Phenom II X3 in newegg Now .

[salem80]

AMD Phenom II X3 720 2.8GHz Socket AM3 95W
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819103649

AMD Phenom II X3 710 2.6GHz Socket AM3 95W
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819103648

 

[jfurterer]

Benches:
http://benchmarkreviews.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=296&Itemid=63&limit=1&limitstart=4

 

[jfurterer]

For the price it's a hard processor to beat. Also the conclusion in that review is quite "touching" haha. But seriously I think the P2s are a viable choice now for any systems demands.

 

[roofus]

the 720 could easily fit in the recommendation category that the q6600 has been for so long. impressive little chip.

 

[EXT64]

Wow, that is a great deal.

 

[Nik_I]

awww they don't have it on newegg.ca yet....

 

[salem80]

just do some search buddy ..
AMD Phenom II X3 710 2.6GHz
http://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819103648
720 not yet...
but 710 good too.

 

[spathotan]

Good little chips. However the price point isnt there, its almost mindless to buy a X3 720 instead of a X4 920. However I would like to couple one with a new Gigabyte 790X board.

 

[JohnnyLucky]

Wouldn't you have to purchase a new motherboard and memory? That raises the total price.

 

[bonanzaguy]

They fit in to AM2+ boards

 

[JohnnyLucky]

I am a senior citizen and I am growing old disgracefully. Sometimes I forget stuff.

I just went over to the AMD web site. Here's what made me think an AM3 motherboard and DDR3 memory might be required:

A high-bandwidth, low-latency integrated memory controller
Supports PC2-8500 (DDR2-1066); PC2-6400 (DDR2-800), PC2-5300 (DDR2-667), PC2-4200 (DDR2-533) or PC2-3200 (DDR2-400) SDRAM unbuffered DIMMs – AM2+
Support for unregistered DIMMs up to PC2 8500(DDR2-1066MHz) and PC3 10600 (DDR3-1333MHz) – AM3
Up to 17.1GB/s memory bandwidth for DDR2 and up to 21GB/s memory bandwidth for DDR3

 

[psycoshot]

Good little chips. However the price point isnt there, its almost mindless to buy a X3 720 instead of a X4 920. However I would like to couple one with a new Gigabyte 790X board.

In some situations (I can't remember where exactly) the OC 720 beat the OC 920.

The X3 can OC to 3.7-3.7GHz which is pretty awesome. I'm pretty set on getting one of these.

 

[Jpain]

Hello

More Benche, Phenom II X3 720 Black Edition, also AM2+ vs AM3

http://hwt.dk/literaturedetails.aspx?LiteratureID=12774