We haven't featured AMD processors in our deal posts very often lately, but AMD's new Phenom II X3 720 Black Edition is a special case. As we discovered in our benchmarks, this chip manages to outperform Intel's popular Core 2 Duo E8400 overall despite having a lower price tag. AMD ships this thing with an unlocked upper multiplier, too, which makes overclocking a snap. (We managed to push our sample from the default 2.8GHz to 3.5GHz without much trouble.)
Buy.com currently sells the new triple-core Phenom for $149.99, which is within just $5 of AMD's volume price. By contrast, the cheapest Core 2 Duo E8400 listing on our price search engine is still around $165.
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Buy.com currently sells the new triple-core Phenom for $149.99, which is within just $5 of AMD's volume price. By contrast, the cheapest Core 2 Duo E8400 listing on our price search engine is still around $165.
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My Computer
At a glance
Windows 7 Ultimate Vista Ultimate x64Core 2 Duo E8500 3.16Ghz @ 3.8Ghz2x2Gigs Patriot PC2-6400 LLInno3D GeForce GTX260 216 SP
- Computer Manufacturer/Model Number
- Home Brew
- OS
- Windows 7 Ultimate Vista Ultimate x64
- CPU
- Core 2 Duo E8500 3.16Ghz @ 3.8Ghz
- Motherboard
- eVGA 750i FTW
- Memory
- 2x2Gigs Patriot PC2-6400 LL
- Graphics Card(s)
- Inno3D GeForce GTX260 216 SP
- Monitor(s) Displays
- ASUS VW222U 22" 2ms Response time
- Screen Resolution
- 1680x1050
- Hard Drives
- SATA 150GB
SATA II 250GB
USB IDE 750GB Ext.
- PSU
- HYTEC 600W & Thermaltake 650W Toughpower Power Exp
- Case
- Thermaltake Armor LCS (Liquid Cooling System)
- Cooling
- Liquid Cooling System
- Keyboard
- Logitech G15 Gaming Keyboard
- Mouse
- Logitech G9 Gaming Mouse
