AMD Opteron 165 - backordered after I bought it while it was in stock

[DCBigBAPS]

Hey everyone. I ordered an AMD Opteron 165 from Tiger Direct on December 5th when it was in stock. Now I go back to check what is going on and it is out of stock. I need to have my rig built by Dec. 29th at the latest. Any of you who have bought from Tiger Direct --> am I going to get this chip by then? Any suggestions? Thanks.

 

[Budman]

Tiger Direct <-- I should have known better

:disgust:

 

[saltedeggman]

take TD with a grain of salt

 

[AmdInside]

Originally posted by: saltedeggman
take TD with a grain of salt

Don't you mean bucket of salt? Especially when it comes to rebates and return policy.

 

[GamerExpress]

Originally posted by: DCBigBAPS
Hey everyone. I ordered an AMD Opteron 165 from Tiger Direct on December 5th when it was in stock. Now I go back to check what is going on and it is out of stock. I need to have my rig built by Dec. 29th at the latest. Any of you who have bought from Tiger Direct --> am I going to get this chip by then? Any suggestions? Thanks.

I wouldn't put down Tiger for this, I am sure this happened to quite a few people. The 165 is in huge demand at this time, Tiger was not the only one to have this happen, you can't find it anywhere right now.

 

[Greenman]

Same thing happened to me. I called, they said it was in stock when I ordered, but out of stock before mine shipped. If you want it by Christmass I'd order an X2.

 

[DCBigBAPS]

Any other suggestions? Let me explain, I am building a computer over winter break. As I go to school away from home, I need to have all the parts at home before I leave to come back to school. Therefore, I need to get the part before I come back to school on Dec 30. So question is... have faith that the chip will arrive... or get another chip? Suggestions?

 

[DCBigBAPS]

Should I cancel my opteron 165 order and get the x2 3800+ from zipzoomfly for 322? Or is that too much of a sacrifice? Also, what is the diff between the x2 toledo and manchester. Any help is appreciated.

Or, is the opteron so good I should hold out?

 

[Greenman]

Optys are rare as chicken teeth, if I needed my rig by the end of the month I'd get an X2.

 

[Bobthelost]

I did the same in the UK with a company called tech store, rang them up to check it was in stock, placed the order over the phone.

What do they do? ****** me over and then not even bother to inform me that they'd sold my CPU elsewhere.

 

[DCBigBAPS]

So I will just wait until the end of the week. If there is no update, then I will go for the x2 from zipzoomfly. Any suggestions on whether I need to update the stock heatsink/fan and such? Also, how much performance am I losing?

 

[DCBigBAPS]

Or how about spending a little more to get the opteron dual core that is a step up? How much does that run?

 

[GoodRevrnd]

got my opty 170 in today from monarch. ordered it on oh... thurs i think. 356 oem w/ mobo.

 

[DCBigBAPS]

How much better is the opteron 165 over the x2 3800 anyway? Will I really notice a difference. I want this rig to last me for a few years.. I am not a gamer, but I do a lot of multimedia and multitasking.

 

[DCBigBAPS]

So update. I cancelled my order with tiger direct. Ordered the OEM version from Monarch... added the 3 year warranty (I want to cover my ass) and got the Thermaltake AMD K8 Venus 7+. Also did 3 day shipping

$354.77

Not bad... hopefully it actually ships this time. A few questions though. What kind of warranty are we talking about here? It is obviously not from AMD. I believe monarch is good, so I am not worried. Also, I have the antec sonata II case with that wierd duct system. I also have a 90mm fan to put in that duct. Will I have a problem with the duct and 90mm fan and the thermaltake heatsink? Also, I have corsair valueselect CAS 2.5 ram 1 gig. Will I be able to overclock? Should I overclock? Thanks everyone for your help.

 

[mike3uz]

I got my opteron 165 OEM for 299 at monarch. Monarch did increase the price though.