Anyone notice the cut of AMD combo deals on NewEgg?

[jcknouse]

I'm always watching NewEgg for the latest, greatest deal right now, as I'm getting ready in 2-3 months to build my uber gaming/do-everything system.

I noticed in the past couple days, NewEgg cut off most of their AMD Phenom II combo deals for the 955, 720, and 550 BE CPUs, including taking away the $15 instant discount to make the 550BE $99.99, as well as its free shipping.

Anyone know the skinny behind this? I'm intrigued. AMD is my first chip of choice, and the 550BE's OC capability and price, matched with a mobo capable of unlocking all 4 cores, was gonna be my soup de jour to be able to afford a multi-drive array, SSD, high-end Crossfire setup, etc.

Just wondered. Thanks for any info.

 

[shortstuff_mt]

Newegg always puts out new combos at the first of the month. That's just business as usual.

It's pretty pointless trying to plan out a build 2 - 3 months in advance. Hardware changes so fast that what's recommended today probably won't be recommended in a couple months. If you're not going to be building for 2-3 months then you should check back a couple weeks before the planned build to see what the latest hardware and combos look like.

 

[jcknouse]

Never knew that about NewEgg...the first of the month thing. Of course, there are a ton of Intel CPU combo deals...just seems the AMD deals washed away. Maybe it's just my imagination.

As for being pointless...well...not really. I mean, the only real things that are likely to change are the CPU and/or GPU(s). I don't see myself choosing different HDs for the array, different case, HSF, etc. And unless the i5s come out at a great price-to-performance advantage...the mobo won't change.

Anyways, I was just curious about the NewEgg thing...I'm there almost every day looking at deals, combos, open box, etc. I wanna have in mind what all thngs are PC so that when a new item comes out, I can look at it and its price and give it a nod or dismiss it when the time comes for actually compiling the order list.

Thanks for your input