Am I the Only One!

Impr3ssiv3 said:
does anyone know if they will drop the price of the AM2 X2 4800
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I'm sure they will lower the price, since no one would pay more for the X2 4800+ when they can et the X2 5000+ for much less. I think they just didnt have a value set yet, so thats why it says N/A.
 
I personally don't plan to ever upgrade until my laptop dies. Don't care about the latest CPU's or who has the top end of the market...as I never shop on "that end". I've always been a "middle line" CPU buyer, where the prices are cheap but the performance still allows you to play just about any game and run jsut about any app. Knowing what I use the PC for, I hardly ever need "the best" to run ordinary software. With my income, spending $600 on something I do not need and cannot use would be utterly stupid, as it is for alot of people on this forum, but some people simply put there toys at the front of there priority list...

granted alot of you guys make more than me, and this does not apply to you :P i should have started saving years ago...but saving and being a teenager hardly ever works out.
 
I am only going for what was on Google News (I think it is amazin) I did think it was abit extreme but hey it was what I figgered out.

But the question you asked was where did I get that information........It was in the post! Lol
 
Adam135 said:
I am only going for what was on Google News (I think it is amazin) I did think it was abit extreme but hey it was what I figgered out.

But the question you asked was where did I get that information........It was in the post! Lol
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Yeah, but you were shouting about like it was factual, lol!
 
Sorry my bad...Incorrect information.

Someone please answer why they are buying the new Intel chip? When next year AMD will launch its new AM3 Cpus! Then it will be this all over again.
 
Adam135 said:
Someone please answer why they are buying the new Intel chip? When next year AMD will launch its new AM3 Cpus! Then it will be this all over again.
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Well since you ask me that now, the new Intel CPU is coming out next week, and it would be pretty stupid to buy a CPU before then unless you absolutely need one. Since the Conroe is an amazing processor, and the other CPU's are going to drop in price fairly quickly.

And then a year after that Intel will have a new processor :rolleyes:
 
Not alot of people will not want to wait an entire year (add in a few months of "delay" time that always seem to happen) even if the performance is significantly better. Better, Faster, Sooner...that is what people want. You'll find even waiting a month is something not alot of people do, they have to have the latest RIGHT NOW!
 
Adam135 said:
Someone please answer why they are buying the new Intel chip? When next year AMD will launch its new AM3 Cpus! Then it will be this all over again.
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Ugh, have you not been reading any of my previous posts?

Put it this way: If you are waiting for the next best thing, be prepared to wait for a long time. You will be waiting all your life, because technology advances every single day. After AMD brings K8L out, Intel will bring a new CPU out. Why buy K8L if you can get a better CPU in 6 months time?

Its ridiculous... When you want to upgrade your computer, you go for the best out right now. That way, you get more out of your PC before it becomes obsolete.
 
i think four or five things come into play when i buy a cpu, those being:
performance for the apps im using,
how long the chip will last me,
how much i can overclock it,
bragging rights, and lastly (and probably most important)
pricing.
note: brand name doesn't effect my decision at all.
the reason i've always gotten AMD is because they have been the best gaming chips during my year and a half of learning computers (especially hardware, my favorite)
conroe looks better, it might be in one of my future system's.
maybe ill buy everything new except for video card and use my good old 7800gt with my athlon 64 X2
 
Adam135 said:
Ok I’m seeing all this hype about Intel’s "Conroe" CPU. Am I the only one that is going to stay loyal to the AMD chip?

I have had no problems with the several AMD CPUs that I have had in the past. But the one Intel I bought ("Celeron") was the worst and it had to be replaced a number of times. I know that people here will bombard me with “My Celeron still works" or "Intel is better" Yes it is better if you do a lot of multi-tasking!

You see a lot of people selling their whole systems (Mostly AMD) to buy this Conroe!

Yes, it may be better. But next year AMD will produce a newer chip that is compatible with the Socket940, or as known as the AMD2. Once that happens people who bought the Conroe will be switching back once again.

I will be sticking with AMD, the known gaming chip. Once AMD lower the prices the chips will be so much cheaper, for example This, 70% off the Fx62!

70% off the FX62! Yes the Intel is 20% better but with a price! $999! SO the current price for a AMD Fx62 is $1,018.00 at the moment, 1018.00*0.70=712.6
1018.00-712.6=305.4!

$693.6 for 20% more!

Yes Intel will lower the price but so will AMD to keep in the running.

Buy a better Graphics card, More Ram, or a new HDD or Mobo.

Yes as I keep saying it is better (by 20%) but if you are not going to run extremely high applications then there is no point.

This is just my view, although many people will not agree with me some might..
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Will i have an intel computer now so I am going to stay with intel unless something HUGE comes out for AMD.
 
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fade2green514 said:
i think four or five things come into play when i buy a cpu, those being:
performance for the apps im using,
how long the chip will last me,
how much i can overclock it,
bragging rights, and lastly (and probably most important)
pricing.
note: brand name doesn't effect my decision at all.
the reason i've always gotten AMD is because they have been the best gaming chips during my year and a half of learning computers (especially hardware, my favorite)
conroe looks better, it might be in one of my future system's.
maybe ill buy everything new except for video card and use my good old 7800gt with my athlon 64 X2
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So are you saying that you're going to keep the X2 rig, but buy a Conroe rig as well? Seems like you're buying stuff you dont need. Why not sell your current setup after you buy the Conroe?
 
I would like to know the comparison between the conroe E6700 (530$) and the AMD 4600 x2 (224$). Does someone know what's worthy?

224$ is a good price! I never tought AMD would go so low. But will this cpu last long.

For now im sticking whit the Conroe E6700 but im really not sure. I would have to change motheboard and memory but this will have to be done someday.

Heeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeelp!!! What should i choose? LOL
 
mAJORgAMER said:
I would like to know the comparison between the conroe E6700 (530$) and the AMD 4600 x2 (224$). Does someone know what's worthy?

224$ is a good price! I never tought AMD would go so low. But will this cpu last long.

For now im sticking whit the Conroe E6700 but im really not sure. I would have to change motheboard and memory but this will have to be done someday.

Heeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeelp!!! What should i choose? LOL
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I would recommend the E6600, since it's only $316 and the only difference is it's clocked slightly lower then the E6700.
 
I havent posted in this discussion yet, but after reading through ive come toa conclusion and that is certain members here ,ADAM135 included seem to live in a big box, this box has only one timeframe and that is from now until next year some time, anything outside of that time frame is irrelevant to these people. What im trying to get at is the fact you keep saying why buy a conroe when AMD will release CPU's for its AM3 socket next year... well duh, because now is now and next year is next year, your not going to wait a whole year and a half just to get AMD's new one, if youve got the money now you are blatantly going to buy a conroe chip.... no??

Ive been out of sync with new releases as of late, and im a bit behind with all this AM3 business, so forgive me if i state anything wrongly.

dragon

*EDIT* - Oh and in response to the original question in the first post, i dont think loyalty would come into it, you buy whats best for your needs at that moment in time, and you also go by price/performance ratio, you wouldnt buy an old AMD XP 2100+ when you could have an Intel Pentium D 960 just because you were "loyal" to AMD now woudl you...
 
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dragon2309 said:
*EDIT* - Oh and in response to the original question in the first post, i dont think loyalty would come into it, you buy whats best for your needs at that moment in time, and you also go by price/performance ratio, you wouldnt buy an old AMD XP 2100+ when you could have an Intel Pentium D 960 just because you were "loyal" to AMD now woudl you...
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I would/did, I stuck with SocketA even through the release of AMD64. I've never purchased an Intel processor in my life, and I really don't plan to. When it comes time for me to upgrade, AMD always has the best mid-range chips, Intel is usually trying to take over the top end of the market an there mid-range chips are either overpriced, or do not perform as well. Like I said earlier I don't even step into the "top end" side of things, the competition in that regard just drives low/mid-range processor prices lower and lower...which is where I swoop in :P
 
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