fx-60 price u.k.

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derwood

Discussion Starter · Jan 22, 2007

hi,
i`ve been looking to build a new rig with a fx-60 939pin. every where in u.k. seems to be out of stock and the cheapest price is £411. i searched with google and found in america they are retailing at $349-$399 which with current exchange rates = at most £200. will the price be droping so it will be in line with the rest of the u.k. x2 range i.e x2 4800 = £180

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MaverickUK

· #2 · Jan 23, 2007

Not sure about the FX prices, but you can get an AMD Athlon 64 4000+ for around £50.00, not too bad seeing as you can get an AMD Athlon 3000+ for only a few quid cheaper.

http://www.microdirect.co.uk/ProductInfo.aspx?source=NexTag&ProductID=15184

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8210GUY

· #3 · Jan 23, 2007

I was looking at going that route when I was choosing my current rig, but everyone talked me into going for a core2 6600, the price is around the same (maybe even cheaper) and far surpasses the FX60, have you considered this ?

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derwood

Discussion Starter · #4 · Jan 23, 2007

hi,
i saw the cheap price of 4000+ and other AMD chips gonna wait and see if fx price does drops as i don`t want to go with intel as was going to use some old bits and i hear the scp is still a proplem with the creative X-fi and core duo based rigs and i got lucky with my a8n sli deluxe with no probs.

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8210GUY

· #5 · Jan 23, 2007

Well if you are able to wait I suggest hanging on until AMD hits back with it's answer to the core 2, you will probably see a price drop in the older CPU's then I would of thought.

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linderman

· #6 · Jan 23, 2007 (Edited)

Actually you are going to see the prices begin to rise abit back up with the AMD offerings.

I see on ebay new OEM FX-60's can be bought for about $350.00 which is a super price when you consider they were over $1000.00 only 6 months ago.

I too have the same board as you along with Cas2 high performance memory, and I will be going with the FX-60 very soon. The FX-60 is very close in performance to the E6600, the challenge between those two chips is NO spanking for the the FX-60 by far.

Yes; the E6600 is faster but the FX-60 can still extend its arm and touch the back of the E6600! The unlocked multiplier on the FX-60 makes it an attractive alternative a complete system upgrade.

even more so if you have Cas 2 memory on the FX-60 platform, due to the cost of the PC8000 memory most people are opting for the more affordable DDR2533 & 6400 memory sticks. The DDR 6400 and under with its memory latencies are actually a lesser performer than the PC3200 memory.

Also Dont over look getting a 5000 X2 dual core

the diff in performance between the 5000 X2 and the E6600 is not worth the $800.00 to start fresh. Not when you can get a CPU that is very close in performance for $350.00 that should extend the life of your current investment by at least 18 months.

good luck & I hope you find a worthy CPu for your intended budget.

http://www.anandtech.com/cpuchipsets/showdoc.aspx?i=2795&p=9

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derwood

Discussion Starter · #7 · Feb 1, 2007

hi,

i have been looking around for an FX-60 at the local shops and have been told AMD have stopped producing 939pin cpu`s is this true or are they trying to get me to buy a new am2 based rig which i don`t really want to do as i do have some cas2 high performance memory. I was going to wait and see if ddr3 was going to give improved performance before changing pin count.

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linderman

· #8 · Feb 2, 2007

they probally have stopped production, but there are still plenty of them on the market now

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