Intel recently posted dismal sales numbers for its fourth-quarter and with recent pressure for AMD, its biggest competitor, the semi-conductor company lowered prices on most of its Core 2 line of processors. Intel hopes you'll buy up these price slashed priced CPUs but don't take it lightly, even though the company is transitioning into the Core i7 brand replacing the aging Core 2, these near to last generation chips still pack a punch.

The price cuts range anywhere from 13-percent to as high as 40-percent across the Core 2 Duo, Quad, Xeon, dual-core and single-core Celeron lines. The most notable price cuts are on Intel's Quad Core CPU, the Q9650, which is now 316 dollars instead of 530 dollars, and the Xeon X3370, which now bears the same price as the Q9650. Price cuts on most of Intel's Core 2 Duo, Quad and even mobile CPUs should entice hardware enthusiasts with many options for a home-built computer.

Intel's often cuts prices for older processorsas it ushers in new product lines but the longer you wait, the better deal you'll be able to get as last generation CPUs are slowly phased out. If you've been eying a nice Quad-Core CPU to increase your gaming performance or even a Xeon chip for your workstation, and you can do without the features Core i7 (the successor to Core 2) brings, now's as good a time as any.

 

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