Re: AMD 64 CPU Chip Selection Question
On 1/25/06, hendrik@topoi.pooq.com <hendrik@topoi.pooq.com> wrote:
> On Wed, Jan 25, 2006 at 03:28:41PM -0500, Robert Isaac wrote:
> > Actually, you should hold off until after June before buying any AMD64
> > CPU. AMD will be releasing a new socket style and the current Socket
> > 939 and 754 chips should drop in prices, not sure about the Opterons
> > (Socket 940).
>
> Actually, you should probably hold off buying *any* piece of computing
> equipment until you can't do without it, as prices keep going down.
> Rare is the day I pay the price they quoted me at my local computer
> store, because the price goes down too fast.
Funny enough, the Athlon64 prices do not seem to drop very quickly. I
bought my 3000+ 939p for 109 Euro a year ago. Now it has been
discontinued, but the 3200+ is still quite a bit more expensive. Funny
that, because everything else in the PC has dropped in value
significantly.
I think it took a while for the word to travel that the Athlon64 are
indeed a revolution in performance. And AMD certainly made the most
out of it, in terms of money :-). I guess future prices will depend a
lot on whether the new Intel chips deliver or not.
Thomas
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