Damn athlon64fx-55 cpu's are selling like crazy

dukenukem · February 11th, 2005

Damn i don't know if people are getting rich or want to oc very badly but i have noticed alot of websites are sold out of it and newegg is now welling oem version for over $1100 from the $849 i used to see it on newegg,though it was bs when i saw a thread about this from extremeoverclocking.com.Hopefully some people from here were able to pivk one up

.Are the fx-55 chips good overclockers anyway?

Leiw · February 11th, 2005

I think it's because they are the best chips avaible atm (better than latest Intel chip)

however the overclockabilty of fx-55 is not always great, sometimes you may only overclock like 200 mhz and then it becomes unstable

But I guess there are also many European customers who are importing this since they can make benefit out of the low $ <-> high € situation

ChrisRay · February 11th, 2005

Well that and availability. These chips are hard to produce and arent made in mass quantity. I cant believe the CPUs are that expensive as they are.. I guess the beautiful days of buying a 2500+ barton for 75 bucks and OCing it like mad are done...

MIne is going for 630 at newegg...

http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProduc...103-465&depa=0

**cooliscool** · February 11th, 2005

Mine's $275..

And to think, I got it only partially (bout a month) used with the box, HSF, and the sticker unused, for $55..

http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProduc...116-164&depa=1

GeneralClaymore · February 11th, 2005

my cpu is going for like 146$
http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProduc...roperty&DEPA=1

**n_w95482** · February 12th, 2005

http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProduc...103-379&depa=1
Mine's nowhere as cheap as it used to be

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INCA · February 12th, 2005

Mine was $200 with motherboard included.

james.miller · February 15th, 2005

Quote:

Originally Posted by ChrisRay

Well that and availability. These chips are hard to produce and arent made in mass quantity. I cant believe the CPUs are that expensive as they are.. I guess the beautiful days of buying a 2500+ barton for 75 bucks and OCing it like mad are done...

MIne is going for 630 at newegg...

http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProduc...103-465&depa=0

a64 3000's are the new bartons. well, it's probably better to call them the new barton-m's. The 600mhz overclock that most people are achieving with xp3000's isn't to be sniffed at

Unicron · February 15th, 2005

wow I think I got my xp2500 for ~$60 now its lowest price on pricewatch is $75 hmpff never seen that before.

D.D. · February 15th, 2005

hahah it happens. i got my Maxtor 160 8meg for $105 CAD and now its at $115 cad. its weird but eventually prices go down.

Esturk · February 16th, 2005

Is there much reason to go 64bit yet? I just bought a 2500+ Barton and OC'd the hell out of it at stock 1.65v.

It's a 3200+ now. I won't be upgrading for a while. The 9800 Pro I got kicks the living crap out of my cooked FX5200.

**Kane** · February 16th, 2005

The Athlon 64s kick ass mostly at the mo due to the on die memory controller. New games (Doom 3 and Half-Life for example) seem to be quite memory bandwidth hungry. As far as this feature goes, the Athlon is the weakest, being limited to 266/333MHz (unless overclocked).
We'll have to see if XP-64 brings further advantages a month or two after it's release. Right now there isn't enough software and driver support to take advantage of it.

**cooliscool** · February 16th, 2005

Yeah, it's about 95% Athlon XP, only differing from the FSB and mem. controller.. that makes one hell of a difference though.

Esturk · February 16th, 2005

I though the 3200+ Barton ran at 400Mhz FSB? Well anyways, yeah, I could see that on die memory controller definately kicking major ass. Computer technology is getting pretty damn exciting lately. I can't wait to see what's coming in the next 5 years.

February 11th, 2005	#1 (permalink)
dukenukem Registered User Join Date: Jun 2001 Location: tucson Posts: 1,764	Damn athlon64fx-55 cpu's are selling like crazy Damn i don't know if people are getting rich or want to oc very badly but i have noticed alot of websites are sold out of it and newegg is now welling oem version for over $1100 from the $849 i used to see it on newegg,though it was bs when i saw a thread about this from extremeoverclocking.com.Hopefully some people from here were able to pivk one up.Are the fx-55 chips good overclockers anyway? __________________ new pc=pentiumd 820 dualcore,250gb sata hdd,intel gma 950,19 inch lcd,lexmark printer,8in1 media card reader.

February 11th, 2005	#3 (permalink)
ChrisRay MMORPG Junkie Join Date: May 2004 Location: No Where! Posts: 5,665	Well that and availability. These chips are hard to produce and arent made in mass quantity. I cant believe the CPUs are that expensive as they are.. I guess the beautiful days of buying a 2500+ barton for 75 bucks and OCing it like mad are done... MIne is going for 630 at newegg... http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProduc...103-465&depa=0 __________________ \|CPU: Intel Q6600 Quad Core @ 3.2 Ghz\|Mobo:EVGA Nforce 780I @ 1470 FSB\|Memory:4 Gig Corsair XMS2 DDR1066\|Video:Geforce GTX 260x3 SLIMonitor:1680x1050\/Olevia 27 Inch Widescreen HDTV 1920x1080 \|CPU: AMD Phenom 9600 Black Edition @ 2.5 Ghz\|Mobo:Asus M3n HT Deluxe Nforce 780A\|Memory: 2 Gigs Corsair Dominator @ 1066\| Video: Geforce GTX 280x2 SLI Nzone/SLIZone: SLI Forum Support Mod Nvidia User Group Member

February 11th, 2005	#4 (permalink)
cooliscool Natural medicine Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Redmond, Washington, USA Posts: 6,152	Mine's $275.. And to think, I got it only partially (bout a month) used with the box, HSF, and the sticker unused, for $55.. http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProduc...116-164&depa=1 __________________ Fayt : Intel Core 2 Duo E4300 @ 3.0GHz [Allendale] (1333MHz FSB), 2GB Crucial DDR2-800 Dual Channel kit @ 800MHz 4-3-3-10, 512MB BFG nVidia GeForce 7950GT OC (650/1600), Sound Blaster Audigy 2 ZS, MSI P6N-SLi nVidia 650i (crap OCer), 200GB Seagate Barracuda 8MB Cache 7200RPM SATA2 (NCQ), 80GB Seagate Barracuda 8MB Cache 7200RPM SATA2 (NCQ), Lite-On DVD+-RW 16x w/ Lightscribe, Lite-On 16x DVD-ROM, Aspire X-Dreamer II case, Logitech MX518 GG Optical Mouse, Asetek Waterchill kit (distilled water + Red Line Water Wetter), T.I.M - Arctic Silver Ceramique

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GeneralClaymore Computer Nerd Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: MI.Det Posts: 162	my cpu is going for like 146$ http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProduc...roperty&DEPA=1 __________________ Gateway FPD2185W 21"HD LCD \|A64 X2 3800+ @ 2.7ghz\|DFI Lanparty UT NF4 SLi-D \|Forton source 500watts 24pin\|2x1GB mushkin pc3200\|Sappire X1900xt 256mb 661/900(1800)\|400GB Maxtor HD sata\| XFI Xtreme music \|logitech 5300e 5.1 \|eDimensional Audio FX Headsets\| Logitech G7 Gaming mouse

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n_w95482 Administrator Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: California Posts: 4,684	http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProduc...103-379&depa=1 Mine's nowhere as cheap as it used to be . __________________ Main PC: DFI LAN Party nF4 SLI-DR Expert w/406-bta BIOS, AMD Opteron 165 (CCBBE 0615 EPMW) @ 3 GHz (334x9), 1.55v w/D-Tek Fuzion WB; 2x1 GB OCZ PC4000 EB Plats @ 250 MHz, 3-3-2-8, 3:4, 2.7v; ATi Radeon X1900XT 512 MB @ 668/855 w/DD Tyee WB, 150 GB WD Raptor, 4x500 GB WD RE2 (RAID 10), SB Audigy 2 ZS, 700w OCZ GameXStream, CM Stacker 810, Windows XP Pro

February 11th, 2005	#2 (permalink)
Leiw Perpetual Dualism Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Luxembourg Posts: 261	I think it's because they are the best chips avaible atm (better than latest Intel chip) however the overclockabilty of fx-55 is not always great, sometimes you may only overclock like 200 mhz and then it becomes unstable But I guess there are also many European customers who are importing this since they can make benefit out of the low $ <-> high € situation

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INCA Registered User Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Cali Posts: 711	Mine was $200 with motherboard included. __________________ My Laptop: Dell 700m 1.8ghz Centrino, 80gigs, Win XP Pro sp2, 1gig PC2700 Intel Graphics Card. R.I.P. My Dreamcast 2000-2004

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February 16th, 2005	#11 (permalink)
Esturk Registered User Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: Edmonton, Alberta, Canada Posts: 6,957	Is there much reason to go 64bit yet? I just bought a 2500+ Barton and OC'd the hell out of it at stock 1.65v. It's a 3200+ now. I won't be upgrading for a while. The 9800 Pro I got kicks the living crap out of my cooked FX5200. __________________ Necrosaro: Windows XP Pro x64 Edition SP2 \| Intel Core 2 Duo E6750 2.66GHz, 1333MHz FSB, 4MB L2 Cache \| Asus P5K Deluxe, Intel P35 Chipset, Socket 775 \| 4GB Kingston PC5300 DDR2 \| Nvidia GeForce 8800GT, 1024MB \| Creative SB X-Fi Fatality Edition \| Western Digital Raptor WD1500ADFD, 150Gb, SATA, Western Digital WD5000AAKS, 500GB, SATA \| LG 16x DVD-RWx2 SATA.

February 16th, 2005	#12 (permalink)
Kane 邪魔ゎ指せない Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Gosport, England Posts: 26,255	The Athlon 64s kick ass mostly at the mo due to the on die memory controller. New games (Doom 3 and Half-Life for example) seem to be quite memory bandwidth hungry. As far as this feature goes, the Athlon is the weakest, being limited to 266/333MHz (unless overclocked). We'll have to see if XP-64 brings further advantages a month or two after it's release. Right now there isn't enough software and driver support to take advantage of it. __________________ >Site Live< Pop over to my site for help with setting up PSX emulators. Help for the Final Fantasies and other RPGs avalaible Celes: (Desktop) Athlon 64 X2 4200+, 2Gb 400MHz DDR Ram, MSI K8N Platinum, GeForce 8800 GTS 320Mb, 500Gb RAID HDD, Vista Business Erika: (MCPC) Athlon XP 2400+, 1Gb 400MHz DDR Ram, geForce 6800 256Mb, 80Gb Hdd, XP 2005 MCE Kimiko: (Desktop 2) Athlon 64 3000+, 512Mb 400MHz DDR Ram, Asus K8V, geForce 6800 128Mb

February 16th, 2005	#13 (permalink)
cooliscool Natural medicine Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Redmond, Washington, USA Posts: 6,152	Yeah, it's about 95% Athlon XP, only differing from the FSB and mem. controller.. that makes one hell of a difference though. __________________ Fayt : Intel Core 2 Duo E4300 @ 3.0GHz [Allendale] (1333MHz FSB), 2GB Crucial DDR2-800 Dual Channel kit @ 800MHz 4-3-3-10, 512MB BFG nVidia GeForce 7950GT OC (650/1600), Sound Blaster Audigy 2 ZS, MSI P6N-SLi nVidia 650i (crap OCer), 200GB Seagate Barracuda 8MB Cache 7200RPM SATA2 (NCQ), 80GB Seagate Barracuda 8MB Cache 7200RPM SATA2 (NCQ), Lite-On DVD+-RW 16x w/ Lightscribe, Lite-On 16x DVD-ROM, Aspire X-Dreamer II case, Logitech MX518 GG Optical Mouse, Asetek Waterchill kit (distilled water + Red Line Water Wetter), T.I.M - Arctic Silver Ceramique

February 16th, 2005	#14 (permalink)
Esturk Registered User Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: Edmonton, Alberta, Canada Posts: 6,957	I though the 3200+ Barton ran at 400Mhz FSB? Well anyways, yeah, I could see that on die memory controller definately kicking major ass. Computer technology is getting pretty damn exciting lately. I can't wait to see what's coming in the next 5 years. __________________ Necrosaro: Windows XP Pro x64 Edition SP2 \| Intel Core 2 Duo E6750 2.66GHz, 1333MHz FSB, 4MB L2 Cache \| Asus P5K Deluxe, Intel P35 Chipset, Socket 775 \| 4GB Kingston PC5300 DDR2 \| Nvidia GeForce 8800GT, 1024MB \| Creative SB X-Fi Fatality Edition \| Western Digital Raptor WD1500ADFD, 150Gb, SATA, Western Digital WD5000AAKS, 500GB, SATA \| LG 16x DVD-RWx2 SATA.

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