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AMD Athlon II X2 250
$100.00
Released June, 2009
The Pros:Receptive to some overclocking, can add about 0.4GHz to stock speed. Inexpensive for the 3.0GHz stock clock speed and two cores. Ideal budget replacement for single-core systems.
The Cons:Included fan has a high pitched drone when under heavy load. Does not feature any hyperthreading like many competing/higher priced models.
The Athlon II X2 250 is a dual-core processor from AMD, based on the company's Phenom processors. It is designed to work best with Windows 7. It also has entry-level pricing and is supposed to be up to 50% more efficient than previous-generation Athlon II's during most tasks, which helps reduce heat and noise output as a byproduct.
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It operates with simultaneous 32- and 64- bit processing and has 2MB of L2 cache and 65W thermal design power. It uses AMD's socket AM3 and supports DDR2 and DDR3 RAM, and overall the chip has a 3.0GHz processing frequency.
Features
- Released June 2009
- Dual-core, 3.0GHz processing
- Optimal with Windows 7 and with other AMD platforms
- AMD 64 technology, simultaneous 32- and 64- bit processing
- More efficient than previous Athlon II line, up to 50%
- Quiet
- Compatible with DDR2 and DDR3 RAM
- 2MB L2 cache
- 45 nm SOI CMOS
- 65W TPD
- 16bit/16bit HyperTransport, up to 4.0GHz total
- Socket AM3
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Receptive to some overclocking, can add about 0.4GHz to stock speed
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Inexpensive for the 3.0GHz stock clock speed and two cores
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Ideal budget replacement for single-core systems
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Low power consumption, tends to work much lower than rating
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Remains cool even under heavy demand, coolers work effectively
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Included fan has a high pitched drone when under heavy load
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Does not feature any hyperthreading like many competing/higher priced models
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