i think they are going for another market segment, budget concious customers who do not mind sacrificing a little performance for better value

i will wait for another year or two,
kena once when migrated to newly launched P4 last time, spoilt on 13th month and can't find replacement coz they migrated to socket 478 from socket 423, so my mainboard, RDRAM and processor can no longer be used, wth?!

sauce

while Penryn price is increasing due to huge demand, Phenom price been decreasing, now 9500 selling only at RM599, can consider this instead of Athlon X2 6000+

maybe 3.0GHz phenom will be available by the time Intel launches their Nehalem

i doubt it's 3.0GHz, most probably just B3
now 9500 selling at rm599, take a guess
it will take awhile before phenom's price be as cheap as athlon x2
in the mean time, penryn seems more worth it

it sure shows some promises, as long as the price is alright, it will remain competitive, especially since the sellers are jacking up penryn's price due to huge demand and lack of supply. but 1 thing is, shud people wait for AM3 and 45nm, or just go with B3 and AM2+?

i dunno whether i can wait anot i was planning to get a new system in May. at first was looking at phenom last year, but the TLB bug turned me off. then e8400 showed up, and yeah, it is a good processor, but due to lack of supply, the price been increasing like crazy, and P45 chipset wont be available till june the best bet now is Phenom 50-series, with TLB bug fixed and scheduled price cut on 7th april, it sounds good to me

50-series as in the new B3, they rename 9500 and 9600 to 9550 and 9650 respectively
x4 of course


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This post has been edited by cyew86: Mar 28 2008, 11:26 PM

from wat i read, 9750 95W will only be released as OEM?
125W is availabe in retail market tho

the processor in malaysia should cost less since they are manufactured locally , but why are they so darn expensive?

i'll be satisfied if the price for 9750 is less than rm680 have to see how much they slashing the price on april 7

the thing is, intel c2d already pwn amd phenom

i would consider penryn if not because of those sellers increasing the price like mad (rm100 difference from the original price) and the delay of P45 chipset (i prefer to get a mainboard that supports pcie 2.0). so now phenom b3 is my best bet

weird thing is, 9650 and 9750 are both priced at $215
hopefully the price for 9750 in malaysia would be less than rm680

9650 is 2.3GHz, and 9750 is 2.4GHz
both have same price after the price slash on april 7

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This post has been edited by cyew86: Mar 30 2008, 02:21 AM

well, thats AMD's pricing. but maybe the sellers here will jack up 9750's price ... hopefully not

maybe even cheaper than that, coz of the price slash in april, waiting for that
if everything goes smoothly, time to get a new phenom 9750 in may

weirdly, price slash in april not affecting 9550, so 9750 would be a better choice

black edition got stock fan?