Just having a look at the local Australian distributors. At wholesale level, the E8400 is cheaper by between 20% to 28% than the E6850.
While pricing is listed for the E8400 (and other E8xx's), there are of course no stock levels to purchase from as yet until the release date, however, the stock levels of the E6850 is often in the hundreds for each distributor.
I wonder what they'll be doing with all those E6xx series processors that will be displaced, if only by price, by the E8xxx series?
Yep, the E8400 is significantly cheaper then the E6850 here in the US too. It completely obsoletes the E6xxx series in price to performance ratios (IMO).
$200-220 bucks here in the US for the awesome E8400, I can't wait to buy one!
They probably won't change the prices on the E6xxx processors much (especially the higher end ones like 6850), rather Intel will stop manufacturing them soon, and phase them out (morons who don't know better will still buy them lol).
Same thing tends to happen with high end vid cards as well. They never seem to drop much in price =\
I got it for 200 USD exact, tax waved I did have to do the secret handshake though... JK My computer shop guy knocked 10 bucks off for being a favored customer. May be it was flavored
All (home)work no play makes chiadog something something...
Dude, I come from a long line of people who are genetecally incapable of patience. I'm of the Immediate Gratefication Clan. I dont like to wait til after work to get a beer, I dont like to wait to buy CPUs and if she hasnt "finished" when I am its her tough luck.
If my e6750 wasn't fast enough for all my needs I'd buy one. Great price and performance, but I'll probably wait till Nahlem, and then just do total upgrade.
Must admit - I'm a hungering and hankering after a spanking wolfie for my new rig too.. (plus one of ati's new x2 cards maybe?) oooooh, hands out of ya pants and drooling on standby kids!
Ryaan
Must admit - I'm a hungering and hankering after a spanking wolfie for my new rig too.. (plus one of ati's new x2 cards maybe?) oooooh, hands out of ya pants and drooling on standby kids!
Ryaan
I'll pass on anything issuing from the Ruiz Reject Pile, but I'm defenitely droolin on that E84!
Just having a look at the local Australian distributors. At wholesale level, the E8400 is cheaper by between 20% to 28% than the E6850.
While pricing is listed for the E8400 (and other E8xx's), there are of course no stock levels to purchase from as yet until the release date, however, the stock levels of the E6850 is often in the hundreds for each distributor.
I wonder what they'll be doing with all those E6xx series processors that will be displaced, if only by price, by the E8xxx series?
Well they are wholesaling for the same price as the E6750 so of course they're going to be rougly 20-25% cheaper than the E6850!
But, come on, you KNOW quad is the way forward.. It's such a dilema. I'm going for a beer while to calm down, while I think about it.. As for Ruiz'es pile of plop.. Lets await some sturdier benchies on that x2 card before we all start masturbating furuiously. Now where's that beer??
I did have to do the secret handshake though... JK 
My computer shop guy knocked 10 bucks off for being a favored customer. May be it was flavored 
