News AMD launches £80 quad core processor

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A very nice system upgrade. Throw in some inexpensive motherboard ram and maybe a more recent videocard with video acceleration and GPU video/audio/processing support for programs like photoshop, videoediting etc and you have a workstation for almost anything for maybe 350 euro!

 

There are now claims that some Athlon II X4s are really Phenom II X4s and can have the level 3 cache unlocked...
http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/showthread.php?t=232654

 

this processor reminds me of that $80 Pentium Dual-Core E2160 that TomsHardware overclocked to 3.4GHz- it performed identically to a ~$180 Core 2 Duo E6750 in several games.

However unlike that, this AMD chip seems to be well-rounded. In the E2160 experiment, when it came to actual work (rendering/compressing), it performed as weak as you'd expect it to- it was no match to any C2D.

 

Thomas Cook only charges me £65 to get $100.

Welcome to rip-off Britain.

 

Rip-off or not when it comes to British prices, it's still a damn site closer to what I want to pay for 4 cores. Performance is perfect for my needs. Probably overkill even.