Is Intel having price cuts soon?

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Ladic

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I'm thinking of upgrading from the C2D E4400 to a E4800 (I do gaming).

So I was wondring if they would be having price cuts any time soon?

Also, will I notice a big performance boost?
 
have you overclocked that processor and if you did how high did u get it as if you get a good overclock, thre wouldnt really be any noticable differences
 
I haven't o'ced, I dont really know how to do it and im afraid to break em.
 
its really not that difficult to do, just playing around with some settings and you could hold off on getting that e8400 for something better that comes out later. what are the specs to your system
 
the thing is, I am giving my bro the e4400 for his system and im getting the new chip. So i need to buy a new chip anyways.
 
Looking to upgrade and thses price cuts are coming just in time. Thanks Intel.
 
when do u think stores like newegg will start reflecting the $163 price on their E8400???
 
Shouldn't be too long considering the cuts went official today. A day or two maybe.
 
microcenter has it for instore pickup, i dont have those stores in my state unfortunately
 
Why no Q9550 price cut? I have been waiting for the price cut and now it's not even being cut yet?
 
After doing a bit of looking around on Google it sounds like the Q9550 price cut won't happen until the 2nd week of August when the new chips (Q9650 Q9400 etc) come out..
 
clock for clock the new prices of the dual cores make their quad cores look like a complete ripoff. in what world does it make since to charge 3 times the money for 2 more cores? IMO the quad core of the same speed should never be more than just under twice the price of the dual core.
 
if they do have price cuts i doubt it will be much at all .. they have no need to make a price cut ... they make a superior product at almost the same price
 
Newegg has only lowered to $174

the buy.com seems like the best deal so far
 
Crap, I really wanted a Q9550. I've been waiting for the price drop to build my rig, but three more weeks is killer - and that's if it's available off the bat at the new low price.
 
Newegg now has the Q9450 for $329 with $20 in free Chevron gasoline, so they have, effectively begun to quietly lower the price.
 
I'm gambling on mega pricedrops when Nehalem arrives.
That way I can pick up a fast 45 nm quadcore for peanuts and shove it in my current system, and hold me over for 1-2 more years until Nehalem/DDR3 hardware is cheap.
 
aamsel said:
Newegg now has the Q9450 for $329 with $20 in free Chevron gasoline, so they have, effectively begun to quietly lower the price.
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Microcenter has the Q9450 for $279 and they have the E8400 for $149, so it looks like they've already adjusted.
 
Microcenter is good. They have products at comparable prices and have a nice return policy. The only issue MC has is that they never have enough people working in the store to help/check you out. But that doesnt really mean anything with the amount of people that frequent the MC by my work ( 1 block away) and they usually always have all 4 or 5 registers open.
 
Dez Perado said:
You evidently lead a charmed life. Not all of us are as fortunate.
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So what problems have you had with microcenter since you're so down on them? Please let us all know what we can avoid since your life isn't charmed.
 
ND40oz said:
So what problems have you had with microcenter since you're so down on them? Please let us all know what we can avoid since your life isn't charmed.
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Who said I was down on Microcenter? I hope you're not imagining things. I simply passed along a link to ratings and comments from people that have experience with them. If you want to believe that all the negative ratings (4.39 out of 10) are BS then that's your decision. Go right ahead and place a big web order. Me, I'll pass because I don't believe there is any legitimate reason for a mail order business to have that kind of lifetime rating or customer reviews.

The ratings on RR pertain to mail order and not in-store shopping. Those are two different things entirely.
 
Dez Perado said:
Who said I was down on Microcenter? I hope you're not imagining things. I simply passed along a link to ratings and comments from people that have experience with them. If you want to believe that all the negative ratings (4.39 out of 10) are BS then that's your decision. Go right ahead and place a big web order. Me, I'll pass because I don't believe there is any legitimate reason for a mail order business to have that kind of lifetime rating or customer reviews.

The ratings on RR pertain to mail order and not in-store shopping. Those are two different things entirely.
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Considering I bought a video card online from them 2 weeks ago, got an RMA number through their online chat this morning and returned it to the store today for a refund, my online business with them went fine. RR are BS, look at Monarchs rating...
 
I'm bummed the Quad cores haven't dropped yet. Like a few here, I was waiting on their Q3 drops to pull the trigger on a q9450 or q9550.

Now, hell, I'm tempted to just pull the trigger on an E8400 and just go for high clocks. $163 vs $280-330 is a pretty convincing argument, imo. I really wanted a quad-core at this point, but Intel needs to get real about their pricing plan.

~S
 
ND40oz said:
Considering I bought a video card online from them 2 weeks ago, got an RMA number through their online chat this morning and returned it to the store today for a refund, my online business with them went fine. RR are BS, look at Monarchs rating...
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If you could stop blindly repeating the "RR r BS" mantra and actually state something meaningful it would be great. What does the Monarch rating have to do with anything under discussion here?

First you question RR then you question me. All I did was post a link to one of the oldest and most well known consumer web sites (RR) and all they did was to give consumers a forum to express their satisfaction level. Are you saying the Reseller Ratings just has people making up stories and posting them, that it's all a big conspiracy? You're getting a bit too far out there for me to follow along.

The nice thing about RR is that it doesn't depend on a single transaction like the one you mentioned to arrive at a satisfaction rating.
 
Dez Perado said:
If you could stop blindly repeating the "RR r BS" mantra and actually state something meaningful it would be great. What does the Monarch rating have to do with anything under discussion here?

First you question RR then you question me. All I did was post a link to one of the oldest and most well known consumer web sites (RR) and all they did was to give consumers a forum to express their satisfaction level. Are you saying the Reseller Ratings just has people making up stories and posting them, that it's all a big conspiracy? You're getting a bit too far out there for me to follow along.

The nice thing about RR is that it doesn't depend on a single transaction like the one you mentioned to arrive at a satisfaction rating.
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The point is it has been proven that some places of business "ask" their customers to post there and give positive reviews, Monarch was one of these companies. Most people choose to mainly complain on the internet and reseller ratings is just another place for them to do it. How many stories do you see about how well a purchase went on these forums, most of the time it someone complaining about a vendor or manufacturer.

Microcenter has a total of 111 reviews over its lifetime, that's a drop in the bucket for the amount of business they do. So if you're willing to base your assessment of a company based on 111 reviews, more power to you, but I bet if you posted something in the hotdeals discussion forum asking about Microcenter, you'd get a very different perspective then their 4.39 rating on RR indicates. That's my point.
 
ND40oz said:
The point is it has been proven that some places of business "ask" their customers to post there and give positive reviews, Monarch was one of these companies. Most people choose to mainly complain on the internet and reseller ratings is just another place for them to do it. How many stories do you see about how well a purchase went on these forums, most of the time it someone complaining about a vendor or manufacturer.

Microcenter has a total of 111 reviews over its lifetime, that's a drop in the bucket for the amount of business they do. So if you're willing to base your assessment of a company based on 111 reviews, more power to you, but I bet if you posted something in the hotdeals discussion forum asking about Microcenter, you'd get a very different perspective then their 4.39 rating on RR indicates. That's my point.
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It has been "proven"?

If your rational had any validity to it then there wouldn't be any companies on RR with ratings like, say, Newegg.

Newegg Lifetime Rating = 9.74
Microcenter Lifetime Rating = 4.39

I guess you look at these ratings and conclude that there is no difference in the quality of service the two companies consistently provide. You've got a rational for everything and I'm sure you can rationalize this.

I'm done with this subject. Mama taught me to never argue with someone who's mind is made up (that's not exactly they way she put it).
 
Dez Perado said:
It has been "proven"?

If your rational had any validity to it then there wouldn't be any companies on RR with ratings like, say, Newegg.

Newegg Lifetime Rating = 9.74
Microcenter Lifetime Rating = 4.39

I guess you look at these ratings and conclude that there is no difference in the quality of service the two companies consistently provide. You've got a rational for everything and I'm sure you can rationalize this.

I'm done with this subject. Mama taught me to never argue with someone who's mind is made up (that's not exactly they way she put it).
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Good, maybe that will give you time to figure out why neweggs sample size of 21060 reviews is a much better indicator then a sample size of 111 reviews for microcenter. See the difference?

We won't even get into the fact that Newegg advertises on RR and that they are an active participant on the site with an Elite Member rating.
 
ND40oz said:
Good, maybe that will give you time to figure out why neweggs sample size of 21060 reviews is a much better indicator then a sample size of 111 reviews for microcenter. See the difference?

We won't even get into the fact that Newegg advertises on RR and that they are an active participant on the site with an Elite Member rating.
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Bias? What bias? :D
 
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