Athlon 64 3200+ CPU, Asus A8N-E and WinXP 64bit Edition bundle for $250!!!!

Post by **FlyingPenguin** » Mon May 30, 2005 10:03 am

The catch is that you order it online but have to go to the tech show to pick it up.

The Desktop bundle is a nice deal, and I'm tempted although I don't need it. I AM going to the show in Tampa on the 14th, though. I love going to these things.

Show dates:

June 2 Chicago, Illinois
June 6 Toronto, Canada
June 14 Tampa, Florida
June 16 Atlanta, Georgia
June 21 Dallas, Texas
June 23 Houston, Texas
June 27 Irvine, California
June 29 Burbank, California
July 1 Sunnyvale, California
July 12 Seattle, Washington
July 14 Vancouver, Canada
July 19 Boston, Massachusetts
July 21 East Brunswick, New Jersey

From Fatwallet:

The AMD / Microsoft Tech Tour will soon be in my area. I went to http://www.amd.com/techtour and found details on a great deal on AMD64/Mobo/XP x64 edition. Here they are:

Desktop Bundle - Price = $250
— AMD Athlon™ 64 3200+ 939 pin processor
— Asus A8N-E Socket 939 motherboard
— Microsoft® Windows® XP x64 Edition

Server Bundle - Price = $500
— 2 - AMD Opteron™ 246 CPUs
— Tyan Thunder K8SD Pro (S2882-D) motherboard
— Microsoft Server 2003 x64 Edition

Edit: Just to compare I priced the server bundle from NewEgg at $1,012!!! (S2882G3NR not S2882-D at NewEgg)

Only catch is you can reserve your bundle online but must attend the tech tour to pick up. I'd highly recommend going though because I went to one of these things in Boston and my friend I went with won a free processor. Probably 25% of the people who went got something decent like a top of the line processor and almost everyone left with a free t-shirt. Check it out!

Agenda
3:00 pm Registration begins
3:00 - 4:00 pm Technical Demo Showcase
4:00 - 6:15 pm

Welcome to AMD/Microsoft Tech Tour 2005

Distributor Sponsor Presentation

AMD and Microsoft Market Opportunities
6:15 - 7:15 pm

Buffet Dinner

Technical Demo Showcase
7:30 - 9:00 pm

Sponsor Presentations

AMD and Microsoft Marketing Opportunities

Marketing Programs
9:00 - 9:30 pm Q&A and Giveaways

wvjohn · Post by **wvjohn** » Mon May 30, 2005 10:21 am

humph! closest one to me is NJ

nice deal on both setups

renovation · Post by **renovation** » Mon May 30, 2005 10:27 am

closest one to me is Chicago in 3 days and i can't make the time

nexus_7 · Post by **nexus_7** » Mon May 30, 2005 10:37 am

yea, not bad.

if they actually gave the LOCATION of the palce. I signed up and I have no idea where it is.

Greg

Post by **FlyingPenguin** » Mon May 30, 2005 11:13 am

Someone posted a breakdown of mailorder prices for the bundles:

Breakdown of the $250 Desktop deal:
($$ are quick searches on the net)

$190 Athlon 64 3200+ Socket 939
$126 Asus A8N-E
$157 Windows XP Pro x64

Total: $473'ish for $250
Verdict: Not bad but nowhere near as HOT as below deal!

Breakdown of the $500 Server deal:
($$ are quick searches on the net)

$333 AMD Opteron 246
$333 AMD Opteron 246
$712 Windows Server 2003 Standard x64
$414 Tyan K8SD Pro (S2882G3NR-D)

Total: $1792 all for $500

My own price check on NewEgg came up with the exact same prices for the desktop combo.

Post by **FlyingPenguin** » Mon May 30, 2005 11:21 am

Okay, got the Venues list from Fatwallet. Supposedly there's a Venues and Addresses link somewhere on that site but I can't find it:

June 2nd
Chicago, IL
Sheraton Chicago NW
847-394-2000
3400 W. Euclid Ave
Arlington Heights , IL 60005

Website: http://www.starwoodhotels.com/sheraton/ ... l_detail.h

June 6th
Toronto, Canada
Hilton Suites Toronto/Markham
905-470-8500
8500 Warden Ave.
Markham , ON L6G 1A5

Website: http://www.hilton.com/en/hi/hotels/inde ... eDesc=true

June 14th
Tampa, FL
Seminole Hard Rock Tampa
866-502-PLAY(7529)
5223 Orient Road
Tampa , FL 33610

Website: http://www.hardrockhotelcasinotampa.com/

June 16th
Atlanta, GA
Atlanta Marriott Century Center
404-325-0000
2000 Century Boulevard NE
Atlanta , Georgia 30345

Website: http://marriott.com/property/propertypage/ATLNE

June 21st
Dallas, TX
Westin Galleria Dallas
972-934-9494
13340 Dallas Pkwy
Dallas , TX 75240

Website: http://www.starwoodhotels.com/westin/se ... detail.htm

June 23rd
Houston, TX
Sofitel Houston
281-445-9000
425 N. Sam Houston Pkwy
Houston , TX 77060

Website: http://www.sofitel.com/sofitel/fichehot ... otel.shtml

June 27th
Irvine, CA
Irvine Marriott Hotel
949-553-0100
18000 Von Karman Ave
Irvine , CA 92612

Website: http://marriott.com/property/propertypage/LAXIR

June 29th
Burbank, CA
Hilton Burbank Airport and CC
818-843-6000
2500 Hollywood Way
Burbank , CA 91505

Website: http://www.hilton.com/en/hi/hotels/inde ... cn=BURAHHH

July 1st
Sunnyvale, CA
AMD Facility
One AMD Place
Sunnyvale , CA 94088-3453

Website: http://www.amd.com/techtour

July 12th
Seattle, WA
Lynnwood Convention Center
888-778-7155
3711 196th St SW
Lynnwood , WA 98036

Website: http://www.lynnwoodcc.com/lcc/index.html

July 14th
Vancouver, Canada
Radisson President Hotel
604-276-8181
8181 Cambie Rd
Richmond , BC V6X 3X9

Website: http://www.Radisson.com/vancouverca/

July 19th
Boston, MA
Marriott Burlington
781-229-6565
Rt 128 & 3A ( One Mall Rd)
Burlington , MA 01803

Website: http://marriott.com/property/propertypage/BOSBU

July 21st
East Brunswick, NJ
Hilton East Brunswick
732-828-2000
3 Tower Center Blvd
East Brunswick , NJ 08815

Website: http://www.hilton.com/en/hi/hotels/inde ... cn=EWRBHHH

nexus_7 · Post by **nexus_7** » Mon May 30, 2005 12:35 pm

u da man.

Greg

Post by **FlyingPenguin** » Mon May 30, 2005 12:55 pm

I'm having trouble placing the order for the desktop bundle. The shopping cart keeps telling me that I haven't entered a credit card number. No one else on Fatwallet has mentioned having problems, so I guess it's broke today. I'll try again tomorrow.

eGoCeNTRoNiX · Post by **eGoCeNTRoNiX** » Mon May 30, 2005 6:22 pm

If I had $500 I'd be on my way to Dallas.. hehe..

eGo

Post by **FlyingPenguin** » Wed Jun 01, 2005 11:03 pm

Some more info:

Fresh off the press :

To Whom It May Concern:

As far as the processor goes here are the technical specs for the product. It is the Venice core 3200+ E3 rev product. I was extensive as possible.

Code Name
Model #
Ordering P/N
(Tray)
Ordering P/N
(PIB)
Rev
CPU ID
Clock
Frequency
System Bus
Package
Profile
Operating
Mode
Core
Voltage
Max
Temp
Thermal Power
L1
Cache
L2
Cache
CMOS Technology
Power
Mgmt
Virus
Protection
Memory Controller
Launch
(or Intro)
Last Time Buy

Venice
3200+
ADA3200DAA4BP
ADA3200BPBOX
E3
00020FF0h
2000MHz
2000
Socket 939
32/64
Variable
65'C
67W
128KB
512KB
90nm SOI
C'n'Q
EVP
128-bit
Q2'05
Q3'05

For the motherboards here are the URLs that contain most the technical specs and I also found out the packaging information to address those questions.

http://www.tyan.com/products/html/thunderk8sdpro.html

http://www.asus.com/products3.aspx?l1=3 ... e4%20Ultra

1) The A64 CPU is retail box but the Opteron is OEM tray.

2) Motherboards come in retail box packages

3) The OSs will come in just a plastic case, not for resale, not the retail version.

Please feel free to pick up your bundles upon registration/arrival at the event.

Regards,

Marketbuilder

Tech Tour Team

Post by **FlyingPenguin** » Thu Jun 02, 2005 8:55 am

For those of you interested, one of the shows is today and some guys on FatWallet are going to report back to confirm that you can pickup the bundle at the beginning of the show and leave if you want. They'll also report on what kind of demos and giveaways there will be: http://www.fatwallet.com/forums/message ... 7&newest=1

And the first server bundle went on sale at Ebay: http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vi ... 42015&rd=1

TheGirter · Post by **TheGirter** » Thu Jun 02, 2005 1:04 pm

Flying Penguin, I love you. You have given me the greatest gift of all... CHEAP HARDWARE!

Absolut Talent · Post by **Absolut Talent** » Thu Jun 02, 2005 3:58 pm

I ordered the desktop bundle and going to pick it up today.......sounded like a good deal and I am in a need of a upgrade

DoPeY5007 · Post by **DoPeY5007** » Thu Jun 02, 2005 4:03 pm

hmm, I might need to jump this thing

Post by **FlyingPenguin** » Thu Jun 02, 2005 7:30 pm

I haven't decided if I'll buy the desktop bundle or not. I DO NOT want to build anymore systems for myself. I swore that the next system would be an OEM (which I expected to buy after this Christmas sometime).

My existing Athlon 3200+ (32bit) is more than adequate for everything I play.

HOWEVER I am tempted t upgrade my LAN party rig (Athlon 2400+). The hassle is that I then have to buy a Radeon x700 Pro PCI-E for around $125 since the 9800 Pro AGP in thie existing rig can't be used, and pray the memory is compatible (it has decent DDR400 in it now which should work on that Desktop combo mobo, it's just not premium RAM). Of course I can sell the old mobo, CPU and vid card, but they're only worth around $180, so I'm still out some pocket money, and I really don't want to spend any money right now.

Still, I'd feel like an ass passing up that price. I'll think about it another day, but I'll probably order it anyway.

Even if I decide I don't want it I suppose someone here will take it off my hands.

If I had money to throw away, I'd jump on that server combo. That's an outrageous deal. Not that I need that powerful a server. My existing Athlon 2000+ more than does the job.