Phemon II X6 Pre-order @ Fry's

[jcmaz]

Hey HWC,

Apparently the new Phenom II X6 chips are on pre-order @ Fry's for $300.

Pre-Order: AMD Phenom II X6 1090t & 1055t Black Edition Processors - Legit Reviews

Please comment :)

It's true. The lady on the phone told me that thay would ship out on monday.

[gingerbee]

I think at this price it's really gonna put some strain on Intel, hell i am thinking about getting one at those prices. just wow. but from early benchmarks i have read this is still slower then a 920 i7 in most cases.

[_dangtx_]

knowing amd chips are weaker than intel in folding, id still get a lower clocked version when it comes out



edit...looks like the slower one will be available too..hmm...200 bucks us..plus 40-50 more because were in ca nada

[scottmurphy]

What benchmarks? I've been looking. I ordered one this morning.

[Charloz24]

Originally Posted by _dangtx_

knowing amd chips are weaker than intel in folding, id still get a lower clocked version when it comes out



edit...looks like the slower one will be available too..hmm...200 bucks us..plus 40-50 more because were in ca nada

Really curious to know if X6 will be able to do -bigadv on time....

[_dangtx_]

6 cores at 3ghz or better....im ready to flip a coin. ppd wont be much to, i think. now if you are able to get 6 cores at 3.5ghz or more..then its another matter. low tdp should mean good clocks.

[Iphikratous]

I find this interesting:

Phenom II X4 960T: 3.0 GHz/ 3.4GHz / 95w

That's a 95w processor that goes to 965 levels when it needs to. That sounds pretty nice to me.

[rapmaster]

Do they support AM2+ motherboard or it's only AM3?

[jcmaz]

I think AM2+ and AM3 because the X6's have both the DDR2 and DDR3 controller... but i hope they will work on AM2 boards too.