Well, not withstanding the use of the cheaper NewCastle core in Socket 939 processors, their price will be very high initially. For example, the official price of the Athlon 64 3500+ is $500, while the Athlon 64 3800+ is evaluated at $720. Such high prices are not because of manufacturing costs, but rather because AMD thinks that Intel offers no worthy alternatives today. That’s why the pricing of the new Athlon 64 in the Socket 939 form-factor will become more modest with time, but only after Intel has introduced new and faster processors.
The $500 chip mentioned above, I bought on 1/31/08 for $5 new in unopened box including CPU fan. Now I have to find a cheap motherboard on Ebay for it!
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Let me know how Linux is. I'm interested in testing it out. I'm thinking about wiping out the compaq and putting it on there....
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