Intel Extends CPU Range
Fleshing out its line-up with three new chips.
As if Intel’s current range of CPUs wasn’t already huge enough, the company has gone ahead and added to it by a further three chips. There’s nothing particularly exciting, so without further ado here’s how the new parts stack up.
Core 2 Quad Q8200
- 2.33GHz clock speed
- 4MB L2 cache
- 1333MHz FSB
- 45nm
- $224 (~£125) per 1,000 units
Core 2 Duo E5200
- 2.5GHz clock speed
- 2MB L2 cache
- 800MHz FSB
- 45nm
- $84 (~£47) per 1,000 units
Celeron D 450
- 2.2GHz clock speed
- 512KB L2 cache
- 800MHz FSB
- 65nm
- $53 (~£30) per 1,000 units
This latest low-end quad-core addition to Intel’s product range still doesn’t reach the low pricing hit by AMD, after its recent price cuts, which hasn’t happened for a while. At the low end, where cost is arguably of more significance than performance, though, Intel should still have the advantage.
With (s)Nehalem(/s) Core i7 just around the corner, though, most of us will probably be holding off buying a current generation Intel chip just now.