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Intel Core i7 priced
INTEL'S NEW PROCESSOR brand is now out, in stock, and available in the UK.
The new fangled CPU code-named Nehalem, but now branded Core i7, can be picked up at a variety of online distributors for a range of different prices.
As you should all know by now, the CPU was launched this week in three flavours - 2.66GHz, 2.93GHz, and a 3.20GHz Extreme Edition.
On Saturday, Overclockers.co.uk had the CPUs in stock at £281.99, £516.99 (with only five left in stock at the time of writing), and £916.49 respectively, for the packaged retail versions.
Similarly, Ebuyer.com had only the retail boxed products in stock, priced at £264.37, £505.25, and £881.25.
Scan.co.uk also had both the OEM and retail versions in stock at £259.87/£270.16 for the OEM/retail 2.66GHz, £516.02/£516.02 (oddly at the same price) for the OEM/retail 2.93GHz and finally £880.27/£892.02 for the OEM/retail 3.2GHz Extreme.
These sites appear to have broken Intel's embargo on offering the chippery for sale. The ambargo expired today, Monday
Novatech and Dabs listed the processors today. Aria is out of stock of every SKU until Tuesday 18th of November.
Oddly, the US giant component site, Newegg, is now listing the processors - though they did pop-up early on that site too.
the 2.66GHz 920 was listed at $319.99, the 2.93GHz at $599.99, and the 3.20GHz Extreme 965 at $1,069.
At the current exchange rate via XE.com Newegg's prices are as follows: £215.42, £403.93, and £720.34 respectively.
When adding even the highest sales tax in the US (10.25% in Chicago), the prices are still significantly lower than the UK's. µ
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Oz just got them too all 3 flavors are available 
prices are (from a warehouse type pricelist, not retail from Harvey Norman) 
920 is $595
940 is $1114
extreme is $2599

I thought the days were over where both intel and amd stopped trying to bend over the consumer and do something in a very uncomfortable place (like in the back of a Volkswagen)

AMD seem to have it sorted, they have been selling the black edition cpus at very reasonable prices I can only hope that continues even with shanghai. 

But clearly Intel thinks it can charge what it wants, and this is the exact same thing that happened with high end P4's back in the day, amd had a product that could compete with it but at the 1/3 the price, and this is what got AMD's ball rolling. Hopefully AMD can run with this and keep it going with Shanghai, I can only hope that it is good enough for me to get rid of my Core 2 platform and return to my roots AMD
NCIX.com has them listed for us Canucks now too.
The i7's, X58's, and new DDR3 kits. $386, $775, and $1340 for the CPUs.
Sounds like the 'Great British Rip-Off' is in full effect yet again.

Pity none of the US e-tailers ship over here.

Conspiracy?
What about tiger direct? I got an e-mail directing me to their site showing it for sale.

Extensive searching will find it there with the 920 priced at $329.99, 940 $649.99 and 965 extreme at $1066.99.

I still think this extreme bull is a rip-off when you pay $500 more for a multiplier... b***** off on that one.
The way the stock exchange is atm I'm not surprised us Aussies are being taken for a drive up to anal point for imported goods like these, but those prices you mentioned stewart are just insane. No doubt the fact that it's a very new, and atm rare product is having an effect on those prices, it should stabalise over the next month or two when supply increases.

Anyway looking at the UK/US prices, how could you convince your self to buy anything other than the 920? For bother the additional chips your paying just under double the price of the previous SKU for an extra ~300Mhz, wowzors.