With the introduction of Intel's new 1333 MHz front-side bus processors lineup price cuts for existing processors were expected. That day has arrived and Intel price cuts for existing Core 2 Duo and Core 2 Quad processors are going into effect. The quad-core Core 2 Quad Q6600 price was cut in half to $266 per processor which is quite impressive while the Core 2 Quad Q6700 price was cut down to $530.Intel's Core 2 Duo E4400 also dropped $20 to $113 to make way for the new Core 2 Duo E4500 which costs $133 and features a 200 MHz increase in clock speed. Finally the price cuts also affect quad-core Xeon UP and MP processors with Intel planning to drop the price on the Xeon X3210 to $224 this August.