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wiley15   04-13-2007 at 04:20:30 PM

The nearly universal attitude on the boards (and elsewhere) for the past month (or more) has been to wait for the price cuts then buy an Intel-based system. I'm guessing this has created some artificially large, pent-up demand. Do you think this will lead to shortages? How acute and for how long? What about price gouging by retailers and possibly distributors?

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bfellow   04-13-2007 at 04:22:18 PM
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I say if you need a computer now w/o OCing, get a X2 5600+ system.

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epsilon84   04-13-2007 at 04:22:53 PM
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I wouldn't worry about it. Hardly anyone outside the enthusiast circle would even be aware there are pricecuts coming...

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JCon   04-13-2007 at 04:22:53 PM
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Supply and demand... If there is more demand for a product than supply then the price will go up.

Gouging? It's only gouging if you're taking advantage of an unfair situation. Since Newegg, ZZF, and who ever are in competition against one-another, the market will set the price.

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jeff_2087   04-13-2007 at 04:23:10 PM
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I doubt it'd lead to significant shortages. Those of us who know would wait, for sure, but the big important resellers- Dell, HP, etc- won't, and they move a lot more chips than home builders.

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JCon   04-13-2007 at 04:24:28 PM
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I say if you need a computer now w/o OCing, get a X2 5600+ system.


Obviously that depends on what your budget is and what you're using it for. The QX6800 is a better chip, without OC'n.

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Wolfshadw   04-13-2007 at 04:52:27 PM
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One need only look at Newegg and this weeks AMD X2 6000+ price drop. They lowered the prices and got hit so hard, they changed their listing to out of stock and then to $599. After a day or two, they dropped the price again to $239 (and, of course, in stock). Unless you absolutely have to purchase it the day it drops in price, there's no harm in waiting a couple more days for things to stabilize.

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lordpope   04-13-2007 at 05:01:45 PM
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One need only look at Newegg and this weeks AMD X2 6000+ price drop. They lowered the prices and got hit so hard, they changed their listing to out of stock and then to $599. After a day or two, they dropped the price again to $239 (and, of course, in stock). Unless you absolutely have to purchase it the day it drops in price, there's no harm in waiting a couple more days for things to stabilize.

-Wolf sends


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who in they right mind would buy an AMD cpu? Its not a Gaming CPU company...according to this forum

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jaydeejohn   04-13-2007 at 05:13:56 PM
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I would simply point you to the more knowledgible graphics card people who will certainly slam that idea down. Its true the best performance can be had by c2d, but not much truly, unless your gaming at very lot rez. You know this, most do,but beyond gaming the c2d does rule, much more than what you see in gaming. Im no fanboy and Im looking with great interest in the Barcelona, but currently, aside from gaming, the c2d rules

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disposablehero   04-13-2007 at 06:35:14 PM
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you can pick up an e6420 today for $215 (including shipping) and thats from a reliable site that has ~1250 in stock at their california based DC. they have been flying off the shelves there, so i see no reason why they would lower the price on 4/22.

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1Tanker   04-14-2007 at 07:25:47 AM
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One need only look at Newegg and this weeks AMD X2 6000+ price drop. They lowered the prices and got hit so hard, they changed their listing to out of stock and then to $599. After a day or two, they dropped the price again to $239 (and, of course, in stock). Unless you absolutely have to purchase it the day it drops in price, there's no harm in waiting a couple more days for things to stabilize.

-Wolf sends


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who in they right mind would buy an AMD cpu? Its not a Gaming CPU company...according to this forumI don't think your reverse-psychology schtick is working. Better try something else. :wink: :x

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photographer   04-14-2007 at 08:33:28 AM
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who in they right mind would buy an AMD cpu? Its not a Gaming CPU company...according to this forum


Hmmmm, perhaps someone like myself who doesn't need a computer to play a video game and doesn't need to overclock a system so he can open MS Word .00001 seconds faster.

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