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Athlon 64 3200+ price drops today
With the introduction of the A64 3400+, the 3200+ has dropped to $270
(from about $400). The $270 price is from Newegg. It's now lower in price than the XP 3200+ ($299) which is considerably slower. -- Abit KT7-Raid (KT133) Tbred B core CPU @2400MHz (24x100FSB) http://mysite.verizon.net/res0exft/cpu.html |
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"Wes Newell" wrote in message news | With the introduction of the A64 3400+, the 3200+ has dropped to $270 | (from about $400). The $270 price is from Newegg. It's now lower in price | than the XP 3200+ ($299) which is considerably slower. | Thanks a ton for the info. The reduction in CPU price is exactly what I have been waiting on before jumping ship from my tired but still great little xp2000+. Didn't want to waste the time/money on doing a Barton or other Socket A upgrade right now knowing it would be the end of the line for that socket. |
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rather have the FX51 mate
On Tue, 06 Jan 2004 22:36:28 GMT, Wes Newell wrote: :With the introduction of the A64 3400+, the 3200+ has dropped to $270 :(from about $400). The $270 price is from Newegg. It's now lower in price :than the XP 3200+ ($299) which is considerably slower. ----- Lee. |
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Jason Cothran wrote:
"Wes Newell" wrote in message news With the introduction of the A64 3400+, the 3200+ has dropped to $270 (from about $400). The $270 price is from Newegg. It's now lower in price than the XP 3200+ ($299) which is considerably slower. Thanks a ton for the info. The reduction in CPU price is exactly what I have been waiting on before jumping ship from my tired but still great little xp2000+. Didn't want to waste the time/money on doing a Barton or other Socket A upgrade right now knowing it would be the end of the line for that socket. Socket 754 (and 940 for that matter) doesn't have much of a future either... I'd wait a couple months or so and get a socket 939, when they come out. |
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On Thu, 08 Jan 2004 09:27:55 +1300, Repo Man wrote:
Socket 754 (and 940 for that matter) doesn't have much of a future either... I'd wait a couple months or so and get a socket 939, when they come out. Amd has committed to a year of cpu support for these sockets. Although I don't see this as much of a problem. If I upgrade down the road I'd likely sell the old MB/cpu combo and get new MB/cpu combo. -- Abit KT7-Raid (KT133) Tbred B core CPU @2400MHz (24x100FSB) http://mysite.verizon.net/res0exft/cpu.html |
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but when you by the 754 or 940 today ... you will enjoy a couple yrs at
least of solid CPU performance ... at the point you can look at what is the current technology and buy accordingly ... additionally, when the 939 comes out it will be double the 754 or 940 ... with computers changing so quickly ..... likely a wiser decision to one generation back any way .... and update in one to two yrs VC "Repo Man" wrote in message ... Jason Cothran wrote: "Wes Newell" wrote in message news With the introduction of the A64 3400+, the 3200+ has dropped to $270 (from about $400). The $270 price is from Newegg. It's now lower in price than the XP 3200+ ($299) which is considerably slower. Thanks a ton for the info. The reduction in CPU price is exactly what I have been waiting on before jumping ship from my tired but still great little xp2000+. Didn't want to waste the time/money on doing a Barton or other Socket A upgrade right now knowing it would be the end of the line for that socket. Socket 754 (and 940 for that matter) doesn't have much of a future either... I'd wait a couple months or so and get a socket 939, when they come out. |
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rather have the FX51 mate
Anandtech has pronounced the FX51 dead in the water with the half-priced 3400+ available, at least for the gamer. rms |
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"Lee" wrote in message ... rather have the FX51 mate If we're doing rathers, I would rather have dual Opteron 246's. But the 3000 or 3200 are still nice processors. Sick Willie |
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"rms" wrote in message om... rather have the FX51 mate Anandtech has pronounced the FX51 dead in the water with the half-priced 3400+ available, at least for the gamer. rms For the hardcore gamer, the dual channel memory controller on the FX51 would still leave it well ahead of the 3400. If you don't need (or care to pay for) dual channel, the 3000 or 3200 is still the best bang for the buck. Sick Willie |
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On Thu, 08 Jan 2004 07:41:02 -0600, Sick Willie wrote:
"rms" wrote in message om... rather have the FX51 mate Anandtech has pronounced the FX51 dead in the water with the half-priced 3400+ available, at least for the gamer. rms For the hardcore gamer, the dual channel memory controller on the FX51 would still leave it well ahead of the 3400. If you don't need (or care to pay for) dual channel, the 3000 or 3200 is still the best bang for the buck. Perhaps you should look at this.:-) http://www.anandtech.com/cpu/showdoc.html?i=1941&p=4 -- Abit KT7-Raid (KT133) Tbred B core CPU @2400MHz (24x100FSB) http://mysite.verizon.net/res0exft/cpu.html |
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