Warm, at least-

[Jhhnn]

At the Egg. Free shipping.

Newsletter promo code EMCABBABG.

 

[USNavyPilot]

Link? Socket AM2, 939??

 

[skillyho]

Black Editions are AM2 only....you can see the chip on NewEgg's website, but you'll only get the promo code if you're a subscriber to NewEgg's Newsletter deal.

 

[xyyz]

how does this compare to the 4800+ if one doesn't plan on overclocking?

fry's has the 4800+ and an ecs MB for $99.

 

[Nessism]

Originally posted by: xyyz
how does this compare to the 4800+ if one doesn't plan on overclocking?

fry's has the 4800+ and an ecs MB for $99.

If you are not going to overclock get the fry's combo. Comes with a board and heatsink, 5000 black does not come with a heatsink.

The salient feature of the 5000 black chip is the .65 cpu traces which makes it very overclockable. Lower power consumption also. Stock performance is the same as the older chips of the same speed though.

 

[cubeless]

the frys combo will do 2750 (at least mine did)... great deal for < $100...

although... i couldn't get a 8800gt512 to sync with my crt with that board... odd... just left the 7950 in it...

 

[jlee]

Wonder how well it'll do on stock voltage...my motherboard won't let me adjust it..

 

[BladeVenom]

Originally posted by: Nessism


The salient feature of the 5000 black chip is the .65 cpu traces which makes it very overclockable. Lower power consumption also. Stock performance is the same as the older chips of the same speed though.

And of course the unlocked multiplier.

 

[jiffer]

Here's the link:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/...x?Item=N82E16819103194

NewEgg is selling a retail box processor, but...

Originally posted by: Nessism
...5000 black does not come with a heatsink.

You're probably right about that, but it's very confusing since a "retail box processor" usually comes with a CPU cooler.

Do you know how long the warranty lasts?

 

[Jhhnn]

Nice article of at the other hardware site wrt clocking the X2 5000 black edition-

http://www.tomshardware.com/20...22/budget_overclocker/

They liked it- their sample hit 3.1 gig with stock voltage by simply raising the multiplier, something most chips won't let you do. Nice power consumption figures, too...

The unlocked multiplier just makes it easy to get the most out of a particular chip w/o stressing the rest of the system... They market it to overclockers w/o a hsf- they know you'll want an aftermarket unit anyway...

 

[jlee]

Originally posted by: Jhhnn
Nice article of at the other hardware site wrt clocking the X2 5000 black edition-

http://www.tomshardware.com/20...22/budget_overclocker/

They liked it- their sample hit 3.1 gig with stock voltage by simply raising the multiplier, something most chips won't let you do. Nice power consumption figures, too...

The unlocked multiplier just makes it easy to get the most out of a particular chip w/o stressing the rest of the system... They market it to overclockers w/o a hsf- they know you'll want an aftermarket unit anyway...

I'm trying to decide whether or not it'd be worth upgrading from my 3600 (@ 2.47Ghz on an Asus M2NPV)..maybe I'll wait 'till spring and see what's cheap then..

 

[marvdmartian]

Jiffer, 99.9% certain it's a 3 year warranty on these cpu's. Everywhere (but Newegg, naturally!) I've looked, it's been listed at 3 years. It's missing the cpu heatsink/fan mostly because AMD didn't want to saddle people with something they knew they wouldn't use (even though, if you read the fine print on retail cpu's, must be included with any cpu that's returned for warranty replacement). At least, that's the reason I'd think they didn't put the hsf in the box.

 

[BadBrad]

Instruction booklet in box says 3 years.

 

[Changoboy]

Xyyz and Cubeless, where the heck is that fry's deal for that combo? I can't find any combo deals on fry's...

 

[esquared]

Originally posted by: Changoboy
Xyyz and Cubeless, where the heck is that fry's deal for that combo? I can't find any combo deals on fry's...

This one here?

edit:
This is Fry's B&M only.