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| Processor | Clock | Cores/Threads | Sept. Price | Oct. Price |
| Core i3-550 | 3.20GHz | 2/4 | $138 | $117 |
| Pentium E6700 | 3.20GHz | 2/2 | $86 | $75 |
| Pentium E5700 | 3.00GHz | 2/2 | $75 | $64 |
| Pentium E3400 | 2.60GHz | 2/2 | $53 | $42 |
| Core i7-640LM | 2.13GHz | 2/4 | $332 | $311 |
| Core i7-660UM | 1.33GHz | 2/4 | $317 | $289 |
Meanwhile, the Pentium E6700, E5700 and Celeron E3400 desktop chips are 13%, 15% and 21% cheaper, and the i7-640LM/i7-660UM mobile CPUs cost 6% and 9% less. It's unclear what prompted the drop, but it isn't reflected in consumer retail pricing yet, with the i3-550 still running $149.99 on Newegg. However, as Tech Report notes, if that changes, the i3-550 could nab sales away from the Athlon II x4 640 and other budget AMD chips.
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Super, when I bought my i3-530 for $99.95 at Microcenter, I didn't think that there would be a way I'd be punished as an, "early adopter". But now, the i3-540 can be had for the same price. Oh man, am I pissed.....! I'm overclocking mad...! Well, maybe a little anyway. Meh, nevermind.
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3DCGMODELER said:
I wish they would lower the prices on the rest.. Basically to compete more with amd...
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They don't need to compete with amd there cpu's outperform them so they can charge what they like.
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my intel pro/wireless driver is out of work, but i cannot figure out which type i should update.any ideas?
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Have you seen intel's quarterly's this year. They're doing just fine.
I'll be skipping over to microcenter to pick up an i5 for an htpc build.
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