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Great little proc. It's no i7 but it will get the job done better than a Q6600 for about the same price. That said where the heck are the faster AM3 Denebs?

#1 where are you seeing current prices for Q6600's at the same price as this?

Amd ticked me off bigtime with their Phenoms. I paid $190 for a 9840 in December but got performance nowhere close to the Q6600 which used to cost 15 bucks more at that time. Hell, the q6600 overclocks far more , draws less power and runs cooler..
Even today this particular cpu is priced at 170 simply because their intel counterparts are priced high too.

Exactly 2 years ago, the Q6600 was available on sale for $240. Today it costs $214. What the f is going on? $26 price drop in 2 years?

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819115017

Quad cores were released in 2006. I don't understand why they still cost in 3 digits, considering the current state of the economy.

If this trend keeps goin, picture yourself buying a f'ing core i7 920 for $250 in 2011.

Unless Amd makes a dramatic comeback like they did in the graphics card segment I'm not touching any of their processors - if not matching performance with the intels performance per dollar at the least..

#2 - My key word was "about" I've seen deals on the Q6600 for 180ish.

#3: well, some of the AMD quadcores are in the 2 digit cost range.

What's a good MB to pair up with this ?

I'm looking at these....any comments ?

1) GIGABYTE GA-MA790X-UD4 (790X)

2) ASUS M4A79 Deluxe (790FX)

3) ASUS M3A79-T Deluxe (790FX)

4) DFI LANPARTY DK 790FX-M2RS (790FX)

#6: well, rather than buying this CPU, you can get the Phenom II tri-core CPU (black edition, if you'd like to overclock) for $130, and use any motherboard with the SB750 southbridge(all 790GX motherboards and some 790FX boards) to unlock the fourth core. If you do follow that route, there is a chance that the unlock will not work. According to what I've read, the vast majority of the Phenom II tri-cores do work fine with this core unlock.

If you'd rather just stick with this CPU, the most important thing to look for is the SB750 south bridge. All 790GX motherboards have this, as well as some of the newer 790FX's. Right now newegg has a Biostar 790GX motherboard on sale for $85.

sorry i'm new, but why am i still seeing $214 on newegg? as stated in here thats its 190? but its still 214 on newegg

#6
I have the 790GX version of the Gigabyte board paired with a Phenom II X3 720. Nice board.

#7
Most manufacturers are starting to "update" their BIOS to disallow the unlocking of the 4th core. Currently there are only 2-3 boards that will work, with the Biostar being at the top of the list.

See this article for more:
http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/unlock-phenom-ii,2273.html

"But one motherboard vendor claims that AMD is going to discontinue ACC in its SB750 starting this month. Another board vendor says that it is getting pressure from AMD to update the ACC embedded controller firmware
immediately and post it to an “updated” BIOS."

#8, the discount is applied on the site when you use the promo code in Ben's original post. Ben could have gotten the end price incorrect, too, it happens. In this case it looks like the price has been updated (towards the top of the original post).

#8 - The price on NewEgg WAS "onsale" for $190 ($190 - $20 promo=$170) earlier today, but now it's back to it's original price of $214.99

Some of the NewEgg "sales" end very quickly so if you see your deal you have to act fast. I'd keep checking back on NewEgg and see if the price goes back to $190. Also....try using the NewEgg [Price Alert] feature on the item page so you'll know when an item hit's your price point.

Thanks #7 - I wanted 100% 4th core so I decided to pull the trigger and got it for $170. Just debating on the mb for it.

#11, absolutely. They seem to change prices at a whim on the most random items. I've been monitoring a video card that goes from $89 to $129 at random intervals.

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