AMD Phenom II X4 975 BE & 840 Quad-Core Processors Reviewed

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EXTREME Overclocking has just reviewed the AMD Phenom II X4 975 BE & 840 Quad-Core Processors

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Today AMD is releasing two new processors for the main-stream market. First up is a new top-end quad-core, the 3.6 GHz Phenom II X4 975 Black Edition. The X4 975 BE is simply a 100 MHz speed bump over the already familiar X4 970 BE with no other design changes. The second new processor is a budget quad-core, the 3.2 GHz Phenom II X4 840. Previously the 8xx series chips have had 4MB of L3 cache instead of the traditional 6MB, but this new X4 840 is a little different.

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