FX-55 *San Diego* OEM now down to $130 at the Egg

[Corpun]

I missed the deal last time, didn't have the extra cash laying around but jumped on it when I saw it back today.

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Now down to $130

 

[houe]

Good deal on the San Diego core. I passed the last time this deal was around because I want to build a C2D system. However these high ram prices are making think twice about that. Going with this I could use my existing DDR ram.

 

[keeleysam]

In for a few

 

[chusteczka]

• Single Core:
• 3700 (2.2GHz, 1MB cache) ADA3700CFBOX for $85
• 3700 (2.2GHz, 1MB cache) ADA3700BNBOX for $89
• 4000 (2.4GHz, 1MB cache) for $96
• FX-55 (2.6GHz, 1MB cache) for $130

• Dual Core:
• Opteron 165 (1.8GHz, 2 x 1MB cache) for $157
• Opteron 170 (2.0GHz, 2 x 1MB cache) for $185
• Opteron 175 (2.2GHz, 2 x 1MB cache) for $228
• Opteron 180 (2.4GHz, 2 x 1MB cache) for $300

 

[Ricochet]

Without the "AMDROCKS" this time around. Nice.

 

[toant103]

Originally posted by: chusteczka
The price for the FX-55 San Diego was $145 on Friday afternoon.

Earlier this afternoon (Friday), the price for the Opteron 165 at 1.8 GHz was $170. It is now $158.


The following cpu's have not changed in price since this afternoon:

• 3700 (2.2GHz) ADA3700CFBOX for $87
• 3700 (2.2GHz) ADA3700BNBOX for $89
• 4000 (2.4GHz) for $100
• 4200 X2 (2.2GHz) for $175 + shipping (about $10)
• 4600 X2 (2.4GHz) for $226
• Opteron 170 (dual core, 2.0GHz) for $185
• Opteron 175 (dual core, 2.2GHz) for $228
• Opteron 180 (dual core, 2.4GHz) for $300

Opteron 165 is around $155 with free shipping at the Egg. I have the ccbbe 0616xpmw

No change to overclock it yet

 

[Barnacle Bill]

Will these AMD price drop even more once there new 65 nm chips are released Tuesday?
Anyone know what's the best bang for the buck CPU for gaming; the AMD X2 or the dual core Opteron? I see the 4600 X2 (2.4GHz) for $226 selling for about what the Opteron 175 (dual core, 2.2GHz) for $228 is currently selling for; for an avid gamer (who likes to overclock) which chip to go with? Thanks!

 

[kmmatney]

Those Opteron 165s seem to all clock to 2.7Ghz easily, even with the stock fan. That's a heck of a deal for $158, better than the FX-55 for $139, if your not afraid to overclock.

 

[Ilikepiedoyou]

what does oem mean?

 

[Spike]

Originally posted by: kmmatney
Those Opteron 165s seem to all clock to 2.7Ghz easily, even with the stock fan. That's a heck of a deal for $158, better than the FX-55 for $139, if your not afraid to overclock.

Not all of them, I can only push mine to 2.52 with OCZ Plat ram though I think it is mainly the ram as my CPU never gets above 36c. Though I got my Opty 165 last december so the new versions may be even better at overclocking.

 

[Craig234]

Originally posted by: Ilikepiedoyou
what does oem mean?

Original Equipment Manufacturer; it means the main item only, without any added packaging and accessories typically. For a CPU, that means no included fan.

 

[wazzledoozle]

AMD isnt gonna release any 65 nm 939 parts, correct?

 

[AMCRambler]

Crapwich. I missed it the first time at $139 and figured it wouldn't go back down for a while so I picked up the combo deal they had with the Seagate SATA 250gb hard disk foor $200. Doh! Well maybe I can get a few bucks for the hard disk on FSFT.

 

[vadp]

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[vadp]

Originally posted by: wazzledoozle
AMD isnt gonna release any 65 nm 939 parts, correct?

Yes, you're correct.
Socket 939 is dead.
The new 65 nanometre SOI design is reserved for socket AM2, revision G release, which is just around the corner.
The current socket AM2 is revision F.

 

[you2]

You think it is worth the extra $20 for a 170 (10x) vs the 165 (9x) ? I've been watching these for a while - my concern is that the pipeline is drying up so I'm not sure if the 165/170 will see much more in the way of price drop (mabye they will?) . If you can get 2.65ghz with the 165 then the 170 would be around 3ghz with the same amount of overclocking? What would that be 1/2 fps or 2 fps ?

 

[tallman45]

Originally posted by: you2
You think it is worth the extra $20 for a 170 (10x) vs the 165 (9x) ? I've been watching these for a while - my concern is that the pipeline is drying up so I'm not sure if the 165/170 will see much more in the way of price drop (mabye they will?) . If you can get 2.65ghz with the 165 then the 170 would be around 3ghz with the same amount of overclocking? What would that be 1/2 fps or 2 fps ?

Would sound like it should but the 165 is a better OC'er. I do not think 3ghz is a reality.

The 170 would allow more room for error since its starting pont is higher

 

[DarkManX]

im thinkin of upgrading to get ready for windows vista, whats a good socket 939 CPU in the 100$ price range?

 

[RideFree]

Originally posted by: DarkManX
im thinkin of upgrading to get ready for windows vista, whats a good socket 939 CPU in the 100$ price range?

You should really try to find another $39 to spend on this CPU as it is really the BB4$.
Thanks Corpun for posting this...I also got in on the last San Diego "AMDROCKS", and it does.

 

[DarkManX]

would gettin a dual core make much of a difference for day to day computer use? im not really a gamer, but I still like havin the best performance.

 

[RideFree]

Imho, dual core for everyday use at the 939 level is waste of processing power unless you fold or do heavy graphics; and only if you have graphics needs that will lend themselves to a dual-core.

 

[DarkManX]

GECUBE GC-HM13GE2-D3 Radeon X1300 Support 512MB(256MB on Board) GDDR2 PCI Express x16 Video Card - Retail

Foxconn 761GXK8MB-RS Socket 939 SiS 761 GX Micro ATX AMD Motherboard - Retail
the mobo and video card are a newegg combo for like 100 bucks.
along with the FX-55 CPU, hows that for a barebone system? im gonna reuse my ram and everything. Im also going to purchase the q-pack case.

 

[tallman45]

Originally posted by: DarkManX
would gettin a dual core make much of a difference for day to day computer use? im not really a gamer, but I still like havin the best performance.

Yes, there are many progs that run in the background.

I can play a game and a full virus scan and a spyware search also run and not a bit of a slowdown

 

[kenton]

I received my 165 last Wednesday (day before Thanksgiving) from Newegg. It was a CCBBE (!) 0617

The thing about the 165 is you need a good to great board to make it clock well, also you'll need some high quality RAM if you aren't worried about dividers.

I have generic Ultra 1x2GB DDR400 (3-4-4-8 2T) RAM so I wanted to make sure I could get as close to DDR400 as possible.

With the 165 you have two options: 166MHz divider and HTT 244 = 2200MHz w/ DDR400... OR 133MHz divider and HTT 311 = 2800MHz w/ DDR400.

With the 170 you have two options: 166MHz divider and HTT 240 = 2400MHz w/ DDR400... OR 133MHz divider and HTT 300 = 3000MHz w/ DDR400.


I didn't like my odds with 3GHz, but I did like my odds with close to 2800MHz.

For reference, I've dual primed 24 hours stable at: 1800MHz (stock), 2200MHz, 2500MHz, 2600MHz. 2700MHz failed at stock voltage (Core0 within 2 seconds) so I'm at 1.4v right now and I've been dual priming for 12 hours now.

I like the Opteron 165 (BTW my board is the $43 nForce4 MSI from Geeks.com, see the hot deal thread for more info)

 

[Mustanggt]

I bought this the last time it was this price, mine does 2.94 GHZ stable. very fast chip for the $