[b-kandor]

I ordered a quad 6600 system today for a great price.

Case, power supply, MB, memory (4gb OCZ platinum) and 6600 quad core for $1010.00 CAD. Excellent deal and it will halve my current render times! Yay!

I had spare parts for everything else....

[simmsimaging]

Where did you order from?

[b-kandor]

Tigerdirect.ca is having a sale (q6600 with 680i mobo) for 539$. Far cheaper than even the place in markham I normally buy from.

[-Adrian]

Good choice. When i strongly feel the need for more performance, that chip is gonna be my replacement. Hopefully in the 200-300's by then

[numerobis]

...Hopefully in the 200-300's by then

...exactly in 29 days (22. july)

[-Adrian]

hehe

[numerobis]

i consider to sell my q6600 before this date as pretested @3,x on ebay and buy a new cheaper one...

[b-kandor]

...Hopefully in the 200-300's by then

...exactly in 29 days (22. july)

I hope your joking, I'd like to enjoy at least 2 months before a major price drop - plus one of my vendors told me xeon's and quadcores wont change price until september...

[numerobis]

i'm not joking... i didn't know that you are not aware of the price cuts, cause it had been discussed here several times. i said it more than once that july 22 will be the day...

http://www.reghardware.co.uk/2007/05/15 ... top_d-day/

sorry... but if you can wait another 4 weeks - maybe you can still cancel your order

[simmsimaging]

Thanks for the info - I'll check out the tigerdirect site.
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[b-kandor]

i'm not joking... i didn't know that you are not aware of the price cuts, cause it had been discussed here several times. i said it more than once that july 22 will be the day...

http://www.reghardware.co.uk/2007/05/15 ... top_d-day/

sorry... but if you can wait another 4 weeks - maybe you can still cancel your order

I wonder how I missed that? Anyhow, for 539$ canadian I got the 6600 and a motherboard worth about 170$, so still not bad. Plus, I can't really wait anymore, I'm getting killed trying to push images out.

Second plus, is that one of my current machines is a p5b deluxe with a conroe 6400 in it. So when the price does drop I can buy another 6600 and drop it in as an upgrade.

Still - it hurts!

[AndreD]

...just go for Xeon 3210 (same like Q6600 but 2,1 GHz) together with Asus P5k!
i have no problems up to 2,8 GHz

[sandykoufax]

In my country, we can buy Q6600 at $320 now.

http://pc.danawa.com/price_right.html?d ... ode=405687

above link is korean price comparison site. you can see the price.

300000 won is about 320 dollars.

[b-kandor]

In my country, we can buy Q6600 at $320 now.

http://pc.danawa.com/price_right.html?d ... ode=405687

above link is korean price comparison site. you can see the price.

300000 won is about 320 dollars.

This is what the proc. cost me:

Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 2.40GHz / 8MB Cache / 1066MHz FSB / Kentsfield / Quad Core / OEM / Socket 775 / Processor $366.52

So, since that's canadian it's pretty close...

[numerobis]

here in germany the cheapest q66 costs €410, that is $552!!! ...