Will the i7 be seeing a price drop?

[cjpcoolguy]

Hey, i was looking to build a new system, using a core i7 920. Since the release of the new i9, 32nm is scheduled for Q1/Q2 of 2010, do you think that stores will have Christmas / boxing day sales for the s1366 core i7 processors / s1366 motherboards? (I am in Canada, and will be buying from Newegg.ca, Tigerdirect.ca and Ncix.com)

Thanks!

 

[amnotanoobie]

1366 is now well positioned as a premiere product, and since there probably aren't massive inventories to get rid of, a discount may or may not happen.

You could just probably wait for Christmas season and get what you can, i9's would probably jump over the price of the i7 920 (1366).

 

[xbonez]

or you could go for the Phenom II X4 955, which costs considerable lesser (not to mention the motherboards for the Phenom are cheaper too). Agreed, when it comes to raw power and OC'ing the 920 might be better, but in all gaming benchmarks (not synthetic) the Phenom II and 920 perform evenly.

PS - not being an AMD fanboy. Just letting you know your options.

 

[dia-j]

xbonez has a point. So why not saving your money while you can have almost the same gaming experience (wast your money on the GPU) that's if you wanted it for gaming

 

[cjpcoolguy]

or you could go for the Phenom II X4 955, which costs considerable lesser (not to mention the motherboards for the Phenom are cheaper too). Agreed, when it comes to raw power and OC'ing the 920 might be better, but in all gaming benchmarks (not synthetic) the Phenom II and 920 perform evenly.

PS - not being an AMD fanboy. Just letting you know your options.

Oh i know, but i don't plan to use it for gaming, i will be OCing to around 3.8GHz, and be doing a bit of video editing, redering, and a lot of computer programming on it. Plus i will be having 12GB of DDR3, so i need a Tri-Channel board, not dual.

 

[Shadow703793]

If you do vid editing, then certainly go LGA1366. This way, you'll be able to upgrade to the hex core i9s down the road.

I doubt prices will go down any time soon, HOWEVER, if you can cross over to the US for a few days during the Thanksgiving days you may be able to pick something up there (here?).

 

[cjpcoolguy]

If you do vid editing, then certainly go LGA1366. This way, you'll be able to upgrade to the hex core i9s down the road.

I doubt prices will go down any time soon, HOWEVER, if you can cross over to the US for a few days during the Thanksgiving days you may be able to pick something up there (here?).

I have a relative who is a flight attendent, so i can get parts there some times, but what happens if i get a board that needs to be RMA'd? Then i am royally screwed.

 

[JackNaylorPE]

Intel typically drops prices at end of February.

 

[xbonez]

if it needs to be RMA'd, just send it back with your relative. But seriously, the chances of you getting a defective i7 is very, very low. I wouldn't worry about that

 

[cjpcoolguy]

if it needs to be RMA'd, just send it back with your relative. But seriously, the chances of you getting a defective i7 is very, very low. I wouldn't worry about that

I would not have the chance to go back to the same place. The chance of any board RMAing is still there, and i don't want to loose $300 at the possability of saving $75.