The early running
It's been about a week since AMD officially launched its new family of CPUs: the Phenom II, so we thought we'd have a look at UK pricing and availability.
Unable to compete with Intel in the upper echelons of CPU performance, AMD is focusing on price/performance as one of the key selling points of its CPUs. As a consequence it's vital that its new Phenom II processors are priced competitively.
In the table below we've had a look at what the two new AMD CPUs cost at a selection of UK etailers. As their worth will inevitably be assessed in comparison to equivalently priced Intel processors, we've included three of those too.
We'll keep an eye on these prices as it's been predicted that Intel is going to drop some prices this weekend and if this does happen, AMD may well follow suit.
| etailer | Product | Availability | Price (inc. VAT) |
|---|---|---|---|
| SCAN.co.uk | Phenom II X4 940 BE |
In stock | £220.73 |
| Phenom II X4 920 |
In stock | £189.74 | |
| Core i7 920 |
In stock | £240.55 | |
| Q9400 | Pre-order | £195.47 | |
| Q8300 |
In stock | £183.99 | |
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| ebuyer.com | Phenom II X4 940 BE |
In stock | £229.99 |
| Phenom II X4 920 |
In stock | £197.95 | |
| Core i7 920 |
In stock | £239.99 | |
| Q9400 | In stock | £225.95 | |
| Q8300 |
Not listed |
- | |
| dabs.com | Phenom II X4 940 BE |
In stock | £218.76 |
| Phenom II X4 920 |
In stock | £186.24 | |
| Core i7 920 |
In stock | £239.99 | |
| Q9400 | Not listed |
£202.16 | |
| Q8300 |
Not listed |
£183.99 | |
| yoyotech.co.uk | Phenom II X4 940 BE |
In stock | £230.23 |
| Phenom II X4 920 |
In stock | £196.08 | |
| Core i7 920 |
In stock | £243.98 | |
| Q9400 | In stock | £209.45 | |
| Q8300 |
Not listed |
- | |
Update - 10:00, 19th January 2009. As predicted: Intel drops prices of quad core CPUs by up to 40%
