Phenom II X3 or X4

Is the X3 EOL or would it be feasible for a gaming rig to go with the Phenom II X3 720 and take a chance with the unlocked core or just get a X4 and play it safe?

the only thing making me lean toward the X3 is the L3 cache, but i think the x4 has that too now. the benchmark and testing between is fairly positive on the X3 with the unlocked core but like you said it's a 70% chance of working and basically getting a X4 at a X3 price.

The X3 being EOL has nothing to do with it's performance, most of the Phenom II models are EOL, take a look at AMDs latest pricing sheet. The X3 would still make a good gaming chip, but if you need a quad core I would personally just buy one, don't risk it on the gamble.

get the x3, its a gaming rig, itll love the high clocks you can squeeze out of 3 cores

I'm curious as to where you found this statistic.

End of Life

The X3 is the better gaming CPU.

X4 wont give you much of a boost in performance in games.