AMD Athlon 64 X2 5200+ Windsor 2.6GHz 2 x 1MB L2 Cache Socket AM2 Processor - OEM

[xirokx]

Didnt know it was out already

270 squid...

I wonder what these can be overclocked to...

 

[maddness]

well i didnt know a x2 4000 (2.0Ghz 2mb cache) was out till yesterday


£270 is a bit steep for the 5200 i reckon

 

[Cob]

Is it just a locked fx60?

 

[lawrence]

Is it just a locked fx60?

pretty much, yeh

 

[FreeStream]

That should be £200 tops tbh.

As a E6400, nevermind a E6600 will beat that, and once overclocked it would be thrashed.

Oh well, see what K8L comes up with

 

[easyrider]

Didnt know it was out already

270 squid...

I wonder what these can be overclocked to...

lol


for the same price you could bag yourself a conroe mobo combo and destroy it with ease.

Amd really need to get themselves sorted out lol.

 

[MeatLoaf]

Looks to me like these are old FX chips they are trying to clear out.

 

[Kamakazie!]

That should be £200 tops tbh.

As a E6400, nevermind a E6600 will beat that, and once overclocked it would be thrashed.

Oh well, see what K8L comes up with

Not wanting to nitpick but an E6400 will not beat the 5200+ until it is overclocked. The E6600 will however.

lol


for the same price you could bag yourself a conroe mobo combo and destroy it with ease.

Amd really need to get themselves sorted out lol.

Whilst i can't wait for K8L and their answer to c2d, the fact is that AMD are still struggling to supply enough chips to fill demand. They are really in no rush to bring out K8L at the moment (sadly).
I would not be suprised to see that AMD is still increasing it's market share in all sectors except maybe mobile.
Intel hasn't ramped up C2D production any where near enough yet. They were targetting 20% by the end of the year, though that could and probably will increase somewhat.

 

[Jabbs]

Point being though a 6300&965P-S3 mobo (i have one)will cost you a little over£220 still leaving £50 in the bank towards ram, i can easily hit 3.10 gig on mine without any probs, 2.5gig on a 6300 is fx62 territory so yeah they over priced for what they are.

If you building a new rig with one of the amd's you need new ddr2 ram anyway so why spend that much on one of those.