AMD Phenom II X3 720 2.8GHz BE Retail Box...$149 w/free ship!!

[daveybrat]

http://www.buy.com/prod/PHENOM...loc/101/210692665.html

Retail boxed processor at Buy.com for $149 and free shipping.

Enjoy! 😀

 

[daveybrat]

Wow, all these looks and not one reply! 😛

 

[hans007]

isnt that the regular price?

 

[konakona]

isn't this what MSRP was supposed to be? not bashing you, just curious 🙂

 

[jmanny]

It's $169.99 w/5.99 shipping at Newegg, I just purchased one from Buy.com

 

[MasterG]

$145 is the MSRP given by AMD. I think supply and demand is messing with the price a little.

 

[hans007]

Originally posted by: jmanny
It's $169.99 w/5.99 shipping at Newegg, I just purchased one from Buy.com

its actually 149.99 at newegg +shipping right now.


i think it was only 169.99 briefly when newegg decided to screw people who were early buyers and up the price with their automatic price algorithms.

 

[jmanny]

Originally posted by: hans007

Originally posted by: jmanny
It's $169.99 w/5.99 shipping at Newegg, I just purchased one from Buy.com

its actually 149.99 at newegg +shipping right now.


i think it was only 169.99 briefly when newegg decided to screw people who were early buyers and up the price with their automatic price algorithms.

I also think Newegg saw that others were getting them in stock and decided they should be more competitive price wise. Still Buy.com was a better deal. My total was 147.98

144.99 with a 5.00 new customer coupon and 2.99 second day shipping.

Saw all in all others have better deals than Newegg right now.

 

[Lurker1]

either way - that's an awesome price for this CPU. 🙂

 

[drw97]

Does this BE CPU come with a HSF?

 

[jmanny]

Originally posted by: drw97
Does this BE CPU come with a HSF?

I believe it does

 

[VirtualLarry]

The buzz on the street is that these X3 CPUs can be converted to an X4, in the right mobos.Check the thread in the CPu forum.
link

 

[Harvey]

This post in CPUs and Overclocking by new member, ldl2111 could make it an even more interesting deal. 😎

Topic Title: Phenom II x3 710 run with 4 core!

CPU : AMD phenom2-X3 heka 710 AM3( 13 X270) @ 3.12G

volt:

CPU : 1.37v(Default : 1.325v)
NB : 1.2v(Default : 1.2v)
HT : 1.2v(Default : 1.2v)
etc: AUTO

Cooler : zalman 9900LED

RAM : EK DDR2 PC6400 2G X 2

VGA : GTX260(216)

MainBoard : Biostar TA790GX 128M

POWER : OCZ 700W

O/S : Window XP SP3



cpu= 710, 720be both ok

board= amd 790gx + sb750(acc;Advanced Clock Calibration)

Go to BIOS, modify Advance Clock Calibration to Auto

that's all
now save the BIOS, restart and wait to see the magic...

issue in Korean hardware sites


AMD peneom II-X3 heka 710 AM3 -> 4 cores active?? Part 2

more informations

vr-zone.com

interview with AMD KOREA director.

 

[Andrew1990]

I'll wait until the 720BE hits $125 retail before I pick one up. It does look like a nice chip though.

 

[Jiggz]

And I read that there is a trick to activate the 4th core or cpu on this AMD processor! Google

 

[Stas]

Yes, 2 posts above yours

 

[satoshen]

Yea, I think the 4th core unlock works on Biostar boards only so YMMV. I picked up that Biostar board Funboy was pimping a few weeks back, so I'm going to give this a try. Toms Hardware has an article on it. And thanks OP, I was one of those initial lurkers 😉 Would of preferred to buy at the Egg.... that blows if their pricing algorithm really inflates the prices on things when they first come out. Going to be more cautious shopping there in the future.