AMD finally releasing the next batch of quad cores, my wait paid off

[Harkoliar]

sooner than expected as well

AMD Phenom™ Processor Family AMD Phenom™ X4 Quad-Core processor Price Phenom 9850 'Black Edition' (2.5GHz, 125W, 2MB total dedicated L2 cache, 2MB L3 cache, 4000MHz HyperTransport™ bus, socket AM2+) $235 effective 4/7 --- Phenom 9750 (2.4GHz, 95W, 2MB total dedicated L2 cache, 2MB L3 cache, 3600MHz HyperTransport™ bus, socket AM2+) $215 effective 4/7 -- Phenom 9750 (2.4GHz, 125W, 2MB total dedicated L2 cache, 2MB L3 cache, 3600MHz HyperTransport™ bus, socket AM2+) $215 effective 4/7 -- Phenom 9650 (2.3GHz, 95W, 2MB total dedicated L2 cache, 2MB L3 cache, 3600MHz HyperTransport™ bus, socket AM2+) $215 effective 4/7 -- Phenom 9600 Black Edition' (2.3GHz, 95W, 2MB total dedicated L2 cache, 2MB L3 cache, 3600MHz HyperTransport™ bus, socket AM2+) $251 -- Phenom 9600 (2.3GHz, 95W, 2MB total dedicated L2 cache, 2MB L3 cache, 3600MHz HyperTransport™ bus, socket AM2+) $251 -- Phenom 9550 (2.2GHz, 95W, 2MB total dedicated L2 cache, 2MB L3 cache, 3600MHz HyperTransport™ bus, socket AM2+) $209 -- Phenom 9500 (2.2GHz, 95W, 2MB total dedicated L2 cache, 2MB L3 cache, 3600MHz HyperTransport™ bus, socket AM2+) $209

link: http://www.amd.com/us-en/Corporate/V...=CPPR01#phenom
oh they are also planning to do a new segment, tricore to compete against intels dual core. interesting.
Now just to save up for when it comes out and hope it arrives in Australia soon!

[Variol (Farseer) Elmwood]

It's like, totally phenom..

I'm still using my AMD 2500+ Barton processor. I really don't have a reason to upgrade. My wife's PC has a P3 866MHz processor and has no reason to get rid of it either. The thing is over 8 years old and I've only replaced the HDD.