Original URL: http://www.theregister.co.uk/2005/08/15/intel_p4_price_cuts/
Intel slashes Pentium 4 6xx prices
Up to 34 per cent off
Posted in PCs, 15th August 2005 09:00 GMT
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Intel yesterday pruned the prices of its Pentium 4 6xx processor series by up to 34 per cent. The cuts had been expected (http://www.theregister.co.uk/2005/08/12/intel_p4_6xx_price_cuts/).
The EM64T-enabled single-core CPUs all feature 2MB of L2 cache and support the customary 800MHz frontside bus speed. They are fabbed at 90nm.
All five 6xx-class processors had their prices cut. The 3.8GHz 670 fell from $851 to $605, a fall of 28.9 per cent. The 3.6GHz 660 was cut to $401, 33.7 per cent off its previous price, $605. The 3.4GHz 650 now costs $273, down from $401, a cut of 31.9 per cent. The 3.2GHz 640 dropped 20.2 per cent, from $273 to $218. And the 3GHz 630 now costs $178, down 20.5 per cent from $224.
The rest of the chip giant's price list remained unchanged. Intel most recently cut its prices (http://www.theregister.co.uk/2005/08/01/intel_price_cuts/) at the start of the month, when it knocked up to 13.6 per cent off the price of selected Celeron D processors. Its Centrino bundle prices were also trimmed, to reflect the addition of a pair of new Pentium M processors, the 780 and 778, to the line-up. ®