Although AMD was at a disadvantage in its several recent battles with Intel, AMD is still the king of cost performance. Below is AMD's latest CPU price cut list, and we hope that cnBeta can provide its visitors who plan to buy computers recently with some reference. The new prices have been effective since January 7. The per thousand unit prices of both Black Box Phenom 9600 and its normal version have dropped from $283 to $251, and those of 9500 have been adjusted from $251 to $209. In terms of Athlon 64 X2, the Black Box Edition of 3.2GHz 6400+ has been reduced from $220 to $178, and the Black Box Edition of 5000+ has been adjusted from $136 to $104.