AMD Plans Major CPU Price Drops Day After "Conroe"

Rizz · 14 Jun 2006 at 09:54

Like I said a x2 at a lower price now is tempting, but the day after conroe is released well theres no way I will buy one, of course some people with a small budget will take advantage and buy a x2, but I can afford both so I will wait I dont like the idea of buying a 939 now with am2 out, plus all new intels are on 775 so that socket should outlast the 939. Ah time to order in some ddr2 I think. Then im committed to conroe

p4radox · 14 Jun 2006 at 10:31

drunkenmaster said:
the very bottom of the rung conroe won't have 64bit, don't think it has some other crap and also will run at a lower bus.

This worries me somewhat, as I was considering a budget Conroe for a new machine which will probably be upgraded to Vista when it arrives. Have you got a link to a chart or anything with the features of each model? Thanks

HeX · 14 Jun 2006 at 11:09

p4radox said:
This worries me somewhat, as I was considering a budget Conroe for a new machine which will probably be upgraded to Vista when it arrives. Have you got a link to a chart or anything with the features of each model? Thanks

E4200 is set to be the low-end part with just 2Mb cache, an 800MHz FSB and does not include Intel SpeedStep technology, EM64T or Execute Disable Bit while all the others do

http://www.tweaktown.com/articles/914/1/page_1_benchmarking_intel_conroe_core_2/index.html

Explicit · 14 Jun 2006 at 13:09

It's just occurred to me. This means everyone thinking of selling their 939 rigs to buy Conroe better get them sold before the price cuts otherwise buying a new 939/AM2 CPU will be cheaper than buying second hand one in some cases :eek:

Explicit · 14 Jun 2006 at 13:21

p4radox said:
This worries me somewhat, as I was considering a budget Conroe for a new machine which will probably be upgraded to Vista when it arrives. Have you got a link to a chart or anything with the features of each model? Thanks

Don't worry, just get the E6300. That one will be pretty cheap and have all the bells and whistles. I think there might even be an E6200, but I'm not entirely sure atm.

kinggost · 14 Jun 2006 at 13:24

Explicit said:
It's just occurred to me. This means everyone thinking of selling their 939 rigs to buy Conroe better get them sold before the price cuts otherwise buying a new 939/AM2 CPU will be cheaper than buying second hand one in some cases

i thought that but i want to keep it because i dont want no rubbish cpu. I think im gonna use mine un a seprate comp

A2Z · 14 Jun 2006 at 13:27

drunkenmaster said:
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you forgetting going conroe means new mobo and ram as well as cpu?

Sparky · 14 Jun 2006 at 13:39

Without trawling through the whole thread...Has there been any mention from AMD of the price changes affecting Opterons?

A2Z · 14 Jun 2006 at 13:43

CS||nuTs said:
Without trawling through the whole thread...Has there been any mention from AMD of the price changes affecting Opterons?

no

drunkenmaster · 14 Jun 2006 at 13:52

A2Z said:
you forgetting going conroe means new mobo and ram as well as cpu?

no, doesn't really matter either. a lot of people upgrading will be upgrading from xp and intel rigs to the current amd/intel chips. a fairly small percentage will already have a 775 intel(especially that supports conroe) or a 939 system, let alone if you were going am2 version of a amd chip which would mean new stuff for 99% of the people on this forum let alone the rest of the world.

when i buy a board i sell a board, when i buy mem i sell mem. i don't wait 3 years to upgrade so the current system i have is pretty decent and hasn't dropped its value hugely.

also yeah, i forgot that the stupid conroe with stuff disabled was the E4200, the article i was getting prices from didn't mention the E4200 so i just assumed it was the lowest one they mentioned, the E6300. which makes the E6300 everything you need in a cpu. the only issue with that might be with dividers for mem, achievable fsb and the possible overclock you can get as its a very low clocked cpu.

Cyber-Mav · 14 Jun 2006 at 14:04

with these price cuts and that dual socket board comming out. im sure people will be running twin dual cores to give 4 cores of hardcore action.

Explicit · 14 Jun 2006 at 14:09

Cyber-Mav said:
with these price cuts and that dual socket board comming out. im sure people will be running twin dual cores to give 4 cores of hardcore action.

Imagine two X2 3800s for £100 each...nice...

But will it be of much use?

fenderbass86 · 14 Jun 2006 at 14:14

Heck no, one core will play games, the other will run virus checks or whatever leaving the other two cores totally obsolete.

kinggost · 14 Jun 2006 at 14:19

fenderbass86 said:
Heck no, one core will play games, the other will run virus checks or whatever leaving the other two cores totally obsolete.

extra two cores for willy wavers

Firegod · 14 Jun 2006 at 18:00

Street said:
Sounds good, will mean I can upgrade to dual core cheaply soon. Won't bother with Conroe as it means I have to get a new motherboard and RAM as well as a new CPU. Will save my full upgrade for a while as my machine isn't struggling at tasks in the slightest yet.

Exactly what I was thinking. I was planning to go with a Conroe CPU when they arrive, but that obviously means a new mobo, ddr2 ram, and possibly a psu? (don't know about the PSU). But anyways, this rate you could get a really decent AMD X2 and clock it a bit for dirt cheap price! Should make any s939 system last longer until perhaps a new system is finally needed... be that a Windows Vista machine with a 2nd Gen DX10 card and an Intel CPU.

Makes sense to me!

Cyber-Mav · 14 Jun 2006 at 18:25

hmm, 4 cores and 4 gigs of ram. hmm i like that, its a nice ratio.

Azza · 14 Jun 2006 at 18:36

If you look at the picture with the price cuts on, that ive linked earlier on you will see that the processors that are having there price cut are processers with 2 x 512mb cache and not the 2 x 1mb cache.

**the stuff above i didnt really see myself**

Linky

AMD To Ditch Initial AM2 2x1MB Cache Desktop CPUs

Heartless_King · 14 Jun 2006 at 18:45

Firegod said:
Exactly what I was thinking. I was planning to go with a Conroe CPU when they arrive, but that obviously means a new mobo, ddr2 ram, and possibly a psu? (don't know about the PSU). But anyways, this rate you could get a really decent AMD X2 and clock it a bit for dirt cheap price! Should make any s939 system last longer until perhaps a new system is finally needed... be that a Windows Vista machine with a 2nd Gen DX10 card and an Intel CPU.

Makes sense to me!

It makes sense to me

I'm going to so same thing, thats all my rig needs

p4radox · 14 Jun 2006 at 19:21

Explicit said:
Don't worry, just get the E6300. That one will be pretty cheap and have all the bells and whistles. I think there might even be an E6200, but I'm not entirely sure atm.

Ah nice one. That was the one I was looking at - I didn't realise there were going to be lower models

Sparky · 14 Jun 2006 at 20:26

Just waiting for my insurance company to payout on the Opty165 i managed to break :mad:

Another Opty or Conroe/Mobo/Ram.Tough decision.

Opteron after a argument with floor/concrete step! Floor won