Athlon 64 socket 939 3500+ .90nm Winchester Retail

[BigHurt]

Originally posted by: kindest

Originally posted by: BigHurt

Originally posted by: kindest
considering the 3200 90mm can be had for almost 100 dollars less this isnt a hot deal.

you should do a search and read 3200 vs 3500 threads before posting.

3500 oc'd is definitely worth the extra money 🙂

your joking right. the real world difference youd never be able to tell.

Originally posted by: xtknight
Well, if you get lucky, you can overclock this Winchester to 2.6 GHz or farther, and I've even heard of people using this processor to surpass the speed of a stock-clocked FX-55, making you the proud owner of the fastest x86 processor on the planet 😉. The price has recently inflated $60 but it's on its way down again, at least on newegg.com it dropped $6 since a few days ago.

do what you want troll, im not forcing you to buy it.

 

[kindest]

Originally posted by: BigHurt

Originally posted by: kindest

Originally posted by: BigHurt

Originally posted by: kindest
considering the 3200 90mm can be had for almost 100 dollars less this isnt a hot deal.

you should do a search and read 3200 vs 3500 threads before posting.

3500 oc'd is definitely worth the extra money 🙂

your joking right. the real world difference youd never be able to tell.

Originally posted by: xtknight
Well, if you get lucky, you can overclock this Winchester to 2.6 GHz or farther, and I've even heard of people using this processor to surpass the speed of a stock-clocked FX-55, making you the proud owner of the fastest x86 processor on the planet 😉. The price has recently inflated $60 but it's on its way down again, at least on newegg.com it dropped $6 since a few days ago.

ive heard 3200+ have gone 2.6+ too....

 

[Kakyoin]

BigHurt,

How's FuturePowerPC? Ship your processor out yet?

 

[Hunter Viking]

FuturePowerPC claims they had it in stock on the website. I even called and some guy said "Yes, we have it in stock." I asked if he was sure and he said, " It's nice to be king for a day."
So I ordered, next day still wasn't listed as shipped, I called again, Guy, different this time, said "no, we don't have any stock and will be shipping out on the 19th", I then canceled the order. Any site that claims to have an Item then doesn't, does not get my buisness.

I have been looking for this Processor, retail for a couple of weeks now, the only thing I can find is that most will get some on the 15th. I am going to have to wait a few more days.

It sucks to have everything but the engine on hand to start my build.

 

[grloyd]

Hunter Viking, I am in the same boat -- been looking for a couple of weeks -- no luck. I have called FuturePowerPC several times during the past two weeks and some sales reps say it is in stock, some say it is not. I even ordered it once -- waited two days and called them bacK. "OH SORRY IT IS ON BACK ORDER", so I cancelled my order. Didn't want to do business with FuturePowerPC to begin with but they were the only game in town. Bottomline I won't deal with them again for ANY reason -- too many GOOD online merchants to deal with.

If you find one soon please let me know.

George Loyd

 

[BigHurt]

Originally posted by: Hunter Viking
FuturePowerPC claims they had it in stock on the website. I even called and some guy said "Yes, we have it in stock." I asked if he was sure and he said, " It's nice to be king for a day."
So I ordered, next day still wasn't listed as shipped, I called again, Guy, different this time, said "no, we don't have any stock and will be shipping out on the 19th", I then canceled the order. Any site that claims to have an Item then doesn't, does not get my buisness.

I have been looking for this Processor, retail for a couple of weeks now, the only thing I can find is that most will get some on the 15th. I am going to have to wait a few more days.

It sucks to have everything but the engine on hand to start my build.

sorry to hear you guys are having difficulty with futurepowerpc.

i ordered on the 11th, and got ups confirmation # today,
im sort of in the same boat, cept im still waiting for the videocard, and will be for quite some time...

damn bfg 6800gt pci express cards.......

 

[Tweakin]

Originally posted by: flyswatter

Originally posted by: Kakyoin
Monarch allows you to buy a 3 year warranty with them for an extra $15. But it's thru Monarch not AMD I believe.

I'd stay away from Monarch. They have the slowest service/shipping since the 17th century. I ordered an athlon 64 combo over a week ago and they have yet to ship it. I ordered my parts from CrazyPC and Newegg on the same day I ordered from Monarch and I received already.

Ordered my Neo2 & 3200+ on Wed, was in the mail on Thur and received on Monday...great service, free games and additional warrenty for a little extra $$...Nice.


I would speak highly of them.

 

[user1234]

Originally posted by: mellofelow
I also just bought the same chip but from different vendors, Monarch & Amazon.

AMD64 939 Winchester 3500+ : $251 shipped

Zalman CNPS7000B fan : $35.99 shipped (much better than stock; a must if you OC)

muhahahaa.... you can actually overclock the A64 just fine with the stock fan, mine never goes above 47C even at full load 2.4 ghz, so I'm not sure why you'd need a better hsf. In any case, this zalman hsf is not really better than the stock one, it's just quieter.

 

[rye]

No problems with Monarch here. I ordered my Athlon 3500+ and a mobo on Tuesday using the free ground shipping option. I get an email Wednesday that it's being shipped out that night w/ 2 day delivery. So far, tracking has it as arriving Friday. Woohoo!! Much better than what I had expected.

 

[Hunter Viking]

Looks like Monarch finally has the PIB in stock. I ordered this morning. Lets see if it ships.

 

[DragonMasterAlex]

Originally posted by: flyswatter

Originally posted by: Kakyoin
Monarch allows you to buy a 3 year warranty with them for an extra $15. But it's thru Monarch not AMD I believe.

I'd stay away from Monarch. They have the slowest service/shipping since the 17th century. I ordered an athlon 64 combo over a week ago and they have yet to ship it. I ordered my parts from CrazyPC and Newegg on the same day I ordered from Monarch and I received already.

Totally agreed. We bought a $4,000 server from Monarch and it took a MONTH to get it. That did NOT include an OS, either!

Jason

 

[walkure]

Holy $hit, the 3500+ winchester is now up to $298 at Monarch (OEM)!!!

$47 more than on Wednesday!!!

 

[walkure]

I mean, it is only $295 at Newegg!. Sad to say, Monarch is $3 higher...

EDIT: OK, OK, I forgot, $3.99 shipping at Newegg makes them $0.99 higher than Monarch. Put it this way: both prices now suck 🙁

 

[FlyingHamster]

yea wtf.. monarch is getting ghey

 

[TheGeek]

Originally posted by: deepinya

Originally posted by: Reiniku
thing is, that 3 year amd warranty is voided once you use an aftermarket hsf

...and how will anyone find out?

AMD has ninjas stalking you...

 

[MyGrain]

Originally posted by: BigHurt

i ordered on the 11th, and got ups confirmation # today,
im sort of in the same boat, cept im still waiting for the videocard, and will be for quite some time...

damn bfg 6800gt pci express cards.......

Yeah...what you said. I just ordered a evga 6600 gt....gonna grit my teeth and get by until the insanity dies. Then, upgrade the card{z}

 

[MyGrain]

Originally posted by: walkure
Holy $hit, the 3500+ winchester is now up to $298 at Monarch (OEM)!!!

$47 more than on Wednesday!!!

Can you imagine a retail outfit trying that junk? They'd have stock clerkks up all night every night repricing things! lol!

 

[flyswatter]

Originally posted by: Reiniku
thing is, that 3 year amd warranty is voided once you use an aftermarket hsf

When you use the original AMD HSF, it sends a code to the CPU documenting that the AMD OEM HSF is used. And if you are connected online, it sends the code to AMD's database computers. The telemarketing companies are connected to AMD's network. If an aftermarket HSF is used it sounds an alarm to the telemarketing company's computers. As a result those telemarketers call us in behalf of AMD during dinner and bug us if we want to change our long distance carrier, etc, etc. That's how AMD gets its revenge.

It's true.

 

[mellofelow]

Originally posted by: flyswatter

Originally posted by: Reiniku
thing is, that 3 year amd warranty is voided once you use an aftermarket hsf

When you use the original AMD HSF, it sends a code to the CPU documenting that the AMD OEM HSF is used. And if you are connected online, it sends the code to AMD's database computers. The telemarketing companies are connected to AMD's network. If an aftermarket HSF is used it sounds an alarm to the telemarketing company's computers. As a result those telemarketers call us in behalf of AMD during dinner and bug us if we want to change our long distance carrier, etc, etc. That's how AMD gets its revenge.

It's true.

C'mon... it's possible but I can't believe it's true. What if you don't connect it to the web?

 

[FlyingHamster]

Originally posted by: mellofelow

Originally posted by: flyswatter

Originally posted by: Reiniku
thing is, that 3 year amd warranty is voided once you use an aftermarket hsf

When you use the original AMD HSF, it sends a code to the CPU documenting that the AMD OEM HSF is used. And if you are connected online, it sends the code to AMD's database computers. The telemarketing companies are connected to AMD's network. If an aftermarket HSF is used it sounds an alarm to the telemarketing company's computers. As a result those telemarketers call us in behalf of AMD during dinner and bug us if we want to change our long distance carrier, etc, etc. That's how AMD gets its revenge.

It's true.

C'mon... it's possible but I can't believe it's true. What if you don't connect it to the web?

LMFAO!

 

[Johnbear007]

Originally posted by: flyswatter

Originally posted by: Kakyoin
Monarch allows you to buy a 3 year warranty with them for an extra $15. But it's thru Monarch not AMD I believe.

I'd stay away from Monarch. They have the slowest service/shipping since the 17th century. I ordered an athlon 64 combo over a week ago and they have yet to ship it. I ordered my parts from CrazyPC and Newegg on the same day I ordered from Monarch and I received already.

I ordered a 6800 from monarch months ago when they were scarce and they had some of the fastest shipping ive ever experienced.

 

[Jassi]

Oh man, the prices shot up. The OEM at Monarch is 297 and the retail at FPC is 299.

 

[walkure]

Originally posted by: Jassi
Oh man, the prices shot up. The OEM at Monarch is 297 and the retail at FPC is 299.

Must be "on sale" at Monarch. Yesterday it shot up to $298. Now it's $1 off! Call now, operators are standing by!

 

[walkure]

Read the post by FlyingHamster on page 1 of this thread:
http://forums.anandtech.com/me...id=27&threadid=1492279


Apparently if you call Monarch and complain, they will honor the $251 price for the 3500+ 90nm. I never in my wildest dreams imagined that they would do this, so I never even considered calling them even though I too was pissed about the price shooting up to $297. Instead, I settled on the 3200+ from ZZF for $203. Hope it OC's well so I can blow past even 3500+ speeds! (more like up to FX-55 speeds I hope)

 

[EF9]

Originally posted by: flyswatter

Originally posted by: Reiniku
thing is, that 3 year amd warranty is voided once you use an aftermarket hsf

When you use the original AMD HSF, it sends a code to the CPU documenting that the AMD OEM HSF is used. And if you are connected online, it sends the code to AMD's database computers. The telemarketing companies are connected to AMD's network. If an aftermarket HSF is used it sounds an alarm to the telemarketing company's computers. As a result those telemarketers call us in behalf of AMD during dinner and bug us if we want to change our long distance carrier, etc, etc. That's how AMD gets its revenge.

It's true.

Thats why you sign up for the do not call list