Looks like the entire athlon2 has recieved a refresh on the c3 sillicon with a 100mhz bump to boot.These will replace the current price points so there may be some bargain old athlon deals to be had
http://www.tomshardware.co.uk/athlon-ii-x2-260-athlon-ii-x3-445,review-31893.html
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