best deal ever?

[devil_warrior]

i recently walked into a shop and asked for the price for an amd athlon 64 fx- 55 and after a week he came back with the answer of $255. now i know this isnt right. he also told me it comes in a 3.0gh version and a 3.2gh version. can someone please help explain why the fastest current processor is only this much in australian dollars

 

[overclocker1]

whoa! i didnt even know that the atlon 64 fx-55 came in 3ghz. lol
You are getting a good deal there.

 

[The Merlin]

It can't be explained, he is so full of bull crap its pathetic

 

[overclocker1]

what you mean?

 

[The Merlin]

You can;t possibly sell a FX for that much, not even used, there must be one big ass catch in there And of course there is no such thing as a 3ghz and 3.2ghz AMD, you'd be hard pressed to even OC one that high

 

[gaara]

The FX-55 is clocked at 2.6Ghz, they don't manufacture the same proccesor at different clock speeds. That alone is total bullshit. The first 3.0Ghz planned proccesor is expected to be the FX-59, which won't be released for months at least.

Unless he's stolen it from somewhere, there is no way you could sell an FX-55 for that cheap unless you're planning on going straight down the drain financial.

 

[devil_warrior]

could he have gotten it confused with a pentium? how much is a pentium 4 3.0gh processor right now? and thanks for confirming it, i knew it was too good to be true.

 

[CntdwnToExtn]

fhew....i was gonna say...i paid 200 canadian for my anthlon64 2800...i thought prices were right comin' down now for the fx series...iw as right gettin' mad there...until i read some posts hahaha.

 

[4W4K3]

Agree, that's not right at all. He is losing ALOT of money selling it for $255.

Either:

A) He thinks your an idiot and will sell you a 3000+, claiming it's equivelant to an Intel 3.0GHz. He's making a buck and "kind" of telling the truth.

B) He is the idiot and has no idea that 3000+ doesn't mean 3GHz, and his hardware might be overpriced?

I'd say it's option #1