Expected Price Drops for P4s

[johnnymk]

Considering the fact that the new series of P4s are out, when and how much do you think that the existing P4s will drop in price?

[ray]

http://biz.yahoo.com/djus/040201/1716000022_3.html

[johnnymk]

thanks, ray. So maybe a 2.4 800 will be $120 soon.

[ray]

Originally posted by johnnymk
thanks, ray. So maybe a 2.4 800 will be $120 soon.

It's possible that they can go as low as $120, but it may not be until late summer in my opinion.

I think they will try to keep the 800mhz chips priced as high as they can until competitors start lowballing (AMD). With that in mind, I do expect their 533mhz chips to have more significant price cuts in the early stages.

[baggio248]

I posted this back on Jan 21, and it says the it will be about 170, so I could see it being 120.

http://www.gotapex.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=70950

[sbp]

Originally posted by johnnymk
thanks, ray. So maybe a 2.4 800 will be $120 soon. Don't count on it.

This was covered before. The P4's prices drop until they hit a certain price level {$163} and then won't drop anymore. After that its just a matter of time before the cpu is phased out.

Celerons are Intels low cost cpu.

[bachviet]

I'm waiting for the 3.2Ghz to drop more in price because I want to build my HTPC in May or so.

[johnnymk]

Well, there is only a $25 difference between the 2.4 800 and the 2.8 800, so something has to give pretty soon.

[sbp]

Originally posted by johnnymk
Well, there is only a $25 difference between the 2.4 800 and the 2.8 800, so something has to give pretty soon. Next time prices are cut down the road, the 2.8 {800} price will be priced to be the same as the 2.4 {800} which will soon head to the great foundry in the sky.