AMD Athlon 64 X2 5400+ - 2.8 GHz, Cache L2 1 MB Socket AM2 (box-version) Expert Reviews

At the beginning of this year, AMD introduced their Phenom II X4 platform. Although at the launch they had only released two processors under this platform, but over the next several months AMD had achieved many milestones in the development of their ...

What does this mean for you? Let's say that you have an AMD Phenom or Athlon processors with DDR2 memory and want to upgrade your computer, but you can't afford the entire computer now. Well you can purchase one of these new AMD Phenom II processors ...

Today I will be looking at my first triple core processor, the AMD Phenom II X3 720 Black Edition. It has been around about six months now, and the price has dropped a fair amount, making this CPU a definite consideration for an economy rig. With ...

AM3 gives capability of using DDR3 memory ; Performance not far behind the much more expensive X4 940 ; Easily attained a 25% overclock ; Only $119

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Of course the GTX 260 coupled with the i7 blew away the Phenom II X3 720 in every gaming test. The X3 720 showed a distinct bottleneck holding back the GTX 260 from its full FPS potential. But again, keep in mind that the i7 system easily costs twice ...

AMD's quad core Phenom II line-up continues on with the 3.2GHz clocked Black Edition 955. Let's see how well it shines on our test bed today. Introduction

Phenom II is growing in numbers with AMD still having no end in sight for the K10 architecture. While Phenom II is not the juggernaut that the market had really hoped for, K10 does have its place as an alternative to a high priced Intel processor. ...

AMD ramps things up with the 3.4GHz clocked Phenom II 965 processor; flagship of the AMD desktop fleet. Introduction

AMD's strategy to keep their processors alive by undercutting the competition in the price market and making it up on volume is still working well for them. So far AMD Phenom II has already been accepted as the alternative to a high priced quad core ...

Back in June 2009, AMD silently launched a pair of energy efficient 65W TDP processors that didn't get that much attention from the press for some reason. Those two socket AM3 processors are called the AMD Phenom II X3 705e and Phenom II X4 905e. Read ...

Memory transfers get faster than ever. HyperTransport Generation 3.0 mode allows up to 16.0GB/s of bandwidth. Up to 17.1GB/s memory bandwidth for DDR2 delivers an amazing 33.1GB/s of processor-to-system bandwidth. This unprecedented bandwidth is ...

The AMD Phenom II X4 955 Black Edition processor is a 3.20GHz quad-core processor with 6MB of L3 cache and support for socket AM3 motherboards. This is the fastest quad-core processor every released by AMD and retails for just $245. Read on to see how ...

The AMD Phenom II X4 955 Black Edition is the fastest desktop processor in AMD's aresnal and rightly so, as it supports socket AM3 technology and a 3.2GHz clock frequency

With the release of AMD's Phenom II X4 955 Black Edition and 945 processors, they now have a CPU deserving of its AM3 socket and usage of DDR3 memory. It even overclocks to 3.9GHz on air-cooling. Find out if AMD's flagship processor can tease the Core ...

. Even at an overclocking angle, the cost differential is better used to get a higher clocked Phenom II processor instead

AMD is shipping its first socket AM3 CPUs, and the memory controller in them can support DDR3 memory. So now that the company has processors supporting higher-bandwidth memory, they'll be screamers, right? Wrong. They're cut-down Phenom II X4s and a ...

Reasonably priced. True quad core. Well integrated with AMD's platform technology

Entry-level performance. Poor performance on digital photography benchmarks

AMD's long anticipated move to socket AM3 is finally here, but it disappoints somewhat with reduced cache sizes and clock rates as well as entry-level performance. The price is right, though.

Review: Slower Phenom II X4 for the DDR3 platform Today begins the era of DDR3 for AMD. Unfortunately, not all boards are ready yet, so we had no choice but to test it with a DDR2 board. The good news is that the new Phenom II X4 810's memory ...

If you want a future proof CPU, get yourself an Phenom II 810, as it will work well with your future DDR3 motherboard. On the other hand, if you simply want a CPU with more cache and better overall spec, then the Phenom II 920 at the same price might ...