Some E-Tailers Beginning To Sell Intel QX9650

Intel announced to much fanfare on Sunday that their 45nm processors have been launched, but at this point only very few e-tailers have them in stock. There have been no known shortage issues (and there shouldn’t be given the amount of prep time), so it should be just a matter of days before all e-tailers have them in stock.

If you still don’t know what the QX9650 is and why it’s great, then you need to check out our review which has all of the information you will need. Included is better efficiency and oh so desirable video encoding enhancements, not to mention the introduction to 45nm.

After some investigation, I only managed to find two websites that currently have them in stock, Tiger Direct (of all places) and also ClubIT:

• ClubIT – $1,159.99 (USD)
• Tiger Direct – $1,149.99 (USD)

Most websites don’t have a listing for the new CPU yet, but those that do are listing them as out of stock including Buy.com, Directron and Canadian e-tailer NCIX. Despite being such a massive e-tailer, NewEgg does not list the CPU at all. This will hopefully all change by the end of the week.