Intel quad-core, dual-core processor price drops sighted

Deal ahoy! Avid surfers who’ve got more than two bookmarks pointing toward Newegg claim that Intel‘s dual and quad-core processors have experienced some price slashing, and it’s evident from their excitement that this is the best deal you’re ever going to get midway into 2008. So what will you and 999 others be doing this summer? Shopping begins at the full story.

PC Gamer’s Logan Decker managed to course through the offerings at online hardware retail sites and learned that some price tags for certain Intel processors have dipped. Nay, strike that – the tag nose-dived a good amount from the original price, and in some cases, even up to 50%.

According to him, prices for Intel’s Core 2 Quad Q6700 (2.66 GHz @ 4 cores) quaddie dropped from a hefty US$ 530 to just US$ 266, about as much as you could have gotten a Q6600 for (a few months back).

True enough, the Q6600 (2.4 GHz @ 4 cores) itself had 42 bucks lopped off the top (now at US$ 224), while the much cheaper dual core E6850 (3.0 GHz @ 2 cores) rests at a tear-inducing US$ 183. Sorry, no QX’s here.

These numbers are based on 1,000 unit, priced orders, so essentially the amount would play close to – if not two dozen smackeroos above – the prices we stated earlier.

These prices happen to be reflected in the updates selling threads all over Newegg.com, so expect a good amount of haggling and price dip competition. We’ll keep you updated on further developments – especially if AMD answers back with a Phenom price stunt of their own.