AMD Phenom X3 8450 2.1GHz Socket AM2+

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AMD Phenom X3 8450 2.1GHz Socket AM2+
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The Phenom X3 is certainly an interesting proposition, there should be no question about that. The problem arises when trying to determine if they are really worth the asking price, or if they bring the correct amount of value to users, or finally if...

By TechSpot on
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AMD's Phenom range has expanded a great deal since our processor Labs last year, from the triple-core Phenom X3 8450, which costs just £72, to the powerful and versatile 2.6GHz Phenom X4 9950 Black Edition. Each core of a Phenom processor has...

By Expert Reviews on
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AMD hoped that its line of triple-core processors, the Phenom X3 series, would compete with Intels Core 2 Duo range of a dual-core CPUs.This is the slowest member of the X3 family we tested, at 2.1 GHz, and we found it to be around 15% slower than...

By DigitalVersus on
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A great new mid-range CPU - and the price is right too....

By PC Pro on

The main idea of this article has originated from the assumption that our total score really reflects average performance, and that it can be used for rough estimates. We selected Intels processors for their performance, not for any architectural,...

By iXBT Labs on

It has been a while since a real innovation was seen in the processor scene. Everything was just a little improvement of the previous generation, everything was predictable. Until a month or two ago, when we received a little pdf file containing the...

By MadShrimps on

A three-core processor is a little bit oddball, but Ive made peace with the concept. For multitasking or more parallelizable workloads like image and video processing, choosing three lower speed execution cores over two higher performance ones might...

By The Tech Report on

Four core processors followed hot on the heels of the dual core, and now there are even three core models. For the uninitiated, this begs the question, how are the CPU units placed physically. The explanation: In principle, it is a Barcelona core with...

By Tom's Hardware UK on
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Des modèles qui peuvent être intéressants si vous les utilisez dans des conditions très précises. Néanmoins, les performances ne sont vraiment pas homogènes et doivent être analysées en fonction de votre...

International Review By Les Numériques on

CPU-Schnäppchen: Gerade einmal 75 Euro kostet AMDs Dreikern-Prozessor Phenom X3 8450. Wir prüfen, wie effizient die 2,1-GHz-CPU Energie in Rechenleistung umsetzt und ob sie ihr Geld auch wert ist. Billig, aber auch gut? AMD Phenom X3 8450...

International Review By PC-Welt.de on