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AMD Athlon II X4 620, Quad Core, S AM3, 2.6GHz - £71.29 @ Scan


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The cheapest quad core you'll see, great upgrade for those with AM2+ board or good cheap AM3 processor. Pocket rocket quad core processor great value for money for media PC's

AMD Athlon II X4 620, Quad Core, S AM3, 2.6GHz, 2MB Cache, HT 4000MHz, 95W, Retail

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True Multi-Core Processing - The extensive AMD64 architectural optimizations and features enable thorough integration of multiple cores within the same processor, with each core having its own L1 and L2 caches.

AMD Dedicated Multi-Cache - Each core has its own dedicated L2 cache, which enables simultaneous independent core access to L2 cache, eliminating the need for cores to arbitrate for cache access. This helps reduce latency on L2 cache accesses.

AMD Virtualization (AMD-V) Technology - Silicon feature-set enhancements designed to improve the performance, reliability, and security of both existing and future virtualization environments.

AMD PowerNow! 3.0 Technology - The latest power management technologies that deliver performance on demand when you need it, and power savings when you don't.

HyperTransport&traqde; 3.0 Technology - Third-generation HyperTransport technology interface improves performance, supporting transfer speeds up to 4.4GT/s.

Simultaneous 32-bit and 64-bit Computing - AMD64 technology enables a breakthrough approach to 64-bit computing that doubles the number of registers in the processor and allows PC users to use today?s 32-bit software applications while enabling them to also use the next generation of 64-bit applications.

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Call me stupid, but is there actually a difference between am3 and am2+ sockets?
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Call me stupid, but is there actually a difference between am3 and am2+ sockets?
Your stupid

http://lmgtfy.com/?q=difference+between+am2%2B+amd+am3
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So its backwards compatible, brill might get this then.

Oh and no need to take the mick
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I like the deal but i'm more of a Intel minded.
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Can anyone suggest a cheap compatible am2+ or am3 board for this? Just as basic as basic can be
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Your stupid
His stupid what?
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Can anyone suggest a cheap compatible am2+ or am3 board for this? Just as basic as basic can be

what type og mobo you after atx or micro atx ?
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His stupid what?
I HAD to comment on this, love it
Decent find too!
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Didn't you mean to say you're stupid?

Oh the irony

This is a great buy for a quad
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£70 quid for a quad! Bargain!

Some of these can be cache unlocked to full Phenom II from what I've seen around.
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there just seems to be so many deals at the moment its hard to choose what to build
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£70 quid for a quad! Bargain!

Some of these can be cache unlocked to full Phenom II from what I've seen around.
Looks unlikely - Hexus.net examined their sample and found it had no L3 cache memory in existence, so nothing to unlock:
http://www.hexus.net/content/item.php?item=20230&page=2
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NIce price for a quad.

The phenom II x2 550 is looking nice as well for about the same price.

It runs at 3.1ghz so I'm thinking its going to be faster for most day to day computing tasks that aren't multi threaded.

Hmmm decisions, decisions.....
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imafish2002:
Can anyone suggest a cheap compatible am2+ or am3 board for this? Just as basic as basic can be
Computer shopper - Nov 2009

Gigabyte GA-M720-US3 is best budget buy AM2+ (ATX) for £45 from Kikatek.com

Gigabyte GA-MA785GMT-UD2H Best Buy AM3 (Micro ATX) for £69 from Overclock.co.uk
according to the magazine
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