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"Dan Thomas" <daniel.thomas@jhuapl.edu> wrote in message news:<b0mafe$6s0$1@houston.jhuapl.edu>...
> Well, I WAS going to ask about this, but it looks like someone already did.
> 
> Also, according to AMD the suggested retail price for this processor is $93,
> which means anything more then that is a rip off.
> 
> http://www.amd.com/us-en/Processors/ProductInformation/0,,30_118_756_3734^60
> 9,00.html
> 
> Since this isn't a purchase direct from a vender, I'd have expected some
> kind of discount or mark down.  It is however worth noting that the retail
> box is comming with the heat sink and fan.  I don't know if that is included
> in the pricing on AMD's website.

Thanks for the input Dan!

I would also like to point out that the link you included is for OEM
bulk purchase selling price from AMD! If you buy a 1000 of these CPUs
in a tray (obviously without a heatsink and fan, and with only 15 or
30 days warranty), then you buy 'em for $93 each. That is what major
retailers/OEMers pay for the OEM chip. They then have to tack on
profit and shipping/handling fees.

In this case (if you buy from moi), you are getting a ready to use,
sealed, fully 3-year warrantied retail version of this chip, with a
quality AMD-approved-and-included-in-package heatsink and fan as well!
For about (hint hint) the same price as the OEM, basically
warranty-less one, for which you'd have to spend anything from $20
(very bad, substandard heatsink with lousy, noisy fan from CompUsa or
BestBuy) to $50 (Volcano, Antec or Orb coolers) on a heatsink and fan,
depending on how warm things get in your case/room! You cannot run the
Athlons without a heatsink, unless you want an expensive one-time-use
room heater device!

So, what're we waiting for? My shipment tracking info says the chip
will be here tomorrow afternoon/evening! And I would be much happier
(hint ;-> ) if someone made me a quick offer, so that I could order a
new chip for myself quickly, and reduce my already-delayed
gratification (system building) time :-)
-ashu