As expected, today Intel updated their price list with the latest 1333MHz FSB CPUs, as well as updated pricing. One CPU in particular saw its priced slashed substantially -- the Core 2 Quad Q6600. Official pricing went from $530 to just $266, that's a reduction of 50%!. The only other CPU to see a price cut was the E4400, which went from $133 to $113, which equates to a 13% cut. A new chip, the 2.2GHz Core 2 Duo E4500, has also replaced the E4400 at the $133 mark. These cuts seem to be a complementary effort to the introduction of the Core 2 Duo E6050 series and Core 2 Quad Q6700 that happened a week ago. The new Core 2 Duo E6850, E6750, and E6550 undercut the previous Core 2 Duo E6000 series by a fair margin, and the Core 2 Quad Q6700 effectively took the Q6600's place at $530.

Pricing on all of the Core 2 Extremes, including the X6800 remains at $999, while pricing on older C2Ds like the E6700 also remains unchanged: the E6700 still sells for $316 despite the fact that the faster E6750 now lists for $183.