gaming pcs with core 2 duo 2.4 ghz or athlon x2 2.7 ghz

There’s 2MB of this which is shared across both cores. There is 512KB of L2 cache per core for a total of 1MB (as this is a dual core processor) and there’s also an extra layer of cache, aptly named 元. The Athlon X2 7750 Black Edition has a clock speed of 2.7GHz and sells for around £80inc VAT while the 2.5GHz Athlon X2 7550 is an OEM model that will end up inside budget PCs. The transistor count has climbed to 450 million, just like the Phenom X3 8750 we used as a comparison in our testing, and the TDP is also the same, at 95W. Names are relatively trivial but the hardware is important and the specification of Athlon X2 owes everything to Phenom. In effect this makes Athlon X2 a continuation of the Phenom series but instead of calling the new processor Phenom X2 AMD has chosen to continue the well established Athlon name, though the ’64’ suffix of previous Athlons has now disappeared.

So here we are with a new dual-core processor but it has very little in common with the Athlon 64 X2 as it is built on Phenom technology. To make matters worse it was clear that AMD’s K8 technology was at its limits as the potential for overclocking was non-existent. This was a 3.2GHz 6400+ model built on a 90nm fabrication process and it drew 1.4V to break the 3GHz mark with the result that it had a TDP of 125W – that’s horribly toasty for a relatively lowly dual-core processor. We last reviewed a dual core Athlon 64 X2 more than a year ago.

AMD just launched a pair of dual-core Socket AM2+ processors, which may sound like dull news in these days of quad-core CPU power but stick with us as there’s a tale worth telling…

Gaming pcs with core 2 duo 2.4 ghz or athlon x2 2.7 ghz