AMD Announces Surprise Price Cuts

Mike Howes (Winga) AMD has announced surprise price cuts that are valid through to year end.

October 16, 2006 6:18 PM ET in News,

AMD has announced surprise price cuts that are valid through to year end.

These apply only to Socket 939 Opterons and AKA 1xx series, but the offer stands good on PIB and Tray parts. It seems that OEM’s shifted to Socket AM2 a lot quicker than AMD had bargained on and have a surplus of these CPU’s in their warehouses.

Prices are in US$

Source: The Inquirer

27 Comments:

  1. csimon
    17 Oct '06, 12:40 am

    What's a tray model?

  2. Enverex
    17 Oct '06, 1:29 am

    And why is the title just "AMD"? lol
    EEeeriee....

  3. Winga
    17 Oct '06, 5:26 am

    mmmm I posted the full title and I remember checking it. Gremlins must have crept in. Title has been fixed!!

  4. Leonardo
    17 Oct '06, 5:36 am

    "Tray" refers to a bulk shipment.

  5. lemonlime
    17 Oct '06, 1:42 pm

    Cool, I was wondering when they'd follow suit with Opteron price cuts

  6. DanG
    17 Oct '06, 3:46 pm

    That opteron 150's looking pretty good now to replace my 142....

  7. profdlp
    17 Oct '06, 4:18 pm
    Quoting Winga

    mmmm I posted the full title and I remember checking it. Gremlins must have crept in. Title has been fixed!!

    I smell a rat. Most likely some subterfuge courtesy of Intel.

  8. muddocktor
    17 Oct '06, 5:10 pm

    Those Opteron 165 prices are very temping too for going dual core with your socket 939 board. Once you go dual core, you don't want to get a single core model again.

    On another note, I saw that Newegg has the retail FX 55 Sandy on sale for $199.99 and that also includes a free Seagate 250 gig 7200.9 SATA 3.0 hard drive also. Now that is a hell of a deal if you want to go with a 90nm single core processor. Totally unlocked multi's and a free premium hard drive for $200. If I was shopping for an AMD processor that would be hard to turn down.

  9. lemonlime
    18 Oct '06, 3:00 am
    Quoting muddocktor

    Those Opteron 165 prices are very temping too for going dual core with your socket 939 board. Once you go dual core, you don't want to get a single core model again.

    On another note, I saw that Newegg has the retail FX 55 Sandy on sale for $199.99 and that also includes a free Seagate 250 gig 7200.9 SATA 3.0 hard drive also. Now that is a hell of a deal if you want to go with a 90nm single core processor. Totally unlocked multi's and a free premium hard drive for $200. If I was shopping for an AMD processor that would be hard to turn down.

    That is one sweet deal on that FX55 + drive combo. Single core, but what a deal

  10. csimon
    18 Oct '06, 4:22 am

    pft ...165s were out of stock before they ever showed as in stock!

  11. muddocktor
    19 Oct '06, 5:27 pm

    Yeah, I bet that even tempts you, LL. Too bad that Newegg doesn't ship to our northern neighbor. And I would help you out if you wanted but you would still have to deal with that damn Canuck import tax (or whatever they rape you on at the border).

  12. csimon
    21 Oct '06, 2:19 pm

    I almost ordered the last OEM 165 from monarch but then I figured ...with my luck I'll get sucky stepping and be out $150 + shipping or whatever.
    I'm going to spend the day air dusting this old booger off and remounting the waterblock. Last time I mounted I just used a dab right in the middle of the block. This time I think I'll spread a thin layer and see if there is a difference.

  13. airbornflght
    21 Oct '06, 5:06 pm

    if its a sucky stepping I could always take it off of your hands in the DD&TP I could use anything aside from my S754 2800 its starting to show its 2.5 years of age.

  14. csimon
    21 Oct '06, 10:08 pm
    Quoting airbornflght

    if its a sucky stepping I could always take it off of your hands in the DD&TP I could use anything aside from my S754 2800 its starting to show its 2.5 years of age.

    Why don't you order it? Just curious. I appreciate the offer btw.

  15. airbornflght
    21 Oct '06, 10:43 pm

    because newegg is sold out, and monarch doesnt have them either irrc, plus, if you decide you dont want it, than I can get it a wii bit cheaper

  16. csimon
    22 Oct '06, 1:36 am
    Quoting airbornflght

    because newegg is sold out, and monarch doesnt have them either irrc, plus, if you decide you dont want it, than I can get it a wii bit cheaper

    LOL

  17. profdlp
    22 Oct '06, 2:22 am

    Careful, csimon. He's going to offer you $18 and a handful of beads.

  18. airbornflght
    22 Oct '06, 2:57 am
    Quoting profdlp

    Careful, csimon. He's going to offer you $18 and a handful of beads.

    no, I'll gonna keep it fair, how about a shiny frying pan and some beads? (The indians thought it was a good idea.

  19. csimon
    22 Oct '06, 1:39 pm

    Throw in a toaster and it's a deal!

  20. csimon
    22 Oct '06, 1:53 pm
    Quoting csimon

    I almost ordered the last OEM 165 from monarch but then I figured ...with my luck I'll get sucky stepping and be out $150 + shipping or whatever.
    I'm going to spend the day air dusting this old booger off and remounting the waterblock. Last time I mounted I just used a dab right in the middle of the block. This time I think I'll spread a thin layer and see if there is a difference.

    I did the remount and dust busting and it did well. At first temps were about 1c high but since then it cured overnight and temps are at or below normal now.

  21. airbornflght
    22 Oct '06, 2:08 pm
    Quoting csimon

    Throw in a toaster and it's a deal!

    ok, but only a 2 slice with bagel function.

  22. Thrax
    22 Oct '06, 2:27 pm

    I wish the price cuts could save them from the failure that K8L is going to be.

  23. csimon
    22 Oct '06, 3:01 pm
    Quoting airbornflght

    ok, but only a 2 slice with bagel function.

    stainless and it's a deal

    Quoting Thrax

    I wish the price cuts could save them from the failure that K8L is going to be.

    I'm still not quite sure what K8L even is ...

  24. profdlp
    22 Oct '06, 3:08 pm
    Quoting csimon

    I'm still not quite sure what K8L even is ...

    You'll likely find the answer here.

  25. csimon
    22 Oct '06, 3:15 pm
    Quoting profdlp

    You'll likely find the answer here.

    So ...it mean smaller die like 65 &/or 45, quad core, more cache and am3 I assume. Sounds like both comapanies are overreaching to me. How much more can the conventional (termed loosely) silicone be developed?

  26. shwaip
    22 Oct '06, 4:53 pm

    I just saw a talk by one of the devices profs at University of Washington, and they're looking at doing some really cool things (replacing the gate oxide layer with something with a better dielectric constant, and placing stress on individual transistors to make doping more regular). I don't know if they're going to create that much of a benefit in the short term, but they are definitely promising.

  27. airbornflght
    22 Oct '06, 5:02 pm
    Quoting csimon

    stainless and it's a deal

    How about high quality chrome?

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