AMD Announces Surprise Price Cuts

Mike Howes 16 Oct, 2006 at 6:18pm ET Article published in Tech

Comments

1. 
   16 Oct 2006 ~ 8:40pm csimon What's a tray model?
2. 
   16 Oct 2006 ~ 9:29pm Enverex And why is the title just "AMD"? lol
   EEeeriee....
3. 
   17 Oct 2006 ~ 1:26am Winga mmmm I posted the full title and I remember checking it. Gremlins must have crept in. Title has been fixed!!
4. 
   17 Oct 2006 ~ 1:36am Leonardo "Tray" refers to a bulk shipment.
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   17 Oct 2006 ~ 9:42am lemonlime Cool, I was wondering when they'd follow suit with Opteron price cuts
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   17 Oct 2006 ~ 11:46am DanG That opteron 150's looking pretty good now to replace my 142....
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   17 Oct 2006 ~ 12:18pm profdlp

   Winga wrote:

   mmmm I posted the full title and I remember checking it. Gremlins must have crept in. Title has been fixed!!

   I smell a rat. Most likely some subterfuge courtesy of Intel.
8. 
   17 Oct 2006 ~ 1:10pm muddocktor Those Opteron 165 prices are very temping too for going dual core with your socket 939 board. Once you go dual core, you don't want to get a single core model again.
   
   On another note, I saw that Newegg has the retail FX 55 Sandy on sale for $199.99 and that also includes a free Seagate 250 gig 7200.9 SATA 3.0 hard drive also. Now that is a hell of a deal if you want to go with a 90nm single core processor. Totally unlocked multi's and a free premium hard drive for $200. If I was shopping for an AMD processor that would be hard to turn down.
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   17 Oct 2006 ~ 11:00pm lemonlime

   muddocktor wrote:

   Those Opteron 165 prices are very temping too for going dual core with your socket 939 board. Once you go dual core, you don't want to get a single core model again.
   
   On another note, I saw that Newegg has the retail FX 55 Sandy on sale for $199.99 and that also includes a free Seagate 250 gig 7200.9 SATA 3.0 hard drive also. Now that is a hell of a deal if you want to go with a 90nm single core processor. Totally unlocked multi's and a free premium hard drive for $200. If I was shopping for an AMD processor that would be hard to turn down.

   
   That is one sweet deal on that FX55 + drive combo. Single core, but what a deal
10. 
    18 Oct 2006 ~ 12:22am csimon pft ...165s were out of stock before they ever showed as in stock! :bawling: :wow:
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    19 Oct 2006 ~ 1:27pm muddocktor Yeah, I bet that even tempts you, LL. Too bad that Newegg doesn't ship to our northern neighbor. And I would help you out if you wanted but you would still have to deal with that damn Canuck import tax (or whatever they rape you on at the border).
12. 
    21 Oct 2006 ~ 10:19am csimon I almost ordered the last OEM 165 from monarch but then I figured ...with my luck I'll get sucky stepping and be out $150 + shipping or whatever.
    I'm going to spend the day air dusting this old booger off and remounting the waterblock. Last time I mounted I just used a dab right in the middle of the block. This time I think I'll spread a thin layer and see if there is a difference.
13. 
    21 Oct 2006 ~ 1:06pm airbornflght if its a sucky stepping I could always take it off of your hands in the DD&TP I could use anything aside from my S754 2800 its starting to show its 2.5 years of age.
14. 
    21 Oct 2006 ~ 6:08pm csimon

    airbornflght wrote:

    if its a sucky stepping I could always take it off of your hands in the DD&TP I could use anything aside from my S754 2800 its starting to show its 2.5 years of age.

    Why don't you order it? Just curious. I appreciate the offer btw.
15. 
    21 Oct 2006 ~ 6:43pm airbornflght because newegg is sold out, and monarch doesnt have them either irrc, plus, if you decide you dont want it, than I can get it a wii bit cheaper
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    21 Oct 2006 ~ 9:36pm csimon

    airbornflght wrote:

    because newegg is sold out, and monarch doesnt have them either irrc, plus, if you decide you dont want it, than I can get it a wii bit cheaper

    LOL
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    21 Oct 2006 ~ 10:22pm profdlp Careful, csimon. He's going to offer you $18 and a handful of beads.
18. 
    21 Oct 2006 ~ 10:57pm airbornflght

    profdlp wrote:

    Careful, csimon. He's going to offer you $18 and a handful of beads.

    no, I'll gonna keep it fair, how about a shiny frying pan and some beads? (The indians thought it was a good idea.
19. 
    22 Oct 2006 ~ 9:39am csimon Throw in a toaster and it's a deal!
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    22 Oct 2006 ~ 9:53am csimon

    csimon wrote:

    I almost ordered the last OEM 165 from monarch but then I figured ...with my luck I'll get sucky stepping and be out $150 + shipping or whatever.
    I'm going to spend the day air dusting this old booger off and remounting the waterblock. Last time I mounted I just used a dab right in the middle of the block. This time I think I'll spread a thin layer and see if there is a difference.

    I did the remount and dust busting and it did well. At first temps were about 1c high but since then it cured overnight and temps are at or below normal now.
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    22 Oct 2006 ~ 10:08am airbornflght

    csimon wrote:

    Throw in a toaster and it's a deal!

    
    ok, but only a 2 slice with bagel function.:p
22. 
    22 Oct 2006 ~ 10:27am Thrax I wish the price cuts could save them from the failure that K8L is going to be.
23. 
    22 Oct 2006 ~ 11:01am csimon

    airbornflght wrote:

    ok, but only a 2 slice with bagel function.:p

    stainless and it's a deal
    

    Thrax wrote:

    I wish the price cuts could save them from the failure that K8L is going to be.

    I'm still not quite sure what K8L even is ...
24. 
    22 Oct 2006 ~ 11:08am profdlp

    csimon wrote:

    I'm still not quite sure what K8L even is ...

    You'll likely find the answer here.
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    22 Oct 2006 ~ 11:15am csimon

    profdlp wrote:

    You'll likely find the answer here.

    So ...it mean smaller die like 65 &/or 45, quad core, more cache and am3 I assume. Sounds like both comapanies are overreaching to me. How much more can the conventional (termed loosely) silicone be developed?
26. 
    22 Oct 2006 ~ 12:53pm shwaip I just saw a talk by one of the devices profs at University of Washington, and they're looking at doing some really cool things (replacing the gate oxide layer with something with a better dielectric constant, and placing stress on individual transistors to make doping more regular). I don't know if they're going to create that much of a benefit in the short term, but they are definitely promising.
27. 
    22 Oct 2006 ~ 1:02pm airbornflght

    csimon wrote:

    stainless and it's a deal

    
    
    How about high quality chrome?