Bargain quad core

[reconviperone1]

When will the bargain quad cores come out fromeither manufacturer. I know its a while somestimes, but im hoping something along the lines of 250-300 dollars in late 2007 when im reading to upgrade to quad.

 

[slim142]

We will have a Q6600 in H1 2007.
More will come out in late H2 2007 I believe...

 

[Wombat2]

When will the bargain quad cores come out fromeither manufacturer. I know its a while somestimes, but im hoping something along the lines of 250-300 dollars in late 2007 when im reading to upgrade to quad.

Intel:
QC6600 is January 20th 2007
QC6400 by end March 2007

AMD:
End 2007 at the earliest.

 

[qcmadness]

When will the bargain quad cores come out fromeither manufacturer. I know its a while somestimes, but im hoping something along the lines of 250-300 dollars in late 2007 when im reading to upgrade to quad.

I don't think you can get a quad-core for $300 in 2007.

 

[qcmadness]

When will the bargain quad cores come out fromeither manufacturer. I know its a while somestimes, but im hoping something along the lines of 250-300 dollars in late 2007 when im reading to upgrade to quad.

I don't think you can get a quad-core CPU for $300 in 2007.

 

[Wombat2]

http://www.dailytech.com/article.aspx?newsid=4253

Intel is planning to release quad-core Kentsfield based Xeon 3000 seriesprocessors. The new Xeon X3220 and X3210 processors will be identical to the recently named Intel Core 2 Quadro processors and share the same Kentsfield core.


There will be no architectural or socket differences between desktop Core 2 Quadro and Xeon X3000 series processors, with the exception of product placement and marketing. The new Xeon X3220 and X3210 processors will arrive clocked at 2.4 and 2.13 GHz with a 1066 MHz front-side bus respectively. Both Kentsfield Xeon X3000 processors will feature 8MB of L2 cache. Expect the Intel Xeon X3220 and X3210 to arrive in Q1’07 for $851 and $690 in 1,000-unit lots.
Intel Kentsfield Xeon
Processor
Number Core
Frequency Bus
Frequency L2
Cache Price
X3220 2.40GHz 1066MHz 8MB $851
X3210 2.13GHz 1066MHz 8MB $690



A mainstream quad-core Kentsfield will launch early next year, dubbed the Core 2 Quadro Q6600, and will debut with a 2.4GHz core frequency. A price tag for the Q6600 has not been set yet, but the processor will retail for less than the QX6700 but more than the Core 2 Duo E6700. The E6700 has a street price of approximately $530 USD, but price cuts will bring the cost of the CPU down before the Q1'07 launch of mainstream Kentsfield.

 

[lordaardvark2]

yeah, the whole Core 2 lineup is so cheap for what you get, i can't WAIT till prices fall next year... its going to be mindblowing. maybe even I will be able to afford a dual-core system! heh. just kidding.

 

[Heyyou27]

We will have a Q6600 in H1 2007.
More will come out in late H2 2007 I believe...

$850 isn't exactly what I'd call budget.