AMD drops prices AGAIN

[Mercutio]

Here we go. (http://neoseeker.com/news/story/7219/) $220 for an X2/6400 seems pretty reasonable for me.

[ddrueding]

Props to AMD for keeping themselves relevant. Not profitable, but relevant.

[ddrueding]

Looking over the list I noticed something I hadn't seen before.

5000+ Black Edition = unlocked multiplier ;) (http://www.bit-tech.net/news/2007/09/27/amd_releases_athlon_64_x2_5000_black_edition/1)

[Chewy509]

Looking over the list I noticed something I hadn't seen before.

5000+ Black Edition = unlocked multiplier ;) (http://www.bit-tech.net/news/2007/09/27/amd_releases_athlon_64_x2_5000_black_edition/1)

There's also a 6400+ Black Edn.

[Handruin]

Looking over the list I noticed something I hadn't seen before.

5000+ Black Edition = unlocked multiplier ;) (http://www.bit-tech.net/news/2007/09/27/amd_releases_athlon_64_x2_5000_black_edition/1)

I just built a system with the x2 5000+ non-black edition and it runs very cool (65W). The price was also very good.

[Mercutio]

I bought an x2/5200 about two days before the previous round of price cuts. I'm still pretty annoyed. I can almost get a 6400 for what I paid for that 5200.

[Handruin]

I almost went with the 6400 but decided against it because the thermal dissipation was almost twice that of the 5000+. Oh well, not much can be done about the prices...win some, lose some.

[ddrueding]

I'm hearing that there isn't much headroom in the 6400+, and that it is still 90nm. What is the fastest of their 65nm chips?

[Handruin]

I believe the 5000+ that I purchased for this system build is the fastest clock on the Brisbane 65nm chip.

Slightly related to what I mentioned, this is a nice little reference on CPU power dissipation (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CPU_power_dissipation).