x2 3800+ for $109 - free shipping RETAIL BOX

[ShizNet]

And it's from NewEgg too

 

[superHARD]

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16819103735

working linky

 

[Budarow]

You can go wrong IF you don't have an AM2 CPU😉. Please put AM2 in your title.

 

[proroc]

Which one is better this one or the 65W version?

 

[ShizNet]

go for 65W, less heat - less noise from fans
at the end it'll be the best $10 you spent 😉

 

[superHARD]

and the 65W'er should let you OC it more?

 

[superHARD]

I would be all over this...if a $150 processor didn't spank this $110 one...

 

[sjwaste]

Originally posted by: superHARD
I would be all over this...if a $150 processor didn't spank this $110 one...

That's a 36% price difference. Is the processor in question 36% faster?

 

[ShizNet]

which one is $150? and how much is MoBo for it?

 

[superHARD]

Intel E4300 retail $163

You can do a cheaper board, but if you spend about $100 on a board you would get one that OC's.

And you can get 2x1 gig ddr2 kits for like $115 now 🙂

= ~375 for a complete system overhaul!

 

[GEEBOSS]

FYI

If anyone is a retail sales associate do your Retail Access Training for AMD and qulify to buy the AM2 3800 x2 for $75.

 

[ShizNet]

dude STFU! + shipping [+tax on some]

under flags of this BS, with the same math i can say this:
2 CPUs - $220 [shipped]
2 MoBos - ~$100
your 2Gigs of mem. [1 each]
= ~same amount for TWO 'complete system overhaulZ!'

this is not a faster, better on cheap system post!

 

[13Gigatons]

The BIG question is will the AM3 be a scorcher or another lame release by AMD. People buying AM2 mobo are hoping the AM3 will rock and take back the CPU crown.

 

[BlackG0d]

And here I am opening the thread in hopes of seeing a 939 x2......WHY DO THEY HAVE TO BE SO ****** EXPENSIVE!!!

 

[superHARD]

Originally posted by: ShizNet
dude STFU! + shipping [+tax on some]

under flags of this BS, with the same math i can say this:
2 CPUs - $220 [shipped]
2 MoBos - ~$100
your 2Gigs of mem. [1 each]
= ~same amount for TWO 'complete system overhaulZ!'

this is not a faster, better on cheap system post!

Found in our very own forums
http://forums.anandtech.com/messageview...atid=40&threadid=2000408&enterthread=y

$163 for retail e4300...What was your linky, $180+?...lol
as I said "~375 for a complete system overhaul!"

O and, if you have not used one of these systems stop posting, there is a complete night and day difference between them!!!

I'm done with off topic talk, sorry.

 

[ShizNet]

would you be so kind to link to REAL product [not forum] for $150... wait $160.. no.. $167 [or so +s/h]
then i'll take my hat off for you and say in same post: 'your deal is better' - untill then like i said STFU!!

 

[13Gigatons]

$162.99 http://microcenter.com/byos/byos_single_product_results.phtml?product_id=0252152

 

[chucky2]

Originally posted by: 13Gigatons
The BIG question is will the AM3 be a scorcher or another lame release by AMD. People buying AM2 mobo are hoping the AM3 will rock and take back the CPU crown.

I think you mean AM2+...AM3 is rumored not to support AM2 CPU's, just AM2+. AM2+ is rumored to support AM2 however...so really the questions are what will the AM2+ platforms bring to the table over the current AM2 out now that would make buying this CPU now and upgrading to AM2+ worthwhile, and also will AM2+ CPU's be worth it vs. Intel CPU's at that point to make continued investment in AMD even worth it?

It's the last point I'm going back and forth over right now, as I'm utterly disappointed in what 690G is looking like...my faith has been sufficiently shaken in that debacle that Intel - especially with the E4300 being relatively cheap, and cheaper still when 690G finally gets around to actually being available - is actually looking attractive for a budget/budget+ build.

Chuck

 

[tbogstad]

109 shipped is a good deal for a retail box.

but if you only need a oem it was about $95.00 shipped recently.

http://forums.anandtech.com/messageview...atid=40&threadid=2003046&enterthread=y

and the E4300 retail box is $165.00 shipped from HWrebuild.

https://host201.ipowerweb.com/~hwrebuil...duct_info.php?cPath=26&products_id=254

any of these processors are a good deal if they are in your price range.

 

[13Gigatons]

Originally posted by: chucky2

Originally posted by: 13Gigatons
The BIG question is will the AM3 be a scorcher or another lame release by AMD. People buying AM2 mobo are hoping the AM3 will rock and take back the CPU crown.

I think you mean AM2+...AM3 is rumored not to support AM2 CPU's, just AM2+. AM2+ is rumored to support AM2 however...so really the questions are what will the AM2+ platforms bring to the table over the current AM2 out now that would make buying this CPU now and upgrading to AM2+ worthwhile, and also will AM2+ CPU's be worth it vs. Intel CPU's at that point to make continued investment in AMD even worth it?

It's the last point I'm going back and forth over right now, as I'm utterly disappointed in what 690G is looking like...my faith has been sufficiently shaken in that debacle that Intel - especially with the E4300 being relatively cheap, and cheaper still when 690G finally gets around to actually being available - is actually looking attractive for a budget/budget+ build.

Chuck

AMD has already revealed that AM3 cpu's will work in AM2 mobo because they will support DDR2 and DDR3.

http://www.dailytech.com/article.aspx?newsid=3169

http://blogs.zdnet.com/hardware/?p=34