Compaq SR1610NX (Sempron 3200 Socket 939, x64) $199 AR (50+110) CompUSA Sunday B&M

[j1huynh]

Quote from redsolar : Thanks FatFishJeff1 CompUSA will have starting Sunday, January 1, 2006 Compaq SR1610NX [compusa.com] for $199 after $50 CompUSA and $110 HP rebate. In-store only. I personally got this baby up and running from the OD deal a few days ago. Nice machine, Sempron is Palermo core, overclocks easily to 220FSB (1980 MHZ from 1800) using ClockGen [afsrc=1&url=http]. That's as far as it would go, since that's the software limitation in this case. Slot is full PCIe x16 - did not have a chance to test it yet, waiting for the X800 from yesterday's Dell deal. It's a Socket 939, x86_64 PC, with SSE3 support. The CPU supports dual channel memory (banks 1-2 and 3-4). The chipset is Radeon Express 200 IGP, which has a 2-pipe DirectX 9 class video card onboard (VGA only). The video card is nothing too exciting, but decent for many games, the only drawback is - it uses shared memory, so it will get replaced with the X800 I ordered from Dell last night. Limit 1 per person. I am not sure if the HP rebate would fly if you got one from OD too.

Do I need to get in line for this? =(

[jehnidiah]

Any way of making this work out for the OD computer deal a few days ago?

[redsolar]

Quote from jehnidiah : Any way of making this work out for the OD computer deal a few days ago?

Meaning ?

[gigemags]

The Compaq sr1610nx looks too good to be true. I have not heard of a 939-pin Sempron and did some searching on AMD, PW, and HP sites. The most I could come up with is a Sempron64 which is sold by ChiefValue; however AMD does not list a Sempron64 processor line nor a Sempron with a 939-pin out. Also wondered if this PC also supported SATA but could find nothing from the HP site. Can someone shed light on the 939 Sempron and is SATA support included in this sr1610nx PC?

[steaksauce]

Quote from gigemags : The Compaq sr1610nx looks too good to be true. I have not heard of a 939-pin Sempron and did some searching on AMD, PW, and HP sites. The most I could come up with is a Sempron64 which is sold by ChiefValue; however AMD does not list a Sempron64 processor line nor a Sempron with a 939-pin out. Also wondered if this PC also supported SATA but could find nothing from the HP site. Can someone shed light on the 939 Sempron and is SATA support included in this sr1610nx PC?

Never heard of a 939 Sempron 'til this point either.

Yeah, this should be a 754 Sempron with 256 L2 Cache, regardless, this is a nice system for cheap!

[jehnidiah]

Quote from redsolar : Meaning ?

Meaning: This same computer was selling for more money AR at Office Depot a few days ago. I am wondering if there is any way of having them make up the difference in price now that this one a CompUSA is cheaper.

[redsolar]

Quote from gigemags : The Compaq sr1610nx looks too good to be true. I have not heard of a 939-pin Sempron and did some searching on AMD, PW, and HP sites. The most I could come up with is a Sempron64 which is sold by ChiefValue; however AMD does not list a Sempron64 processor line nor a Sempron with a 939-pin out. Also wondered if this PC also supported SATA but could find nothing from the HP site. Can someone shed light on the 939 Sempron and is SATA support included in this sr1610nx PC?

Did you even read the OP?

Quote from redsolar : I personally got this baby up and running from the OD deal a few days ago. Nice machine, Sempron is Palermo core, overclocks easily to 220FSB (1980 MHZ from 1800) using ClockGen. That's as far as it would go, since that's the software limitation in this case. Slot is full PCIe x16 - did not have a chance to test it yet, waiting for the X800 from yesterday's Dell deal. It's a Socket 939, x86_64 PC, with SSE3 support. The CPU supports dual channel memory (banks 1-2 and 3-4). The chipset is Radeon Express 200 IGP, which has a 2-pipe DirectX 9 class video card onboard (VGA only). The video card is nothing too exciting, but decent for many games, the only drawback is - it uses shared memory, so it will get replaced with the X800 I ordered from Dell last night.

I have this PC sitting on my desk right now - believe me, I know what a Socket 939 and PCIe is.

Yes, it has 2 SATA ports, they are non-RAID though. It has 2 IDE ports as well. 3 PCI slots, 1 x16 PCIe slot. As already stated, it supports dual channel RAM being a S939 CPU with a Palermo core.

Socket 939 Sempron64s are at this point OEM only, sold to companies like HP/Compaq and eMachines that I know of. In essence they are Athlon 64s, only with half the cache. Extremely overclockable too, I wish Clockgen would not limit you to 10% of the FSB - but 1980 is still better than 1800 MHz with absolutely zero temperature change .

[redsolar]

Quote from jehnidiah : Meaning: This same computer was selling for more money AR at Office Depot a few days ago. I am wondering if there is any way of having them make up the difference in price now that this one a CompUSA is cheaper.

I picked it up at OD for $249 - $50 rebate (199 + tax). I fail to see how that is more $$ . However, if you purchased it for more than $359, which it will sell for tomorrow out-the-door, you can probably try and price match. Depends on how long ago it was.

[renegade]

wheres the hp rebate? any ad? is it in local circuit city adS?

[steaksauce]

There are socket 939 Semprons, this is just brand new that's why we haven't heard of them yet. We should never question Redsolar when it comes to computers.

[The Raddish]

Quote from steaksauce : We should never question Redsolar when it comes to computers.

What, are you kidding me? Redsolar doesn't know anything about computers!!

[Braveheart]

Quote from steaksauce : We should never question Redsolar when it comes to computers.

But what a Gluteus Maximus Lip Massager!

[ProtocolOH]

Quote from redsolar : Socket 939 Sempron64s are at this point OEM only, sold to companies like HP/Compaq and eMachines that I know of. In essence they are Athlon 64s, only with half the cache.

Ah, OK, that's why I've never seen Socket 939 Semprons at NewEgg, then.

[momofmore]

Okay bought 4 desktops pver christmas and gave them all away. I cannot find anyone else to give these to. I already have 2 (I dont know why.....) Stop the madness I say,.......