Q6600 on July 22: will there be enough?

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So I was getting ready to buy an E6600 and I saw the price drop for the Q6600 on July 22. It's killing me to wait another month but I think it will have to be done. Looking at all the forums though it looks like people are pretty hyped up about the Q6600 which begs the question: will I be able to get one for ~266 come July 22?

MS
 
There are many vendors that accept pre-orders, so if you want one, you may have to get in line for the pre-orders festival. Usually, the first few weeks, the processors will be a little higher than normal. It's like a month or longer after that the price begins to level out to the real predicted price. I know I won't jump on it, I will go to the E6850, but not at the same time of its launch. It will have to be a few months after. There is nothing I do that will require all four cores. Duo Core is more than sufficient for me daily use.
 
The price is $266,000 for 1,000 processors + freight. (This comes out to "$266")

The retailers still need to pay their bills, pay the freight charge, pay their 3% Visa/Mastercard/Amex fee for accepting credit cards, pay their employees...

And, as you said, supply might be short.

I'm guessing $350ish on Jul 22.
 
where i get most of my products..they normally first with price cuts. that ive seen here in canada. When It nears the 2nd week of july i will watch their site and wait until it drops.

then drive 40 minutes. purchase..come home.. celebrate :D
 
calebb said:
I'm guessing $350ish on Jul 22.
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That's what you would think but it's really not true, Intel chips usually sell around the MSRP, the max above that being $50. AMD chips sometimes sell below MSRP so we know it doesn't work like that for retailers.
 
"""The 3 models including E6550 (2.33GHz), E6750 (2.66GHz), and E6850 (3GHz) are only priced at $266, $183, and $163, around 40% cheaper than its 1066MHz version"""""
 
The second that NCIX has them listed with the new pricing,I am in for one,no doubt,with next day 10 dollar express shipping :D

Then I am dumping my mobo,cpu,and hsf into my wifes computer.I certainly hope there will be enough,but I am going to order a early most likely.
 
www.Pccanada.com

normally has prices lowered before NCIX.. when there are pricedrops.

Ncix is overall a better store to shop at. But when it comes to pricedrops. pccanada.com is normally seen cut first :)
 
I just returned my Q6600 + random $50 mobo (combo deal for $499.99) because I am hoping for this price drop. There better be one for me next month...
 
I wasn't planning on building a new pc till around november does this mean that the q6600 might go back up or should they still be around $266 at that time? Thanks for the info
 
MortalSyn said:
So I was getting ready to buy an E6600 and I saw the price drop for the Q6600 on July 22. It's killing me to wait another month but I think it will have to be done. Looking at all the forums though it looks like people are pretty hyped up about the Q6600 which begs the question: will I be able to get one for ~266 come July 22?

MS
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i think availability wont be very good.

my estimated timeline:

july 22nd, prices drop to 266, demand is huge(relatively offcourse), the current stock sells out within the day
one day later, all resellers bump up their prices to take advantage of the large demand
a few weeks later as intitial madness dies down and intel catches up with supplies, the prices drop back down to msrp


oh and FIW, here in holland a q6600 can be had at 499 euros, which i would consider below msrp (yes the euro is stronger then the dollar, but that price includes taxes, and besides, most times we europeans are lucky if we get a 1:1 conversion euros to dollars in terms of tech pricing, usually we get screwed worse)
 
This is what i've been worrying about. Any thoughts about tying myself over with something like a D805 ($60.00 @ New Egg) until September and then upgradng to a Q6600. Damn this endless cycle of "wait for something better"!

On the other hand I am thinking I should just pony up for a E6600 right now and be done with it. I can only imagine the hours and stress I will put myself through over the next month thinking about this!
 
MortalSyn said:
This is what i've been worrying about. Any thoughts about tying myself over with something like a D805 ($60.00 @ New Egg) until September and then upgradng to a Q6600. Damn this endless cycle of "wait for something better"!

On the other hand I am thinking I should just pony up for a E6600 right now and be done with it. I can only imagine the hours and stress I will put myself through over the next month thinking about this!
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if you are gonna tide yourself over, invest a few tenners more and find a e2140 (allendale, 2x 1.6 GHz, 1mb l2).

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819116037

It might cost more then a 805, but it should OC to far better performance, and once you plonk in the q6600, then this CPU can easily be delegated to a HTPC/server, where you will really appreciate its low power consumption/heat production compared to an 805


i chose to tide myself over with an e4300, but i might just wait till end of the year untill i pick up a q6600, so that prices can settle after the initial spike
 
I HIGHLY doubt you'll have any issue trying to get the processor when July 22 comes around. You should get the price Friday July 20 anyways. There are a lot of retailers out there, Newegg/Chiefvalue, Club It, ZZF, eWiz, Mwave, Buy.com, Tiger Direct, Microcenters. These are just the major ones. Remember, although there is a high demand amongst the ethusist market, we represent a really small number, so there shouldn't be any issue getting it when the date comes around.
 
YoNeX said:
I HIGHLY doubt you'll have any issue trying to get the processor when July 22 comes around. You should get the price Friday July 20 anyways. There are a lot of retailers out there, Newegg/Chiefvalue, Club It, ZZF, eWiz, Mwave, Buy.com, Tiger Direct, Microcenters. These are just the major ones. Remember, although there is a high demand amongst the ethusist market, we represent a really small number, so there shouldn't be any issue getting it when the date comes around.
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I agree. Yes the price on the quad-core will be dropping to an absurdly cheap price, but then again, how many people do you ACTUALLY think are waiting and refreshing their favorite e-tailer to get one? The enthusiast/web developer/3d stuff market is pretty small. I would think that those who need quad-core for work probably already own it, it's mostly the enthusiast market who will be wanting it. And YoNeX said it, we're a small community. I'm sure Newegg won't run out, they probably have a billion of them.

And yes, be careful to watch before July 22nd. When the April 22nd price cuts came, Newegg and some other places started slowly lowering their prices so that I think the prices were cut a day or two earlier. I remember about a week before April 22nd The E6600 went from $315 to like $290, then $270... all the way down to where it is now, a day early. I assume to be competitive with the other online stores.
 
calebb said:
The price is $266,000 for 1,000 processors + freight. (This comes out to "$266")

The retailers still need to pay their bills, pay the freight charge, pay their 3% Visa/Mastercard/Amex fee for accepting credit cards, pay their employees...

And, as you said, supply might be short.

I'm guessing $350ish on Jul 22.
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WRONG, must major vendors WILL sell it at $266 ... we've seen plenty of price cuts already where the major vendors will give you the announced price. Of course the first few weeks it will be higher because of the higher demand.

Look at the announced price cut of the E6600 prior to the April price cuts and look at the prices of the E6600 now. They are the same.
 
There will be plenty to go around, but I'm still undecided about buying one. My rigs fold pretty well right now and I'm not sure I want to contend with the heat Kentsfield generates.

 
Well I just spent around 2000 Euro on my new gaming rig (including 24" monitor) so my next upgrade will be 4.Q 2008 or 1.Q 2009:( (I hope it would be octocore;) )
 
calebb said:
The price is $266,000 for 1,000 processors + freight. (This comes out to "$266")

The retailers still need to pay their bills, pay the freight charge, pay their 3% Visa/Mastercard/Amex fee for accepting credit cards, pay their employees...

And, as you said, supply might be short.

I'm guessing $350ish on Jul 22.
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this again? we've already seen that this is not true. maybe 20-30$ over that
 
This is a price drop on a existing continuing to be produced product, so supplies should be plentiful.
 
coldpower27 said:
This is a price drop on a existing continuing to be produced product, so supplies should be plentiful.
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maybe, but i doubt any retailer is gonna stock up on q6600 pre-pricedrop, as they would be paying pre-pricedrop wholesale prices (like $530 minus their profit margin), and would then have to sell them at half the price

Intel might be stocking up q6600s right now, readying them to ship em out when the price drops hit, but dont expect retailers to have more then a few in stock before they can get them at the cut prices
 
DrFreeze said:
maybe, but i doubt any retailer is gonna stock up on q6600 pre-pricedrop, as they would be paying pre-pricedrop wholesale prices (like $530 minus their profit margin), and would then have to sell them at half the price

Intel might be stocking up q6600s right now, readying them to ship em out when the price drops hit, but dont expect retailers to have more then a few in stock before they can get them at the cut prices
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but... the April 22nd price drops happened that day, and started dropping in price BEFORE that day and finally arrived on the dropped prices on the 22nd. They're not shipping out THAT day, they're going to be THAT price on July 22nd. Places like Newegg are either ready to take a hit in sales to be really competitive or they can buy their cheaper parts well before the actual price drop.
 
Citizen86 said:
but... the April 22nd price drops happened that day, and started dropping in price BEFORE that day and finally arrived on the dropped prices on the 22nd. They're not shipping out THAT day, they're going to be THAT price on July 22nd. Places like Newegg are either ready to take a hit in sales to be really competitive or they can buy their cheaper parts well before the actual price drop.
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you might have a point, im not that up to speed on how retail channels work, but i do suspect that places like newegg might get a break from intel, smaller retailers might not (which would be relevant for me, no newegg in holland)
 
We have a calender at work,where we are actually ticking off the days on it till the 22nd rolls around. :D I am dying to get a quad.I do a lot of encoding,and PC gaming of course.My wife is happy and has ok'd the purchase of the chip + P35 mobo,so that she
can get her hands on my current mobo and cpu,and start using her Asus 7800GT with it.

She is in slow land with her gaming,as she is using a P4B800 + 1.6A @ 2.68Ghz + 5900XT :eek:

This will be a huge upgrade for her,and for me ! I was very lucky and got in on
two 2Gb kits of Firestix DDR2 800,for 109 Cdn each ! with free delivery. :D

One set will do 1060 5-5-6-9,and the second 990 4-5-5-9.Add in a extremely cheap copy of Vista 64 and this will be the cheapest but most powerful system I have built yet for myself ! Bring on Bioshock and Crysis !!! :cool:
 
Picking up a Q6600 too unless the G0 stepping for the q66 is extremely horrible and the e6850/6750 are amazing overclockers.

Can't wait to complete the build as I'll be holding out for the G92 line later this year :)
 
So I'm assuming there shouldn't be too much shortage for the E6x50s either? I'm looking at getting an E6750 as soon as they're available.
 
Sodalason said:
The E6600 is really all the processor you need right now for today games. Save your money
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Where the hell is the fun in that??

I don't NEED a q6600.....I WANT one. Even if I just got an e6420 oc'd to 3.4ghz 2 months ago and the only game I play is spider solitaire (2 decks :) ).....big difference between want and need :D
 
I have a question do you think I should upgrade from a E6300 (i mean is there a sig. noticeable diffrence in performance):confused:

Just saw this table at anandtech:

http://www.anandtech.com/cpuchipsets/intel/showdoc.aspx?i=3012


What do you guys think E6600, E6x50, or the........ quadfather q6600(sry i like how't sounds)
Usage is browsing, gaming and movies. Want to be rdy for crysis but whatever.
For specs see sig.
 
Thus far, quad-core processors haven't shipped in volume, so developers haven't had much incentive to update their programs to take advantage of that capability. With the drop in price on the Q6600, we should see quad-core systems shipping in large quantities for the first time, with systems from the likes of Dell available for less than $1500.

I predict we will see more applications updated for quad-core in 3H 2007 (July-September) than we have seen in the last year. To start, it will be mostly smaller apps, like encoders and other compression tools, but in late 3Q and 4Q I think we'll see more game patches. I'm looking forward to updated versions of programs like Nero MediaHome that take advantage of quad-core to transcode and stream high-definition content to my PS3 in realtime.
 
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