It gets me really excited when I read these kinds of news from either of the CPU manufacturers. It only means we get faster processors at cheaper prices. That’s what healthy competition is all about — consumers mostly benefit from it all. Now, AMD has announced an almost across the board prices cuts on its Athlon and Opteron procs. Here’s the new pricing structure as indicated in AMD’s website:
|
Processor |
Old price |
New price |
| Athlon 64 FX-74 | $799/pair | $599/pair |
| Athlon 64 FX-72 | $599/pair | $599/pair |
| Athlon 64 X2 6000+ | $241 | $178 |
| Athlon 64 X2 5600+ | $188 | $157 |
| Athlon 64 X2 5200+ | $178 | $136 |
| Athlon 64 X2 5000+ | $167 | $125 |
| Athlon 64 X2 4800+ | $136 | $115 |
| Athlon 64 X2 4400+ | $121 | $94 |
| Athlon 64 X2 4200+ | – | $83 |
| Athlon 64 X2 4000+ | $104 | $73 |
| Athlon X2 BE-2350 | $91 | $91 |
| Athlon X2 BE-2300 | $86 | $86 |
The price cuts have not yet been reflected on local stores but mu guess is that they’ll be updated by next month. I’d love to get my hands into one of those Athlon 64 X2 6000+ (3.0GHz, 125W, 2MB total dedicated L2 cache, 2000MHz HyperTransportâ„¢) or if budget will permit, a quad core FX-74.
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