24th price drops

[Ham]

I was looking at The X2 cpus today thinking 'dam i wish i could afford one'. So i went in search of a figure that the prices may drop by (a %). Alass i didn;t find that, what i found insted was this:

http://dailytech.com/article.aspx?newsid=3361

Is this table for real? or some wackos wish?

Cos if its real i think im gonna save up and get me one.

 

[JN]

Wow, some bargins to be had there. Especially around the 3800+ - thats dirt cheap.

 

[FarFarAway]

Yep tis for real

 

[NickS]

It's 4 real yo rofl

 

[llwyd]

hmmm now my 3800 is worthless im at a loss as to what to do

 

[JMMD70]

Gotta love the price wars. If only the oil and cable companies would have a price war

 

[mrapoc]

the prices are already on www.overclockers.co.uk

but ive found out they aren't planning on am2 fecking bundles

greaaaat

anyway i was just wondering

which conroe is equivalent to which am2 x2?

im seriously considering conroe for gaming

 

[Ham]

If your building a new system go for conroe. Im thinking of getting an X2 as its a nice jump up from my 3500. No other parts to replace. And will hopfuly tide me over till AMDs answer to conroe is about

 

[mrapoc]

the socket conroe uses is a new socket is it not? if so im hoping it will be around for at least 2 years?

 

[FarFarAway]

Not a new socket - its 775 with the newer revisions of the 965/975 chipset

 

[JN]

hmmm now my 3800 is worthless im at a loss as to what to do

Sell it while you can mate. I sold my Opty and still got big bucks for it as lots of ppl dont know about the new tech yet.

 

[WC Annihilus]

Hmm... I may pick up a 3800+ then... just to tide me over for a year or so till I build up enough cash to make the move to whatever is the best platform out

 

[Counter Terrorist Zombie]

I was going to upgrade to a conroe chip, but considering the £££s I've spent and the rate of loss, I felt there was no real 'reason' to upgrade. Maybe next summer instead

 

[PV5150]

At least next Summer will give you plenty of time to save up for some 'spankin' new bits for your upgrade

 

[mr_fishbulb]

which conroe is equivalent to which am2 x2?

im seriously considering conroe for gaming

Depends on the game but E6300 seems to be between the 4600+ and 5000+:

http://www.anandtech.com/cpuchipsets/showdoc.aspx?i=2795&p=14

They didn't seem to have the E6400 but as it's 2MB cache I'm guessing the performance will be closer to the E6300 than the E6600 (what happened to E6500?).

So looking at the prices on overclockers I'd say conroe is still better bang for your buck (not including how much a mobo will be).