AMD price drop

Ok, since so many people have been asking about it privately, here are my prices for socket AM2 X2 Athlon64 processors with VAT and profit included so you can compare them to your IT store of choice* or buy from me :)


R710
Amd socket AM2 athlon64 x2 Dual core 3600+ (2000mhz) , dual core - 2 x 128k L1 + 2 x 256k L2 ; 90nm , 85w , 2000mhz hypertransport , with PVT , built-in DDR2-800 memory controller - box cpu

R810
Amd socket AM2 athlon64 x2 Dual core 3800+ (2000mhz) , dual core - 2 x 128k L1 + 2 x 512k L2 ; 90nm , 85w , 2000mhz hypertransport , with PVT , built-in DDR2-800 memory controller - box cpu

R990
Amd socket AM2 athlon64 x2 Dual core 4000+ (2100mhz) , dual core - 2 x 128k L1 + 2 x 512k L2 ; 65nm , 65w , 2000mhz hypertransport , with PVT , built-in DDR2-800 memory controller - box cpu

R1010
Amd socket AM2 athlon64 x2 Dual core 4200+ (2200mhz) , dual core - 2 x 128k L1 + 2 x 512k L2 ; 90nm , 85w , 2000mhz hypertransport , with PVT , built-in DDR2-800 memory controller - box cpu

R1130
Amd socket AM2 athlon64 x2 Dual core 4400+ (2300mhz) , dual core - 2 x 128k L1 + 2 x 512k L2 ; 65nm , 65w , 2000mhz hypertransport , with PVT , built-in DDR2-800 memory controller - box cpu

R1160
Amd socket AM2 athlon64 x2 Dual core 4600+ (2400mhz) , dual core - 2 x 128k L1 + 2 x 512k L2 ; 90nm , 85w , 2000mhz hypertransport , with PVT , built-in DDR2-800 memory controller - box cpu

R1260
Amd socket AM2 athlon64 x2 Dual core 4800+ (2500mhz) , dual core - 2 x 128k L1 + 2 x 512k L2 ; 65nm , 65w , 2000mhz hypertransport , with PVT , built-in DDR2-800 memory controller - box cpu

R1490
Amd socket AM2 athlon64 x2 Dual core 5000+ (2600mhz) , dual core - 2 x 128k L1 + 2 x 512k L2 ; 90nm , 85w , 2000mhz hypertransport , with PVT , built-in DDR2-800 memory controller - box cpu

R1600
Amd socket AM2 athlon64 x2 Dual core 5200+ (2600mhz) , dual core - 2 x 128k L1 + 2 x 1mb L2 ; 90nm , 85w , 2000mhz hypertransport , with PVT , built-in DDR2-800 memory controller - box cpu

R1650
Amd socket AM2 athlon64 x2 Dual core 5400+ (2800mhz) , dual core - 2 x 128k L1 + 2 x 512k L2 ; 90nm , 85w , 2000mhz hypertransport , with PVT , built-in DDR2-800 memory controller - box cpu

R1750
Amd socket AM2 athlon64 x2 Dual core 5600+ (2800mhz) , dual core - 2 x 128k L1 + 2 x 1mb L2 ; 90nm , 85w , 2000mhz hypertransport , with PVT , built-in DDR2-800 memory controller - box cpu

R2200
Amd socket AM2 athlon64 x2 Dual core 6000+ (3000mhz) , dual core - 2 x 128k L1 + 2 x 1mb L2 ; 90nm , 85w , 2000mhz hypertransport , with PVT , built-in DDR2-800 memory controller - box cpu


*Note that some suppliers/stores might take a week or two to reflect the new pricing as it filters through the supply channels.
 
I am also sad AMD bought ATI, if you look at Steams stats, 98% of dual graphics card gamers are Nvidia/SLI and not ATI/Crossfire due to ATIs poor (in my opinion) implementation.

Mid and low end ATI cards just over little price to performance ratio, I'd much rather take a 7900GT or 7600GS than anything ATI can offer in similar price ranges.
 
Hey can you get your hands on the AMD Energy Efficient Small Form Factor AM2 CPU's? No one seems to stock them...

Although the 4800+ seems to be looking like a very good deal right now!

EDIT: Uhm also since when does the HT run @ 2Ghz!!! Or did I miss the launch of the AM3 platform?
 
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Gnome said:
Hey can you get your hands on the AMD Energy Efficient Small Form Factor AM2 CPU's? No one seems to stock them...

Although the 4800+ seems to be looking like a very good deal right now!
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I guess they dont think anyone in SA really want them enough, they would probably have a big price premium to boot.

I was thinking the 4800+ looks good myself, though I dont know if its more overclockable because of the die size shrink/smaller manufacturing process...
 
Gnome said:
The fact that they are planning to lay of workers seems to indicate that the K10 might not be a magic bullet after all.
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I think it is more that the K10 is going to be a bit late. By all accounts it's Q3 or small volumes and 2007 Q4 / 2008 Q1 for larger volumes. There is also the concern the it will be sufficient for now but may just battle against the next gen Intel next year. Intel are also cutting prices like mad despite it eating badly into their bottom line. I get the feeling they are really trying to screw AMD which is not nice. AMD typically have to be cheaper on the budget offerings because they don't have the same brand value that Intel does. Intel is trying to make sure that they don't have any better value chips.

AMD's saviour may just be the ATI chipsets. I will however keep supporting them with all of my purchases and any sales that I make where Intel is not specifically requested.
 
supersunbird said:
I guess they dont think anyone in SA really want them enough, they would probably have a big price premium to boot.
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The US selling price is just a few dollars more, no one in SA wants to build low power HTPC's....

supersunbird said:
I was thinking the 4800+ looks good myself, though I dont know if its more overclockable because of the die size shrink/smaller manufacturing process...
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No apparently because the manufacturing at this point is immature it's not any more overclockable :(

Abe said:
AMD's saviour may just be the ATI chipsets. I will however keep supporting them with all of my purchases and any sales that I make where Intel is not specifically requested.
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Yup, can't beat those prices :) nForce 550 motherboards(about R700) are selling for so cheap you can't resist getting one of those plus the AMD cpu!
 
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So much would you guys say I could sell my current AMD 3500+ AM2? It was bought on 14th November last year through Sybabitic, never been overclocked...
 
S1ght said:
So much would you guys say I could sell my current AMD 3500+ AM2? It was bought on 14th November last year through Sybabitic, never been overclocked...
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I would say it is worth more to you to hold onto it. 2nd hand PC stuff goes for so little as it is...
 
Oh.. lol I haven't checked prices for a while but i was shopping for hte same CPU second hand about 3 months ago and R500 wasn't bad.

Maybe just scratch the up to R700 part..

btw is R750 the new lowered price?
 
Ekhaatvensters said:
Oh.. lol I haven't checked prices for a while but i was shopping for hte same CPU second hand about 3 months ago and R500 wasn't bad.

Maybe just scratch the up to R700 part..

btw is R750 the new lowered price?
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Yeha man, that is what this thread is about!

AMD CPU's all down by about 40%.

the top-end 6000+ 3GHZ goes for like R2200 now! Crazy! :eek:
 
haha, **** 1.
dont worry, it happens to everyone. I payed R2800 for a X2 3800+ back in the day :eek:
 
hj2k_x said:
Yeha man, that is what this thread is about!

AMD CPU's all down by about 40%.

the top-end 6000+ 3GHZ goes for like R2200 now! Crazy! :eek:
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Lol, ye I know.. but second hand prices take a few weeks to adjust, I'm sure you'd still find a buyer or two for around R600 :p

Hmm I actually also have a 3500+.. maybe a new 3800+ X2 to move into dual core wouldn't be too bad.
 
Well the fact that they are planning to lay of workers is certainly a bit alarming. I'm not saying that they are going under but IT IS worrying. The have been losing money for 2 quarters now, the one where they purchased ATI and then Q1 2007 when the C2D made their sales go down.

As of now they are only losing money and not making any which is worrying so unless the K10 is magic enough to kick the C2D and the core released after(can't really remember what Intel is calling the new 45nm core) that they are up for a hard time. The fact that they are planning to lay of workers seems to indicate that the K10 might not be a magic bullet after all.

Time will tell.
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Intel laid off over 10,000+ workers during Pentium4s life span. That's more than AMD's entire work force. Its not AMD losing money as much as it is not making projected earnings.
K10 is not here to compete with Core2 architecture, but Intel Penryn. You must remember that Athlon64 architecture is from 2003. Core2 Duo is from last year. The architecture was at its end some time ago already...
K10 is the next step, quiet dramatic like Pentium4D - > Core architecture.
Clock for clock Barcelona is faster than Core2 architecture. Add to which even when Intel introduce an on die memory controller, it won't be as good as AMD's who have been doing this for years on end and have it down to almost an exact science, like GPU manufacturers.

With ATI in house, their gfx cards can tap into all the rarely used features on the CPU so the applications that would otherwise not support SSE4 or or extensions end up using those features through the display driver being able to make use of such functionality.

Anywho, as I had said for this price X2 6000 is a must even for a high end gaming rig it'd do just fine. So much so that I'm getting rid of my E6420 4MB cache chip for this :)
 
holy cow lol brawler i remember that, then a few months later i bought it for 1.3k haha

your getting rid of your e6420 didnt even known it was released

didnt know the 6000+ was faster than e6400 maybe at stock, but would it be faster tham grimmy's 3.6ghz e6400?
 
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