From the presented in the beginning of this month AMD desktop processor socket AM3 almost half was intended for OEM- market; therefore, in the official Price- list we do not see them.
We start from Asus company many of its motherboard are ready to work with the processors phenom II X4 820 (2.8 GHz) and Phenom II X3 740 (3.0 GHz). Both are based on C2 stepping, the first has four core and 4 mb cache in the third level, the second has three core and 6 mb cache in the third level. Actually, both processors are released on some four core crystals, simply AMD blocks either the part of cache or one of the cores. Sometimes it is possible to unlock them via bios.
Note that the processor phenom II X3 740 relate to the family black edition, and it will be equipped with free multiplier.
Analogous tables on MSI site a low to learn, that both processors have a TDP level not more than 95 W. MSI also mentioned the dual core processors Athlon II X2 240 (2.8 GHz) and Athlon II X2 245 (2.9 GHz). They are based on the monolithic dual core crystal regor with 2 X 1 mb cache in the second level. Their announcement is planned for the third quarter, or they are intended for the OEM- market. Related Products :
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