AMD X2 Socket 939 Prices now dropped !! (X2 3800 @ £99)

krooton · 20 Jul 2006 at 12:56

Cyber-Mav said:
clock that 3000+ even higher!

It managed 2.4Ghz, didn't bother any higher as my RAM capped out, but I plan on selling it next week, so I'd rather not fiddle with it's lifespan

booyaka · 20 Jul 2006 at 13:12

very tempting!!

great prices - ooooo need to avoid buying!!!

ugly ferret · 20 Jul 2006 at 13:30

Are there any plans to drop the prices of the 1mb cache cpu's? Why have the prices for them stayed pretty much the same?

infernaljebus · 20 Jul 2006 at 13:49

ugly ferret said:
Are there any plans to drop the prices of the 1mb cache cpu's? Why have the prices for them stayed pretty much the same?

AFAIR AMD are discontinuing the 1mb cache processors which explains why they haven't dropped

Gibbo · 20 Jul 2006 at 13:49

ugly ferret said:
Are there any plans to drop the prices of the 1mb cache cpu's? Why have the prices for them stayed pretty much the same?

Hi there

They are end of life, won't be getting any more in once stock has sold out.

marv_1 · 20 Jul 2006 at 14:04

Going to get a 4600 after much thinking of upgrading to conroe or am2. Cheaper than going whole route and it should see me through till games come which demand a big upgrade.

Gibbo I take it from your your first post that if I order before end of week it should get to me tuesday or wednesday?

Roughneck · 20 Jul 2006 at 14:05

Gibbo said:
Hi there

They are end of life, won't be getting any more in once stock has sold out.

is the much difference between the 1 and 2 meg cache in terms of speed ? gibbo

also when are them nice 4600 babys coming back into stock

22BUK · 20 Jul 2006 at 14:24

Roughneck said:
is the much difference between the 1 and 2 meg cache in terms of speed ?

Not enough to notice. I have a Venice and an Opty, and at the same speeds I cannot tell the difference between them. Benches may show a few percent difference but that's all.

Roughneck · 20 Jul 2006 at 15:00

22BUK said:
Not enough to notice. I have a Venice and an Opty, and at the same speeds I cannot tell the difference between them. Benches may show a few percent difference but that's all.

thanks for the info mate

slap ed · 20 Jul 2006 at 15:58

shame about the price off the 4400 , suppose i will have to get the 4600 instead lol

22BUK · 20 Jul 2006 at 18:11

marv_1 said:
I take it from your your first post that if I order before end of week it should get to me tuesday or wednesday?

Seeing as OcUK only offer the choice of next day delivery I would assume so. I guess if you pay for it, you're entitled to expect it.

Roughneck · 20 Jul 2006 at 19:18

22BUK said:
Seeing as OcUK only offer the choice of next day delivery I would assume so. I guess if you pay for it, you're entitled to expect it.

are theses getting released monday??

sunderland · 20 Jul 2006 at 19:39

well ive gone for the 4600 and a Asus A8N-E nForce4 Ultra not bad for 250 quid plus ive sold my other parts and its only cost me 100 quid will last me for a while now

sprognak · 20 Jul 2006 at 20:14

AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 5000+ 2.60GHz (Socket AM2) - Retail (CP-172-AM)
The new AMD AM2 processor range is available now with stock arriving week commencing 22nd May 2006. Play your pre-orders now to avoid dissapointment and to be one of the first.
The 3 main changes on the AM2 are that it will now use DDR2 Memory. A new pin out configuration which requires new heat sink fan configuration is also required. AM2 heatsinks will be available shortly and all our AM2 processors are retail boxed supplied with heatsinks and fan.
Below are the following recommended memory configurations:-
AM2 FX-62 DDR2-800 or DDR2-1066 (PC2-6400 - PC2-8500)
AM2 Dual Core X2 DDR2-667 or 800 (PC2-5300 or PC2-6400)
AM2 Athlon 64 DDR2-533 or 667 (PC2-4200 or PC2-5300)
AM2 Sempron DDR2-533 or 667 (PC2-4200 or PC2-5300)

Price: £189.95 (£223.19 Including VAT at 17.5%)

:cool:

marv_1 · 20 Jul 2006 at 20:39

I was thinking about the 5000+ if I was going to go am2,very good price but its bordering on conroe 6600 price which I would get over 5000

Roughneck · 21 Jul 2006 at 08:42

orderd the 4600 last night

FTM · 21 Jul 2006 at 09:16

curse you OCUK...I had to sit and explain to the wife why I needed a new cpu

but hey it means I will have an old 3500+ to play with..maybe a shuttle on the network to store music and photos

Servo · 21 Jul 2006 at 09:38

Just waited for the wife to goto work, first of all I added the 3800+ to the basket, and just before checkout, I thought, she's going to kill me anyway, might aswell have the 4200.

Just hope this will clock somewhere near my 3700 sd, that could do 2750 on the msi m/b, but only 2.65 on the asrock, it was one of the first SD core's. I guess that will end up on MM.

Dutch Guy · 21 Jul 2006 at 09:58

Servo said:
Just waited for the wife to goto work, first of all I added the 3800+ to the basket, and just before checkout, I thought, she's going to kill me anyway, might aswell have the 4200.

Why not get the 3800+ as they will prolly be excactly the same chip and prolly clock to the same speed :confused:

Servo · 21 Jul 2006 at 10:07

The problem really is the asrock matx board, it doesn't have a lot of overclocking features, so I thought going for the 4200 if overclocking fails I still would have a faster chip.

Plus I couldn't resist it, if she's going to kill me, might as well get my monies worth