wbmw,
Wouldn't this be the case if online vendors were full of stock and stopped ordering new parts?
I am not sure I understand your comment.
Mike's data shows distributors' stock and orders. Some / many / most of the online vendors get their processors from the same distributors...
BTW, the distributors show healthy orders for X2 parts, just nothing in stock. The first thing I would guess is that AMD has trouble delivering enough of these X2 parts. Anyway, end of September through end of November should naturally be the leanest months - inventory-wise.
But online vendors seem to have all mainstreem X2 processors in stock, 5000 is rare (and marked up), 5200 is non-existent (probably outside of the boutique vendors).
Joe
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