Ben's Bargains

NewEgg.com Foxconn AMD 740G Micro ATX AMD Motherboard $40 Discuss (4)

NewEgg.com Asus P5Q Pro LGA 775 ATX Mobo $100 Discuss (7)

NewEgg.com Gigabyte GA-MA770-DS3P ATX AMD Motherboard $76 Discuss (1)

NewEgg.com Foxconn M7PMX-S Micro ATX Intel Motherboard $50 Discuss (12)

It's about time this processor became cheaper. I bought this in Nov 2007 for $199. $20 drop in 1 year....?

over prised even after this "deal"

#1 it's old, 65nm, not Penryn

The key is that most players are dumping their old system chips now that the i7 is out. Common folk don't realize the rip that is occuring.

i got this on bf2k7, retail kit for $186 + tax + motherboard. the prices have not dropped on this at all. Just wait for fry's to sell the boxed for 190 shipped.

Great Chip. Oooh it not 45nm, big f'n deal, great OC headroom, runs cool at low voltage, more room in this chip than most motherboards can take advantage of. Still overpriced, get 25% off BIY on ebay.

#5 Thanks.. your correct.. I been eyeing on this processor a year now, Price have'nt change at all. very good processor thou.. I have all the parts already.. just need the processor and Mother board..

Got one retailed version on Amazon for $175 several days before~ this is even cheaper!

so what apps are currently out there demanding 4 cores?
core 2 duo is more than sufficient for most users.

Windows 7 you are really going to need quad to run everything smoothly.

BFD. That's what they said about Vista too.

A lot of us have everything we need except a decent proc. I am not going to buy a new mobo for a new cpu. Besides, it will be awhile before any apps take avantage of the new cpu's features. I think the q6600 is the celly 300 of today.

This is not a particularly good deal. It is just slightly less than its normal price. Unless you plan on spending another $40+ to get some good cooling, always go for the retail version because it is very often less than the OEM and comes with a 3Y warrantee and a fan that is good enough.

FYI.
Just bought one from eBay $140 after cashback.

"it will be awhile before any apps take avantage of the new cpu's features"
Windows OS (any version) takes advantage of this.
Photoshop after effects (appears) to take advantage of this (all cpus going nuts during rendering)
MAME32 takes advantage of this (if you are a gamer)

Here are some benchmarks from Everest:
CPU #1 CPU Type DualCore Intel Pentium D 930, 3000 MHz (12 x 250)
CPU #2 QuadCore Intel Core 2 Quad, 3000 Mhz (9x333)
*I overclocked q6600 by only putting piece of tape over pin 1 - thats all
*Granted I dont know what these BM's are doing but I do have 2 machines side-by-side to compare
FPU SinJulia
#1 510
#2 2797

FPU Mandel
#1 1237
#2 5475

FPU Julia
#1 1603
#2 11070

CPU AES
#1 3957
#2 22327

CPU Zlib
#1 18569
#2 78508

CPU PhotoWorxx
#1 4511
#2 17216

CPU Queen
#1 3580
#2 21511


Hopefully this info is useful to somebody
Cheers

#15, you are comparing a Pentium-D to a Quad Core with benchmarks that you have no idea what they represent or are doing? What a waste of a post.

Bought one for cheaper on e-bay 4 months back for 170 shipped. It was lightly used and I was able to overclock a bit. On a 64 bit operating system you sure would use 4 cores if you like multitasking, ie music, internet, gaming, buring disks.

#16, I didnt realize that there was a POST famine.
I was providing info to those that might want to see a difference between the 2

and if I wanted any sh!t from you I scrape it off your d!ldo so shut up and sit down

#16, I didnt realize that there was a POST famine.
I was providing info to those that might want to see a difference between the 2

and if I wanted any sh!t from you I scrape it off your d!ldo so shut up and sit down

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