OEM AMD Athlon XP's at TCWO

[dman]

Looks like you can still get the $39 Duron [edit] 1.0GHz not 1.1[/edit], at least it'll add to your order per the posted link above.
[edit]Newegg has the 1.0GHz retail for $50... $2 more than the oem + fan at tcwo. [edit]
Questions:

1) Is the 1GHz DURON the latest Core?
2) What are the differences between the Athlon XP and the most recent core Durons... I know the following:
-> MHz Higher for Athlon XP (Model 1500)
-> FSB Higher for Athlon XP (266 vs 200)
-> More Cache for XP Model
-> Any others? I am specifically curious about if the Durons have the same instruction sets as the XP's... such as the 3dNow and SSE stuff?

Thanks!

 

[Jeshurun]

The 1 Ghz Duron is based on the Morgan core (I think) and supports SSE 1 and 3D Now, as well as data prefetch... er... looks like some are morgans and some aren't?

 

[Elvis2]

I have nothing but good things to say about TCWO. Great people to do business with. :|

 

[Strych9]

Updated

 

[Strych9]

Updated again. Check out the price for the 1600+.

 

[U2ForNow]

Great people over at tcwo.com! Good service and prices.

 

[drewdogg808]

does anyone know if there will still be the big price cuts on the 14th?

 

[Strych9]

Intel is supposed to cut their prices. AMD will probably follow, although, their current prices are pretty low already as you can see.

 

[U2ForNow]

<< does anyone know if there will still be the big price cuts on the 14th? >>



huh? I just bought, everyone said that the new prices were already out. Oh no!

 

[Piano Man]

God, the XP 1800+ is an absolute steal at those prices.

 

[U2ForNow]

If the prices go lower, my wife will kill me! She hates when I don't save money. She still thinks her Intel 233MMX is still worth $1500.

 

[Strych9]

<< huh? I just bought, everyone said that the new prices were already out. Oh no! >>

You're ok. They may go down a bit but I wouldn't expect any major drop in price.

 

[drewdogg808]

looks like i'll be visiting tcwo on monday to make my purchase

 

[Freewolf]

ttt

 

[shadowfaX]

prices keep dropping! maybe my new rig won't be so expensive after all, when i get around to configuring it!

 

[Seyba]

Its posts like these that make me love this forum.

 

[zeephus]

Squalish2357: AMD has already shown us what they're gonna do for overclockers next: the integrated heat-spreader. They have it capping the proc and hiding all the nifty bridges you need to get at to mod their chip, and it's not like that thing pops back on :-(

 

[Strych9]

Updated

 

[RONType1]

<< zeephus: AMD has already shown us what they're gonna do for overclockers next: the integrated heat-spreader. They have it capping the proc and hiding all the nifty bridges you need to get at to mod their chip, and it's not like that thing pops back on :-( >>



where do you get your facts? read THIS

for the lazy:

<< According to first photos of the Throughbred based CPUs, this new core will be very small, and we experienced that smaller cores can be damaged seriously during the heatsink installation. Are you planning to introduce a HIS on the package to prevent this problem?

No, we'll use a package similar to the one that we're using for today's CPUs, we won't use HIS for next generations; newly, I suggest to use certified heatsinks and to install them carefully.
>>

 

[roboninja]

<< why would you wait for hammer?

that is a rather foolish move... anyway TCWO is a good vendor, they are local to me, so i get web prices + no shipping + i am a reseller so no tax! >>



Well, not really a foolish move for me considering I already have an XP 1700+. I'll be waiting for the Hammer to fall as well.

 

[roboninja]

Your thought about the Hammer being 64-bit is correct, but it will still run 32-bit code just fine through code-morphing techniques. Some hardware changes might be needed because of the new MB's, but software/OS will not be a problem.

 

[tedinde1]

why are they going so high now. $15 more than everyone else??

 

[Strych9]

Not sure....they shot up all of a sudden. The prices previously listed were their special pricewatch prices which weren't directly listed on their site. You had to go through pricewatch to access the pages with those prices. The prices listed on the pricewatch pages now are the same as listed on their site. I'm not sure if it's a mistake or they aren't offering the pricewatch prices anymore. I'll keep an eye on the prices and post any changes. They had the lowest prices around until they went and did this.

 

[GermyBoy]

<< 1600+ down to $85 :Q >>

 

[Mentalpunisher]

No code morphing techniques necessary.
Hammer will be perfectly compatible in every way, it just has 64 bit capabilities added.
You will have no problems with the OS, nor drivers.
Lack of a 64 bit OS or 64 bit optimised software simply means that the Hammer will run like an Athlon with an on-chip memory controller.
It will still be the fastest 32 bit x86 processor per clock, and hopefully it will scale along with the PIV.