Athlon 3200XP pricing hits new heights

WJA96 · 7 May 2006 at 22:28

Anyone else noticed that Athlon XP 3200's are back at OcUK - in the clearance section.

AMD Athlon "Barton" XP3200+ 400FSB (Socket A) CPU - OEM (CP-058-AM)

Price: £149.95 (£176.19 Including VAT at 17.5%) !!!

And that's cheap compared to getting one at auction these days....

m3csl2004 · 7 May 2006 at 22:40

WE KNOW

only joking, they've been like this for a couple of months

NightmareXX · 7 May 2006 at 23:09

Why on earth have OC got socket A CPU's?!

benjo · 7 May 2006 at 23:10

Gonna be selling mine the end of this month.. and am gonna be using this as a good referance

Violent-J · 7 May 2006 at 23:36

Umm why the hell are they expensive again?

It's such an old chip on old technology.

Foehammer2003 · 8 May 2006 at 00:40

Like a fine wine....

Efour · 8 May 2006 at 03:04

grrr i gave mine away a few weeks back, what a fool i feel ehehe.

marcus_667 · 8 May 2006 at 06:40

for a start their expensive from all the fakes there like rocking horse whatsit to get but yet why buy one of them its crazy lol

Punisher161282 · 8 May 2006 at 08:18

Seems wierd to me as Socket A is pretty much dead and gone now. Plus for that price you can get a pretty decent and up to date cpu.

mc_bob · 8 May 2006 at 08:26

Sold my 3000+ on the bay for about 70 quid 6 months ago.
Ridiculous prices, dont know how they expect to sell them.
Socket A is crap these days, no support.

MC_Bob

kmistry · 8 May 2006 at 09:29

yeah i know i got a socket A xp2200+ (bleh i know its pants, but im gonna be upgrading in summer

)

benjo · 8 May 2006 at 16:22

mc_bob said:
Sold my 3000+ on the bay for about 70 quid 6 months ago.
Ridiculous prices, dont know how they expect to sell them.
Socket A is crap these days, no support.

MC_Bob

It really isnt that bad..

My XP3200 in my rig at the moment is still going strong. My rig's score on 3dmark05 is up there with all the 64s (2.2ghz) with my X800

4T5 · 8 May 2006 at 16:29

I run a 3200Xp Barton with a X800pro@pe and get over 6000 points on 3D mark05.
Not exactly slow is it.

Now i am going off to post a spec me and price check thread to see if i can get a no cost upgrade.

mc_bob · 8 May 2006 at 16:41

Sorry, didnt mean the actual performance was crap. I just mean theres no support, we get plenty of people asking about Socket A boards and chips and the threads just die with no replies. No doubt when emailing a manufacturer you get the same response.

MC_Bob

celliott · 8 May 2006 at 17:10

I sold my XP3200 for a mere £45 inc on these very forums. I wish i had waited a few more months...

p4radox · 8 May 2006 at 17:12

celliott said:
I sold my XP3200 for a mere £45 inc on these very forums. I wish i had waited a few more months...

I sold my 2500 for that much!

WJA96 · 8 May 2006 at 18:41

celliott said:
I sold my XP3200 for a mere £45 inc on these very forums. I wish i had waited a few more months...

I know, I bought it. Still got it too, powering my wife's Biostar 210V with 2Gb RAM and 850XTPE. It's quicker than most of my P4 rigs. Won't clock though.

celliott · 8 May 2006 at 19:18

Not great clocking CPU's anyway, however I remember the guy who bought it from be said it clocked to 2.45Ghz, more than I achieved with it anyhow

Topitoff · 8 May 2006 at 21:08

Dunno about the Clearence price :eek:

but latest auction "buy it now" new oem ones seem to be £75-95. Last used one fetched about £78.

Seems to me they are coming down in price, just like the 146s did.

WJA96 · 8 May 2006 at 21:25

No-one buys computer kit for the investment potential though, do they?

Athlon XPs just seem to have a special allure for some people though. And they are extremely stable, cool running and quick.