AMD socket AM2 etail prices emerge

WE HEAR that one of the German stores decided to already list socket AM 2 prices. You won't be able to buy those for at least four more weeks but at least you can get an idea how much will they cost.

Austrian site Geizhals.at show that the cheapest one will cost €65.63. And for this money you will get a Sempron 64 2800+ clocked at 1.6 GHz and powered with 128kb cache memory.

AMD also offers Sempron 3000+, the same clock CPU, with 256KB cache memory for €75.77. Also listed are 3200+, 3400+, 3500 and 3600+ socket AM2 CPUs.

The fastest Sempron is clocked at 2000MHz has 256KB cache memory and it is of course a 64-bit CPU, supports Cool'n'Quiet, NX Flag, SSE 3 and its maxima thermal dissipation should be around 35W.

All Semprons 128KB and 256KB ones are based on Manila Core, F-Stepping and costs €121.19. The site says chips will be available in June but it will gladly take your money for pre-order.

The cheapest Athlon 64 socket AM2 is 3500+ clocked at 2.2GHz and supported by 512KB cache memory is listed for €205.01. It is based on Orleans core, F-Stepping core supports AMD 64, Cool'n'Quiet, NX Flag, SSE 3 and its maxima thermal dissipation should be around 65W. It supports AMD Pacifica visualisation marchitecture. AMD also offers AM2 3800+ clocked at 2.4GHZ with the same spec and €286.82 price.

The rest of the CPUs are more expensive and dual-core. The cheapest is AMD Athlon 64 X2 3800+ Sockel-AM2 boxed, 2x 2.00GHz, 2x 512kB Cache based on Brisbane core, F stepping and is set to cost €299.94. Its maximal thermal dissipation should be around 89W while it also supports AMD 64, Cool'n'Quiet, NX Flag, SSE 3 and Pacifica marchitecture.

AMD also offers 4000+ clocked at 2GHZ with 2x 1MB cache and will sell it for €324.18, 4200+2.2GHZ x 2 with 2 x 512KB cache for €360.54, 4400+ with 2.2GHZ x 2 and 2 x 1024KB cache for €464.55, 4800+ with 2x 2.4GHz and 2x 1024KB cache for €638.49 and the milestone 5000+ with 2x2.6GHZ cores, each powered with 512KB cache for €688.75, all based on Brisbane core.

Last up, the flagship Athlon 64 FX 62 is based on Windsor core, F-stepping and supports AMD64, Cool'n'Quiet, NX-Flag, SSE3, Pacifica and it is dual-core, of course. It is clocked to 2.8GHz x2 and each core has 1024KB cache memory. It is listed for saucy €1223.48.

You can check it and preorder this stuff here. µ