Yummmy... cheaper processors!
The Inquirer has gotten hold of some new AMD OEM pricing:
- $189 Phenom X4 9950 BE (was $235)
- $180 Phenom X4 9850 BE (was $194)
- $170 Phenom X4 9750 (was $215)
- $156 Phenom X4 9650 (was $195)
- $134 Phenom X3 8750 (was $175)
- $123 Phenom X3 8650 (was $145)
- $95 Athlon X2 6000+ (was $112)
- $88 Athlon X2 5600+ (was $102)
- $78 Athlon X2 5400+ (was $87)
- $68 Athlon X2 5200+ (was $76)
Meanwhile, Fudzilla reports that AMD will soon start shipping a Kuma based dual core processor, the Athlon X2 6500 will apparently be a dual core K10 running at 2.3GHz with 2x512KB L2 cache and 3MB of L3 cache, and will sell for less than $200. A 45nm K10.5 version code name Regor may be available mid-2009.