News - AMD issues Phenom price cuts, quad-core parts going cheap

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AMD has slashed prices across its range of tri-core Phenom X3 and quad-core Phenom X4 processors.

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I saw Scan had some Phenoms on today only yesterday. Prices seem good for UK. If I remember it was something like £115 for the 9950 black edition.

How does the Phenoms compare alongside the Intel counterparts?

Clock for clock they're pretty good from the limited bits I have read. It's just when you start overclocking, intel are clearly a lot better.

Good article here
http://www.anandtech.com/cpuchipsets...px?i=3272&p=14

hexus one too
http://www.hexus.net/content/item.ph...&search=phenom

I wonder how long it would be till the price drops take effect on e-tailers?
I hope it would come before I get a new build :crazy: