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AMD Athlon 2 X2 255 3.1GHz Socket AM3

Based on 5 reviews

Excellent:

2
Good:

1
Average:

1
Bad:

1

Pros

Excellent price/performance ratio.
AM3/AM2 compatibility.
Great Overclocker.
DDR3 support.
Efficient 45nm process.
Virtualization Support.
Runs cool.
65W TDP.
Overclock very well (with higher voltage).
Quad core.

Cons

No notable flaws.
Expensive.

By Vortez on November 14, 2010

Another day another great processor from AMD.The 255 is certainly an affordable and easy to clock processor. A 900MHz overclock was certainly not what I'd expected and was a very positive surprise.As you'd expect from a cache limited dual core...

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By Atomic MPC on June 29, 2010

You’d probably be disappointed with this...

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By TechwareLabs on June 28, 2010

For a budget chip, the 255 and 260 perform well. The cutting of the L3 cache is disappointing, but understandable as a means of cutting production costs. The price difference between them is only about $10 and that still puts both of them cheaper...

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By Techworld on June 22, 2010

This low-end CPU isn't that much slower than the Phenom II X6 1090T, except with multithreaded apps, where it's game over....

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By HardwareHeaven on April 19, 2010

AMD is well known for producing a range of good value for money processors which often excel in different areas such as thermal performance and low power draw. Today we are going to look at three...

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By Benchmark Reviews on March 28, 2010

The Athlon-II X2-255 performed very well against our Intel processors. The goal of this article was to find out how viable the Athlon-II X2-255 is as an upgrade option for budget minded users who want to get more out of their computers. Many users...

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By Legit Reviews on February 12, 2010

Outperforming the competition in lightly threaded apps proves the AMD Athlon II X2 255 will be a solid choice if you're likely going to run mainly lightly threaded programs....

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By Bjorn3D on January 26, 2010

The AMD Phenom II X4 910e is an interesting chip. This processor costs about the same as the faster chip with higher power consumption. The 60 watts of power saved by the Phenom II X4 910e may not seem a lot, it will adds up over the lifespan of the...

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By TechReaction.net on January 25, 2010

Chew*, a prominent TechREACTION community member, has used an old Prometeia Mach 1 phase-change cooling system to take a new budget Athlon II X2 255 CPU to it’s limits! Chew* wanted to show what the average user could achieve with this chip, and...

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By ExtremeTech on January 25, 2010

There's no question that AMD's pricing strategy with these five new chips was aggressive and intelligent, with all the CPUs except the Phenom II X4 910e priced below Intel's recent Core i5 and Core i3 offerings. But, at least in our tests,...

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