Significant price drops on Penom II ???

[Tuvoc]

When bulldozer is available to buy, do you think the 1090T for example will drop in price by a significant amount ? i.e. more than the few quid on "this week only" ? I suppose it depends on Bulldozer pricing..

 

[mickyflinn]

I doubt it, there may be a gradual price drop over time. Let me give you an example i have an e8400, now to buy one new , if you can get one will cost you aprrox £133 which puts you top i3 and near the 15 mark.

 

[seandog]

I'm not really sure if AMD will lower their prices on the thuban chips but I know my 1055T might go cheap

 

[Tuvoc]

Good point, there could be a few Phenom IIs on the second hand market with some people with Am3+ compatible motherboards upgrading to Bulldozer

 

[Martini1991]

I'm not really sure if AMD will lower their prices on the thuban chips but I know my 1055T might go cheap

On a serious note, if you sold it on OCUK's MM, you'd be expected to send it first likely. Just a heads up.

Good point, there could be a few Phenom IIs on the second hand market with some people with Am3+ compatible motherboards upgrading to Bulldozer

There may also be some Intel set ups as people get twitchy for a change.

 

[seandog]

Yeah martini, thought something like this might be in place, but in all honestly if I was to go BD I'd prob end up giving my chip to my da, as he is still running a dual core and win xp, stubborn old fool

Tbh there's no way to guess what way AMD will Market their chips, prices for thuban could go up, down or even remain as they are depending on wether they see everyone jumpin on BD or not

 

[Cooper]

Never mind Phenom II price drops.....Bulldozer might start coming down in price rapidly if it turns out to be a dud.

 

[SeraphX]

not sure on brand new value but Phenom chips 2nd hand have already dropped in price considerably over the last few months tbh, a nice X4 955 can now be had for around 60-70 quid which for a decent C3 stepping chip that can easily push 4-4.3Ghz is amazing value, specially if you just want a nice quad for gaming

 

[Tuvoc]

I'm more interested in the 1090T and 1100T hex cores

 

[CossackNoodle]

I took a chance and bought asus chiv around march and stuck my x3 720 with some ddr3 ready for bull dozer but I'm not sure whether to just get a hex core cheap and wait till fm2 socket comes out and upgrade properly then