Athlon II X4 605e Availability?

[Minot]

Do you know when the Athlon II X4 605e will be available? As I understand it, it will be the first 45W quad core CPU. I have been looking across the internet for an update on this low power quad and can't find anything updated in the past month or so.

Thanks!

-MINOT-

 

[Eeqmcsq]

The word on the street is that it will be available on Oct 22, the same time as the release of Windows 7. Source: xbitlabs

 

[hans007]

you could just buy a 620 and try undervolting it.

i personally got sick of waiting for these lower power chips and that is what i did. wanted to get a 240e and it took forever to come out, so i bought a regular 240 and undervolted from 1.425 to 1.175.

i bet you could do the same with a 620 if you clock it down to 2.3 ghz like a 605e as well.

 

[firewolfsm]

My Q6600 is probably under 65W thanks to my undervolting. Any 45nm quad can do it if you undervolt.

 

[LoneNinja]

As previously mentioned rumor is Oct 22 we'll see a number of new energy efficient models, and I've seen rumor of the 45W quads exceeding $150. I find reason to believe rumor in those high prices, just look back at Phenom when the 65W quads were released, they rivaled the 9850/9950 in price.

Personally I agree with some of the opinions to undervolt a regular processor, both my Phenom II 940 and Phenom 9850 will run at the same voltages/clock speeds as their energy efficient counterparts do.