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AMD Phenom X3 8650
$145.00
Released April, 2008
The Pros:Value - a great compromise between price and performance. Efficient - runs relatively cool with the stock heatsink. A great choice for a budget gaming build - all the processing power you'll need for modern games.
The Cons:Mediocre stock heatsink - it's just a block of aluminum with a fan attached. Aging CPU - becoming hard to find. Not much overclocking potential - comes with a locked multiplier.
The only processor line to utilize 3 cores, the Phenom X3 8650 attempts to strike a balance between number of usable cores and price. In reality a true Phenom X4, the 8650 contains a malfunctioning core which was disabled after manufacture.
Features
- Socket type: AM2+
- HT Speed: 3600MHz
- Core speed: 2.3GHz
- L2 Cache: 512KB x 3
- L3 Cache (shared): 2MB
- Fab process: 65nm
- TDP:95W
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value - a great compromise between price and performance
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efficient - runs relatively cool with the stock heatsink
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a great choice for a budget gaming build - all the processing power you'll need for modern games
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available for less than MSRP online (around $50)
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great for video transcoding - an extra core means faster encoding with most apps
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mediocre stock heatsink - it's just a block of aluminum with a fan attached
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aging CPU - becoming hard to find
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not much overclocking potential - comes with a locked multiplier
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