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Widespread availability of Conroe..

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Damn it I want my Conroe now..

But no where to buy at some reasonable price..

When I can get MINE?!
 
monarch pre-sales sound pretty good. the price isnt bad (around $25-$30 over wholesale) good shipping prices and an 8/14 delivery date. this isnt much different then the pre-sales that have been going on for months. none of these guys have gotten cpus yet. and many have paid more than $345 (price i paid monarch on 7/27). there are a couple guys getting 6300's, 6400's and ee6800's next week, but pretty much individual users arent going to get one before 8/7 - 8/10. you've waited several months already, its only another 2 weeks.
 
unusualfire said:
Tell me about it. Microcenter wants $1300 for it's E6800. A total ripoff.
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The bad news is, some impatient people buy at that price.
 
Prices are in control of the retail stores not intel. Prices will stay like this for awile and AMD will be the better deal for now. They are way overpriced from what intel wanted to sell them for. The better performer is a X2 4200+. Its enough to match a 240 buck E6300 at stock. ANd the 4200 only costs 180 bucks. Way over priced for a E6300. You could get a 4600+ for 200 bucks. Blows that away too and almost matches a E6400 at stock. But the E6400 costs 300 bucks. The E6600 costs 400 bucks buy a 5000+ for 280 bucks doesn't perform all that different. And a E6700 costs 500 bucks and finally matches a over priced FX-62. More ppl will go for the lower priced product that will perform better for cheaper. Doesn't matter how it performs over all. Its always the price that wins.
 
Serge84 said:
Prices are in control of the retail stores not intel. Prices will stay like this for awile and AMD will be the better deal for now. They are way overpriced from what intel wanted to sell them for. The better performer is a X2 4200+. Its enough to match a 240 buck E6300 at stock. ANd the 4200 only costs 180 bucks. Way over priced for a E6300. You could get a 4600+ for 200 bucks. Blows that away too and almost matches a E6400 at stock. But the E6400 costs 300 bucks. The E6600 costs 400 bucks buy a 5000+ for 280 bucks doesn't perform all that different. And a E6700 costs 500 bucks and finally matches a over priced FX-62. More ppl will go for the lower priced product that will perform better for cheaper. Doesn't matter how it performs over all. Its always the price that wins.
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hate to break it to you, but Conroe slaps around the A64 line. For the past 3 years I have owned many different A64's and I love amd, but I go where the best bang for my buck plus a Conroe + 975 is very much future proof for Quad cores. I got my 6300 OEM for 209 from TD when they had them in stock. these things are limited by FSB limits on the mobo's. at 3.0GHZ, there is no A64 that can touch a conroe. And please don't refer to hard's benchies as they are flawed. Look around eles where, see true benchmarks.
 
Serge84 said:
Prices are in control of the retail stores not intel. Prices will stay like this for awile and AMD will be the better deal for now. They are way overpriced from what intel wanted to sell them for. The better performer is a X2 4200+. Its enough to match a 240 buck E6300 at stock. ANd the 4200 only costs 180 bucks. Way over priced for a E6300. You could get a 4600+ for 200 bucks. Blows that away too and almost matches a E6400 at stock. But the E6400 costs 300 bucks. The E6600 costs 400 bucks buy a 5000+ for 280 bucks doesn't perform all that different. And a E6700 costs 500 bucks and finally matches a over priced FX-62. More ppl will go for the lower priced product that will perform better for cheaper. Doesn't matter how it performs over all. Its always the price that wins.
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ROFL you are so full of shit..... :eek:
 
Thanks for that Serge. They say people who start the day with a laugh will live longer than those who start the day with a cup of coffee :p


Also, my new rig is just sitting in boxes on the floor crying out for a processor. I've been buying parts for the past several weeks waiting till each one went on sale for anywhere from 5 dollars off to 50 dollars off. I'll be very happy on August 7th.
 
kirbyrj said:
Yikes...that is bad...they've bumped it into a whole different processor price range :(. That's way too overgreedy.
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You got that right!
 
What's even worse is I want a Core 2 laptop.. They won't be out until the end of next month and my PC is having major locking up fits.

Hurry up and make the damn things already!!
 
Serge84 said:
Prices are in control of the retail stores not intel. Prices will stay like this for awile and AMD will be the better deal for now. They are way overpriced from what intel wanted to sell them for. The better performer is a X2 4200+. Its enough to match a 240 buck E6300 at stock. ANd the 4200 only costs 180 bucks. Way over priced for a E6300. You could get a 4600+ for 200 bucks. Blows that away too and almost matches a E6400 at stock. But the E6400 costs 300 bucks. The E6600 costs 400 bucks buy a 5000+ for 280 bucks doesn't perform all that different. And a E6700 costs 500 bucks and finally matches a over priced FX-62. More ppl will go for the lower priced product that will perform better for cheaper. Doesn't matter how it performs over all. Its always the price that wins.
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Man, if this isn't FUD I don't know what is. Aren't CPUs always a little bit higher in cost when first released? I wouldn't say Conroe is "way overpriced." Way overpriced is a CPU like the FX-62 that gets its ass handed to it by an E6600 at stock speeds. The X2 5000+ and X2 4600+ aren't even close.

If you're on the cheap then get an E6300 and overclock the shit out of it. After that the small difference it cost is moot.
 
Serge84 said:
Prices are in control of the retail stores not intel. Prices will stay like this for awile and AMD will be the better deal for now. They are way overpriced from what intel wanted to sell them for. The better performer is a X2 4200+. Its enough to match a 240 buck E6300 at stock. ANd the 4200 only costs 180 bucks. Way over priced for a E6300. You could get a 4600+ for 200 bucks. Blows that away too and almost matches a E6400 at stock. But the E6400 costs 300 bucks. The E6600 costs 400 bucks buy a 5000+ for 280 bucks doesn't perform all that different. And a E6700 costs 500 bucks and finally matches a over priced FX-62. More ppl will go for the lower priced product that will perform better for cheaper. Doesn't matter how it performs over all. Its always the price that wins.
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Thanks for the morning laugh, Serge.
 
Serge84 said:
Doesn't matter how it performs over all. Its always the price that wins.
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LOL sempron price cuts FTW

gotta get tigerdirects semprons while they are 20 bucks. all bout the price right? :D
 
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