$146 for an AM2 3800 single core ?

[wwswimming]

that seems like a great price.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16819103631

it's hard to believe it will improve much ... but i guess the price cuts everybody is talking about will affect even this CPU ? seems like not too long ago it was $400+.

 

[RallyMaster]

yes, 169 for a 3800+ single core is better

 

[wazzledoozle]

On July 24 the X2 3800 is dropping to $169
http://www.dailytech.com/article.aspx?newsid=2800

 

[DidlySquat]

you can buy a conroe for about that price, and despite it being the cheapest conroe it will still smoke a 3800+ X2, and OC better as well. Why would anyone buy AM2 mobo is beyond me.

 

[kinghill]

Originally posted by: DidlySquat
you can buy a conroe for about that price, and despite it being the cheapest conroe it will still smoke a 3800+ X2, and OC better as well. Why would anyone buy AM2 mobo is beyond me.

Would you please provide some type of reference? $146 for a Conroe? Where?

 

[wazzledoozle]

Originally posted by: DidlySquat
you can buy a conroe for about that price, and despite it being the cheapest conroe it will still smoke a 3800+ X2, and OC better as well. Why would anyone buy AM2 mobo is beyond me.

Cheapest Conroe will be around $220 and its a single core.

 

[Kromis]

Oh god, Conroe again...

I'd prefer a 3500+ for $114. That extra $32 doesn't seem that appealing to me.

 

[NSA Lummox]

Originally posted by: DidlySquat
you can buy a conroe for about that price, and despite it being the cheapest conroe it will still smoke a 3800+ X2, and OC better as well. Why would anyone buy AM2 mobo is beyond me.

Yeah, that 'smoke' you speak of will be coming from your ears if you try to run onboard raid with Conroe though. I think you should take heed that 1) Intel has personally set up BOTH the AMD AND INTEL boxes in their comparisons. 2) That real world performance is different than test environment performance.

We'll see if Conroe really is the fighting champion it's claiming to be, but there's been some doubt cast around it as of late in regards to its raid performance.

 

[Derektm]

Originally posted by: NSA Lummox

Originally posted by: DidlySquat
you can buy a conroe for about that price, and despite it being the cheapest conroe it will still smoke a 3800+ X2, and OC better as well. Why would anyone buy AM2 mobo is beyond me.

Yeah, that 'smoke' you speak of will be coming from your ears if you try to run onboard raid with Conroe though. I think you should take heed that 1) Intel has personally set up BOTH the AMD AND INTEL boxes in their comparisons. 2) That real world performance is different than test environment performance.

We'll see if Conroe really is the fighting champion it's claiming to be, but there's been some doubt cast around it as of late in regards to its raid performance.

This issue deals with RAID5 performance and Nfroce 590 on AM2 doesn't have GREAT RAID5 performance anyways.

You talk about Intel setting up comparison rigs. They did do this but their are over 20 reviews out there from review sites AND consumers that got Conroe early. All of the reviews show huge gains when even the lowest clocked Conroe is compared to AMD's top of the line FX62.

This is new technology and it's not even final or shipping yet. You should stop speculating and reading things that originated from THE INQUIRER aka rumour mill.

 

[regpfj]

Good price, good processor. :thumbsup: op

 

[RedBeard]

Whoa!

 

[Nick5324]

Originally posted by: DidlySquat
you can buy a conroe for about that price, and despite it being the cheapest conroe it will still smoke a 3800+ X2, and OC better as well. Why would anyone buy AM2 mobo is beyond me.

Please provide a link to a Conroe "for about that price" or to some sort of documentation showing "about that price". Next, what benchmark(s), reviews, comparisons, etc. are you using to conclude that the C2D (at about that price) will "smoke" a 3800+ X2?

I'm not trying to be an AMD fan boy; in fact I'm considering a C2D before the year is out. If there is a model that is around this price and it smokes a 3800+ X2, I'd like to see the numbers and more importantly (as this is a Hot Deals post) know where I can buy this CPU at this price point.


More on topic, it's cheaper at ZZF, $139 shipped.

 

[mattjbak]

How about we just keep it on topic?

 

[akugami]

I think Conroe will perform very well. I don't know if it'll be as good as the previews show (things rarely are as good in real world as in previews). However, Conroe will be scarce for a good couple of months after launch so the AM2's are still good buys, especially if the rumored price drop hits as planned. And I'm hoping it does so I can pick up a AMD X2 for my Socket 939 mobo.

 

[DidlySquat]

Originally posted by: wazzledoozle

Originally posted by: DidlySquat
you can buy a conroe for about that price, and despite it being the cheapest conroe it will still smoke a 3800+ X2, and OC better as well. Why would anyone buy AM2 mobo is beyond me.

Cheapest Conroe will be around $220 and its a single core.

ummm.....no. ***moron alert !!!!!!!! ****

Cheapest Conroe (E6300) will be $183 and all Conroe (aka Core 2 Duo or Core 2 Extreme) are dual cores.

*** end moron alert ***

Wondering where the moron got the info about $220 single core..........

 

[Thump553]

To answer your question "will it (the price) get any better?" the simple and 100% historically accruate answer will be Yes, absolutely. Odds are the CPU you pay $150 for now will be about $50 in a year, if they still make it.

The real question is whether you actually need the computing power this CPU represents now, and if so, are you willing to pay the early adopter premium price for it.

 

[mi1stormilst]

AMD Socket 939 prices are amazing right now,

>>>I don't think you can actually buy a Conroe yet can you?

 

[jbubrisk]

One quick thing, didn't Intel make the 3rd party companies who were testing Conroe adhere to STRICT testing requirements? Thought I heard somethign about this...

 

[DidlySquat]

Originally posted by: mi1stormilst
AMD Socket 939 prices are amazing right now,

>>>I don't think you can actually buy a Conroe yet can you?

not yet, not today - but you will be able to buy one on friday...oops sorry I know you've gots to have your CPU now

 

[acegazda]

Originally posted by: DidlySquat

Originally posted by: mi1stormilst
AMD Socket 939 prices are amazing right now,

>>>I don't think you can actually buy a Conroe yet can you?

not yet, not today - but you will be able to buy one on friday...oops sorry I know you've gots to have your CPU now

aren't there a couple places that are letting in preorders?