AMD Phenom II X4 (AM2+) Pricing revealed!

[AgentGOD]

• AMD Phenom™ II X4 940 Black Edition will be priced at $280 USD (MSRP) [AM2+ CPU]
• AMD Phenom™ II X4 920 will be priced at $230 USD (MSRP) [AM2+ CPU]

These models will be launched initially at CES 2009, right below the price of the Core i7 920.

Source: OEM Insider

[Smalltimer]

• AMD Phenom™ II X4 940 Black Edition will be priced at $280 USD (MSRP) [AM2+ CPU]
• AMD Phenom™ II X4 920 will be priced at $230 USD (MSRP) [AM2+ CPU]

These models will be launched initially at CES 2009, right below the price of the Core i7 920.

Source: OEM Insider

To much!

But those are opening gate prices so there's plenty of room to settle.
My prediction is 180 and 140USD respectively.

[Sly Fox]

To much!

But those are opening gate prices so there's plenty of room to settle.
My prediction is 180 and 140USD respectively.

For flame bait, this isn't very well disguised.

[Particle]

For flame bait, this isn't very well disguised.

It looks like an honest prediction to me. After all, the 9850 started at over $250 and now sells for $160. With a debut price of $280 and AM3 parts coming out not too far from now, it doesn't seem unreasonable to me to predict a drop to the $180 range in time.

[Donnie27]

It looks like an honest prediction to me. After all, the 9850 started at over $250 and now sells for $160. With a debut price of $280 and AM3 parts coming out not too far from now, it doesn't seem unreasonable to me to predict a drop to the $180 range in time.

QFT!

One VAR told me Ph2 920 for $250 and $325 for the 940. His words not mine. "Hey Donnie if you want a one or couple, wait and let the Fans jump on them first. These are initial prices and are NOT meant for long term." Yes, the early bird does get the worm, just not where they expected

[Chad Boga]

Yes, the early bird does get the worm,

I've always been partial to the response to that of "But it is the second mouse that gets the cheese".

[Rammsteiner]

QFT!

One VAR told me Ph2 920 for $250 and $325 for the 940. His words not mine. "Hey Donnie if you want a one or couple, wait and let the Fans jump on them first. These are initial prices and are NOT meant for long term." Yes, the early bird does get the worm, just not where they expected

If you're going to pre-order completely blind you're going to pay indeed. Also if you order on terms of the shop (like they've a certain product in stock and sell it a month before release) they'll have a super high price, everyone who orders there's will be known they want to have that thing and they can mess with the price since they dont care if they do or do not sell it in such way.


With a bit of effort yo can get a very decent price after all. My pre-order started at 266, cheapest of all. Then it went upto 280, then it dropped to 247. I mailed them asking to adjust the price and they did. Easy things like that. And Im sure the price will be lower after two months, but if Im going to wait for the cheapest price of everything I'd never be able to buy hardware

[Glow9]

To much!

But those are opening gate prices so there's plenty of room to settle.
My prediction is 180 and 140USD respectively.

LOL

[dinos22]

To much!

But those are opening gate prices so there's plenty of room to settle.
My prediction is 180 and 140USD respectively.

nah man they will probably settle somewhere around $60 and $40 mark lol

[Macadamia]

The pricing of the 920 seems ridiculously sweet. The Q9400 (not the 9450, but 9400) is 270USD at it.


940 could drop slightly, though. But I guess that's the "Black tax" or whatever.

To much!

But those are opening gate prices so there's plenty of room to settle.
My prediction is 180 and 140USD respectively.

You're joking obviously.

[Damian^]

With no valid source this thread is just as good as a source from the Inquirer or Fudzilla
Pass.

[SF3D]

We don't need more sources

We have AMD Phenom™ II X4 940 Black Edition listed in here and lowest price is 246€.
http://hintaseuranta.fi/tuote.aspx/213663

[AgentGOD]

We don't need more sources

We have AMD Phenom™ II X4 940 Black Edition listed in here and lowest price is 246€.
http://hintaseuranta.fi/tuote.aspx/213663

Those are european prices. The source from whom I got the prices is an employee for a certain OEM company that would not like to be named.

[roofsniper]

To much!

But those are opening gate prices so there's plenty of room to settle.
My prediction is 180 and 140USD respectively.

lol.

the prices are actually what i expected them to be would be nice if the 940 dropped a bit but the 920 is an excellent choice at 230.

[gOJDO]

For the average joe the prices are good, tunned acording to the competition.

But for an enthusiast, those prices are not very atractive. I wouldn't pay more than $200 for a P2 that works stable 24/7 OC-ed @3.6GHz.

[Sly Fox]

But for an enthusiast, those prices are not very atractive. I wouldn't pay more than $200 for a P2 that works stable 24/7 OC-ed @3.6GHz.

I don't want to sound argumentative solely for the sake, so I'll admit that at this point I'm not entirely certain if even 3.6 will be consistently stable for PhII at this point. So that's actually quite a liberal estimate.

But, I'd say that even for the general "overclocking" community a 3.4 ghz quad (let's just say) that will run cooly will be well received. Especially when it's compatible with existing boards that AFAIK are fairly good at this point as they've been out so long (Bios wise more specifically).

Hell, I typically only run my Q6600 at 3.2 despite it being capable quite easily of 3.6. Simply don't need the extra power for anything ATM so I'd rather have it run a bit cooler.

For truly "Xtreme!!!@! ) users however, these won't be particularly appealing other than for the sheer sake of variety. Which won't go very far. But of course, all of this is moot if you personally define enthusiasts as that top .1% of extremely high end users.

[Macadamia]

For the average joe the prices are good, tunned acording to the competition.

But for an enthusiast, those prices are not very atractive. I wouldn't pay more than $200 for a P2 that works stable 24/7 OC-ed @3.6GHz.

The $230 model does that. Probably goes up to 3.8 with tweaking. Obviously 24/7.

[largon]

Those are european prices.

Correction; a very incomprehensive list of retailer prices in Finland only. Chips are systematically more expensive here...

For general price comparison between Finland - central europe - US:
Q6600 in Finland: 175€
Q6600 in central europe: 152.5€
Q6600 in US: $175 (125€)

i7 920 in Finland: 269€
i7 920 in central europe: 242€
i7 920 in US: $285 (205€)

We have 10-15% higher prices than in central europe, and 30-40% higher than in US. So I'd expect P2 940BEs would go for ~220-230€ in central europe and around $260-270 in US, once there's actual availability.

[RPGWiZaRD]

Correction; a very incomprehensive list of retailer prices in Finland only. Chips are systematically more expensive here...

For general price comparison between Finland - central europe - US:
Q6600 in Finland: 175€
Q6600 in central europe: 152.5€
Q6600 in US: $175 (125€)

i7 920 in Finland: 269€
i7 920 in central europe: 242€
i7 920 in US: $285 (205€)

We have 10-15% higher prices than in central europe, and 30-40% higher than in US. So I'd expect P2 940BEs would go for ~220-230€ in central europe and around $260-270 in US, once there's actual availability.

+1. I compare European and US prices quite often and I'd also say by seeing the finnish prices that 940BEs will go for ~260 - $270 more like 270 but then pretty soon settle for $260. And at least Germany will have some shops selling them for 220~230 EUR. If that's the case then it's very great deal I think concidering the cost of AMD motherboards too. The Q6600 will still be a problem though as long as they ship those 65nm quads but if they wouldn't exist and be sold this cheap AMD would sell a lot of these 2 CPUs.

[YukonTrooper]

Sweet. Really hope this drops prices on C2Q's.

[Epsilon84]

The prices seem very reasonable, theres currently quite a big gap in the Intel lineup between $200 and $300 (Q9400 only) and AMD exploits this beautifully. Maybe this will get Intel to finally put their Q9x50 chips below the $300 mark, either that or they will need higher frequencies from the Q9x00 chips in order to compete on a price/performance level.

[Dante80]

We are already buying them here (Greece) since last week...^^

AMD Phenom II X4 920 Box
AMD Phenom II X4 940 Black Edition

19% sales tax included.

[Gambit_2K]

Hmm haven't the prices been set for a good while already? Atleast in europe. As of 7 days ago stores has in Sweden has begun selling them.

[Pillo-kun]

sorry but as a fact, p2 must be as cheap as q6600 if they wanna get me to buy one.

[Cooper]

sorry but as a fact, p2 must be as cheap as q6600 if they wanna get me to buy one.

It is faster and consumes less energy. Why would it cost the same ?
I guess you have no clue about price positioning since you state this "as a fact"