Fx-62 on sale on tiger direct

[taltamir]

name says it all, I was looking at various prices on newegg, zipzoomfly, tiger direct...

And then I notice that digerdirect is selling retail FX-62 for 150$. Which is quite a bit less then most places.

Just thought I would share.

 

[Gikaseixas]

nice price but way too late. They should have lowered it long ago

 

[taltamir]

why too late? Is there any better AM2 duel core processor?

 

[SlowSpyder]

If only it was socket 939...

 

[jonmcc33]

The Black Editions probably put this CPU down in price.

 

[taltamir]

it is still full price in other stores, only on diger direct is it this cheap (newegg has an oem version for 170, or an open box for 190... everywhere else is 200+)

 

[jjmIII]

9 out of 10 HD'rs prefer a link

 

[jjmIII]

but........

<a target=_blank class=ftalternatingbarlinklarge href="http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819103773">3ghz instead of 2.8
retail instead of OEM
free shipping instead of paying
Newegg instead of TigerDirect</a>

 

[j0j081]

Originally posted by: jjmIII
but........

<a target=_blank class=ftalternatingbarlinklarge href="http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819103773">3ghz instead of 2.8
retail instead of OEM
free shipping instead of paying
Newegg instead of TigerDirect</a>

but which is faster?

 

[taltamir]

on winrar, the 3ghz... on most games, the FX gives more FPS.
The FX has twice the cache compared to the regular.

It is 159.99 with free shipping vs 149.99 with 7$ shipping... So the fx is 3 dollars cheaper, not more expensive.
Doesn't the FX comes with an unlocked multiplier?
And you get a nice 800mhz ram speed with it instead of having it reduced.
And the egg isn't so hot anymore... No refunds on any of the new video cards, restocking fee for returning defective merchandise (DOA), same prices as frys on most things...

 

[jjmIII]

The FX has twice the cache compared to the regular.

Am I wrong..........BOTH have 2x1mb L2 ???

 

[jjmIII]

It is 159.99 with free shipping vs 149.99 with 7$ shipping... So the fx is 3 dollars cheaper, not more expensive.

.....but, again retail vs. OEM

 

[jjmIII]

And you get a nice 800mhz ram speed with it instead of having it reduced.

Huh? they are both AM2 chips running DDR2?

 

[spittledip]

I have never known the difference between FX and regular chips, especially since some regular Athlons have the same amount of cache. so what is the difference?

 

[myocardia]

Originally posted by: jjmIII

The FX has twice the cache compared to the regular.

Am I wrong..........BOTH have 2x1mb L2 ???

Nope, you're right, both have 2x1MB L2 cache.

Originally posted by: spittledip
I have never known the difference between FX and regular chips, especially since some regular Athlons have the same amount of cache. so what is the difference?

The FX's have an unlocked multiplier. That's the only difference between them and the other 1MB single cores, and 2x1 MB dual-cores.

 

[taltamir]

oh, i guess you are right. It is the same cache.
So it seems the only benefit is the unlocked multiplier
The downside is, that it is F2 stepping not F3 like the 6000+, so it will probably overclock worse. (and isn't gaurenteed 3.0ghz like the 6000 is).

 

[spittledip]

So how high is the multiplier when unlocked? Is it totally unlocked so you can go as high as you want? That would be nice.

 

[myocardia]

Originally posted by: taltamir
oh, i guess you are right. It is the same cache.
So it seems the only benefit is the unlocked multiplier
The downside is, that it is F2 stepping not F3 like the 6000+, so it will probably overclock worse. (and isn't gaurenteed 3.0ghz like the 6000 is).

Yeah, I'd definitely rather have a guaranteed 3 Ghz, and a 3 year warranty, than a probable 3 Ghz, with a 90 day warranty. The later stepping would just be icing on the cake, for me at least.

Originally posted by: spittledip
So how high is the multiplier when unlocked? Is it totally unlocked so you can go as high as you want? That would be nice.

I honestly have no idea, except I can say that it's for sure at least 15x.