new AMD prices

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#1 Post by **palmboy5** » Tue Jun 27, 2006 10:18 am

http://www.dailytech.com/article.aspx?newsid=2800

Athlon 64 X2 3800+ (socket AM2 and 939)
$303 >>> $169!!!

*dies*

2005 · #2 Post by **2005** » Tue Jun 27, 2006 11:56 am

Wholey crap... I might buy one just because...

My bro's computer is shit, and getting this CPU at this price is crazy.

for under 400$ I could have him a fairly new setup with this price cut.

Q12321 · #3 Post by **Q12321** » Tue Jun 27, 2006 11:58 am

Oh fuck fuck fuck no.... go figure, I buy it when it's $$$.

#4 Post by **palmboy5** » Tue Jun 27, 2006 11:59 am

lol what about the opteron prices? or are they going back to only-Athlon socket AM2 and only-Opteron socket F

haha i got the X2 3800+ for $280 and thought it was the best deal in the world ^^ guess it WAS for November. lol Q, you got it long ago enough for it to not matter

I7Iz490N · #5 Post by **I7Iz490N** » Tue Jun 27, 2006 12:41 pm

2005 · #6 Post by **2005** » Tue Jun 27, 2006 3:37 pm

I dont see AMD dropping Opteron prices, unless its to make them more competitive with woodcrest.

I dont really even know why the socketed a server style CPU with a consumer level socket lol. You would figure they would all be 940. Why would anyone buy an X2 when the optys OC like mad and have double the cache of the manchester modles.

But AM-2 is retarted, unless reverse hyper threading is a big a deal as they make it out to be.

#7 Post by **palmboy5** » Tue Jun 27, 2006 3:40 pm

im liking K8L.. lol reverse hyperthreading sounds very useful. but.. harder to do. that way typical software wont need to become multithreaded to use a multicore ^^

Q12321 · #8 Post by **Q12321** » Tue Jun 27, 2006 3:47 pm

I think I'm gonna get a 4600+. =)

I7Iz490N · #9 Post by **I7Iz490N** » Tue Jun 27, 2006 5:06 pm

#10 Post by **palmboy5** » Tue Jun 27, 2006 5:49 pm

hell no. not with inflation.

Q, why dont you just OC the 3800+ to 2.4GHz? it will have the exact same performance since the 4600+ also has 512KB L2

2005 · #11 Post by **2005** » Tue Jun 27, 2006 9:40 pm

He has temp issues me thinks, that or a bad temp sensor. But without the proper equipment to test I wouldnt make that call.

If I were to buy anything, it would be an opty 165 from monarch for 270$ and it will more then likely be a CCBBE 0610 which hit 3.0ghz per core

Q12321 · #12 Post by **Q12321** » Tue Jun 27, 2006 11:51 pm

Eh, I've had temp problems. It was an airflow fuck up. It's better, but I can get it even cooler. I'm at 32C idle, 44C after playing CoD2 for an hour.

#13 Post by **palmboy5** » Wed Jun 28, 2006 12:23 am

how was the airflow fucked up?

2005 · #14 Post by **2005** » Wed Jun 28, 2006 9:57 am

thats a pretty big jump in temps from idle to load. I have some of the worst cable management out there (but 3 120MM fans in my case) and my stock temps were like 26-27C idle to 33-34C load and now my temps are like 32-33 to 38-40C load (at 2.43ghz)