Athlon 64 3000+ 939 OEM

[Hacp]

Deal is still on despite it being 7/10 !

 

[orionb]

You mean 7/11. . . and I don't know if this has been said yet, but judging by the part number, this should be a venice.

Thanks OP, I'm in for one

 

[DidlySquat]

Originally posted by: intogamer
anyone can tell me their steppings?

I recently bought this same CPU from a different website

http://hmcomputer.techgather.com/cgi-bi...446&p_catcode=CPUAS939&p_vlt=ymenu_cpu

And got a YBBLE 0524EPFW series (aka "stepping"). Best overclock I could get is 280x9=2520 mhz on A8N-SLI

 

[UNCjigga]

WTF BASTARDS! LOL, the chip was in my cart at $115 and now at checkout its up to $120. Screw it--I was gonna get the OEM chip and Zalman 7000Cu but now I'm just gonna get the retail CPU from NewEgg. Stock cooling ain't that bad, eh? Not like I'm going to be overclocking with my Corsair Value Select RAM anyway...but the Neo2 now seems like overkill...

 

[blckgrffn]

$5 difference kills it for you? Why would you pay an additional $30 for the retail version when you could still get the Zalman and the CPU? Besides that the Neo2 is a nice board and you could certainly use a divider to run your value ram without a hitch...

Going off the deepend over $5! It is still a damn good deal!

Nat

 

[bupkus]

Does DigiTimes' story about 64-bit Sempron pricing suggest a pending price drop for this processor?
Granted, the 64-bit Semprons are socket 754.

Edit: Just playing devil's advocate.

 

[kukyfrope]

What stepping did you guys receive?
Any OC results?

 

[intogamer]

Originally posted by: blckgrffn
$5 difference kills it for you? Why would you pay an additional $30 for the retail version when you could still get the Zalman and the CPU? Besides that the Neo2 is a nice board and you could certainly use a divider to run your value ram without a hitch...

Going off the deepend over $5! It is still a damn good deal!

Nat

zalmans are quiet the LED edition makes it sexii

 

[intogamer]

:| figgits!

 

[UNCjigga]

Originally posted by: blckgrffn
$5 difference kills it for you? Why would you pay an additional $30 for the retail version when you could still get the Zalman and the CPU? Besides that the Neo2 is a nice board and you could certainly use a divider to run your value ram without a hitch...

Going off the deepend over $5! It is still a damn good deal!

Nat

Not just the $5 difference, but the shipping cost, questionable refund policy (7 days?), never done business with them before, and they don't take Amex. I actually saved a few bucks buying from Newegg--sure I don't have a Zalman hsf now but I did get some casefans instead and still spent less.

 

[blckgrffn]

The shipping is free, and Amex has an easy to screw the vendor satisfaction policy - do you use anything other than Amex? Like, Visa, for example? And did you buy a whole bunch of Masscools for $1 each? That isn't really fair to ewiz They also have a 60 repair (read:exchange) policy on OEM CPU's, which is great.

Sorry, but I think that you were the one who missed out here...

intogamer, what was that about?!?

 

[bupkus]

Dudes, which mobo are you considering? If you're going pci-e, which video card is on the table? :music:These are a few of my favorite things.:music:

 

[jdopple]

What about this and the Thermaltake Venus 12? good price on that hs from ewiz ($10 shipping on the hs, still not bad for the price)

 

[deepinya]

Originally posted by: blckgrffn

intogamer, what was that about?!?

Dont mind him, he just spams to up his post count. His life consists of aspiring goals such as reaching 6,000 posts in 8 months......hes a real winner.

 

[DanDaMan315]

Im putting mine is a DFI nF4-Ultra w/ a xp-120, I'm going to squeeze every last penny out of this super hot processor deal.

 

[intogamer]

Originally posted by: deepinya

Originally posted by: blckgrffn

intogamer, what was that about?!?

Dont mind him, he just spams to up his post count. His life consists of aspiring goals such as reaching 6,000 posts in 8 months......hes a real winner.

 

[DidlySquat]

Originally posted by: bupkus
Dudes, which mobo are you considering? If you're going pci-e, which video card is on the table? :music:These are a few of my favorite things.:music:

The budget board of choice is Chanintech VNF4/Ultra for $80. The best value midrange pci-e video card is 6600GT for $160, or if you can spend $250 the X800XL is one of the best options in the high end (not extreme high end though) . I'm just repeating what Anandtech guides recommend (which I agree with). You can check it out for yourself by click on the guides section of this website.

 

[blckgrffn]

Chief value has some nice X800's for $160 after rebate, should be better than 6600GTs...

Nat

 

[bupkus]

Originally posted by: blckgrffn
Chief value has some nice X800's for $160 after rebate, should be better than 6600GTs...

Nat

Thanks, Nat.
If there is a game I might play it would be UT2004. I really shouldn't start playing again as it took a while to quit. :frown:

Edit: Nope, I can't go that way. If anything I want a video card that can do MCE and HTPC, and, yes, really good text for my 2 LCDs.

 

[furballi]

+2.5GHz is darn good for a $115 CPU.

 

[bupkus]

Originally posted by: furballi
+2.5GHz is darn good for a $115 CPU.

yes it is

indeed

yep

I concur

 

[intogamer]

Originally posted by: furballi
+2.5GHz is darn good for a $115 CPU.

you got 2.5?

 

[furballi]

No...someone else posted a speed of 2.5GHz.

 

[intogamer]

Originally posted by: furballi
No...someone else posted a speed of 2.5GHz.

thats pretty good want to know steppings

 

[skriefal]

Mine will be going into an Epox 9NPA+ Ultra, with a Thermalright XP-90 heatsink w/Panaflo 90mm L1A fan. I haven't overclocked anything in many years, but I'm hoping to do so here by at least one speed grade even if only to justify the purchase of the XP-90 heatsink!

Video card will be a refurbished ATI X600XT card from NewEgg for $62. No, it's not the fastest card available for gaming... but I don't play games at all so I don't care. It should last a few years for non-gaming use, assuming that the card isn't defective or DOA.