News - Unannounced AMD Athlon II X3 features unlockable fourth core

[HEXUS]

AMD's rumoured to be launching its new Athlon series later this year, and tri-core variants might feature a usable fourth core.

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[scaryjim]

Given the large amount of cache on Phenom IIs, I can't see an Athlon II X4 costing more than a Phenom II X3 (that simply wouldn't make sense), so does this mean quad core is coming to the budget market? Athlon II X4 for less than £100? Yowzers!