AMD Suppliers

[AtomicTangerine]

I'm sure many of you have fond memories of the AMD glory days, the days where you would snap up a Athlon 3800+ that ran better than your n00b buddies Pentium at (almost) half the price. I was looking at benchmarks on Tomshardware and found that the AMD A10-5800K (Trinity 4c/4t) not only has DOUBLE the performance of the comparable I-5 but is HALF the price in USD.

I would love to purchase this or the 8 Core AMD FX-8350 ($200.00) which runs the same as the 6 Core Intel Core i7-970 ($600.00). Not only does the AMD suit me as the Smart Shopper ™ that I am, its also much better for what I d graphic design/video editing.

Anyway, I am still hoping to find good suppliers that stock AMD at good prices, and not as a rare import with inflated prices which defeat the entire purpose. I called Rectron today, and they said that they do not really do AMD anymore, Sahara does not, last time I checked the pricelist, I checked the Corex website today and AMD is not listed, have however e-mailed them to ask. If you know of any good AMD suppliers/retailers AMD deals in S.A. post 'em here.

 

[Chevron]

Check Frontosa. There's another supplier as well. Will post when I remember.

 

[vavyn]

http://www.rebeltech.co.za/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=65&products_id=8008&zenid=o8jmpeo7ted9oi8a86cue6bp92

http://www.ikonix.co.za/amd-fx-8350-piledriver.html

 

[Glingfram]

Also, check Pinnacle. Last time I checked they stocked.

 

[Razor88]

Get an 8320, and do a small overclock to get it to 8350 levels(It's the same chip as the 8350, just slightly underclocked(and lower binned)).

http://www.wootware.co.za/a-md-fx-8...5ghz-4-0ghz-turbo-socket-am3-desktop-cpu.html

I have one. Unfortunately Rebeltech has been out of stock for a while, I got mine for R2000 there .

 

[Progenix Oj101]

Where did you see the A10-5800K beating a Core i5? I've owned a 5800K and 6800K, both were loads of fun but not exactly competition for a Core i5...

 

[Vegeta]

I miss the AMD glory days. I'm running Intel in both my desktop & laptop against my will!! Save me!
Atleast I have a Radeon in the Desktop

 

[Razor88]

Where did you see the A10-5800K beating a Core i5? I've owned a 5800K and 6800K, both were loads of fun but not exactly competition for a Core i5...

He probably meant in game performance (he was probably using integrated graphics on the i5, which is an unfair comparison).

 

[Progenix Oj101]

He probably meant in game performance (he was probably using integrated graphics on the i5, which is an unfair comparison).

That's the only way it would stand a chance. With like-for-like discrete graphics cards, the AMD will be dog walked up and down the street.

I miss the Socket 462, 754 and 939