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If you can unlock any of the Phenom II's cores, it's defiantly the better buy. Even if you don't unlock any, a slight overclock will be beneficial as well. What board do you plan on dropping this into?

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I'm not sure whether to get the Athlon II X4 640 or Phenom II X2 555, the only difference (aside from the number of cores) seems to be the L3 cache. Would I really get any kind of benefit from it? I will only use it for gaming.

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I bet there is but how big is the price difference.

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I bet but how big is the price difference.

The Phenom has 6MB, the Athlon has none.

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well the more immediate difference is the factory number of cores, but l3 comes into play when gaming hence why fx4300 generally beats the 760k in games

 

one is a deneb die one is propus, propus is deneb with lasered off l3 ;)

 

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Higher TDP with the Athlon.

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If you can unlock any of the Phenom II's cores, it's defiantly the better buy. Even if you don't unlock any, a slight overclock will be beneficial as well. What board do you plan on dropping this into?

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If you can unlock any of the Phenom II's cores, it's defiantly the better buy. Even if you don't unlock any, a slight overclock will be beneficial as well. What board do you plan on dropping this into?

Gigabyte 78LMT-S2. I will buy the Phenom then.

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Wow, reminds me of old good times when you can unlock locked cores on those Phenom II CPUs, love it.

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Wow, reminds me of old good times when you can unlock locked cores on those Phenom II CPUs, love it.

Those times are not over, I still live in the age of K10.

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just save up money for an AMD Athlon x4 760K, iit costs 75€ ....

Dude. I'm on AM3.

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Gigabyte 78LMT-S2. I will buy the Phenom then.

Reports show that board can unlock cores, tho personally I wouldn't overclock on it due to its weak 3+1 phase VRM. Really you're playing the lottery, if you can unlock all four cores then you hit the jackpot. Hopefully you can at least unlock one core for a Phenom II x3.

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Reports show that board can unlock cores, tho personally I wouldn't overclock on it due to its weak 3+1 phase VRM. Really you're playing the lottery, if you can unlock all four cores then you hit the jackpot. Hopefully you can at least unlock one core for a Phenom II x3.

Okay, will give it a try, thanks.

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fx 8320

oh wait thats am3+

sorry

It's okay. AMD sockets can be confusing.

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try to get an athlon II X4 645

he's just established the phenom is the better buy :P

 

but @Speedbird phenom is a good choice, a lot of ebay sellers will tell you if the cores unlocked or not (and usually charge a bit of a premium... better than lottery though).

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he's just established the phenom is the better buy :P

 

but @Speedbird phenom is a good choice, a lot of ebay sellers will tell you if the cores unlocked or not (and usually charge a bit of a premium... better than lottery though).

dont know much about that doe :)

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