Original URL: http://www.channelregister.co.uk/2008/07/21/intel_summer_price_slashing/
Intel slashes Xeon, Core 2 Duo prices
Not to mention a Core 2 Quad
Posted in PC Builder, 21st July 2008 18:58 GMT
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A week after trumpeting (http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/07/15/intel_q2/) a healthy second quarter profit leap, Intel has slashed the prices of several server and desktop processors.
Yesterday, with a post (PDF) (http://files.shareholder.com/downloads/INTC/364282914x0x214013/BBD2E887-3C94-40FE-B83F-E747BF181974/July_20_08_1ku_Price.pdf) to its web site, Chipzilla announced new pricing for three Xeon chips, three Core 2 Duo models, and one Core 2 Quad. Sadly, it did not change the name of the Core 2 Quad.
Most notably, the price of the top-of-line Core 2 Duo - the 3.1GHZ E8500 - dropped from $266 to $183, a 31 per cent plunge. The slightly slower E8400 also received a cut, an 11 per cent drop from $183 to $163. And at the lower end of the Core 2 Duo line, Intel lopped 15 per cent from the price of the E7200, a 2.53GHz chip with a 3M L2 cache and a 1066MHz front side bus.
Over on the server side, the company slashed away on three low-end Xeon chips: the 2.40GHz X3220 (12 per cent), 2.13GHz X3210 (also 12 per cent), and the 3GHZ E3110 (11 per cent).
Meanwhile, the Core 2 Quad Q6600 - a 65nm desktop chip - is now 14 per cent cheaper. The prices of all other chips are unchanged. ®