Intel Price Drops! Q6600 $289CAN or $299USD

I was going to take it easy on the news this weekend, but some things just have to be posted, such as the Intel price drops, which have just hit Canadian e-tailer NCIX. As you can tell from the title, the Quad-Core Q6600 at 2.4GHz is a mere $289. By comparison, I bought an E6600 2.4 Dual Core from the same e-tailer this past February for $377. In the span of a few months, the cores have doubled and the price decreased significantly. The true value of a Quad-Core for most people is debated, but $289 is a sweet price regardless of how you look at it.

• Q6600 2.4GHz Quad-Core – $289CAN
• QX6850 3.0GHz Quad-Core – $1,179.99CAN
• E6550 2.33GHz Dual-Core – $184.99CAN
• E6750 2.66GHz Dual-Core – $206.99CAN
• E6850 3.0GHz Dual-Coree – $292.99CAN
• Q6700 2.66GHz Quad-Core – $574.99CAN

I am having a ridiculous time looking away from picking up a Q6600 for my primary workstation, which still uses an AMD single-core. That would be quite the upgrade. Heck, it’s hard to think that it wouldn’t be a great upgrade, unless of course you have something faster already. NewEgg seems to be a little slow on the draw, but they, like NCIX, lowered the price of the Q6600 to $299. As far as I can tell, no other price drops are in place yet, and they also do not have any of the new 6×50 processors.

• Q6600 2.4GHz Quad-Core – $299USD

Oh, and for those interested in knowing what these beasts can muster, you can check out our QX6850 and Q6600 reviews.