Wow.
I just cross-referenced that price at my supplier, and the retail here is $975 bucks Canadian.
I just built an Athlon64 x2 XP3800+ system for a big-budget type, wealthy guy who wanted a leading-edge system. It was sweet system, with 2GB OCZ memory on ABit mobo.
His 3800 x2 was $400 bucks CDN (compared to a nice XP3000+ for $155.)
You are gonna pay BIG though, for that 4800 x2... look, it's 2.5 times the price of 3800 x2 :^(
That's harsh man - it's too new. Its price will plunge in coming months...
My advice? Honestly, for most people the XP3000+ for like $130 bucks U.S. LoL ;^) is a lotta performance for the money.
The 3800 x2 I built was extremely fast and is very reasonably priced, less than Pentium D-840 which it outperforms.
But if you want gnarly 4800 x2 CPU, you will need sweet 500w PS and good memory - and I recommend ABit motherboards like this one:
http://www.abit-usa.com/products/mb/techspec.php?categories=1&mod... L8R
Studio Comp: AMD Athlon XP 3200+ OC ~ 2.35GHz runs at 40 celcius idle and 48 under stress (aerocool GT1000 really works!), Asrock K7VT4A , 1024MB Dual Channel DDR 400, MSI Nvidia FX5200 128MB OC ~ 600MHz mem 350MHz core,80GB SATA + 200GB SATA + 120GB IDE, 7.1 Channel Soundblaster Audigy 2 Platinum EX sound and midi interface. 19" Sony SDM-HS95 TFT monitor - sweeet
Comp2: AMD Sempron 2400+ OC ~ 2.0GHz (Stable), Asrock K7S41GX, 512MB DDR 333, Onboard Graphics, 40GB Maxtor IDE
set of monitors on the way soon :P
Google is your friend... WorkComp: LAPTOP, intel celeron D 2.4GHz, 256MB DDR, 20GB hd. NO SCREEN IT WAS SAWN OFF :S (bag of crap)
