AMD Price Cuts Next Monday

[sushrukh]

AMD is cutting prices on several of their high end Athlon 64 X2 parts next Monday. Here are the parts that are being cut with details below.

X2 5000+ Mwave current price (http://amdzone.pgpartner.com/rd.php/pg=~~2/r=113/z=78716/m=36247591/q=n/mt=~9~151.99~119.00~137.65~1~1~/k=f0d033ffab3a642c25c77ff4f3ab7aeb/search=athlon%2064%20x2%205000) $119.99
X2 5200+ Zipzoomfly current price (http://amdzone.pgpartner.com/rd.php/pg=p~~1/r=280/z=78716/m=27233190/q=n/mt=~18~158.40~123.90~143.03~1~2~/k=95f6a77b9bdea9167d5f62742a58a558/search=athlon%2064%20x2%205200) $123.90
X2 5600+ Zipzoomfly current price (http://amdzone.pgpartner.com/rd.php/pg=~~2/r=187/z=78716/m=32411609/q=n/mt=~25~210.00~139.00~169.27~1~1~/k=952b6df964662f463b2b0f69ad716ec7) $139
X2 6000+ Newegg current price (http://amdzone.pgpartner.com/rd.php/pg=~~2/r=187/z=78716/m=33306260/q=n/mt=~25~240.00~163.00~189.4~1~1~/k=8c8669243703cd30f07155665c46dd47)$163
X2 6400+ Zipzoomfly current price (http://amdzone.pgpartner.com/rd.php/pg=~~2/r=187/z=78716/m=47315057/q=n/mt=~18~293.72~228.00~266.84~1~1~/k=6a7ac75c4020467f41d80b3652215101)$228


I would expect pricing drops to start happening early as we near the weekend.

As we begin a new quarter and prepare for the busiest time of the year, selected AMD dual-core desktop processors will have a reduction in suggested prices effective next Monday, October 8.

This will be a great opportunity to upgrade customers to dual-core, as the AMD Athlon™ X2 5000+, 5200+, 5600+, 6000+ and 6400+ processors all will feature new pricing. Please contact your authorized AMD distributor for specific pricing and availability details.

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Link :- http://www.amdzone.com/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=8477

[Acidtears33]

Hmmm I dunno about these price cuts. I mean they are great and all but when AMD changes sockets all am2 users will own 'old' stuff and that hurts.

[Nocutius]

Still a better position than Intel user usually are when it comes to these things. With AMD you only have to worry about the socket, you don't have to worry about the chipset at all.

[timberwolf120]

Still a better position than Intel user usually are when it comes to these things. With AMD you only have to worry about the socket, you don't have to worry about the chipset at all.

The chipset and the VRMs. :frown:
Pentium 4s and Core 2 Duo's both used the 775 socket. But the 775 motherboards like the 1st revision of the Intel Bad Axe (I think it was released a few months before the Core 2 Duo release), needed to be updated to be compatable with the Core 2 Duo.

[werty316]

Pfff and I thought there weren't gonna be anymore price cuts this year.

[PP Mguire]

Who cares, price cuts are good. Means when AM3 comes around AM2 and AM2+ will be dirt cheap and i can get my dad a new machine. (he can pay for his own video card)