All AMD processors assembled in Malaysia???

[terranovae]

And why it's so hard to get one over here??!!!

[Ozzman]

LMAO i take it u live in Malaysia thats pretty funny because more then half the stuff in my system was assembled in Malaysia.. u would think it would be cheaper and more of it sence there is no shipping over seas hmm odd there must not be to much of a market over there for AMDs well u can always order one online :D

[eh?]

they are assembled there because labor is cheap and people work for like $1/hour where as to if they did it in the USA AMD would have to pay like $8-23/hour

[TranceBear]

Mine is made in Dresden, Germany

[terranovae]

Lol yeah...I went from one shop to another and what I got is "out of the stock" as the answer. There're a lot of AMD lovers right now and they gotta eliminate this shortage before they losing out to Intel.

Most of the retailers prefer to keep Intel cpu's in their stock and if you have to wait like 2-3 days to get an AMD in my area.

US$121 for an XP1500, what do you think?

[minoukat]

Not bad, check on www.pricewatch.com to see how it compares to chips in the US

[eh?]

Originally posted by terranovae
Lol yeah...I went from one shop to another and what I got is "out of the stock" as the answer. There're a lot of AMD lovers right now and they gotta eliminate this shortage before they losing out to Intel.

Most of the retailers prefer to keep Intel cpu's in their stock and if you have to wait like 2-3 days to get an AMD in my area.

US$121 for an XP1500, what do you think?

I just ordered a xp1600 for $117 on pricewatch

[-EternitY-]

Atleast the Thunderbirds i believe..

Also, What do you think is the cost for making the processor.

By the way, 235 PSU Is Loooww! I Got a 245 for a 266

[terranovae]

The cpu's are much more expensive in Malaysia lol. $108 for an XP1500, I can't get that price anywhere unless there's a pc fair...

The cost of making the chips is very very cheap I think, look at how all the semiconductor companies reap profits in billions of dollr every year...

Eternity, I got no problem using a 235W psu, the system is stable...is there any harm using a way too low power..?

[eh?]

Originally posted by terranovae
The cpu's are much more expensive in Malaysia lol. $108 for an XP1500, I can't get that price anywhere unless there's a pc fair...

The cost of making the chips is very very cheap I think, look at how all the semiconductor companies reap profits in billions of dollr every year...

Eternity, I got no problem using a 235W psu, the system is stable...is there any harm using a way too low power..?
you probly won't be able to overclock well because the cpu is gonna need more power...don't get me wronh you will be able to OC but not near as well as you would if you had a 350 or 400watt psu

[terranovae]

Yeah I know that :)...certainly I will get one new PSU...I'm trying to read every infos needed before I try to overclock...

[Maximus Nickus]

My rig won't even boot with anything less than 300Watt!!!