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AMD is diong a roadshow with an INSANE deal.

AMD Athlon™ 64 3200+ 939 pin processor
Asus A8N-E Socket 939 motherboard
Microsoft® Windows® XP x64 Edition

All that for $250!!!!

The processor alone is $200!!
Newegg listed price today for all that
AMD Athlon™ 64 3200+ 939 pin processor - $195
Asus A8N-E Socket 939 motherboard - $142
Microsoft® Windows® XP x64 Edition - $154
total = $491

They also have a Server bundle which is even more insane.
Server Bundle - Price = $500
2 - AMD Opteron™ 246 CPUs
Tyan Thunder K8SD Pro (S2882-D) motherboard
Microsoft Server 2003 x64 Edition

Retail for the server bundle would be like $1200!!!

Only catch is you have to sign up and attend the show.
http://cs.silverpop.com/amd/tech_tour/2005/registration_site1.htm

 

[Baron Aloha]

Wow. That IS insane.

Any idea how big that server is? Can it be used as a PC as well? I'm not familiar with the technology.

Is MS Windows Server 2003 basically just a different version of windows like XP, NT, etc?

I would seriously drive a hundred miles to snag one of these systems at that price. I imagine that server is pretty damn fast.

 

[Ristamar]

Damn, that is a fucking steal... both deals, really.

 

[tedtropy]

Ack, and the one day they're in Houston I have admin training. Screw it, who needs a job when I can get a deal this cheap. This is a great price.

 

[Miguel]

Ack, and the one day they're in Houston I have admin training. Screw it, who needs a job when I can get a deal this cheap. This is a great price.

Gimme 300 bucks and I'll go buy it for you.

 

[border]

Insane -- but you won't be able to run OS X on it

 

[tedtropy]

Gimme 300 bucks and I'll go buy it for you.

 

[Teknopathetic]

"Insane -- but you won't be able to run OS X on it "

I don't think I have a problem with that.

 

[Miguel]

Yay, I have a profile...?

 

[Cauliflower of Love]

Come down to miami you whores.

=(


Tampa is today, at it's 6PM =(


ajksladjkfasf

 

[teiresias]

Damn, not coming anywhere near me. I'd definately sign up and get the first deal though, niiiiice, and I'd be saving so much money I might be able to justify spending a good chunk on a decent graphics card too other than my current 9500 Pro.

 

[XMonkey]

Um, holy shit I want in.

 

[MrPing1000]

why are there never any insane deals applicable to the UK. I want to upgrade but a amd3500 64bit 1gb pc3200 ram and a mobo(agp) costs too much

 

[tedtropy]

Yay, I have a profile...?

:lol Hah, I meant to post your avatar as my reaction. Guess I wasn't paying attention to my wreckless right-clicking. A little late, but here we go...

http://img104.echo.cx/img104/3077/conancokedout5tf.gif

 

[Miguel]

:lol. I was really confused...I was like..."Did I put something in my profile that like...he wants me to look at?"

I just signed up to go, and got my confirmation email . Now to come up with 250 bucks in extra cash to buy this.

 

[SSGMUN10000]

So is there anyway to get it was out actually going?

 

[Miguel]

So is there anyway to get it was out actually going?

Send me 300 bucks

 

[SSGMUN10000]

Send me 300 bucks

Punk....................................................................let me think about it.

 

[Cauliflower of Love]

I want that dual system =(

 

[scissorfight]

Damn, I would love that server bundle, but I'm in MI.

 

[Danj]

I notice that these are not actually systems, they're just CPU/Mobo/XP64 bundles, but looking at the prices they're still insanely good value. Pity I'm in the UK, wonder if I can get a friend in the US to go and hook me up with one of these things

 

[RedDwarf]

I'm guessing that I'd have to sit through the entire show waiting to actually pick up a bundle. It's 6 1/2 hours long.

 

[Eminem]

sweet, chicago is the first stop. now if only i can invent some type of time machine to travel back to june 2nd....

 

[Iceman]

ditto.

I wish I was Michael J. Fox.

 

[El Papa]

I might go to the one in Burbank, CA. I've been wanting to upgrade for years and this is a pretty sweet deal to get started.

 

[tedtropy]

I'm guessing that I'd have to sit through the entire show waiting to actually pick up a bundle. It's 6 1/2 hours long.

There's free food and, let's face it, you haven't anything better to do.

 

[shattyboombatty]

So here's the message I got (regarding the systems) when I registered to go:

Limit one purchase of each bundle per person. Bundles are not for resale. Offer is only good at Tech Tour the day of the show. Pre-ordered bundles will be available at the show for pick up. Bundle purchases can be made online with a credit card. Bundle purchases cannot be made onsite

Aaaaand here's the message when I tried to pre-order:

We apologize but due to the popularity of the AMD/Microsoft Tech Tour 2005 Desktop and Server show special offers, we are currently SOLD OUT. Please check back for future availability

Fucking crap... I wonder if they'll stock up again. Wishful thinking anyways

 

[Phoenix]

So here's the message I got (regarding the systems) when I registered to go:



Aaaaand here's the message when I tried to pre-order:



Fucking crap... I wonder if they'll stock up again. Wishful thinking anyways

Good. Now I don't need to figure out if I can swing the show tomorrow in Atlanta.

 

[AB 101]

Did AMD sell out of processors?

Well, I have a Athlon 64 3500+ based rig right now so I was not in a huge need of a new system.

 

[RedDwarf]

There's free food and, let's face it, you haven't anything better to do.

Well, I am scheduled to work during that time, but I do have lots of sick time. *cough cough*
No products to preorder makes me available for work though.

 

[RedDwarf]

They've added more of the $250.00 desktop component packages if anyone's still interested.