3500+ prices skyrocket?

[aLawLz187]

Hey, ive been keeping up to date lately on a64 prices, 3500+ specifically, because i will soon have enough money to update my comp to that ... but the last week... new egg took it off their site and price watch's prices went up alot from what it was... now new egg has it back and its at over 400 bucks which is a suprise because it was 350 before... any idea why the prices on the 3500+ are goin insane... is it the availablity or just weird pricing by amd?

thanks

 

[BeyRevRa]

No idea, just get a 3400 for right now. Like Darko (I believe) says, by the time you need a socket 939 board you will want one with DDR2 and Express. I almost got the 3500 when it was around 350 but the 3400 out performs it for less money, so I went for it instead. Saved money on the mobo as well.

AMD 64 3400+
MSI K8N Neo Platinum
1 GB Kingston HyperX PC3200
ATI AIW 9600XT
WD Raptor 74GB<P ID="edit"><FONT SIZE=-1><EM>Edited by BeyRevRa on 08/20/04 00:36 AM.</EM></FONT></P>

 

[DonnieDarko]

yep that was me

What i was saying was if you buy a current s939 board when you go to upgrade you are going to have to buy a new s939 board so you can take advantage of ddr2(questionable if AMD will go the DDR2 route), pci express, etc etc etc.

Watch out for the <b><font color=red>bloody</font color=red></b> Fanboys!

AMD64 2800+ :: MSI Neo-Fis2r :: 512mb Kingmax ddr400 :: Sapphire 9800pro 128mb :: 10K WD Raptor

Addicted, finally.

 

[Galvin]

DDR2 really isn't faster than ddr-400 until ddr2 hits 667mhz. And amd cpu's dont need bandwith as badly as intel cpus do.
DDR2 has huge latency.

 

[DonnieDarko]

I know this that is why I said

(questionable if AMD will go the DDR2 route)

Watch out for the <b><font color=red>bloody</font color=red></b> Fanboys!

AMD64 2800+ :: MSI Neo-Fis2r :: 512mb Kingmax ddr400 :: Sapphire 9800pro 128mb :: 10K WD Raptor

Addicted, finally.

 

[endyen]

Nforce4 for 939 should be out by the end of the year. This will give SLI for express (2 X EXP16 slots) If you dont want SLI, EXP is a POS.
The 3400 is a better chip than the 3500, so dont waste the $.

 

[aLawLz187]

i have a limited budget, and i dont know how much money i will have to buy anything with but i definetly want to go 939 because i have a good stick of ram and i dont want to have to buy a new set of ram... hopefully prices will go down soon becuase ill probably be looking into / getting one in the next month!

 

[Schmide]

<A HREF="http://www.monarchcomputer.com/Merchant2/merchant.mv?Screen=PROD&Store_Code=M&Product_Code=120843&Category_Code=AMD64" target="_new">http://www.monarchcomputer.com/Merchant2/merchant.mv?Screen=PROD&Store_Code=M&Product_Code=120843&Category_Code=AMD64</A>
Monarch has them for 371 but they just went out of stock. They are almost as good as Egg.

Dichromatic for your viewing plesure...

 

[BeyRevRa]

Why would you have to buy new ram with a socket 754? Good ram in 939 is the same as good ram in 754.

AMD 64 3400+
MSI K8N Neo Platinum
1 GB Kingston HyperX PC3200
ATI AIW 9600XT
WD Raptor 74GB

 

[aLawLz187]

oh well i thought it had to be registred or something special for 754 that slowed it down... but idk. 939 has the dual channel mem controller and im gonna have dual channel [when i get my paycheck ] but if 754 doesnt need slower ecc mem or what ever i thought it needed then thats good cuz that cuts some money and the 3400+ and 3500+ are pretty close together in benchmarks.

 

[BeyRevRa]

No you only need registered for socket 940 Opterons I believe. Any unbuffered memory should work with 754, and the 3400+ does beat the 3500+ in benchmarks reguardless of the dual channel controller.

AMD 64 3400+
MSI K8N Neo Platinum
1 GB Kingston HyperX PC3200
ATI AIW 9600XT
WD Raptor 74GB