Perhaps feeling the heat from Sandy Bridge, AMD has gone ahead with new price-cuts on some of its quad a hex-core chips. The 955 BE, 965 BE and 970 BE have seen a $10 drop in price, but the real hoopla is on the 6-core Phenom II range:

The 1055T price was slashed to $175 down from $199, while the 1090T saw a decent $30 cut. Usually retailing for $235, a Phenom II 1090T can be yours for only $205.

With Bulldozer set for a release some time this year, these prices may come down even more in the coming months, but as it stands you can get a pretty meaty hex-core processor for under $200. This is jaw-dropping when you consider Intel’s hex-core i7 980x still retails for $999.

Source: AMD

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