AMD has announced another refresh of its desktop processor line-up with four new products and price cuts to most of the rest.
We spoke to Raj Suman, Euro product marketing director at distributor Avnet, to get confirmation of approximate street pricing and for his take.
"This is a strong price move, indicating AMD's commitment to the channel, especially smaller system integrators," said Suman. "The market is soft right now but this has repositioned AMD well. The main battleground between AMD and Intel is the $135-$180 band."
Here are the new CPUs with Suman's street prices:
- Phenom X4 9950 Black Edition 125W - $186
- Phenom X3 8750 Black Edition 95W - $139
- Athlon X2 6500 Black Edition 95W - $105
- Athlon X2 5050e 45W - $90
Here's a table showing the before and after prices of the those CPUs that have had their prices cut. The old prices are from AMD and new ones from Suman.
Product - Old price ($) - New price ($)
Phenom X4 9950 BE 140W - 235 - 186
Phenom X4 9850 BE - 194 - 180
Phenom X4 9750 - 215 - 170
Phenom X4 9650 - 195 - 156
Phenom X3 8750 - 175 - 134
Phenom X3 8650 - 145 - 123
Athlon X2 6000+ - 112 - 95
Athlon X2 5600+ - 102 - 88
Athlon X2 5400+ - 87 - 78
Athlon X2 5200+ - 76 - 68
The following products have also had their prices cut by we were unable to confirm the new prices at time of writing: Phenom X4 9350e, Athlon X2 5400+ BE, Sempron LE-1300, Sempron LE-1250.
