http://www.igniq.com/2010/08/23/intel-i7-massive-price-cuts/ 

If you’re planning on building a gaming PC anytime soon, you will be pleased to know of Intel’s upcoming price reductions for some of their flagship processors. In just seven says time on the 30th of August, the Core i7 950 (LGA1366, 3.06 GHz, quad-core) which is currently retailing for $564 on Amazon.com will be slashed to $294, effectively replacing the i7 930.

OverClockers.co.uk already has the processor listed for £234.99 on pre-order.

The 950 performed extremely well in benchmarks with plenty of room for overclocking. Tom’s Hardware pitted it up against the 975 Extreme Edition and it certainly held its own against the $1,000 processor.

 

Huh, too bad I just upgraded my CPU to a six core from a Pentium D.

That's an awesome price, but I'm broke. I'm pretty happy with an i7 920 clocked at 4.0GHz at the moment. But I'll keep this in mind once I get the funds.

Are the core 2 processors going to get phased out soon?

Nice find! Thanks!

I wish I wasn't so broke. Besides, I am looking to buy a 460 before I upgrade my Q9400

Oh fuck, I'm tempted to buy this. That'll be +400 dollars down the drain for me (I need to get a new motherboard and computer case). And I already spent some money on a new card... *sigh*

Well damn.

Sweet, just in time for...
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Starcraft 2?

I just built with an i5 750. Glad I did. I'd be tempted to spend that extra hundred for this processor and I was already $200 over budget as it was from "little" upgrades here and there :P

Decent price drop, if you were to overclock id probably stick with a 920/930 still, but a reasonable bump if you arent.
 
Running my i7 920D0 at 3.8Ghz for around a year now, solid as a rock.

I just bought an I7 930 at MICRO-CENTER FOR 199.99,  building a new Rig. Thinking of OC to 4.2 if possible, but if the 950 is going on sale, ill have to do some re-search to see if its better to invest another 100 bucks for the 950. hmmm....Excited

ORLLY? i was about to pull the trigger on an AMD 1090t because i felt I7 upgrade was a bit too expensive for my budget, gonna research these new prices and figure out somethign new.

Just a note to anyone considering this, the i7 processors have little benefit for gaming (because almost no games use hyperthreading to any extent). You might see a some benefit in overclocking due to its extra multipliers, but that's about it. If you're doing encoding work however you'll see a large performance boost (over a conventional non-HT quad core).  

Excellent news. I was looking to get a new motherboard and processor at the end of the year. I might have to go for a 950 since it looks to be only £10 more than the 930.

Won't be long before the next line of processors complete with new, one less pin sockets.

It's funny how someone can say it has no benefits, consider they don't ever recommend this i7 cpu over an amd build as suggestions, just to keep everyone else's pc a budget pc and less powerful than theirs. If anything, it does give you a bit of framerates and i'm someone who is using amd dual core and an old mobo, using a new X58 mobo  and a 1336 i7 with triple channel ram is better than using some shitty dual core, or an old ragged quad core. Of course this will be overclocked and it will be overclocked severly. Playing gta4 and assassin's creed 2 on my new card is nothing but bottlenecks. Lots of us are waiting on an excuse to upgrade, this post gave me the right motivation to. Older quads doesn't really overclock well, you can get about 3.0Ghz on an old intel quad core.
 
Of course they are right that phenom X4 can get near the benchmarks if it's overclocked for gaming benchmarks. However it's kind of hyprocritical when that same person runs an i7 cpu and doesn't recommend it at all to others. It's going to be a huge upgrade for me and the new X58 mobo will be too. Some benchmarks, well maybe gaming benchmarks isn't that different, synthetic benchmarks are decent and I know i'll get less bottlenecking than using a amd quad cpu. I also recommend this over a X6 amd cpu, this would be the best cpu right now and if there is a sale, it will save others money being clocked at 3.06Ghz without buying an expensive cooler to add to the cost. Honestly should we go recommend more amd mobos and cpu's or old intel quad cores instead of an i7? I don't think so.
 

http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/core-i7-975,2318.html    

Yesss. I just got a chunk of money, and will probably build myself a PC. Good news for me.

Looks like im switching to Intel on my next PC build after staying with AMD for the longest time.

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It's funny how someone can say it has no benefits, consider they don't ever recommend this i7 cpu over an amd build as suggestions, just to keep everyone else's pc a budget pc and less powerful than theirs.

I don't recommend quad cores amd cpus to others, it's funny how you do when your running an i7 and recommending them that. Which model and how fast? I'm guess 3.8Ghz LG1156? dual channel memory? probally water cooled. If it's so bad, why are you using it? Shouldn't you just save money by an i5 instead? I doubt you will every buy an amd mobo, we both know that's not the most ideal if you want power. Amd products are overated by their fans, besides that X4 cpu, the rest of their products are mediocre powerwise and doesn't stack up. Sure it removes bottlenecks just like the i7 if it's default. However overclock the i7, it changes everything.

 
Amd mobos, too bad most of them doesn't support sli, which limits other ppl's options. X58 mobos gives you both sli and crossfireX which is an advantage itself with the 1336 socket. I mean your using sli, yet you are recommending products that will limit that ability. You also as expected ignored the synthetic benchmarks, or even 3d mark vantage benchmarks that gives you like a thousand more score for intel. While games doesn't all support dual core, 3dmark vantage does run benchmarks and i7 default wise is stronger. Your just saying gaming benchmarks are everything, while your right, it's not the full picture as usual. Those benchmarks on tomshardware uses a 3.2Ghz cpu vs a 3.06Ghz i7 950. Overclock that and it will be way better than the amd side of things. Overall the advantages with the sockets, mobos, sli crossfire support, overclockability goes to intel. Talk about hypocritical, you buy one thing and tell others to do the opposite.

I would definitely take advantage of this If I wasn't broke. Curse you student life!

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I don't recommend quad cores amd cpus to others, it's funny how you do when your running an i7 and recommending them that. Which model and how fast? I'm guess 3.8Ghz LG1156? dual channel memory? probally water cooled. If it's so bad, why are you using it? Shouldn't you just save money by an i5 instead? I doubt you will every buy an amd mobo, we both know that's not the most ideal if you want power. Amd products are overated by their fans, besides that X4 cpu, the rest of their products are mediocre powerwise and doesn't stack up. Sure it removes bottlenecks just like the i7 if it's default. However overclock the i7, it changes everything.

 
Amd mobos, too bad most of them doesn't support sli, which limits other ppl's options. X58 mobos gives you both sli and crossfireX which is an advantage itself with the 1336 socket. I mean your using sli, yet you are recommending products that will limit that ability. You also as expected ignored the synthetic benchmarks, or even 3d mark vantage benchmarks that gives you like a thousand more score for intel. While games doesn't all support dual core, 3dmark vantage does run benchmarks and i7 default wise is stronger. Your just saying gaming benchmarks are everything, while your right, it's not the full picture as usual. Those benchmarks on tomshardware uses a 3.2Ghz cpu vs a 3.06Ghz i7 950. Overclock that and it will be way better than the amd side of things. Overall the advantages with the sockets, mobos, sli crossfire support, overclockability goes to intel. Talk about hypocritical, you buy one thing and tell others to do the opposite.

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" @HitmanAgent47 said:

" Honestly, you're just trolling again. Fix your logic, fix your English, and fix your attitude.  "

Just ignore hitman. Ignorance is bliss

" @Geno said:

" @HitmanAgent47 said:

" Honestly, you're just trolling again. Fix your logic, fix your English, and fix your attitude.  "

 Every last sentence is an insult from you. I'm only suggesting an i7 because there seems to be a price cut and others using a 3.0Ghz  version probally doesn't have to buy a cooler. That's pure flamebait. "

I've got an i7 and I can testify to how it hasn't made a huge impact in games. Video editing? Sure. 
 
The benchmarks don't lie, people.

" I've got an i7 and I can testify to how it hasn't made a huge impact in games. Video editing? Sure.  The benchmarks don't lie, people. "

"@ATrevelan said:

" I've got an i7 and I can testify to how it hasn't made a huge impact in games. Video editing? Sure.  The benchmarks don't lie, people. "

He just tried to compare the gaming performance of 2 processors by providing the scores of two completely different systems in 3DMark Vantage. One of them is also massively overclocked while the other isn't. I don't think Hitman even knows what a benchmark is.  "

 
@Geno:

" @Geno: I doubt you are keeping everyone else's pc worst

@HitmanAgent47

however you never recommended and i7 at all,

@HitmanAgent47

nothing like X58 or LG1156 which I think will help others who likes to use nvidia since you also use nvidia, i7 and not amd mobo

@HitmanAgent47

I just posted two sets of 3dmark scores above, it's so much more powerful for the i7 like almost double for sythetic benchmarks. At least 3dmark vantage actually has programs to run a real cpu test, even if not all games supports it. I'm sure they have similar results for gaming, however I still belive i7 overclocks well and will reduce bottlenecks well.   Look i've been running amd cpus when they first started and besides the X4, none of their cpus are as powerful benchmark wise. "

Great, I'm going to be building my new gaming rig in the next couple of weeks. 

@HitmanAgent47 said:

You think your always right and no one else can have an opposing opinion. 

My opinion is usually right about everything.

 If you disagree, it's merely your opinion that's wrong 

However I am not trying to seem arrogant. If you think that, i'm not trying to hurt you ego intentionally, the truth hurts and that's your problem for the misinterpretation, not mine.

Just give up guys. I'm out, 2:00am here :(

Hmmm... I originally planned on going with a $200 i5. Should I go with the i7 now for gaming?

My god computer components are expensive.

" @Geno: show me amd mobos that supports am3 with sli. I know there aren't alot, which is a problem for me and others who wants to sli. 

Yes i5 can perform better, however it has less threads, maybe I will find a use for it besides gaming, it's still nice to have. 

Well you are suggesting computers with value, so you suggest ati, amd, even a X3 cpu over a X4 2.8Ghz version for the cheapest build and suggesting amd mobos. That is a fact, maybe mix it up with some intel, X58 and i5, i7 with more nvidia cards which are more powerful. I'm curious, do you run ati cards?    "

I'm curious, do you run ati cards?    "

Well you use 3d mark gpu scores to argue your point

So have you ran ati cards in the past? I'm just curious, if so which cards? "