X2 3800+ Toldeo -OEM $57.99 @ Newegg

[nycdude]

nice price and to think these use to go for over $200 like my opteron.

 

[Harvey]

Originally posted by: intogamer
Text

hotsauce

If you're looking for even less expensive hot sauce, $40 buys an Athlon 64 3500+ Manchester 2.2GHz 512KB L2 Socket 939 OEM[/b].

 

[VanTheMan]

Originally posted by: Harvey

Originally posted by: intogamer
Text

hotsauce

If you're looking for even less expensive hot sauce, $40 buys an Athlon 64 3500+ Manchester 2.2GHz 512KB L2 Socket 939 OEM[/b].

Single core, though. $18 for a second core is worth it.

 

[fawktastic]

I bought one of these about lets say 16 months ago, paid at least 200 I think. If you really want to keep your aging 939 board I guess it's worth it, depending on what you're currently running, as in a cpu that is not dual core, then maybe... just maybe.

 

[intogamer]

Originally posted by: Harvey

Originally posted by: intogamer
Text

hotsauce

If you're looking for even less expensive hot sauce, $40 buys an Athlon 64 3500+ Manchester 2.2GHz 512KB L2 Socket 939 OEM[/b].

Heh you can find better prices on FS/T and ebay esp for single core.

<$20 for a 3000+ if its a bad auction. But if you're still staying 939.... DC is the way to go.

 

[intogamer]

Originally posted by: fawktastic
I bought one of these about lets say 16 months ago, paid at least 200 I think. If you really want to keep your aging 939 board I guess it's worth it, depending on what you're currently running, as in a cpu that is not dual core, then maybe... just maybe.

Man I remember when Venice 3000+ were $200

 

[Inspector Jihad]

Originally posted by: intogamer

Originally posted by: fawktastic
I bought one of these about lets say 16 months ago, paid at least 200 I think. If you really want to keep your aging 939 board I guess it's worth it, depending on what you're currently running, as in a cpu that is not dual core, then maybe... just maybe.

Man I remember when Venice 3000+ were $200

i bought mine for 150 2 years or so ago

 

[Budarow]

Originally posted by: Inspector Jihad

Originally posted by: intogamer

Originally posted by: fawktastic
I bought one of these about lets say 16 months ago, paid at least 200 I think. If you really want to keep your aging 939 board I guess it's worth it, depending on what you're currently running, as in a cpu that is not dual core, then maybe... just maybe.

Man I remember when Venice 3000+ were $200

i bought mine for 150 2 years or so ago

Yea...my bother paid ~$300 for 8MBs of RAM ~13 years ago. Sure no end to "price drop" stories hey peeps

 

[bunker]

$63.99 now.

Is the 165 at $99 worth the extra? I mean you get a hs/f and 1mb cache per core.

 

[intogamer]

Originally posted by: bunker
$63.99 now.

Is the 165 at $99 worth the extra? I mean you get a hs/f and 1mb cache per core.

Opteron 165 was lower.... prices fluctuate

 

[bigpow]

Originally posted by: Inspector Jihad

Originally posted by: intogamer

Originally posted by: fawktastic
I bought one of these about lets say 16 months ago, paid at least 200 I think. If you really want to keep your aging 939 board I guess it's worth it, depending on what you're currently running, as in a cpu that is not dual core, then maybe... just maybe.

Man I remember when Venice 3000+ were $200

i bought mine for 150 2 years or so ago

I bought mine for $300!
It has been running at 2.5G from day 1

 

[intogamer]

Originally posted by: bigpow

Originally posted by: Inspector Jihad

Originally posted by: intogamer

Originally posted by: fawktastic
I bought one of these about lets say 16 months ago, paid at least 200 I think. If you really want to keep your aging 939 board I guess it's worth it, depending on what you're currently running, as in a cpu that is not dual core, then maybe... just maybe.

Man I remember when Venice 3000+ were $200

i bought mine for 150 2 years or so ago

I bought mine for $300!
It has been running at 2.5G from day 1

You probably bought a higher end model?

 

[John]

Originally posted by: bunker
$63.99 now.

Is the 165 at $99 worth the extra? I mean you get a hs/f and 1mb cache per core.

You also get a 3 yr. warranty from AMD.

 

[bigpow]

Originally posted by: intogamer

Originally posted by: bigpow

Originally posted by: Inspector Jihad

Originally posted by: intogamer

Originally posted by: fawktastic
I bought one of these about lets say 16 months ago, paid at least 200 I think. If you really want to keep your aging 939 board I guess it's worth it, depending on what you're currently running, as in a cpu that is not dual core, then maybe... just maybe.

Man I remember when Venice 3000+ were $200

i bought mine for 150 2 years or so ago

I bought mine for $300!
It has been running at 2.5G from day 1

You probably bought a higher end model?

Nope. Believe it or not, it was a good deal at the time, from Fry's (free EVGA mobo).
It was one of the first batch of 3800+ X2 (forgot the codename)
I have been absent from the PC building realm ever since - life circumstances...

 

[SirSnipe]

I picked up one of those 3800+ X2's a month ago, ran 2.4ghz at default volts (didn't need to push it higher, it's for my brother's rig) @ 64$, nice to see it keep going down in price.

I noticed a difference with multitasking and gaming on it, felt smoother to alt-tab and encoding was nicely improved. Should be a nice way to keep that S939 AMD rig going a little while longer.

 

[WhipperSnapper]

I'm holding out and hoping for further price drops over the next two months. I need to upgrade my single core Opteron 148 and my video card for Unreal Tournament III. Man, the video card values really suck right now.

 

[Apoculos]

anyone have any links to a some benchmarks comparing what processors similar to this one do against c2d both with high end video cards. Curious if I should just buy a new video card, instead of scrapping 939.

 

[intogamer]

Originally posted by: Apoculos
anyone have any links to a some benchmarks comparing what processors similar to this one do against c2d both with high end video cards. Curious if I should just buy a new video card, instead of scrapping 939.

You should just get Dual Core to hold on for a while. There isnt' really a need to go C2D as there aren't much games aren't coming out yet. Starcraft 2, Quake Wars, Unreal plus more are not out yet.

When Direct X 10 is utilized it is good to move to C2D i say.

edit: video card values do suck right now as nvidia has a lot of control.

 

[Inspector Jihad]

especially agp cards. i wanna upgrade to a dual core cpu and get a good agp card to play bioshock and some newer games, but the agp cards are expensive.

 

[intogamer]

57.99 now with free splinter cell game

 

[lavaheadache]

Originally posted by: intogamer
57.99 now with free splinter cell game

Yup just got in on it and will be selling splinter cell the second it shows up

 

[SynthDude2001]

Wow, great price. Extremely tempted to order one...I don't really see the price dropping much more either.

I'm currently running a 3200+@2.6GHz and a Radeon 9700 Pro (no laughing, please ).

What kind of overclocks are people seeing on these chips lately?

Edit: I should mention that I'm running a 330W Antec PSU right now, in case it matters. I used to have an Opteron 170 and Seasonic 600W last year but I'm not sure how much power I would really "need" in this case. Am I correct in assuming that power draw won't be significantly higher than my current overclocked 3200+?

Edit2: What the hell, I just ordered one. I've read that AMD isn't even producing 939 chips anymore (I don't know whether that's true or not), but either way I'm not going to do much better than $60 for a nice dual core chip. Might as well not take the chance that they may sell out or increase the price again.

(Free game is nice too, except for the above-mentioned 9700 Pro...:laugh:[/i])

 

[intogamer]

Depends on what else are you running. Hard drives and opticals?

 

[SynthDude2001]

Originally posted by: intogamer
Depends on what else are you running. Hard drives and opticals?

2 hard drives (used to be three before one died last month ...it was pretty old though), 2 optical drives.

As you can see in my edit above I've already decided to take my chances with the X2 - I have the voltage pretty high on my 3200+ as is, so I'm not that worried about the PSU.

 

[knightc2]

Originally posted by: Apoculos
anyone have any links to a some benchmarks comparing what processors similar to this one do against c2d both with high end video cards. Curious if I should just buy a new video card, instead of scrapping 939.

Not sure what video cards were used in this testing but here is the Tom's Hardware CPU comparison chart.

I am holding out for a 939 dual core 4600 or higher. Hope that they get this low before they are all gone.