Why is Q6700 $290 more than Q6600?

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6819115017

Q6600 2.4GHz $249
Q6700 2.66GHz $539

$290 more for 0.26GHz

makes no sense

Anyway I heard that April 20th the Q6600 drop to $224 & the Q6700 drop to $266

higher multiplier. overclocking ability has more options. thats all.

Hmm, I thought the Q6700 was supposed to be around $270 by now?

because Intel has never been shy about the fact that they will ass-rape anybody they can whenever they can (just like the Pentium 4 Extreme Edition for over $1000), but for some reason people still buy their stuff.

I would rather invest the $290 in something else

In this situation it is not the same as "do it yourself overclocking with a warranty". The q6700 has a speed of 10 x 266mhz = 2.66 ghz, while the multiplier on the q6600 is 9 (9 x 266 = 2.4 ghz). One cannot raise the multiplier on a non extreme edition, so one cannot get a multiplier higher than 9 on a q6600. All this means is the q6700 has more overclocking options to play with than the q6600, not worth the extra money with the q9450 out.

Zorg is correct it comes down to people with more money than brains dropping the cash for a marginal increase in performance.

Great, but an additional 266Mhz isn't even really noticeable and the Q6700 is far from bleeding edge.

Q6600 isn't even fully utilized yet. It's certainly not the new shiny, but it's far from long in the tooth.

Pricing schematics are the loopholes that makes the company that extra add on money they wouldnt have gotten otherwise. You would be surprised how many people out there with deep deep deep pockets and little sense to recognize the marginal difference. Their salesman says this is the faster chip and they buy it.

Any company will have products used for that purpose and if it sells it sells and if they sell the Q6600 instead then thats one less AMD chip purchased and they still win.

Its just smart marketing for the company. A senseless waste of money to enthusiasts unless you like throwing money around. And a faster chip for that unknowing customer that gets taken for a ride.

Good thing I only paid $240 for my Q6700, a DG33TL (I'm not using), and Vista Home Premium (which I sold for $100). After I sell the motherboard for $60, I'll have paid $80 for my Q6700. Not too shabby.

There is a Price Cut April 20th that drops the Q6600 to a $224 Tray price.
The Q6700 will also get a steep cut then too, but I don't recall what.

.... Because there are no Phenoms that are as fast as the Q6700 on stock?

As it stands now, the Q6700 costs far more than Q9450 for lower performance.

Does anyone know when the next major price cut will come for the q6600?

Because thats the way it is with cpus. The biggest cpu certain boards will run is usually always lots more than the next smaller size. The Q6700 is the biggest quad people who can only run 65nm cpus can run so they pay a premium for it. Same thing for the 3.6 Ghz Pentium D 960 or the 3.4 Ghz Northwood P4--biggest cpus some boards will run so people pay lots more for them. If you want a Q6700 get it on Ebay. Brand new sealed retail Q6700s are going for $250 from reputable sellers. People are still paying 1050 for the QX6850 online when they're going for 550 on Ebay.!!!

I guess for the same reason the 9450(2.66GHz) is $329 and the 9550(2.83GHz or 170MHz more) is $549. People are sheep.

Only because you resurrected it...