Intel cuts Quad-core pricing

[reck]

Sounds like there are two good reasons to buy a quad-core now. The first is that the multi-core alpha/beta of TG is out next week and the second is that Intel are cutting the prices of some of it's quad-core cpu by up to 50%

http://www.cnet.com/8301-13924_1-9924121-64.html

[child@play]

that's some good news 

[Xpleet]

Just bought me q6700 for about 190 euros recently. Could have got it for 180 tho.

Well running but I wish I could get my hands on that multithreaded TG2.

[dhavalmistry]

whats the difference between X3230 and Q6700??

both have same price and same speed

[Will]

the bus I think, though it could just be the names.

[Tangled-Universe]

The 'X' stands for Xeon and is generally meant for the server-business rather than desktop-business like the 'Q's.
There are some differences in heat-production and flexibility for coding (if I'm correct).
For TG a Q6700 would be very nice, unless you really would like the have 2 quadcores in one machine, then you should go for 2 xeon-cpu's because dual-motherboards for a Q6700 or Qxxxx isn't available.