Retail FX-55 is Cheaper than OEM, WTF? (UPDATE FX-55 Clawhammer?)

[Mudbone]

Is this a typo, or is there a reason for this? FX-55

EDIT: I went back and looked at this link again and noticed that the core was called Clawhammer on these. I thought that the FX-55 core was called Sledgehammer. Is this just a typo on Newegg's part or is something else going on here? (Or am I wrong about it being called Sledgehammer?)

 

[Demo24]

yeah ones available one isnt

 

[Baked]

Wow, nice deal... if you want to spend that much money on a CPU.

 

[amol]

because more people are buying the retail, so newegg restocks those more often, and the longer the fx-55 is out, the cheaper the prices goes

therefore, on the reorder, newegg pays less than it did, say, a month ago

but they still have the OEMs from the last order they made from AMD and don't want to lose $$

 

[PClark99]

Actually this appears to be a new policy at the egg.

A couple weeks ago I was looking at the black plextor SATA DVDRW drive. It was listed at $105 but it was OOS.

When I received autonotification that it was back in stock when I went to place my order, the price mysteriously shot up to $130.

Just be warned to check your total before hitting the order button or you might get a surprise.

Luckily enough a week later it was down to $120 - a $30 MIR which was a bit better.

Still, considering the eggs reputation, it seems a little shady to me.

 

[Edward Lee]

$1000.00 for a single processor? I can buy 7 AMD 64 3000 for that price

 

[Bateluer]

Originally posted by: Edward Lee
$1000.00 for a single processor? I can buy 7 AMD 64 3000 for that price

Ah, but can you buy support hardware for each processor? Or a motherboard and OS that can use 7 A64 3000s?

The FX-55 is the king of the hill for the moment and people will pay money to stand on that hill, for however short its reign may be.

 

[Amaroque]

It's still less than what I've seen P4 EE's for. Even now, the P4 EE 3.4GHz is ~$1,000 which is trumped by an FX 55 easily.

So IMO it's a bargian compared to Intel's offering.

 

[ssvegeta1010]

Also the 3.46EE is $1100 and that is just <1% better than the 3.4EE.

 

[CraigRT]

waste of $

 

[Amaroque]

I agree, waste of money for most of us. I bought my 3500+ Winchester, K8N Neo2 Plat, and two 74 GB Raptors for less. I'm also at 2.6 GHz, but with less L2 cache.

So it's kind of silly to buy that proc IMO.

 

[Theguynextdoor]

Free shipping on the cheaper one too.

 

[StrangerGuy]

Some people just simply want the best. *shrugs*

 

[edmundoab]

yeap, at stock speeds, rather then thinking about OCing it and give a thought about stability issue or heat factor
if they got the money to throw , why not.

 

[Mudbone]

Bump

See edit in OP