News - AMD bolsters budget CPU line with new Phenom and Athlon additions

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Chip giant's fastest dual-core Phenom processor hits retail priced at just $99.

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Sounds nice, AMD seem to be trying to keep the sub £100 niche theirs untill they have a more competitive product in the higher end.

And thats exactly what they should be doing really, theres more sales and overall profit in mid to low range sales than there is in the high end.

Im hoping AMD's new bulldozer chips are great when they come out, might persuade me to change from my e8400 to it!.

Really disappointed that the new AMD boards don't seem to support USB3 as standard though?

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Originally Posted by db298

Really disappointed that the new AMD boards don't seem to support USB3 as standard though?

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There haven't been any new chipsets from AMD lately, so I would not expect any standardised boards untill the chipsets are updated.