So I havent built yet, been waiting on the phenoms B3 but Im confused on exactly when they are dropping. Im reading everywhere it says march but some saying its now june??? Some other people are saying it may be dropping within days??? Im on an old pentium 4 2.8 ghz socket 478 that I have as an emergency back up from back in the days that I found. So does anyone have any real idea or have an inkling if its gonna drop in days or months??? Also does anyone have an estimated price of the chip? Thanks.

Last report had them in May to June. Thats about the same time as HD 4000 so few wires could be crossed. The price of the phenom's at speeds 2.3 and 2.4 should be the same price as current. The 9700 and 9900 price should be cheaper than the Q6700.

I wonder when AMD will put 2 45nm phenom's together for an octal?

There was something on google finance about b3 barcelona opterons being ready to launch this week, so unless there's some kind of NDA on them they might at least sneak their way to reviewers within the next couple of weeks.

Either way B3 Phenoms on the shelf and ready to buy will be end of next month I would think. I assume you've been waiting a while to upgrade but in for a penny in for a pound you might as well hold on a bit longer to at least say what the reviews of them say. If the B3s oc better (i.e. say to 2.8ghz) then they might make a reasonable gaming setup, with good non-gaming performance (windows, file decoding & compression).

The new AMD motherboards look pretty sharp I might add, but then again there are loads of quality Intel boards around too...

Hi

I think you will find the OEMs who weren't prepared to use the buggy B2 stepping will snap up all the B3's first. Please refer to THG interview with Jochen Polster, CEO of AMD Germany!!

Bob

Its coming in Q2, with higher speed grade (9900 @2.6Ghz) coming in Q3. As elbert said, both 9900 and 9700 should be cheaper than Q6700, which is scheduled to drop to 260USD (current Q6600 price point). Q6600 will continue drop to 220USD~240USD.

Yea thats the plan. I would say I am sad due to the price cut but still $275 is not bad for one of the best quad cores available.

Lets see what happens with Phenom. I don't expect anything great. Nor do I expect much more in the arena of OC'ing. But we shall see.

Alright thanx for the Info.

I am sorry to report this but Phenom has been delayed again. They are having trouble ramping B3 up and would like you to know they appreciate your patients. It should be ready by Q308 at the latest.







JUST KIDDING......

I can NOT wait until the B3 comes out, I hate this E6750. AMD forever!

Eh?

Why? Because it runs software? Because it has no AMD logo? Because it doesn't come in designer colors?

AMD Forever!
Intel Inside!
Best product gets the dollars. Anything else is silly, IMO.

I am just happy with my Q6600. So what that it is a couple of dollars more than the Phenom. It’s not buggy, faster in applications the general people use and well, it does not have issues. The best part is, I got mine a year ago and its still better then the Phenom.

What’s not to like?

Mine gets quite "boggy" when running many apps.


I think its prob the FSB, but can't say for sure...

It's most likely how much ram you have and how it's setup.