Athlon 64 X2 5600+ w/ Free Mobo $259 at Newegg

[surferkev]

Pretty good price for processor considering it's fairly competitive in performance with Core 2 Duo E6600. Unfortunately the motherboard sucks. Don't even think about getting it to work on a Raid 0 partition with Windows Vista.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819103771

I can't wait until the 65nm version of this chip comes out. It should lower the full load power consumption to near Core 2 levels.

Update: Price drop.

 

[RallyMaster]

That motherboard layout is pure hell. It's gonna be a pain to wire a main power cable to the middle of mobo and the 4 pin at top. Not recommended if you have an Antec P180 or 900...

 

[surferkev]

The free Biostar board is not an enthusiast board but if you don't need or want some of the bells and whistles and just want a solid board, this is a fabulous deal.

 

[blckgrffn]

Heck, you can get a X1950XT for $130 if you buy the processor too. I would think that would be a warm deal - that's a whole lot of horsepower for ~$400, especially if you are a user that leaves everything stock.

Nat

 

[jbubrisk]

Isn't the AMD X2 6000+ going to be like $215 after the april 9th price drops? Or am I mistaken...

 

[blckgrffn]

Originally posted by: jbubrisk
Isn't the AMD X2 6000+ going to be like $215 after the april 9th price drops? Or am I mistaken...

If we can believe this...

Then yes

I am holding off on my AM2 purchase for at least a few more days...

Nat

 

[Krakn3Dfx]

Originally posted by: blckgrffn

Originally posted by: jbubrisk
Isn't the AMD X2 6000+ going to be like $215 after the april 9th price drops? Or am I mistaken...

If we can believe this...

Then yes

I am holding off on my AM2 purchase for at least a few more days...

Nat

Well, they're already selling the x2 3600+ for $65 on newegg w/ a free copy of R6:V, and it's on that list for $69, so you have to wonder how many of these cuts are already pretty much where they're supposed to be.

 

[blckgrffn]

Originally posted by: Krakn3Dfx

Originally posted by: blckgrffn

Originally posted by: jbubrisk
Isn't the AMD X2 6000+ going to be like $215 after the april 9th price drops? Or am I mistaken...

If we can believe this...

Then yes

I am holding off on my AM2 purchase for at least a few more days...

Nat

Well, they're already selling the x2 3600+ for $65 on newegg w/ a free copy of R6:V, and it's on that list for $69, so you have to wonder how many of these cuts are already pretty much where they're supposed to be.

Well, personally I am aiming at something like the 5200+ @ 65nm. I want something that is low power at idle and can handle HD playback in my HTPC. The pentium 920D that I have now is just too hungry

Nat

 

[John P]

It went up to $299 and now it's back down to $259.

 

[PinchyCM]

the 6000+ was 379 on friday. 49% cuts on monday, so i'm guessing ~200

 

[PinchyCM]

the 5600+ combos are oos.

 

[ScrapSilicon]

Originally posted by: PinchyCM
the 5600+ combos are oos.

:brokenheart:

 

[PC911mickster]

Mwave has X2 5600's for $179 and the OOS 6000's are already showing at $229

 

[xenofusion]

; That's crazy man. I just bought X25600 with motherboard for 200(after tax) from Frys and now it dropped price ;

 

[Chadder007]

Hmm...they really aren't THAT much slower than the Intels. Just in some specific instances. So the 6000 is temping at that price