As in the AMD charts, the overwhelming majority of the Intel prices we track continued to hold steady in this week's guide. One notable exception is the 3.0 GHz Core 2 Duo E6850, which fell $26 from its price last week. But whether this drop is a sign of things to come or just an anomaly caused by one vendor's aggressive pricing, is something only time will tell.
As yet another week of mostly stagnant CPU prices passes by, all we can do is hope that we'll see additional price drops in the coming weeks. If nothing else, though, we're hopeful that the impending real-world release of the new Core i7 processors, expected by month's end, will help to refresh the charts and keep things interesting for CPU shoppers.