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05-09-2006, 04:11 AM
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When is the right time to buy the X2 4200+?
Well, with the AM2 socket coming out very soon, I am pretty sure 939 socket type CPU's will drop in prices. When is AM2 expected to be realised? All I know is that it is going to be soon. How much would you think should the processor drop in price? $20-$70 CAD? Do you think that when AM2 is released is the best time to buy the processor? And finally, are motherboards supporting 939 sockets and DDR400 Memory going to drop in price as well?
Thank you for your support in advance. 
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05-09-2006, 05:16 AM
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it'll be released sometime this year... don't get the 4200+ its just 200mhz faster than the x2 3800+ and the x2 3800+ costs $60 less.
thats $60 you could spend on more ram. btw get 2 1gb sticks... its worth it... especially with windows vista coming up soon. tried a pre-release trial version, i must say it uses a LOT of ram! my vista tryout has made me decide to upgrade my hard drives. im getting a raid 0 array soon.. dono what hdd's ill use yet, and how many yet  probably 2-4 80gb 7200rpm hdds though.
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05-09-2006, 12:14 PM
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05-09-2006, 04:07 PM
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well, i think the processor is good at what it needs to be good at.. multithreaded processor-intensive apps. the $60 can be spent on a better video card, or even a good cooler for the thing that way you can o/c it past 4800+ speeds.
or, as i've already suggested, more ram. the X2 3800+ is a budget chip... and by the way he wanted the 4200+ it sounded like he wanted a budget system... if it's not a budget system i highly suggest the 4400+ or the 4800+. also, note that the X2 3800+ is easily overclockable to a 4600+ on stock cooling with maybe one step up on vCore if any voltage is needed at all. i know i got mine at 2.4ghz easily, no overvolt at all and 24hrs+ prime stable.
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05-09-2006, 05:00 PM
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and for the dude who wants to wait until AM2 comes out.... i'm in the same situation WAITING... and i'm feeling like i'm gonna wait forever i've been waiting for ages
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the X2 3800+ overclocks just as high as the 4200+ theyre the same chip different model # i've said this like a million times.. i got mine to 2.6ghz fairly easily, needed a bit of overvoltage but seems like its running fine at decent temps for a new silver 5 application... of course 2.4ghz required no overvolt (stable), proving that it is in fact the same as the other athlon 64 X2's
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