Best deal on an AMD FX-55?

[Sven_Lee]

Anyone know who's got the best deal on these right now? zipzoomfly.com is the only place I've found one at so far, it's 870 bucks, here's the specs

# Operating Frequency: 2.6GHz
# Type: Athlon 64 FX-55
# Core: SledgeHammer
# Cache: Level 1 64KB+64KB; Level 2 1MB
# Process: 0.13 Micron
# FSB: Integrated into Chip
# Voltage: 1.5V
# Socket: Socket 939
# Multimedia Instruction: MMX, SSE, SSE2, 3DNow!, 3DNow!+
# w/Heatsink and Fan


Trying to shop around and get the best price

 

[(cf)Eclipse]

wait. the fx-57's release is rumoured to be soon.
if you really need it, i'm pretty sure newegg has it for pretty cheap

edit: yeah, 870 and 850
http://www.newegg.com/app/Viewprodu...=&mfrcode=0&DEPA=1&order=PRICED&srchFor=fx-55

 

[ozziegn]

lol - so on what universe is $850 considered cheap for any CPU?

 

[(cf)Eclipse]

better than the 1,200 that we were seeing a few weeks ago

 

[PS!]

Best price I've seen so far was on Monarch with Newegg coming in at a distant 2nd. I was sick of waiting, so I went with a 4000+. My rationale? The 4000+ was only slightly behind in almost every benchmark out there and was $350-$400 less.

If the prices on the FX55 had dropped somewhat more, I'd have picked one up.

 

[legcramp]

yowsa...850.....athlon 64 3500+ winchester a 6800gt and a gig of superfast ram hehehe but that's just me

 

[Ugly_Jim]

Best price I've seen so far was on Monarch with Newegg coming in at a distant 2nd. I was sick of waiting, so I went with a 4000+. My rationale? The 4000+ was only slightly behind in almost every benchmark out there and was $350-$400 less.

If the prices on the FX55 had dropped somewhat more, I'd have picked one up.

The reason that you pay top dollar is because the FX-55 has Dresden's best silicon and an unlocked multiplier. I pity the person that pays that much for 2.6 GHz.

 

[Andrew_Carr]

Why? They're probably insanely happy when they unwrap it

 

[lurch519]

best place to check for prices on just about any computer part is www.pricewatch.com
right now best price for the fx-55 is 849 shipped from best bargain pc, but i have had bad experience from this company, new egg comes in a very close second at 851 shipped

 

[Roguer]

yowsa...850.....athlon 64 3500+ winchester a 6800gt and a gig of superfast ram hehehe but that's just me

This depends on your definition of superfast ram.