Intel core price drop question

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Hey guys
I'm probably gonna start ordering components for my build which I had checked out here earlier this month, but my friend said that Intel were rrducing the price of there Intel i,3,5,7 this month. Is this true and will it be much of a difference?

[OhpUldum]

The i3 went down by $5. I think the i7 was reduced by $15. Nothing major. Only reason I know this is due to placing an order at work and noticing the i3's were reduced by $5. There was a memo sent out about it a month or so ago but I forget the exact numbers, nothing really major though or else I'd remember.

[Uggorthaholy]

Don't expect any sort of "drop" over a couple of $/quid until the launch of BD. And after we see benches from BD, depending on how it performs, intel may laugh and just stay the same.

EDIT - bad half asleep typing, bad!

[Poppasan]

Don't expect any sort of "drop" over a couple of $/quid until the launch of BD. And after we see benches from BD, depending on how it performs, intel my laugh and just still the same.

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[Acquilae]

Hey guys
I'm probably gonna start ordering components for my build which I had checked out here earlier this month, but my friend said that Intel were rrducing the price of there Intel i,3,5,7 this month. Is this true and will it be much of a difference?

Some sites have posted that Sandy Bridge-E is going to be released November 15th so that might be the reason if Intel does discount the current i7's.

[Uggorthaholy]

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yep, I was half asleep typing that, still waking up. fixing it now!

[Drunkenvalley]

I thought SB-E was postponed to February?

[Asmekiel]

I did hear about the pricedrops, but not for the i5 2500K and i7 2600K. Only the other models..

[Fuzzykins]

Postpone all the CPU's!
It's never good to wait for a price drop, as you'll wait all year, because price drops come regularly until new technology. Buy now, enjoy now. (Or save up for SB-E, but I think SB-E is going to be a bit of a flop as the i7 2600k is already pretty much everything we could ask for in a CPU.)

[Drunkenvalley]

(Or save up for SB-E, but I think SB-E is going to be a bit of a flop as the i7 2600k is already pretty much everything we could ask for in a CPU.)

Same goes for the i5 2500k though, doesn't it?

I suspect SB-E may very well be a great chipset, but like those who have 1366 chips or 1156 chips, the jump is likely to be just too tiny for us on 1155 chips to care all that much for.

[Fuzzykins]

Same goes for the i5 2500k though, doesn't it?

I suspect SB-E may very well be a great chipset, but like those who have 1366 chips or 1156 chips, the jump is likely to be just too tiny for us on 1155 chips to care all that much for.

Precisely my point.

[OhpUldum]

I run an 1156 system at the moment and will more than likely jump to the SB-E when its released unless it is overpriced and under performs. Either way go buy your system now.