New AMD Athlon II & AMD Phenom II CPUs Unveiled

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AMD have unveiled a new range of CPUs in its Athlon II and Phenom II range of processors consisting of three new AMD Athlon II CPUs (namely the Athlon II X2 255, Athlon II X3 440 and Athlon II X4 635) and two new AMD Phenom II CPUs (namely the Phenom II X2 555 Black Edition and Phenom II X4 940e).

The new range of AMD processors, which are priced pretty competitively, are obviously aimed at those looking for budget priced Windows 7 systems and, accordingly, the most expensive CPU on offer in the new range tops at just $169 (Phenom II X4 940e ) whilst the cheapest, the Athlon II X2 255, comes in at just $74 – though it should be stated that these prices are based in bulk ordering so you can expect them to be somewhat higher if you’re looking to buy ‘off the shelf’.

In terms of clock speeds, the aforementioned $74 65W Athlon II X2 255 offers up 1GHz which is followed up by the 90W 3GHz AMD Athlon II X3 440 and the 95W 2.9GHz AMD Athlon II X4 635 whilst, in terms of the new Phonom II’s you’re looking at clock speeds of 3.2GHz and 2.6GHz for the 80W Phenom II X2 555 and the 65W AMD Phenom II X4 910e respectively.

Interestingly, and for some unknown reason (which probably boils down to creating consumer interest alone) only the Phenom II X2 555 is labelled as being a Black Edition CPU – make of that what you will.