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Why is E6750 Cheaper than 6600?

Supply and demand? No one is buying the E6600s anymore because the new chips are a bit faster, so it's easier to move the new chips in large quantities. Popular things are almost always cheaper on newegg.
 
Intel typically won't reduce the prices of discontinued CPUs and also the E6600 has a higher multi which to many is more desirable.
 
Do you think the same pricing strategy will exist for E8x00 vs E6x50? My guess is yes, but I'm not to familiar with the benefits of the E6x50's over the Wolfdales.
I would imagine:
Wolfdales:
Pros vs e6x50
-SSE4 means optimized coding so GHz does't matter as much
Cons:
-45nm and more transistors so harder to overclock - you get the max clock % wise compared to e6x50's.
-6MB cache vs 4MB - probably not a big jump

E6x50 benefits:
???
-4mb cache might mean better overclocking, %-wise over stock.
 
from what i've seen wolfdales are pretty much untouchable in terms of overclocking. no reason to stick with the 65nm models if you ask me

as far as original question...pretty sure intel just doesnt give a crap about the e6600. it's not supplying them anymore...the ones you see are ones that retailers have already purchased from intel. the retailers are just too stupid to take the initiative in dropping the prices so they can clear out their inventory.
 
fluxion said:
from what i've seen wolfdales are pretty much untouchable in terms of overclocking. no reason to stick with the 65nm models if you ask me

as far as original question...pretty sure intel just doesnt give a crap about the e6600. it's not supplying them anymore...the ones you see are ones that retailers have already purchased from intel. the retailers are just too stupid to take the initiative in dropping the prices so they can clear out their inventory.
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I doubt the retailers are stupid...I mean they do keep us buying from them, right?

It's not really necessary to drop the price on a discontinued item. They'll sell either way..they sort of become collectible after they're discontinued haha.
 
The E6600 has reached EOL (End of Life) and is no longer being manufactured. Hence the higher price for it. Same thing is going to happen with E6750 when it's replaced by E8500/E8400 CPUs. Intel's new strategy is to just introduce the newer CPUs at the same price as their older CPUs.
 
The E6750 should still be around for a bit, but yes, eventually it will be EOL'd like the 6600. I think the 65nm processes won't go down immediately since intel has such a large 65nm manufacturing capacity.
 
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