Blackima Posted June 12, 2006 Share Posted June 12, 2006 The day after Conroe ships (ie 24th july) AMD are planning to slash their prices considerably: According to memos recently obtained by DailyTech, AMD will drastically cut prices on its desktop processors after the July 23rd release of Intel’s Core 2 Duo Conroe processors. The memos that DailyTech has secured are between AMD and Japanese system manufacturers and indicate the following price cuts will become effective July 24th, 2006: * AMD Athlon 64 price cuts will receive price cut up to 30% * AMD Athlon 64 X2 will receive price cuts up to 50% * AMD Sempron processors will receive price cuts up to 15% Source: http://www.dailytech.com/article.aspx?newsid=2800 Full pricing info: http://images.dailytech.com/nimage/1779_la...ull_pricing.png Until news of conroe I was convinced I was going to buy an x2 4200+. Then I heard conroe was releasing their E6600 (which beats an fx-62 in some tests) for less than the price of a x2 4200+. Now it seems AMD's x2 4600+ will be cheaper than the E6600 Haha, being a consumer in the middle of a price war is fantastic! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dark Reaper Posted June 12, 2006 Share Posted June 12, 2006 :( I bought an AMD Athlon X2 4400+ a few months ago for about $300. If I waited, I could've saved another $100. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TokyoKiller Posted June 12, 2006 Share Posted June 12, 2006 Wow...Thats a big price cut... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L3thal Veteran Posted June 12, 2006 Veteran Share Posted June 12, 2006 Holy <insert foul word here> :o Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kaffra Posted June 12, 2006 Share Posted June 12, 2006 This is very good news indeed for consumers and AMD. core2duo is expected to amount to only 25% of intels cpu shipment this year. some say apart from the big oems, we might have to wait for september to buy it, a void AMD would love to fill. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gfsdgfsdgfshgdgd Posted June 12, 2006 Share Posted June 12, 2006 ooh, shiny :D If i earn enough next year I'll definitely be considering a major upgrade/new pc for the early/mid 2007 games, this is all good news for me ^_^ (unless i just end up getting a 360 or a wheeeeeeeeeeeee) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slimy Posted June 12, 2006 Share Posted June 12, 2006 Somehow I don't believe any of these price cuts until I actually see them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dragon2611 Posted June 12, 2006 Share Posted June 12, 2006 :D that will be an althon 64 x2 for me then. Ive been thinking about swapping my 3500+ for a x2 at somepoint, glad i waited now.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chosen One Posted June 12, 2006 Share Posted June 12, 2006 YAY this will be awesome for when i build a new system in fall :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trek Posted June 12, 2006 Share Posted June 12, 2006 sweet. x2 come xmas time for me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
starmatrix Posted June 12, 2006 Share Posted June 12, 2006 YYAAAAAYYY what a waste of my money buying an amd athlon when the prices are about to go down. that makes me very happy indeed :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monkeh Posted June 12, 2006 Share Posted June 12, 2006 Excellent! Which one is the best overclocker out of the discounted CPUs? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buttus Posted June 12, 2006 Share Posted June 12, 2006 wow, this is great, was just getting ready to help a friend build a new computer... will have to talk him into waiting a month or so.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew Lyle Global Moderator Posted June 12, 2006 Global Moderator Share Posted June 12, 2006 very nice price cuts.. but i just upgraded :( Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BillyJack Posted June 12, 2006 Share Posted June 12, 2006 Too bad other hardware manufacturers dont follow along. It would be nice for a cheaper mother board and graphics card too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chicane-UK Veteran Posted June 12, 2006 Veteran Share Posted June 12, 2006 Go AMD :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StartMeUp Posted June 12, 2006 Share Posted June 12, 2006 Just got my X2 4200+ a month ago. But I plan to buy the X2 5000+, its going to actually be affordable after these price cuts. :cool: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soham Posted June 12, 2006 Share Posted June 12, 2006 well, I hope that prices are true Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prosidius Posted June 12, 2006 Share Posted June 12, 2006 If thats true, praise the lord. That means whenever I get enough $$, I can get the 4600 X2. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oddcrap Posted June 12, 2006 Share Posted June 12, 2006 Nice!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dL Posted June 12, 2006 Share Posted June 12, 2006 How come all the 512kb cache ones gets price cut but not the 1mb cache ones? dL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kreuger Posted June 12, 2006 Share Posted June 12, 2006 That's good because I've been wanting to get a dual core system. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shihchiun Posted June 13, 2006 Share Posted June 13, 2006 Hope this actually happens. I was thinking about building a Conroe system, but if I can get an x2 3800+ for $170... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Meshuggah Posted June 13, 2006 Share Posted June 13, 2006 yay....X2 soon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pink Floyd Veteran Posted June 13, 2006 Veteran Share Posted June 13, 2006 hmmmm time to upgrade I guess :p~ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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