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AMD's 939 production halt sends prices tumbling
I saw this: -
http://www.theinquirer.net/?article=32603 and now I'm really miffed. I bought an Asrock 939Dual-Sata2, an Ath64 3000 and top spec RAM with the thought that in a year or two, I would be able to pick up a better 939 as the prices would have dropped. Now it turns out that AMD have stopped production of skt939 CPUs. What a bummer. I know that with this mobo I have the AM2 upgrade path, but that wasn't quite what I had in mind. Bugger. |
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AMD's 939 production halt sends prices tumbling
On Mon, 26 Jun 2006 17:58:04 +0000, SpamBox wrote:
I saw this: - http://www.theinquirer.net/?article=32603 and now I'm really miffed. I bought an Asrock 939Dual-Sata2, an Ath64 3000 and top spec RAM with the thought that in a year or two, I would be able to pick up a better 939 as the prices would have dropped. Now it turns out that AMD have stopped production of skt939 CPUs. What a bummer. I know that with this mobo I have the AM2 upgrade path, but that wasn't quite what I had in mind. Bugger. The following processors are supposed to be available through 2007, http://csip.amd.com/en/Platform/ AMD has a stable platform program where they guarantee the availability of components for 15 months. I don't know if this means that the components will be available in the retail channel or just to OEMs. |
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AMD's 939 production halt sends prices tumbling
"General Schvantzkoph" wrote in message news On Mon, 26 Jun 2006 17:58:04 +0000, SpamBox wrote: I saw this: - http://www.theinquirer.net/?article=32603 and now I'm really miffed. I bought an Asrock 939Dual-Sata2, an Ath64 3000 and top spec RAM with the thought that in a year or two, I would be able to pick up a better 939 as the prices would have dropped. Now it turns out that AMD have stopped production of skt939 CPUs. What a bummer. I know that with this mobo I have the AM2 upgrade path, but that wasn't quite what I had in mind. Bugger. The following processors are supposed to be available through 2007, http://csip.amd.com/en/Platform/ AMD has a stable platform program where they guarantee the availability of components for 15 months. I don't know if this means that the components will be available in the retail channel or just to OEMs. From what I've read, it looks like many of the 939 lines will be phased out from Dec 06. I have now calmed down a bit and realised that I still have a few options. I have also found a site that overclocked a 3000 venice core from 1.8GHz to somewhere around 2.7GHz - always an option if I want a bit more oomph and am struggling to source a 939 CPU! |
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AMD's 939 production halt sends prices tumbling
On Mon, 26 Jun 2006 20:10:49 +0000, SpamBox wrote:
"General Schvantzkoph" wrote in message news On Mon, 26 Jun 2006 17:58:04 +0000, SpamBox wrote: I saw this: - http://www.theinquirer.net/?article=32603 and now I'm really miffed. I bought an Asrock 939Dual-Sata2, an Ath64 3000 and top spec RAM with the thought that in a year or two, I would be able to pick up a better 939 as the prices would have dropped. Now it turns out that AMD have stopped production of skt939 CPUs. What a bummer. I know that with this mobo I have the AM2 upgrade path, but that wasn't quite what I had in mind. Bugger. The following processors are supposed to be available through 2007, http://csip.amd.com/en/Platform/ AMD has a stable platform program where they guarantee the availability of components for 15 months. I don't know if this means that the components will be available in the retail channel or just to OEMs. From what I've read, it looks like many of the 939 lines will be phased out from Dec 06. I have now calmed down a bit and realised that I still have a few options. I have also found a site that overclocked a 3000 venice core from 1.8GHz to somewhere around 2.7GHz - always an option if I want a bit more oomph and am struggling to source a 939 CPU! The stable platform list only includes Athlon 64s. I suspect that the 939 Opteron 1xx will be around longer. Server manufacturers expect much longer life cycles then 15 months, AMD would have to be crazy to discontinue an Opteron that quickly. On the other hand do they consider an Opteron 1xx to be a real server chip or do they have it just to fill out their price list? |
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AMD's 939 production halt sends prices tumbling
Ok... Where are prices tumbling? I have no frame of reference for the UK,
but across the pond here in the US S939 prices are rock solid. Have barely even been nudged down at all. Carlo "SpamBox" wrote in message ... I saw this: - http://www.theinquirer.net/?article=32603 and now I'm really miffed. I bought an Asrock 939Dual-Sata2, an Ath64 3000 and top spec RAM with the thought that in a year or two, I would be able to pick up a better 939 as the prices would have dropped. Now it turns out that AMD have stopped production of skt939 CPUs. What a bummer. I know that with this mobo I have the AM2 upgrade path, but that wasn't quite what I had in mind. Bugger. |
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AMD's 939 production halt sends prices tumbling
On Wed, 28 Jun 2006 07:02:13 -0400, Bill wrote:
Carlo Razzeto wrote: Ok... Where are prices tumbling? I have no frame of reference for the UK, but across the pond here in the US S939 prices are rock solid. Have barely even been nudged down at all. It doesn't happen at the retailer instantly for most consumer goods. The price changes trickle down as items hit the shelves. The same for price increases. Except for gas prices - which only seem to go up instantly... newegg has the 3500 for $109 2.2Ghz You can buy two of these for less than the slower dual cores. yeah, progress Fry's will sell you the 3500 + a motherboard for $129 |
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AMD's 939 production halt sends prices tumbling
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... On Wed, 28 Jun 2006 07:02:13 -0400, Bill wrote: newegg has the 3500 for $109 2.2Ghz You can buy two of these for less than the slower dual cores. yeah, progress Fry's will sell you the 3500 + a motherboard for $129 Eh... Only really interested in dual core, what the heck are you going to do with 2 S939 processors anyway? Carlo |
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AMD's 939 production halt sends prices tumbling
On Fri, 30 Jun 2006 00:20:50 GMT, "Carlo Razzeto"
wrote: wrote in message .. . On Wed, 28 Jun 2006 07:02:13 -0400, Bill wrote: newegg has the 3500 for $109 2.2Ghz You can buy two of these for less than the slower dual cores. yeah, progress Fry's will sell you the 3500 + a motherboard for $129 Eh... Only really interested in dual core, what the heck are you going to do with 2 S939 processors anyway? Carlo Just thinking about what a great deal dual cores are. You could buy three faster single core cpu's for about the same price. |
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AMD's 939 production halt sends prices tumbling
On Fri, 30 Jun 2006 14:55:48 -0500, Don Taylor
wrote: writes: On Fri, 30 Jun 2006 00:20:50 GMT, "Carlo Razzeto" wrote: wrote in message ... On Wed, 28 Jun 2006 07:02:13 -0400, Bill wrote: newegg has the 3500 for $109 2.2Ghz You can buy two of these for less than the slower dual cores. yeah, progress Fry's will sell you the 3500 + a motherboard for $129 Eh... Only really interested in dual core, what the heck are you going to do with 2 S939 processors anyway? Just thinking about what a great deal dual cores are. You could buy three faster single core cpu's for about the same price. Are there fairly cheap dual or quad socket 939 boards so I could plug two or three of these single core faster cpus into a board for the same price? That's what I'm looking for at the moment. You'd need the opteron for that I believe. Apparently screwing the commercial customers on server motherboards is more profitable than selling enthusiasts lots of cpu's. Ditto raid5 stuff for whatever reason. They seem terrified that anyone should have a cheap server. |
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