Retail Athlon MP 2800+ for ONLY $129 shipped HOT!!

[Vette73]

Monarch Computer has the Retail Athlon MP 2800+ for ONLY $129. Might be a mistake, as the next seller has the SAME CPU for $200. That and the Athlon XP 2800+ is more $ at Monarch.
So move fast if you want the TOP of the line Athlon MP CPU

Athlon MP 2800+ $129 shipped

 

[adsouthpaw]

Just got two for my new 1U setup. Can anyone recommend some 1U heatsink fans for these puppies? Thanks.

 

[Vette73]

Originally posted by: adsouthpaw
Just got two for my new 1U setup. Can anyone recommend some 1U heatsink fans for these puppies? Thanks.

They come with short heatsinks, so they might already work. Should be a short heatsink with a copper bottom and Alum. fins.

Just hope everybodys order goes through, awesome deal on a MP chip, esp the top of the line MP chip.

 

[adsouthpaw]

I thought about using them without the fans, as there will be two big Nidec blowers blowing air across. However it looks like from the picture that the fins are turned the wrong way for this to work.

 

[WallyKid]

What motherboard can this go on?

 

[Silex]

What's a good AMD MP mobo for these suckers? Too bad I just bought a new Shuttle to replace my Abit KG7-Lite with my T-Bird 1.4 .

edit: Darn post above me!!!!!!!!!1 I typed it all out 1st!

 

[ghostman]

Is the consensus that this is a price mistake? Two of these (~$260) are equal to the price of just one on many online computer stores (mwave, cdw). Well, I just bought two for my Tyan Thunder K7. Shoot...that was an impulse buy.

 

[WallyKid]

Doesn't seem like Athlon MP are for gamers. How will i benefit from dual processor? I burn DVDs , and i notice that my computer is very slow when i start burning a DVD, and i think its because its using Harddrive bandwidth. It doesn't seem like burning a DVD uses alot of CPU power at all. Anyone has any idea? Thanks.

 

[TheMouse]

Originally posted by: WallyKid
Doesn't seem like Athlon MP are for gamers. How will i benefit from dual processor? I burn DVDs , and i notice that my computer is very slow when i start burning a DVD, and i think its because its using Harddrive bandwidth. It doesn't seem like burning a DVD uses alot of CPU power at all. Anyone has any idea? Thanks.

if all you do is burn dvds, you wont benefit from dual cpu

 

[Corporate Thug]

awesome deal

 

[AAjax]

Originally posted by: WallyKid
Doesn't seem like Athlon MP are for gamers. How will i benefit from dual processor? I burn DVDs , and i notice that my computer is very slow when i start burning a DVD, and i think its because its using Harddrive bandwidth. It doesn't seem like burning a DVD uses alot of CPU power at all. Anyone has any idea? Thanks.

If you do video rendering, or comercial editing MP is the way to go. For regular home use I wouldnt bother

 

[Vette73]

Originally posted by: AAjax

Originally posted by: WallyKid
Doesn't seem like Athlon MP are for gamers. How will i benefit from dual processor? I burn DVDs , and i notice that my computer is very slow when i start burning a DVD, and i think its because its using Harddrive bandwidth. It doesn't seem like burning a DVD uses alot of CPU power at all. Anyone has any idea? Thanks.

If you do video rendering, or comercial editing MP is the way to go. For regular home use I wouldnt bother

I disagree. I had a Dual Athlon system in college and loved it as I could run 3-5 programs and all of them run like they were the only one running. If you do a lot of running several programs at once then a Dual Athlon system is cheap and very fsat.

BUT as you said it is NOT for gamers. The reg. ram, and timings of the chipset set are for Rock Stable operation, not games. And when I say stable, I dont mean stable, I mean ROCK STABLE. Never had my 760MPX system crash on me at all. Ad I ran some weird stuff on it sometimes.

 

[grrl]

Looks like it was a typo. Pricewatch still has it at $129, but the link comes up at $211.

 

[adsouthpaw]

Just got an email from them offering at "below cost" for $189. What do you guys think?

 

[kof]

$189 is still good, their site now has it at $211 for retail.

 

[helpme]

Damn, I was this close to replacing both my 1800+ MPs in my system now