The AMD Athlon 64 X2 6000+, expected February 20th, 2007 – available now. Newegg began selling the 90nm dual-core 3.0GHz chip for $599 in-stock (just under the volume distributor pricing of $607) while Buy.com also lists the processor, but for $685 and out of stock. The CPU features 1MB L2 cache per core and uses Socket AM2 instead of Socket 1207 (also known as Socket F, used for the AMD Quad FX platform). Still not on AMD's website, the chip’s model number, ADX6000IAA6CZ, was leaked with some preliminary specifications on Asrock's motherboard support website early this year.
News source: DailyTech
News source: DailyTech
Quite reasonable price for 3GHz AMD processor.
Quite reasonable price for 3GHz AMD processor.
It's not very reasonable. AMD is living in goony goo goo land if they think this kind of pricing is competitive. It's like they refuse to acknowledge what Intel has done with the Core 2's. The e6700 for instance, even not overlocked it is competitive with this CPU, and overclocked it can easily reach over 3GHz without overheating.
The AMD Athlon 64 X2 6000+ should cost $500 or less if AMD expects anyone other than AMD fanboys to buy it.
ya, i got a 3500 @ 2.4Ghz, runs everything fast enough for me, i just need a new vid card...
$316 - Core 2 Duo E6600
$105 - BIOSTAR TForce965PT motherboard
$180 - WINTEC 2GB (2x1GB) DDR2 533 (PC2 4200) CL4
total: $601
$316 - Core 2 Duo E6600
$105 - BIOSTAR TForce965PT motherboard
$180 - WINTEC 2GB (2x1GB) DDR2 533 (PC2 4200) CL4
total: $601
The point remains that Intel's CPU is half the price.
And I'm not a fanboy, I've always owned AMD (running an Opteron 165 currently).
I don't think that mobo comes close to cheap. I have a ASRock 775Dual-VSTA, which I got for ~$50, and it's been rock solid with my e6300. Have never had bad experienced with cheap motherboards, I guess it depends who you buy them from.
Currently
The best thing about AMD is they keep Intel (and AMD) prices down!
As if you didn't know that already, sorry.
Last edited by harveyhanson on 28 Jan 2007 - 21:12
Or at least lower prices on what they already have. Where did they come up with this ~$680 price from? That's approaching prices of the core 2 quad for less than $200 more.
Why would you buy this overpriced CPU? I can't find a single reason to.
yes amd for the most part is a cheap/frugal man's firend hopefully thiswill have as much speed/quality/perfomance as the core line does
i got an
CPU Type AMD Athlon XP, 1800 MHz (13.5 x 133) 2200+
Motherboard Name Gigabyte GA-7S748 (5 PCI, 1 AGP, 3 DDR DIMM, Audio)
System Memory 1536 MB (PC3200 DDR SDRAM)
sort of off topic question question
is this teh fastest chip out there now
i like to know the top 4 so i can get the best bang for my buck when i build my pc next month
oh and a few great motherboard maker
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