AMD Phenom II X4 (AM2+) Pricing revealed!

[Dante80]

what is the mobo cost for the P2 ????

cheapest i7 is over 200.00 and a good one is 250-300+

Here in Greece, you can get a 790gx/750sb combo (good for OC) for less than 100€.

MSI KA790GX
ASROCK AOD790GX/128M

The ASUS flagship of AM2 boards (ASUS M3A79-T DELUXE with 790fx/750sb) here costs around 170€

All prices with 19% sales tax included...

Νow....for $...

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...me=AMD%20790GX
and
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...me=AMD%20790FX

[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

[Caveman787]

Pretty sure all amd am2+ motherboards will work so prices will range from $100-$250 for a motherboard. Most aren't above 200 just the asus wifi and maybe there rampage version.

[Shintai]

Just a small headsup. None of these will work with DDR3. 925 and 945 will.

[Power5]

I wasn't even aware that there was a AMD DDR3 board on the market yet, so who cares. These chips were intended to be used with AM2+ when they were released, I thought DDR3 IMC were due out much later this year.

[Macadamia]

There is an AM3 DDR3 board announced.


XS AMD section had a little discussion where we suspected that even old Phenom 1s had DDR3 support in their MCs... just that AMD probably delayed the platform.
We shall wait and see what's the outcome, though.

[Cooper]

There is an AM3 DDR3 board announced.


XS AMD section had a little discussion where we suspected that even old Phenom 1s had DDR3 support in their MCs... just that AMD probably delayed the platform.
We shall wait and see what's the outcome, though.

if you'll have a close look at "BIOS and Kernel Developer's Guide for K10" DDR3 is there since Barcelona.

[G0ldBr1ck]

if you'll have a close look at "BIOS and Kernel Developer's Guide for K10" DDR3 is there since Barcelona.

Thats what I have been saying but it seems some are quick to dismiss that.

[demonkevy666]

stop this garbage about the Q6600 is price CAN'T be lowered. They're demand will be high always, because it's legendary, They Also Being stop on production, people always recommended it too. Go look for a toledo (with 2mbs of cache) 939 lowest price you'll see it $300 why 939 was good that chip wasn't eve near that price.

just like I said pre-order prices where higher for it too.

[Titan7171]

AMD has the advantage right now, they know that many users of sb600-sb750 have this upgrade path which is cheaper than moving to any new platform Intel has. So if they want the fastest AMD has to offer this is the price you will pay. They are betting that many will rather just upgrade a cpu to improve their current system performance than to have to pay $400+ to move into a base Intel system.

Also want to mention that I paid $235 for my 9950BE the day it was released so this is pretty much about a $50 increase from their last top end cpu to the current.......but once again alot of improvements are going on here right off the bat stock clocks have moved from 2.6ghz to 3.0ghz so that in itself comparing clockspeed/price is a warranted price increase.

[gallag]

AMD has the advantage right now, they know that many users of sb600-sb750 have this upgrade path which is cheaper than moving to any new platform Intel has. So if they want the fastest AMD has to offer this is the price you will pay. They are betting that many will rather just upgrade a cpu to improve their current system performance than to have to pay $400+ to move into a base Intel system.

What percentage of the market do you think have a sb600-sb750? mabey 0.2%? So that is a advantage that 0.2% (probably less) MIGHT upgrade there cpu?

[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.

[Cooper]

What percentage of the market do you think have a sb600-sb750? mabey 0.2%? So that is a advantage that 0.2% (probably less) MIGHT upgrade there cpu?

I don't think yr data is even remotely accurate. And yes most of the AM2/AM2+ boards out there will support Phenom2.

[MrMojoZ]

What percentage of the market do you think have a sb600-sb750? mabey 0.2%? So that is a advantage that 0.2% (probably less) MIGHT upgrade there cpu?

They have the advantadge among SB600-SB750 owners wanting to upgrade, he said nothing about the market as a whole.

[Titan7171]

What percentage of the market do you think have a sb600-sb750? mabey 0.2%? So that is a advantage that 0.2% (probably less) MIGHT upgrade there cpu?

I dont have data for that info do you?? I do know as a fact that if you are running sb600-750 this cpu will fit into the socket.AMD is taking a gamble hoping that current users will go for an upgrade instead of moving to I7. Also these are retail prices, we dont know what prices AMD has lined up with system providers?

[Punjab234]

Hopefully we will see Intel price slash soon

Q9650 3.00GHz 316$
Q9550 2.83GHz 266$
Q9400 2.66GHz 224$
Q9300 2.50GHz 198$
Q8200 2.33GHz 183$
Q6600 2.40Ghz 173$

[Particle]

AMD is taking a gamble

Seems like an odd way to describe a normal product cycle.

[Titan7171]

Seems like an odd way to describe a normal product cycle.

lol I mean they are taking a gamble with the price/upgrade path situation. if you had to buy a new mobo or if sb600-750 didnt exist this would be a hard sell at this price but they are hoping that their progress history and backwards compatability will pay off with this release........I dont know just a opinion of what course they are following to make money

[gallag]

I don't think yr data is even remotely accurate. And yes most of the AM2/AM2+ boards out there will support Phenom2.

I don't recall saying that AM2/AM2+ boards would not work and as for my numbers You could be very well correct, I did not work it out lol, Feel free to counter it but I did use some logic, Assuming AMD has 20% market share and then assuming that a small % off that will be people wanting quads with sutible hardware, I was just pointing out that potential upgraders will not be overly signifigent in the sucess of phenom 2 and new systems will play a big part.

To make my point clear I am suggesting that people will be far more willing to buy into a AMD system now that they are competing better and just relying on the very small % of the market that bought phenom 1 upgrading would be crazy.

[Titan7171]

I don't recall saying that AM2/AM2+ boards would not work and as for my numbers You could be very well correct, I did not work it out lol, Feel free to counter it but I did use some logic, Assuming AMD has 20% market share and then assuming that a small % off that will be people wanting quads with sutible hardware, I was just pointing out that potential upgraders will not be overly signifigent in the sucess of phenom 2 and new systems will play a big part.

To make my point clear I am suggesting that people will be far more willing to buy into a AMD system now that they are competing better and just relying on the very small % of the market that bought phenom 1 upgrading would be crazy.

but we are talking about retail prices of just the cpu......not purchasers of complete systems. If you are going to talk about people who build computers for themselves and are looking into this cpu I would say that this is also a number that AMD would not rely on to make the bulk of their money........their money will be in prebuilt systems like dell compaq or whatever other companies are out there offering systems like that.

I dont know what companies are out there as I dont follow any companies since I build me own stuff.

[Caveman787]

Well with better higher clocked alternatives the pre built places like dell will be more likely to pick up some amd setups.

With un informed buyers they seem to just look at clock speed and big numbers like its the best....how do I know? I was one of those people before

[[XC] Synthetickiller]

The upgrade argument works. I have some AM2+ mobos sitting around. Dropping $230 (assuming that's the price and the 920 OC's well) is good, thought not great. Its cheaper than building an intel board and going q6600.

AMD better do some hardcore commercialization to get this out there for anyone who ONLY buys Intel. That's where they should be relying. Upgraders alone won't cut it.

I know a guy who only buys intel, but upgrades maybe ever 5 years, which IMO is crazy slow. He wants a q6600 b/c of the legendary speed, but I think he should get this, just b/c of the price / performance ratio. I think you're crazy to get a q6600 at this point just due to the mobo costs if you want one that'll OC it well. Plus to get to 3.6ghz, you'll probably need h2O (at least thats what I've heard about the current q6600 chips, they don't OC as well).

3.6ghz on air beats my q6600 on water. It would effectively be just as fast and air cooled.

[roofsniper]

There is an AM3 DDR3 board announced.


XS AMD section had a little discussion where we suspected that even old Phenom 1s had DDR3 support in their MCs... just that AMD probably delayed the platform.
We shall wait and see what's the outcome, though.

yes i already disproved that somewhere. the ddr3 controller was implemented on the original k10 but it was disabled through fuses until am3 comes out when it will be turned on. as cooper says its all in that guide along with a lot of good reading.

[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

[Nasgul]

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"

No kidding.........can you imagine "IF" amd would be on top now?

Everyone would have to swallow their pride and think twice about paying $700 to $1,000 for either of these processors. And perhaps they'd release about 5 more other models.