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posted: Feb. 22, 2007 @ 6:03a
Siniminister
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posted: Feb. 22, 2007 @ 6:13a
Sounds like a good deal. Retail it goes for $220-ish, I haven't checked OEM prices. I've been in the market for either this or the 6600. Tough choice. 6600 has more cache and is a bit faster in benchmarks, but is also almost $100 more. The 6400 seems to be the sweet spot right now.
I'm assuming thisis the link to the product... Note the 90 day warranty vs. the boxed one.
And they jack the price of the oem... =P
But then again, awesome price, seeing that Newegg still has it for 220 shipped (+ any tax).
Now, where's this coupon you speak of? =)
Then again.. wait about month/month-and-a-half for price drops.... decision decisions... *sigh*
Siniminister
Senior Member
posted: Feb. 22, 2007 @ 6:36a
What's in a month/month-and-a-half? I admittedly don't pay attention to the business like I used to.
lymamdad
Member
posted: Feb. 22, 2007 @ 6:37a
Has anyone tried to order online for pick-up and PM at B&M with the coupon? It's good deal if that works (I have not bought anything at MC) since I'm building new system. TIA.
NOTE: for all the links, it looks like there was a 1 time 10-digit code on the end of the links, so I removed it and this is why it'll show "order number: 000000000" on the coupon.. bar code doesn't change, so should be fine.
Any idea if the e-mail was sent to everybody who has ever shopped at MicroCenter (and who did not opt out), or only to a few heavy spenders?
roadman
Senior Member
posted: Feb. 22, 2007 @ 7:00a
Siniminister said: What's in a month/month-and-a-half? I admittedly don't pay attention to the business like I used to.
Intel has stopped making the E6300/E6400 line and reintroducing it with 4mb L2 cache for the same price. They will be called E6320 and E6420. Once they come out E6300 and E6400 procs will be obsolete and prices will drop faster than Jimmy Hoffa and his Cement shoes
FYI, Prices of the E6600 and E6700 are also scheduled to be slashed a significant amount, it pays to wait a bit
cyberkost said: Any idea if the e-mail was sent to everybody who has ever shopped at MicroCenter (and who did not opt out), or only to a few heavy spenders?
What siminimister said. This is a great price if you are building tomorrow. Or the next day. I'm accumulating parts now and although it's tempting I read that I'll get much more bang for my bucks if I can wait a month or two. Of course that's always the case isn't it?
ericmaly
Senior Member
posted: Feb. 22, 2007 @ 7:40a
I've only ordered from them online once or twice and got the email with the coupon(s). Not sure if I opted into anything special when I ordered from them or not - creates a coupon with a unique "order number" code on it. The url of the link includes this order number...
change the url and you get a new coupon code with a new order number code on it...
replace the 1234567890 with a 10 digit number (in both places of the URL). My actual code starts with a 146604xxxx so if you want to make it look like a real one, start it with those digits....
roadman said: Siniminister said: What's in a month/month-and-a-half? I admittedly don't pay attention to the business like I used to.
Intel has stopped making the E6300/E6400 line and reintroducing it with 4mb L2 cache for the same price. They will be called E6320 and E6420. Once they come out E6300 and E6400 procs will be obsolete and prices will drop faster than Jimmy Hoffa and his Cement shoes
FYI, Prices of the E6600 and E6700 are also scheduled to be slashed a significant amount, it pays to wait a bit
That's exactly what I was looking for to justify holding off for a month or so and getting the 4mb cache (in either the E6600 or one of the newer chips). THANK YOU!
Same applies for other chips (E6700 and X6800). Shipping looks to be around 6 bucks for one of them.
Thanks, forgot to add the others.
Btw, despite knowing that prices are going to fall in a couple of months, I decided to jump on it. The way I justified it to myself was "$30 more in 2 months for an extra 2 MB of cache...hmmm, maybe I should just get it today". Hope I don't kick myself in the butt too hard 2 months down the line
Btw, despite knowing that prices are going to fall in a couple of months, I decided to jump on it. The way I justified it to myself was "$30 more in 2 months for an extra 2 MB of cache...hmmm, maybe I should just get it today". Hope I don't kick myself in the butt too hard 2 months down the line
this thing is OEM, no heatsink or fan, so not too good now,
does the intel heatsink & fan good?? and is it quiet? plz let me know as rumor said intel heatsink & fan are very quiet & efficient. anybody think this E6400 will blow my Pentium D 805 away (runing at 4.0Ghz now)
My penitum D 805 is extremely fast, compare to my P4 2.8ghz HT..... any suggestion?? upgrade now or later until the e6300 drop to $100.....
underclocker
Senior Member
posted: Feb. 22, 2007 @ 10:10a
Slumpack said: srmmrthy said:
Thanks, forgot to add the others.
Btw, despite knowing that prices are going to fall in a couple of months, I decided to jump on it. The way I justified it to myself was "$30 more in 2 months for an extra 2 MB of cache...hmmm, maybe I should just get it today". Hope I don't kick myself in the butt too hard 2 months down the line
From reading those tests it looks to me that money should be spent on the clock speed rather than the cache. Aren't the lower speed units very overclockable?
Core 2 Duo E6320/E6300 $163Wow, that still makes this deal very HOT. According the benchmark I see above the 2MB extra cache doesn't make that much of a diff. Green for you, OP.
So any deal combo's/suggestions for fans and heatsinks comparable (or better) than the intel one's? I guess that's the clincher, since one would ideally want to spend less than $220 (Newegg price) w/ cpu, heatsink and fan to make this a deal. Especially b/c of tax
Jerry944T
Member
posted: Feb. 22, 2007 @ 11:04a
Thanks, that chart will make me happily wait until April.
rossel21
Member
posted: Feb. 22, 2007 @ 11:24a
lostdude said: manko said: April price drops should be:
Core 2 Duo E6600 $224
Core 2 Duo E6420/E6400 $183
Core 2 Duo E6320/E6300 $163Wow, that still makes this deal very HOT. According the benchmark I see above the 2MB extra cache doesn't make that much of a diff. Green for you, OP.
The testing - "While this article is based entirely on speculation". The 4MB cache will make a difference, maybe not a vast difference to the everyday user, but if you're on the fence my advice is to wait for the actual benchmarks, especially the overclocking results. However, if you don't plan to overclock then these processors will be fine.
vicsliu
Member
posted: Feb. 22, 2007 @ 11:28a
I'd like to buy some parts. anyone can recommend some good deal on video card(PCI-Express), Motherboard, Heatsink # fan, DDR2-800 memory, etc? Thanks. I think E6600 is good to buy after April 22.
This E6400 CPU is a very good deal now. Thanks OP.
vicsliu said: I'd like to buy some parts. anyone can recommend some good deal on video card(PCI-Express), Motherboard, Heatsink # fan, DDR2-800 memory, etc? Thanks. I think E6600 is good to buy after April 22. That question is better asked in the computers forum
Redstone said: I wish I could have a Micro Center nearby. If you only wish this in regard to this deal, take advantage of the online deal -- shipping might as well be less than the tax you'd pay in store. If you're in the state with Microcenter locations, but far enough from one -- I understand and share your feelings...
assgrabber2 said: does the intel heatsink & fan good?? and is it quiet? Yes.
plz let me know as rumor said intel heatsink & fan are very quiet & efficient. Yes. But you know, quietness and efficiency never go together...
anybody think this E6400 will blow my Pentium D 805 away (runing at 4.0Ghz now) Of course. (of course you're thinking of OCing this, too, right?) Check Tom's Hardware Comparison chart.
sopoor
Member
posted: Feb. 22, 2007 @ 12:27p
assgrabber2 said: this thing is OEM, no heatsink or fan, so not too good now,
does the intel heatsink & fan good?? and is it quiet? plz let me know as rumor said intel heatsink & fan are very quiet & efficient. anybody think this E6400 will blow my Pentium D 805 away (runing at 4.0Ghz now)
My penitum D 805 is extremely fast, compare to my P4 2.8ghz HT..... any suggestion?? upgrade now or later until the e6300 drop to $100.....
Benchmark shows that the stock heatsink/fan is horrible at overclocking compared to other brands.
stock heatsink overclocks a x6800 to 2.9, while other heatsinks overclocks to 3.7-3.9 ghz on C2D. Yes Intel heatsinks are very efficient compared to AMD retail HSF.
oharag1
Senior Member
posted: Feb. 22, 2007 @ 12:29p
Ordered E6400 for $178 out the door. I've been reading about the variants of Duos out there, and the overclockability. Decided to go cheap for now. This will be MUCH better than my dual Athlon 2400+ XP's.
The consensus from the various board I read is that the Zalman 9700 is over priced for its performance, louder than it should be, and does not hit the OC potential of other HSF in the same price range or those even in lower price bracket. Looks like Zalman got lazy resting on their laurels this round... Consensus is the Tuniq 120 being the winner ATM although I'm hard-pressed to find a good deal on it as everywhere I looked it's ~$59.99, way too much to pay for a HFS IMHO.
Jok3r
Member
posted: Feb. 22, 2007 @ 12:44p
I just ordered the retail e6300 @ Newegg 2 weeks ago.
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beefman
Senior Member
posted: Mar. 16, 2007 @ 5:00p
GWBush said: I'm pretty sure this was an OEM processor which would not have come with a "stock" air cooler...
...which would mean that he should be able to achieve better results than with stock. The point of mentioning results with the Intel cooler is to establish a 'baseline' of what's possible on a GA965-DS3 (as requested).
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