Intel’s Discreet Price Cuts for Select CPUs

Who says Intel can’t do value oriented parts as well? Anyhow to stay competitive, they reduced prices of six of their entry-level processors across five different lines. Here’s a rundown of the changes:

CPU	Speed	Original Price*	New Price*
Core i3-550	3.2GHz	$138	$117
Pentium E6700	3.2GHz	$86	$75
Pentium E5700	3.0GHz	$75	$64
Celeron E4300	2.6GHz	$53	$42
Core i7-640LM (M)	2.13GHz	$332	$311
Core i7-660UM (M)	1.33GHz	$317	$289

*Prices shown in batch quantity USD figures.

^(M) –  Mobile Processor.

The same trends go for most price adjustments, as it’ll take a while before the changes trickle down to the retail end as well since the listings above are for bulk purchases. Although we’re seeing the Core i3-550 go for as low as $130.99 on Amazon already.