Do we think "tray" AMD CPUs will be available at some point?

[nomadd]

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[Jamin280672]

Apollo 1 computer cost millions - even back in the day. And it ran at a whopping 2MHz! I couldn't afford that kind of state-of-the-art.

To quote: "The [Apollo 1] computer's performance was comparable to the first generation of home computers from the late 1970s, such as the Apple II, TRS-80, and Commodore PET"

That's the kind of computing power we eventually got in affordable computers in the UK in the early '80s - so you weren't far off.

Early 80's I was using a Sinclair ZX Spectrum 48k, before my dad later upgraded us to a 128K one, the one with the built on cassette player to load your games.........oh I can still hear the sound the games used to make when loading, I used to love Horrice goes skiing, some games taking nearly half an hour to load and you'd get right to the end of the loading and get a syntax error.

ARRRGGGHHHH !!!! NOOOOOOOOOOOOO: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q6G-YGNrWm8

 

[z10m]

But why? The Wraith cooler is good enough and you do not need anything bigger, except if you have the 3900X.
The AMD cooler is superb, not the cheap crap.

Just because it gets the job done for the most part doesn't make it superb....

 

[nomadd]

But why? The Wraith cooler is good enough and you do not need anything bigger, except if you have the 3900X.
The AMD cooler is superb, not the cheap crap.

Because the alternative coolers provide even better cooling performance and are much quieter. And, like the Snowman, can be bought very cheaply. Win-win.

 

[Panos]

Just because it gets the job done for the most part doesn't make it superb....

Because the alternative coolers provide even better cooling performance and are much quieter. And, like the Snowman, can be bought very cheaply. Win-win.

Sure if you want to use better cooler or watercooling is an option. However looking for tray AMD cpu is kinda daft when the cooler can be sold for more than the price difference.

 

[nomadd]

Sure if you want to use better cooler

Exactly my point.

 

[jigger]

Yes we stock them, but they are not for sale to consumers, we use them for system builds.

The saving is only around £10, no box and only 1yr warranty.

Get them listed, or let me buy you lunch and have a dig through them one afternoon.

 

[jigger]

Yes my local shop has OEM AMD chips in stock.

 

[chrcoluk]

There is not even a need to sell the cooler in my opinion (at least for the 6 core X model).

The cooler on my 2600X is more then adequate. The chip runs cooler with the AMD cooler, than my intel chip does with after market cooler.

 

[nomadd]

Get them listed, or let me buy you lunch and have a dig through them one afternoon.

He should buy a job-lot of the Snowman coolers and sell them with a tray 3600 processor in a bundle. I'd be prepared to pay an extra £10 over the retail unit for the bundle with the better cooler - and not have the cost/hassle of getting rid of the retail cooler.

 

[nomadd]

There is not even a need to sell the cooler in my opinion (at least for the 6 core X model).

The cooler on my 2600X is more then adequate. The chip runs cooler with the AMD cooler, than my intel chip does with after market cooler.

I run a silent PC build, as I use the machine all day for development work. I'd rather pay a small extra amount for a quieter cooler and lower temps.

And I believe the "X" actually ships with a better cooler - I was looking at the 3600 regular. Price difference more than covers the better cooler.

 

[nomadd]

Yes my local shop has OEM AMD chips in stock.

Ryzen 3000 series?

 

[subbytna]

That Duron 800mhz guaranteed to 1ghz was the cpu i used in the first pc i ever built.

Yep me too. Old school cooling with cable ties and all sorts of tinkering to be done

 

[MaXxBoulton]

Have AMD ever sold tray chips to the general public?

Ryzen 3000 series?

Amd sell them to retailer(system builders). The retailer makes the choice to sell them on or not.

Unless amd stipulate thay must be sold in a system and not as oem??

 

[marms]

Amd sell them to retailer(system builders). The retailer makes the choice to sell them on or not.

Unless amd stipulate thay must be sold in a system and not as oem??

I think Gibbo said before that AMD don't allow them to sell the oem chips on there own.

 

[Duke]

In the past this meant just pairing it with a mouse or something cheap to get round it.

 

[pmc25]

They're available from a few retailers in Europe, but they cost more than the boxed SKUs with cooler ... which is silly.

It's just waste for a lot of people.

 

[Hotwired]

Who's buying these second hand coolers then.
Are people actually pimping old AMD builds with the new stock coolers

 

[MaXxBoulton]

Who's buying these second hand coolers then.

What second hand coolers?

 

[Hotwired]

Just buy retail and sell the cooler?

What’s the point when you can sell the cooler for more than the price difference and get a full retail box and warranty?

What second hand coolers?

The ones you'd get from people buying retail and selling off the cooler.