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Sabrewings
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| manalar wrote: | | Does this mean Socket A MOBOs and CPUs will become cheaper? What will be a good time to buy? I am looking to build a cheap DVR and Socket A will be perfect for this. |
Actually, chances are they will go up in price, just like the S478 Intel CPUs did when S478 was phased out. They will be cheaper for a short while, then go up as supply goes down.
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| Posted: Thu Feb 24, 2005 2:57 pm Post subject: |
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| Sabrewings wrote: | | manalar wrote: | | Does this mean Socket A MOBOs and CPUs will become cheaper? What will be a good time to buy? I am looking to build a cheap DVR and Socket A will be perfect for this. |
Actually, chances are they will go up in price, just like the S478 Intel CPUs did when S478 was phased out. They will be cheaper for a short while, then go up as supply goes down. |
Here in UK on one supplier I watch a lot high end socket A CPU prices have dropped
http://www.scan.co.uk/Products/ProductInfo.asp?WebProductID=63673
Use to be over £100....
Watch this space....who knows how the market might react...
Ebay might well be the way to go when they stop supplying them
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| Posted: Thu Feb 24, 2005 9:11 pm Post subject: |
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| EmilyB wrote: | | Toby B. wrote: | Yeah I know 478's are ancient too....  |
Theres nothing wrong with S478 if it works. Im still on one. |
If it aint broke, dont f*!&in fix it.
The XP's have served us all well. I cant say i want to see them go, but I am ready to see them go. AMD is ready to be totally 64-bit and is trying to do the best it can. I for one support this strategy, "The first all 64-bit microprocessor producer". 478 is not yet ready to die off. How long did we have the 3200+ and all the other XP's, before AMD decided to phase out? I am confident the 478 platform can survive a while longer.
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| Posted: Thu Feb 24, 2005 11:48 pm Post subject: |
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I'm a bit sad to see Socket A go, but I agree that it's time to change. The first computer I built, an Athlon Thunderbird 1200 with an Abit KT7A, was Socket A.
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I dont know what to make of this, the Sempron socket A was just introduced about a year ago or less...
They do have the 754 version that doesnt use 64 bit, none of this makes any sense...
The point should be that our socket A's rock and for a great price.
Just because AMD has discontinued them doesnt mean they are obsolete, far from it. What will suck is what people have already stated, once the part is dicontinued the price will increase dramatically, for now we are safe, a few months and all upgrades will cost more than updating to 754.
AMD has taken many risks in the past, such as when they first introduced 64bit cpus that basically cost alot but had no real time benefits.
I think them discontinueing the socketA is a mistake since its still a very viable setup and they are pushing to hard for the 64 bit platform when longhorn is a year away. Amd should realise the bulk of their users are bang for buck guys like my self and dont need 64bit psu's.
We dont need latest tech to read web pages, AMD you have got to be kidding!!!!!! |
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colinJohn
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according to the analysts AMD sells bucket loads of semproms; mainly to china and india but doesn't make any money on them.........so I guess that's your answer; they forcing sales of high margin product by removing low margin.
This tactic works so long as a low cost provider doesn't get into the market niche that opens up. Trouble is - who else makes cheap CPUs??
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kltsin
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| Posted: Fri Feb 25, 2005 4:21 am Post subject: |
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| colinJohn wrote: | according to the analysts AMD sells bucket loads of semproms; mainly to china and india but doesn't make any money on them.........so I guess that's your answer; they forcing sales of high margin product by removing low margin.
This tactic works so long as a low cost provider doesn't get into the market niche that opens up. Trouble is - who else makes cheap CPUs?? |
Which sempron the socket A or 754 with 64 bit turned off... |
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colinJohn
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If I have time I'd go and drag out the financial analyst's report's, but in the meantime here's something from an O/Cs interview
http://www.overclockers.com/tips00710/
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snakebite, that 3200 will keep you truckin for a long time to come. the only thing you'll need to worry about is keeping up with vid card technology. as game programmers are getting lazier, relying more heavily on m$'s api to do the work for them, the sys reqs will continually be raised as each new directX version comes out. you will eventually have to buy a new card each quarter just to play the cutting egde games.
i know what i have just said has been said in the past but i have never seen it more relevant than in the past few years. |
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