Intel plans to launch one more Core 2 Duo E7x00 series dual-core. The new CPU should be out on January 18th 2009 and it be positioned above the E7400 dual-core clocked at 2.8GHz.

Both E7500 and E7400 are based on a 45nm dual-core Wolfdale core and they should fit into the 65W TDP envelope. The Core 2 Duo E7500 will work at 2.93GHz, supports FSB 1066 and 3MB cache memory. It will sell for $133, while Core 2 Duo E7400 with the same specs and 2.8GHz clock will drop to $113.

Core 2 Duo E8600 with 3.33GHz core clock, FSB 1333 and 6MB L2 cache will remain the fastest Core 2 to launch to this date but it will also cost $266 if you buy a thousand of them which is literally twice the price of E7400.

The choice is naturally yours.