Pssst! Want an Intel "Nehalem" processor on the cheap? Well, just go and ask the chip giant for one. It"s 2.66GHz "Bloomfield" CPU has been price at just $284, it has been claimed. That"s the batch price, of course. To get it, you"ll have to buy a 1000 CPUs at once - boxed Bloomfields will come in slightly higher than that.
As previously reported, the 2.66GHz Bloomfield - Intel"s desktop Nehalem - will also be made available in 2.93GHz and 3.2GHz versions. The pricing, posted by Chinese-language site HKEPC, confirms the latter will be an Extreme-branded gaming PC part - it"ll cost $999. The mid-range Bloomfield will cost $562.