Intel is planning to start phasing out the 65nm Core 2 Quad Q6600 in the first quarter of 2009, prompting several PC and channel vendors to start planning to cut Q6600-product prices to clear their inventory before the end of this year, according to sources at PC vendors. Intel will issue a product discontinuance notice for the Q6600 in the first quarter next year, and call end-of-lifecycle in the second quarter. More here at Digitimes.

NO!!!

Dec 01, 2008 15:46     

Looks like I need to pick up more 1066FSB chips before I can't anymore.
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That's how progress works. :¬)

Dec 01, 2008 20:32     

So? No big deal, really. Sure the Q6600 was good, but now they've got newer alternatives with more cache and faster bus speeds.
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RE: progress

Dec 02, 2008 16:48     

Yes you can get more cache and faster bus speeds, but the whole idea with the Q6600's 1066MHz bus was that it made overclocking on cheap mobos really easy. That and the unbeatable low price! RIP Q6600 :-(
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