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AMD Athlon 2 X2 260 3.2GHz Socket AM3

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Pros

Excellent price/performance ratio, AM3/AM2 compatibility, Great Overclocker, DDR3 support, Efficient 45nm process, Virtualization Support.

Cons

No notable flaws

Reviews

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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 Benchmark Reviews on June 06, 2010

The Athlon-II X2-260 ADX260OCK23GM performed very well against its predecessor, the Athlon-II X2-255. When overclocked to 3.6GHz the performance improved quite a bit, and even outpaced a stock X3-445 in many multi-threaded operations. When it comes...

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By Legit Reviews on May 18, 2010

Performance, Price, only seventy six little bucks, and capable of breaking the 4GHz barrier while overclocking on air! What more could you want out of a chip aimed at the budget orientated crowd!...

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By PCPer on May 17, 2010

Groundbreaking? No. Unprecedented? Not even close. A nice increase in performance all the while pushing prices down? Definitely. Things can get a bit crowded on a m-ATX motherboard with full size video cards. AMD is milking the Athlon...

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By Présence PC on July 06, 2010

Après avoir réuni sept des processeurs les plus attractifs à moins de 150 euros, nous avons donc voulu voir quel modèle offrait le meilleur rapport performances/prix, mais aussi l’écart de performances entre les premiers prix de notre sélection (80...

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By CHW on May 12, 2010

A pesar de que aún no podemos tomar una conclusión definitiva ya que tenemos pendiente el apartado de overclock, es posible decir que AMD renueva buena sangre sus líneas Athlon II, con cuatro procesadores orientados a diferentes mercados...

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