With Sandy Bridge’s release just around the corner, Intel has dropped prices on several of it’s current processor line.

View the pricelists after the jump.

The price of Intel Core i3-550 has reduced to US$117 from $138, only $4 more expensive than Core i3-530 so it be a no brainer which processor has more value :). Intel has also dropped prices on it’s mobile processors, a cut which you’ll see in the months to come on newer notebooks.

Intel usually slashes prices whenever they are about to release a new line of processors so we can expect Sandy Bridge anytime soon.