Going back to the future!

trents

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Hey, did you see what New Egg has done to placate the disappointed PC enthusiast crowd in the wake of the BD debacle? I looked on their web site last night in the CPU section and was amazed to see they were offering 12 models of recertified Ahtlon 64s. Who needs BD? For under $50 we can go back to that magic moment in cyber history when AMD really was king!

 

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IM READY !

 

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Archer0915

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http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produ...tion=Athlon 64&name=$25 - $50&Order=BESTMATCH

Winzerz

 

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10 kinds of awesome there... Nice to see NE has a sense of humor!

 

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trents

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Do you think my TRUE would be enough cooler for one of those babies?

 

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trents said:

I looked on their web site last night in the CPU section and was amazed to see they were offering 12 models of recertified Ahtlon 64s. Who needs BD? For under $50 we can go back to that magic moment in cyber history when AMD really was king!

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I saw the same thing but didn't really make the correlation until this thread

 

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Arbiter Odie

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So THAT's what it's about. I saw that yesterday, and was like "Huh? Who'd need that?". I get it now

 

Dr. Gonzo

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Meh AM2.
I was so ready to jump on the dual core bandwagon too!

 

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Wow, how awesome! Almost worth picking up just for colletors sake.. I remember my good ol Brisbane 5400+

 

a c i d.f l y

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This is actually brilliant -- perfect for upgrading the gf's dinosaur! I think she's still running a dualcore at 1.8 or 2.0 GHz. Ouch!

 

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trents

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I've got two brizzies already laying around or I'd jump on it!

 

EarthDog

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I miss my Newcastle 2800+ and my x2 3800+...

 

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More likely someone is dumping warranty return stocks.

 

EarthDog

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You think thats possible? Since those CPU's came out what, 7 years ago? I dont think newegg warranties them longer than AMD and the mobo MFGs...

 

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trents

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woboy said:

More likely someone is dumping warranty return stocks.

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Probably form OEM computers with failed motherboards.

 

Angry

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Wow....now if only ddr2 wasn't as expensive as it is.

I still have 939 and AM2 machines. Playing with FreeNas and ESXi, whiich these cpus are perfect for.

 

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trents

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Angry said:

Wow....now if only ddr2 wasn't as expensive as it is.

I still have 939 and AM2 machines. Playing with FreeNas and ESXi, whiich these cpus are perfect for.

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Check the classifieds in this forum for some really good buys on DDR2. There's lots of it there right now.