Intel planning a price cut on its CPU line this fall
Intel is planning to cut several CPU’s prices, including Q8200, Q6600, E7300, E2220 and E2200. The price adjustment will be put into effect starting from October 19th. It’s believed that the price is adjusted for new products coming in the end of the year.
Q8200 is currently sold at $224, and will be sold at $193 in October, down by $31. Q6600′s price will be reduced by $10, from $193 to $183. This price adjustment will make a hole for 45nm CPU in Q series, reserving the price level of $224 for Q8300 which will be launched at the beginning of next year.
E7300 will be reduced by $20, from $133 to $113, reserving price level for E7400 which will release in mid October. As to the entry-level CPU E2220 and E2200, their prices will both reduced by $10, to $74 and $64 respectively after Oct 19th.

September 18th, 2008 at 6:54 pm
Why don´t you give us more details on AMD 6500+ ?
September 18th, 2008 at 8:40 pm
ran a whole review these days and now writing it, anyway still need translation…so wait…sorry for that
September 19th, 2008 at 12:21 am
Please spell check your title: “Intel planning…”
September 19th, 2008 at 6:17 pm
We want news about the 6500+!!!! Just some tidbits while you do a full writeup
September 20th, 2008 at 4:57 pm
Will the other quads/duals go down? Like the E8x00 and the Q9x50?
September 23rd, 2008 at 5:56 am
Sweet, who doesn’t like price cuts? I wish that they were higher, but with AMD’s competition eh…Don’t ask for too much.