, right now which processor is good to get for a media center computer .. (value and performance)

[Lalalalalalalafontaine]

Will AMD drop their prices too?

They'll probably have to. The reported performance and pricing on the new Conroe chips seem to good to be true. Plus, AMD's launching their new chips pretty soon too. Only makes sense to slash their old ones.

If the schedule fits, the best time to buy/upgrade would probably be about August or September.

Competition = good.

[vric]

pccanada and Bitewize alreadu droped the price.

But, don't rush getting one. Intel will release the Intel "Core" Cpu (Conroe) this summer. It's very promising and it will be the SAME price as right now. so it really worth to wait and get an extra 20%-40% boost for the same price.

This is the last run for the Pentium 4.. Finally, Netburst is dead.. Long life to the Core microarchitecture !

[huntlaptop]

Competition = good.

Absolutely!

[ZenOps]

If you are looking for an extry level Intel system and can wait a bit, I'd highly suggest you do.

Coming very soon are the Celeron D 352 (3.2Ghz) and 356 (3.33Ghz) They will both have 512KB cache (similar to the original Pentium 4) and should be made on the 65nm process. All current Celeron D's are 256KB cache, and either made on 90 or 130nm.

[Lalalalalalalafontaine]

Might be off topic, right now which processor is good to get for a media center computer .. (value and performance)

For a purely Media Centre PC, for simply watching movies, videos, tv, etc... (ie. no need for encoding) then a basic Sempron 2800+ (~ $80-$90) should do. I chose the Sempron because it only dissipates 62 watts - by far the best price-per-watt. (Mobile chips will run even cooler but cost you a premium)

If you want something that can do it all, wait for Conroe to come out - these chips seem like the real deal and be priced quite low.

[Vitulla]

for media center get yourself a pentium d 805, with an aftermarket heatsink and fan