Intel price cuts in January 2010?

Posted by Hilbert Hagedoorn on: 12/30/2009 12:35 PM | Source | 0 comment(s) ]

According to a recent roadmap along with the introduction of some new Intel processors the overall prices might go down as well. Intel will roll out Core i5-670/661/660/650 on January 3rd priced at $284, $196/$196 and $176 respectively.

Also on January 3rd Core i3-540 and 530 chips will be launched priced at $133 and $113. The site says Intel will also introduce a LGA-1156 Pentium G9650 on the 3rd priced at $87. On Jan 17th, Intel will then introduce a new Core 2 Quad Q9500 clocked at 2.83GHz with 6MB of L2 cache. On that same day Intel will also roll out the 3.06GHz Pentium E6600 at $84, while the E6500 will see its price reduced to $74. The Pentium E5400 will also get a price cut, going from $74 to $64 on the 17th.

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