For people on a budget

[SkarIronfist]

Due to the emergence of the Conroe 2 Duo, AMD have released a new prices list for their CPUs.

To put it politely they have been very aggressive with the price cuts.

http://images.dailytech.com/nimage/2094_large_amd_pricing_1023.png

Basically look at anything from the the AMD 64 3500+ upwards 939/AM2.

 

[cHodAX]

The 939 X2 3800+ is a real bargain at that price, that said I would be going conroe if I had more money to spend on new motherboard/memory. As it stands though the X2 3800+ is a great buy and a dirt cheap upgrade.

 

[Tualatin]

Mind you, these require the AM2 socket.. which is new :> If you got an AMD you're likely to have socket 939. In that case, ur bummed (like meh). And would need to buy a new mobo too.

AMD has or is going to stop production on 939 cpu's (final decision), so there's no real low prices there.. and likely to be sold out fast.

 

[Saggy]

Mind you, these require the AM2 socket.. which is new :> If you got an AMD you're likely to have socket 939. In that case, ur bummed (like meh). And would need to buy a new mobo too.

AMD has or is going to stop production on 939 cpu's (final decision), so there's no real low prices there.. and likely to be sold out fast.

There are 939/940 CPUs on that list with about the same price drop as AM2 ones has.

Personally I'll go for X2 4600+ (939), dirty cheap

 

[confused]

There are 939/940 CPUs on that list with about the same price drop as AM2 ones has.

Personally I'll go for X2 4600+ (939), dirty cheap

Reason it's so cheap is the 512 L2 cache

The single core 4000+ is at an incredible price.

 

[Saggy]

Reason it's so cheap is the 512 L2 cache

My bad, thought 4400+ and everything above has 1MB cache.

 

[confused]

My bad, thought 4400+ and everything above has 1MB cache.

its like the single core ones, the 3000 -3500 have 512, the 3700 has 1m and then the 3800 has 512.... 4000 and on has 1m

Confusing, 2x 4400 is still the top dog if you've got the money otherwise stick with the 3800 2x

 

[Dracus]

AMD...pfff <hugs his 4mb L2>

/Dracus

 

[confused]

AMD...pfff <hugs his 4mb L2>

/Dracus

Mine should be arriving today

Thing is with amd's they're still more expencive than their equivilent Intel conroe's

 

[rah]

didn't intel add l3 cache on their extreme editions aswell?
wtb wannabe xeon!