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  (Source: Intel)
Intel cuts prices and introduces four new CPUs

Intel is currently enjoying great success in the marketplace with its line of Core 2 Duo, Core 2 Quad and Celeron processors. AMD at the same time is seeing huge drops in its profitability and is making workforce cuts to help profits.

Just last week AMD posted a Q1 2008 loss of $385 million and announced plans to restructure its business. Yesterday, Intel announced price cuts on some of its quad-core processors of up to 50%. The new pricing by Intel will not help AMD in the marketplace with price becoming less of a factor.

News.com reports that Intel slashed the price of its Core 2 Quad Q6700 2.66GHz processor from $530 to $266 and the similar quad-core Xeon received the same exact price cut. Intel also cut prices of some of its older technology processors as well. The Celeron 430 dropped from $44 to $34 while the dual-core Celeron E1200 dropped from $53 to $43.

Pentium Dual Core processors also saw prices cut with the E2200 going for $74 after cuts and the E2180 going for $64. Along with the price cuts Intel also introduced a pair of new Celeron processors. The dual-core Celeron E1400 runs at 2GHz and will retail for $53 and a Celeron 570 running at 2.66GHz will sell for $134.

A pair of new Core 2 Duo processors was also introduced with the 2.83 GHz E8300 retailing for $163 and the E7200 running at 2.53GHz costing $133.

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Woohoo!
By SiliconJon on 4/21/2008 1:54:23 PM , Rating: 5
Now if LCD's would just follow suit I could finally finish my build without cringing at the last out-of-pocket expenses for the CPU, mobo, and display.




RE: Woohoo!
By bhieb on 4/21/2008 2:18:06 PM , Rating: 5
No kidding. LCD's have been the biggest rip-off to the customer in recent history. A few years back i could find a 27" tv at any wal-mart for about $200-$250 bucks. Now if I want a decent sized TV for a kids room it costs a fortune. Why? cause CRTs are out and there are little if any of them on the shelves anymore. How am I as a consumer better off spending $600+ on a 32" 16:9 than I was spending $250 for a 27" 4:3. If you ask me the LCD monopoly has hurt us all.

Don't get me wrong my room and game room have big flat panel HDTV's, but gone are the days when I can just pick up a cheapo TV for a kid's room. Makes me wish I'd have kept the 3 27" TV's I gave away to friends/relatives.

Guess I'll just pray the 1080p premium keeps up so the older 720's will plummet (let's face it at <32" 1080p is overkill).


RE: Woohoo!
By Denigrate on 4/21/08, Rating: -1
RE: Woohoo!
By bhieb on 4/21/2008 4:05:18 PM , Rating: 3
Don't be a moron and read.

Yes you can get CRT's, but that was not my point.

The last CRT I bought was a 27" RCA for $198 at wally world. Now the cheapest you can find is $230-$250 and is some crap knock off brand. The point is LCD's have killed the gold old cheap TV days.


RE: Woohoo!
By bhieb on 4/21/2008 4:06:13 PM , Rating: 2
no edit

Should be good old not gold


RE: Woohoo!
By JoshuaBuss on 4/21/2008 5:46:44 PM , Rating: 2
you can get cheap LCD tvs if you keep your eyes open...

we got a simple 19" HDTV for $150 not long ago and it's very nice.


RE: Woohoo!
By erikejw on 4/21/2008 6:23:11 PM , Rating: 2
They have decided to release a new batch of processors but we cannot buy the first one yet. In Europe not a single store have the E8400 for sale unless they have imported a few from the US and sell them for huge premium prices.

Paper launch anyone.


RE: Woohoo!
By paydirt on 4/22/2008 8:26:33 AM , Rating: 3
OK, first comment about Intel... Anyways, just because a product is in high demand doesn't make it a paper launch, otherwise you could call the Wii a paper launch because it is very difficult to find in stores. The problem with the E8400 is that it sells out as soon as it is available.

I think Intel is doing a good job. There is no better way to protect your ass as a business than to control costs and control inventory.


RE: Woohoo!
By Pauli on 4/21/2008 4:24:09 PM , Rating: 3
If you can't find anyone GIVING away CRTs of any size, then you don't have any friends. I went to an electronics recycling site a few weeks ago, and there were stacks and stacks of CRT TVs of all sizes that people were basically throwing away. When I finally get an LCD this summer, I'll be giving away a nice 35" Samsung to anyone that wants it or to the junkpile.


RE: Woohoo!
By Alpha4 on 4/21/2008 5:15:39 PM , Rating: 3
In his first post Bhieb stated he was the one giving CRTs away to friends.

In any case I share his belief that LCDs and Plasma's are definitely overpriced considering their time on the market. Unfortunately I can't provide any numbers pertaining to costs of development, manufacturing, distribution or marketing as yet to back it up.


RE: Woohoo!
By Belard on 4/22/2008 2:48:27 PM , Rating: 2
I'll take that TV...

You in Texas?


RE: Woohoo!
By 16nm on 4/21/2008 4:36:59 PM , Rating: 2
Dude, check your facts. The 27" RCA at Wallyworld is $250 but when you factor in how much better the TV is, like having a digital tuner built-in and latest in tube technologies, then this TV is cheaper than your $200 RCA.

http://www.walmart.com/catalog/product.do?product_...


RE: Woohoo!
By Basilisk on 4/21/2008 4:56:17 PM , Rating: 2
quote:
The last CRT I bought was a 27" RCA for $198 at wally world. Now the cheapest you can find is $230-$250 and is some crap knock off brand. The point is LCD's have killed the gold old cheap TV days.

It's hard to take you very seriously when you ignore that (a) today's TVs are required to have the ATSC tuners (which, for reasons that elude me, seem to add $50-$75 to anything they touch) and (b) under the benevolent and omniscient guidance of Our Leaders the almighty Dollah has dropped quite considerably in international value. You do know these TVs aren't made in this country, right?

As far as the unfamiliar product names: Big Name makers have fled less profitable markets. Duh. And unknown foreign companies -- sometimes the same ones that have long made the products relabeled by the Big Names -- have filled the empty niche. It's called capitalism, I guess. I'm impressed that you know so certainly the crapulence of these knock-offs.

You might reflect on your presence in the WallyWorld: that's what made the competition too hot for those Big Name companies to stay in the market.


RE: Woohoo!
By bhieb on 4/21/2008 5:06:59 PM , Rating: 2
I'll give you that and I missed that RCA in my store. Nice find tho. Im not saying paying $250 is necessarily a bad deal, but paying $600 for an equivilent LCD is. Just seems that the falling prices have settled or slowed extremely now that there is so little crt competition.


RE: Woohoo!
By jconan on 4/22/2008 2:51:44 AM , Rating: 2
You should check out Costco they have some decent priced monitors though http://www.costco.com/Common/Category.aspx?whse=BC...
You're right in that respect prices wise for a similar size LCD will cost 41% more.


RE: Woohoo!
By treehugger87 on 4/21/2008 6:27:24 PM , Rating: 2
No,the lower value of the dollar has very little influence on the US's purchasing power in China, since their currency is essentially fixed to the USD.


RE: Woohoo!
By xsilver on 4/21/2008 11:02:15 PM , Rating: 3
I think it can influence however if for example the USA is willing to pay $500/each but people in europe are willing to pay $400euro. As a manufacturer, who are you going to prioritize first and what gives you the incentive to reduce the price further?


RE: Woohoo!
By rudy on 4/22/2008 1:35:40 AM , Rating: 1
Plus their is still high demand for LCDs and this keeps the price somewhat high with every 2 years or so the standard for HD moving up even people with good ones are upgrading. Also dead pixels and back lights or plasma seem to end in shorter life of flat panels over CRTs which would kick it out of decades.


RE: Woohoo!
By daftrok on 4/21/2008 5:05:09 PM , Rating: 2
Also you have to consider several important factors:

1) Weight. Now suppose you have a kid and God forbid the kid knocks the TV over and hurts him/herself. Not only do you have an injured or dead kid you have a broken TV. If an LCD gets pushed, you have a broken TV and a mildly injured kid. On top of that, you can mount your LCD TV and avoid falls from ever happening.

2) Materials. CRT TVs have a gob of lead and shoot waves of electrons in your face. CRT monitors are much harder to recycle when compared to LCD TVs. Some recycling facilities charge you more for recycling CRT TVs than an LCD TV and discourage people from recycling.

3) Energy and heat. LCD TVs take a LOT less power (about 1/2 to 2/3) and generate roughly 1/3 of the heat. This is insane power savings and the hundreds more you spend on the TV will be back in your pocket (and then some) in the lifespan of the TV. Yes its a hefty investment but in the end you get that money back.

4) Quality. Seriously dude a 27" CRT TV has a 640x480 resolution. A 32" widescreen LCD has 1366x768. Granted there are widescreen HD CRT TVs, but those go for 450 to 500 dollars at 30".

5) Lifespan. The major downfall of CRT monitors is not only the fact that LCDs last longer but when it rains for CRT it pours. What happens to LCDs is that they lose brightness and eventually the fluorescent bulb dies out. When CRTs approach the end of their life, you really notice. Hue anomalies on parts of the screen, skews and stretches, dimming and flickering, ugh.

Now if you were buying an awesome LED backlit rear projection TV:
http://electronics.pricegrabber.com/projection-tel...

Then go for it, if you are going rear projection TV you HAVE to go LED. The LED bulbs last 4 times longer than traditional bulbs, its brighter, it has better contrast ratio and its more efficient than its LCD counterparts (unless you're comparing to an LED LCD TV).


RE: Woohoo!
By bhieb on 4/21/2008 5:19:56 PM , Rating: 2