Why is the Q6700 so much more than the Q6600?

Joyce P · 03-24-2008, 08:36 PM

I went to the store today and the Q6600 was $219 and the Q6700 was over $400. Why is it twice as much? It's pretty much the same chip running at a few tenths quicker or is there something I'm missing? Anyhow I bought the Q6600....still happy as heck

[-0MEGA-] · 03-24-2008, 08:59 PM

That is the only difference.

twitchtwice · 03-25-2008, 04:42 AM

lol the q6700 is for people dumb enough to waste their money on it.

[-0MEGA-] · 03-25-2008, 11:49 AM

I never did understand why the Q6700/E6700 was so much more expensive then the Q6600/E6600, when the only difference was clock speed. Where as the E6400 to the E6600 wasn't that much of a price difference, but also offered twice the cache.

daisymtc · 03-25-2008, 11:51 AM

There will be price drop in April for Q6700...

vonfeldt7 · 03-25-2008, 12:10 PM

Well it also has a higher multiplier, so it probably has slightly more overclocking potential. Not that that makes up for the $200 difference between the Q6600 and Q6700.

mep916 · 03-25-2008, 02:46 PM

The 10X multiplier is the major difference. Debatable whether or not it's worth the money. Clubit has been selling it for $299 every Saturday this month...

[-0MEGA-] · 03-25-2008, 05:45 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by mep916

The 10X multiplier is the major difference. Debatable whether or not it's worth the money. Clubit has been selling it for $299 every Saturday this month...

The difference between the E6400 and E6600 is the multiplier also, but that price difference wasn't nearly as high.

oscaryu1 · 03-25-2008, 10:51 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by daisymtc

There will be price drop in April for Q6700...

And the 9800's were supposed to come out in Feb

03-24-2008, 08:36 PM	#1 (permalink)
Joyce P Bronze Member Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Seekonk, MA Posts: 51	Why is the Q6700 so much more than the Q6600? I went to the store today and the Q6600 was $219 and the Q6700 was over $400. Why is it twice as much? It's pretty much the same chip running at a few tenths quicker or is there something I'm missing? Anyhow I bought the Q6600....still happy as heck __________________ - 6400+, nForce 520 chipset, 2GB DDR2-800, 8800GTX (@630/950), Corsair 750w PSU, Audigy 4 sound, Windows XP. 3DMark06: 11,512

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03-25-2008, 04:42 AM	#3 (permalink)
twitchtwice Gold Member Join Date: Jan 2008 Posts: 308	lol the q6700 is for people dumb enough to waste their money on it. __________________ CPU: C2D e8400 @ 3.6 HSF: Arctic Freezer 7 MOBO: Gigabyte P35-DS3L RAM: 4GB Corsair XMS2 GPU: XFX GeForce G92 8800 GTS HDD: WD Raptor 150GB PSU: OCZ GameXStream 700W CASE: Antech 900 OS: Win XP x64 MON: Samsung 932BW All this for CS:S? Why not :)

03-25-2008, 11:49 AM	#4 (permalink)
[-0MEGA-] Diamond Member Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Concord, NH Age: 19 Posts: 25,267	I never did understand why the Q6700/E6700 was so much more expensive then the Q6600/E6600, when the only difference was clock speed. Where as the E6400 to the E6600 wasn't that much of a price difference, but also offered twice the cache. __________________ Pentium Dual-Core E2200 @ 3.3GHz Gigabyte P35-DS3L ATI HD 3870 GDDR4 @ (875/2272) 4GB (2x 2GB) DDR2-1000 500GB SATAII HD w/16MB SilverStone 750W +12V@60A 3DMark06: 11515

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vonfeldt7 Platinum Member Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Middle of nowhere, Kansas Age: 17 Posts: 965	Well it also has a higher multiplier, so it probably has slightly more overclocking potential. Not that that makes up for the $200 difference between the Q6600 and Q6700. __________________ CPU [Intel Q9450] CPU GFX [Evga 8800GT] GFX RAM [G.Skill 4GB @ 1000MHz] RAM MOBO [Asus Maximus Formula] MOBO

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daisymtc Diamond Member Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: UK Posts: 2,014	There will be price drop in April for Q6700...

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