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[Fatboy]

AMD Athlon II X2 Dual Core 250 3.00GHz (Socket AM3) - Retail

AMD Athlon II Dual-Core processors put the power of dual-core technology on the desktop. Dual-core processors contain two processing cores, residing on one chip, that perform calculations on two streams of data to increase efficiency and speed while running multiple programs and the new generation of multi-threaded software. AMD Athlon II Dual-Core processors deliver TRUE multi-tasking, allowing users to switch from one program to another without always pausing for the computer to catch up and reducing annoying processing pauses.

- Dual-core Technology
- 3.00Ghz clock speed (AM3 Socket)
- Multiplier unlocked
- 2.0MB L2 Cache
- Cool & Quiet Technology for Energy Efficiency
- Enhanced Virus Protection
- 64-bit Technology
- Hyper Transport Technology
- Virtualization technology
- 3yr Warranty
- Retail Boxed with Heatsink & Fan

Only £59.00 inc VAT
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[Fatboy]

AMD Athlon II X2 Dual Core 245 2.90GHz (Socket AM3) - Retail

AMD Athlon II Dual-Core processors put the power of dual-core technology on the desktop. Dual-core processors contain two processing cores, residing on one chip, that perform calculations on two streams of data to increase efficiency and speed while running multiple programs and the new generation of multi-threaded software. AMD Athlon II Dual-Core processors deliver TRUE multi-tasking, allowing users to switch from one program to another without always pausing for the computer to catch up and reducing annoying processing pauses.

- Dual-core Technology
- 2.90Ghz clock speed (AM3 Socket)
- Multiplier unlocked
- 2.0MB L2 Cache
- Cool & Quiet Technology for Energy Efficiency
- Enhanced Virus Protection
- 64-bit Technology
- Hyper Transport Technology
- Virtualization technology
- 3yr Warranty
- Retail Boxed with Heatsink & Fan

Only £50.99 inc VAT
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[Fatboy]

AMD Athlon II X2 Dual Core 240 2.80GHz (Socket AM3) - Retail

AMD Athlon II Dual-Core processors put the power of dual-core technology on the desktop. Dual-core processors contain two processing cores, residing on one chip, that perform calculations on two streams of data to increase efficiency and speed while running multiple programs and the new generation of multi-threaded software. AMD Athlon II Dual-Core processors deliver TRUE multi-tasking, allowing users to switch from one program to another without always pausing for the computer to catch up and reducing annoying processing pauses.

- Dual-core Technology
- 2.8Ghz clock speed (AM3 Socket)
- Multiplier unlocked
- 2.0MB L2 Cache
- Cool & Quiet Technology for Energy Efficiency
- Enhanced Virus Protection
- 64-bit Technology
- Hyper Transport Technology
- Virtualization technology
- 3yr Warranty
- Retail Boxed with Heatsink & Fan

Only £45.99 inc VAT
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[DragonQ]

Yay for the return of the Athlon!

I've read that they re-instated the ability to run mutliple cores at different voltages and speeds that they removed in the Phenom II - but this time they're gonna make sure it's implemented correctly. So if you have an old motherboard that no longer receives BIOS updates, you'd have to run these without Cool 'N Quiet enabled in order to get maximum performance, which is kinda rubbish. :/

 

[Fatboy]

 

[Iraklis F.C.]

temps @ 4ghz??

 

[rjk]

it was around 45'c but that was on water

they are just like the phenoms, they dont like heat at all [hence the low voltage i used to get 4ghz]

i ran 32m wPrime and it got to just under 50'c

please note - the reason the screenie is rejected is because i was using a Beta BIOS from asus in order to run the TWKR chip

also the 240 is not valid on the database yet [well that was the reason i got emailed to me]

 

[Conscept]

it was around 45'c but that was on water

they are just like the phenoms, they dont like heat at all [hence the low voltage i used to get 4ghz]

i ran 32m wPrime and it got to just under 50'c

please note - the reason the screenie is rejected is because i was using a Beta BIOS from asus in order to run the TWKR chip

also the 240 is not valid on the database yet [well that was the reason i got emailed to me]

So what do you reckon I could get using air cooling in a normal Coolermaster 335 case. I'm running a 7850 x2 @ 3.0ghz atm is it worth upgrading?

 

[Iraklis F.C.]

if it is 50 @ load with water then i assume it could reach 60-65 depending the HSF

 

[tdream]

Any energy efficient versions out?

 

[rjk]

tbh the water i used was only equivalent in performance to a titan fenrir

you would get similar temperatures using one of them [or similar]