Why are Socket 939 Opteron Processors so Expensive?

2048Megabytes · 02-10-2008, 04:20 AM

I was just looking at the price on the AMD Opteron Socket 939 Processors. Why are they so expensive? The AMD Opteron 175 Socket 939 Processor is $154. The AMD Athlon X 2 5000+ Socket AM2 is $100. Why are the Opteron Processors about 150% higher in price than the AM2 Socket Processors?

hermeslyre · 02-10-2008, 04:22 AM

Maybe because they're marketed server processors, or maybe because they're getting rarer. I dunno for certain.

StrangleHold · 02-10-2008, 04:26 AM

939 Opterons are just cherry picked cores that are run alittle under spec. compared to a Athlon so there really stable, thats why there known to overclock alittle better than a Athlon.

hermeslyre · 02-10-2008, 04:58 AM

The price difference still isn't worth it though. As you mentioned, they generally overclock only alittle better than a chip of the same stepping. Newer x2's have been known to whip older Opteron's in overclocking potential. Them being more stabler is subjective, sometimes they might be, sometimes little is gained at a slower speed to boot.

Just stingy pricing IMO.

2048Megabytes · 02-10-2008, 11:28 PM

I was just checking TigerDirect.com. They haven't shipped my AMD Athlon 4800 Socket 939 processor yet. I am wondering if they ran out of processors before I got my order in. I may have to settle for an AMD Opteron Dual Core as the Athlon Dual Core Socket 939 processors are too hard to find.

The most common Socket 939 Dual Core is the Athlon 3800 which has less cache than my Athlon 4000 Single Core processor so I don't even want to bother with it. The lowest Dual Core Socket 939 I would even look at is the Athlon 4400.

02-10-2008, 04:20 AM	#1 (permalink)
2048Megabytes Diamond Member Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Mainland United States Posts: 1,175	Why are Socket 939 Opteron Processors so Expensive? I was just looking at the price on the AMD Opteron Socket 939 Processors. Why are they so expensive? The AMD Opteron 175 Socket 939 Processor is $154. The AMD Athlon X 2 5000+ Socket AM2 is $100. Why are the Opteron Processors about 150% higher in price than the AM2 Socket Processors? __________________ "Few men have virtue to withstand the highest bidder." -- George Washington Processor: AMD Athlon 4600+ Dual-Core Windsor (2.4 gigahertz) Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-M78SM-S2H Memory: 2 gigabytes of Super Talent PC2-6400 Video Card: MSI Radeon HD 3650 Power Supply: OCZ StealthXStream OCZ600SXS 600 Watt Operating System: 32-bit Windows Vista Service Pack 1 Favorite Video Games: Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon, Luxor 2 Last edited by 2048Megabytes; 02-10-2008 at 04:23 AM.

02-10-2008, 04:26 AM	#3 (permalink)
StrangleHold Diamond Member Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: And you think your safe! Posts: 8,203	939 Opterons are just cherry picked cores that are run alittle under spec. compared to a Athlon so there really stable, thats why there known to overclock alittle better than a Athlon. __________________ NZXT Apollo Phenom 8750BE 3.0ghz. Gigabyte GA MA770 DS3 G Skill DDR2 1066 4gb. PNY 8800GT/VD964 W/D RE2 Sata 3.0 500gb.

02-10-2008, 11:28 PM	#5 (permalink)
2048Megabytes Diamond Member Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Mainland United States Posts: 1,175	I was just checking TigerDirect.com. They haven't shipped my AMD Athlon 4800 Socket 939 processor yet. I am wondering if they ran out of processors before I got my order in. I may have to settle for an AMD Opteron Dual Core as the Athlon Dual Core Socket 939 processors are too hard to find. The most common Socket 939 Dual Core is the Athlon 3800 which has less cache than my Athlon 4000 Single Core processor so I don't even want to bother with it. The lowest Dual Core Socket 939 I would even look at is the Athlon 4400. __________________ "Few men have virtue to withstand the highest bidder." -- George Washington Processor: AMD Athlon 4600+ Dual-Core Windsor (2.4 gigahertz) Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-M78SM-S2H Memory: 2 gigabytes of Super Talent PC2-6400 Video Card: MSI Radeon HD 3650 Power Supply: OCZ StealthXStream OCZ600SXS 600 Watt Operating System: 32-bit Windows Vista Service Pack 1 Favorite Video Games: Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon, Luxor 2

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02-10-2008, 04:22 AM	#2 (permalink)
hermeslyre VIP Member Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Portland, Oregon Age: 18 Posts: 4,973	Maybe because they're marketed server processors, or maybe because they're getting rarer. I dunno for certain.

02-10-2008, 04:58 AM	#4 (permalink)
hermeslyre VIP Member Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Portland, Oregon Age: 18 Posts: 4,973	The price difference still isn't worth it though. As you mentioned, they generally overclock only alittle better than a chip of the same stepping. Newer x2's have been known to whip older Opteron's in overclocking potential. Them being more stabler is subjective, sometimes they might be, sometimes little is gained at a slower speed to boot. Just stingy pricing IMO.