E8400 20-25% cheaper than E6850

[seabreeze]

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?

 

[gamebro]

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 =\

 

[OlSkoolChopper]

Im dyin of envy since chiadog already has an E84. Damn. I want one too!

 

[vochtige]

party! cheaper, i hope it will be cheaper in euope as well!

 

[chiadog]

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...

 

[OlSkoolChopper]

Dude, id do the watusi, twist, foxtrot and strip on a pole right now for a $200 E84!

 

[chiadog]

Or you can just wait a few days

 

[OlSkoolChopper]

Or you can just wait a few days

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. :lol:

 

[chiadog]

bwahahaha :lol: Then you better get cracking on the dancing and hope someone at Intel may be arouse enough to FedEx you one overnight :lol:

 

[San Pedro]

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.

 

[Ironnads]

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

 

[OlSkoolChopper]

bwahahaha :lol: Then you better get cracking on the dancing and hope someone at Intel may be arouse enough to FedEx you one overnight :lol:

I've offered beer, pleasant conversetion, sweet scoot rides, chicks and some prime blow to both Justin and JK. Still nuthin!

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!

 

[mtyermom]

All (home)work no play makes chiadog something something...

... go crazy?

 

[306maxi]

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!

 

[Ironnads]

I'm defenitely droolin on that E84!

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??

Zaaaba!

 

[zenmaster]

Actually, I'm not sure Quads are the answer right now.

Currently, few things are quad core optimized.
The Dual Cores clock much higher.

Sure, 4cores is the way of the future, but Nehalm will be hear in a year.
Really depends on a few factors which one works best for you.

 

[306maxi]

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??

Zaaaba!

Only if you do lots of video editing or you feel the need to constantly measure your e-penis.

For those who game and just do everyday stuff a dual core is in some cases better than a quad.

 

[Ironnads]

sure, now.. like right now.. but I'm considering building a rig in a month or two.. this is the dilema.. And excuse the sticky keyboard. 8400 (Wolfie's knocking at the door!) or 6600 solid perf.?? Remember I'll still have the rig in a year or two, and probably the same underpants too. Ooohh that cheeky 8400! 4 ghz on air, that can't be right! What's the average Kevin Blogs gonna get on decent (aqua) coolin then? (aka 3ghz on the 6600 quad) surely 4.5 ghz /5 ghz?? Anyone seen any figures being cheekily bandied around? And surely, as for the e.penis (all important) wouldn't the 8400 also equate to one big fat stiff computer ****? (ahem)
Ryan.

 

[starcraftfanatic]

I wonder what thundy would say when he read this...
Can't wait to see the yorkies prices if this is this low.

 

[mihirkula]

Chiadog...where did u get the E8400 from? I need to buy a new processor and i need it urgently... was gonna buy an E6750 cos i thought the Penryns won't be available for another month at least.....

 

[jimmysmitty]

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...

Go crazy? Don't mind if I do!!!!!!!! Love that one....

Only reason they can come out cheaper is that the 45nm process is cheaper due to more cores per wafer so I would expect them to come out cheaper.

Its just like when C2Q Q6600 came out for what $500? Maybe more but when the first Pentium 4 came out at an equivalent clock speed it cost about the same but was cheaper than the generation before. Then they could cut the cost of the Q6600 since the 65nm process was mature and they were getting more CPUs per wafer that were good. Its also why the Q9350 that runs at 2.5GHz is coming out for roughly the same price as the Q6600. Intel was smart and got their 45nm process mature fast so it would come out cheaper for the end user.

But I still want a octo core Nehalem. Some say it will be more expensive at first but since the 45nm process will probably be very mature by then I expect it to come out for a good price for the performance gains. Now the 32nm Nehalems I would expect to be a bit pricier but we will have to wait and see really.

 

[306maxi]

Chiadog...where did u get the E8400 from? I need to buy a new processor and i need it urgently... was gonna buy an E6750 cos i thought the Penryns won't be available for another month at least.....

They will be available on the 21st.

 

[OlSkoolChopper]

Now where's that beer??

Here, dude, you deserve a nice big cold one!

 

[seabreeze]

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!

The E6850 and the E8400 are both 3.0GHz, 1333FSB. The E6750 is not. The comparison is between the price of processors with similar specifications. The E8400 is not directly replacing the E6750 on specification, but the E6850, and happens to be priced around the level of the E6750.

In Nov/Dec 2007 when 8800GTS320/640/GTX series cards were scarce and we were waiting on the 8800GT512, very low supply seemed to be met by equally very low demand. No price reductions occurred to those cards as the 8800GTS512 came into supply.

This time there seems to be quite a lot of processors that will be superseded being held in stock by distributors, at least here. I'm assuming there will be quite a good supply of these E6xx's, but a low demand for them as buyers ask for the E8xx series instead.

Maybe some future E6xx discounting to look forward to, maybe not...

 

[yabyab]

The problem is I don't live in USA and to order online I have to send the stuff to a friend then from my friend to me. The process takes 10 days and I can't wait another 10 days after the 21s when the E8400 is released. Do you know any website that delivers items internationally? I don't care even if it costs more, I'd be thankful if you can show me a website with FedEx/DHL fast international delivery.