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I was looking at newegg, and noticed that the AMD XP 2500+ retail now sells for $90. I swear it was being sold at $80 months ago. Was I imagining things? Or has the price gone up? If so, why? Aren't the prices supposed to go down??? 
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I think most people who buy such processor is planning to overclock the snot out of it, so demand has stayed high, hence the price has stayed highWe have enough youth - What we need is a fountain of smart!
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One of my sales reps recently told me that the Athlon XP cpus have gone up in price lately. I guess it's just a supply/demand thing like tjalfe said.P.S. You've been Spanked!Comment
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Due to the Sempron coming out, Athlon XP chips are bring phased out. This is the only reason I can think of.
No worries, get yourself the mobile version of the 2500+ for the overlcocking.______________________________
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A lot of pc hardware has been going up lately. Demand is high and inventory is low. AMD did a price cut on their 939 CPU's and now they can't keep them in supply I am hearing. This pushed the prices back up to pre-cut prices.
Even the new cell phones are having a hard time coming to market due to shortage of components.
DaveLadies and gentlemen, take my advice, pull down your pants and slide on the ice.Comment
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The Sempron has moved to the old XP prices. XP have moved up in the range and so has it's price - AMD will probably continue to produce it until there's no more demand for it.
The XP is now officially dead for me. The low-end Sempron is a lot more interesting, especially the 3100+.
I might move to an A64 on SIS 755 (cheap, now - probably with a Sempron 3100+ 754) or NV CK08-4 (waiting for SATA300 and PCI-X).Comment
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Helevitia: also some of AMD's supply problems were because of massive inventory chaos.
The Socket A Sempron is just Athlon XP Thoroughbreds set to run on 166MHz FSB. They'd be a good buy if not for two things -- AMD has given them performance rating levels which are based on... very questionable benchmarks, and they're being charged for according. This is not a popular move with people in the know.
Kurt: don't buy a Socket 754 Sempron; the AMD 64 2800+ doesn't have its 64-bit disabled and is the same price.Matrox G4x0 32mb SG RAM DVIComment
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@G400SG16mb: I agre with you for the Semprons up to 2800+. The 3100+ is quite another ballgame. There was a recent benchmark (sorry can't remember where I saw it) that showed it to be basically on par with the A64 2800+.
The S754 Sempron is an A64 that's been a bit "hammered" (check Techreport ).
The socket A Sempron is your run-of-the-mill Athlon XP, but rebadged.
I think the Sempron 3100+ coupled with an SIS755 chipset (ASRock make cheap boards) is a definite bargain...Comment
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