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AMD B3 Phenom X4 & X3 Pricing Compared

Written by Visionary and filed under News > Processors
Published on March 27, 2008, 7:44 pm

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AMD has finally launched the B3-step Phenom processors today with quad-core Phenom X4 9850, 9750, 9650, 9550 and 9100e as well as tri-core Phenom X3 8600 and 8400. The highest speed Phenom X4 9850 at 2.5GHz will only cost $235 while the lowest speed Phenom X4 9100e at 1.8GHz costs $199 while the rest of the X4 SKUs lie between the price range. In comparison, X4 9850 will compete against Core 2 Quad Q9300 and Q6600 both priced at $266. And after the Intel's price cut on 20th April, the 9850 will compete against the Q6700 has its price cut from $530 to $266 while Q6600 is lowered to $224. Phenom X3 will take aim at Intel Core 2 Duo family since Intel has no tri-core offerings yet so X3 8600 and 8400 at $175 and $149 respectively will compete directly with E8400 and E8200 at $183 and $163 respectively. Read More >>

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Comment by: FatalethaL on 30-Mar-2008 11:13 pm

i hope i can see it in SLS, esp the 9800

Comment by: ff7ff8 on 28-Mar-2008 10:04 am

Interesting...
I hope there is a Black Edition for tri core