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Well, AMD had a big day today.
With the release of these CPUs, AMD polishes the K8 series.
The Athlon 64 FX-53 outperforms the Pentium 4 3.4GHz EE in a majority of tests says Anandtech and TomsHardware.
The only problem is the price tag: $799.
Well, you do spend $200 less on it compared to the P4 3.4GHz EE.
All in all, I think AMD should make a cheap Socket 939 so we can all enjoy it.
Also, only the FX series can overclock multiplier.
Too bad for us overclocking guys.

The good news is the 8GB/s HyperTransport (Dual Channel PC4000).

Socket 754 will become the value socket (Athlon XPs).
Socket 939 will become the mainstream and high end socket (Athlon 64s and Athlon 64 FXs).
Socket 940 will remain the workstation and server socket (Opteron 100s, 200s, and 800s).

Congrats to AMD

I am sure you will be able to increase the core speed of the A64's alot like they do now. Its just the multiplyer is locked and only unlocked on the FX chips.

Isnt there a way to unlock the multiplier

not that I know of on the A64's, unless you get a mobile chip, those come unlocked.

nah, I saw a tutorial on a website that you changed on of the sockets manualy

Thank you for the correction monte84.

Neo-Tebow2000 wrote:nah, I saw a tutorial on a website that you changed on of the sockets manualy

That was the Athlon XP.

Update: Huge response, NewEgg now carries all of these except the FX-53 (939). You can get the FX-53 (939) here. If you want a socket 939 motherboard, I could only find one at this one place. With the new socket comes a new retail box. This time, it looks even more awesome!

AMD Athlon 64 3500


AMD Athlon 64 3700


AMD Athlon 64 3800

Wow, the are actualy using a box, I think this is a good idea. I hate the plastic they have it surounded,, sometimes its a bit of a pain to get out.

I bet it is still in the plastic but this helps it stand out

yeah, im sure it is, but hopefully it will be easier to open.

lol...bring out the knife! AMD wrapping time has come

how is it on P4's never built one so I dont know, heh. Yeah, you pretty much have to ct the Athlons out.

P4 come in bubble wrap

less of a neusance then, oh well..

AMD uses their style to show the K8s off.
It is a marketing scheme.

its working on me

it will probaby be another 6months or so before i upgrade. I want 3GHz w/ AMD processors.

Neo-Tebow2000 wrote:I bet it is still in the plastic but this helps it stand out

I just said that

NewEgg now has the Athlon 64 FX-53 (Socket 939).
It costs the same as the Athlon 64 FX-53 (Socket 940): OEM-$799.00, Retail-$811.00.

AMD Athlon 64 FX-53 (Socket 939)

lol, the processoer is in there ca bit sideways. Just wait for the FX-55. Anand had one their Socket 939 review and wow, that thing is gonna rock.

Nice... Fx-55