and yet another Phenom II X2 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819103694
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New AMD Athlon II X2 545 Released
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bomberboysk
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Phenom II X2
The Athlon II is a true Dual core with 2mb. L2.
The Phenom II is a Quad with 2 cores disabled with 6mb. of L3
The Phenom II is a Quad with 2 cores disabled with 6mb. of L3
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aviation_man
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2 cores disabled?
Well sorta.
The Athlon II X2 has 1mb.of L2 on each core for a total of 2. No L3.
The Phenom II X2 has 512kb. of L2 each core and 6mb. of L3.
Other than the cache the core is the same.
On a equal ghz. the Phenom is the better performer. Plus with the Phenom X2 and X3 you have the chance of unlocking the disabled cores with the right board and processor.
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charles624
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Pretty good price 
2048Megabytes
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Interesting new processor. The Phenom II 710 Tri-Core processor at $99 is a better deal than the Athlon II 545 Dual-Core for $89.
If I was going to go with an Athlon II processor I would go with the Athlon II 245 Regor for $68.
If I was going to go with an Athlon II processor I would go with the Athlon II 245 Regor for $68.
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What processing power does the Athlon II 545 Dual-Core Callisto equal when compared to a model of the Core 2 Duo processors? I am guessing it beats the Intel Core 2 Duo E7400 Wolfdale processor by a little bit.
Edit: Oops, I meant Phenom II 545 Callisto Dual-Core not Athlon II 545.
Edit: Oops, I meant Phenom II 545 Callisto Dual-Core not Athlon II 545.
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Yep - when they're making the Phenom II quad core chips - they don't all come out to spec. The ones that don't make specs are binned down to the next level. i.e. Phenom II 955 was top spec - and some CPU's that didn't match the specs - were binned down to Phenom II 945's - etc.
There is also a natural demand as a given price point ( some are willing to pay less for lower clock speed - or fewer cores at a higher clock speed ) for some of the lesser expensive chips that people aren't wiling to pay top dollar - and the mfr shuts down parts of a chip that meets higher specs ( not exactly sure what the mechanism they use is ) to fill the demand at the lower price point.
* You never know why your specific cpu was binned ( to meet demand - or b/c it didn't meet specs )
* It's why some CPU's overclock more than others - even though they are the same make and model.
* This is also why some are able to take a Phenom II dual or triple core - and unlock the cores through their bios on the motherboard.
Intel and AMD both do this with their chips.
bomberboysk
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Performance is roughly similar to the E7x00 core 2 duos.
Price->Performance is a heck of alot better than intel, for the price of say, an E2220 you can get the Phenom II 545. 65nm vs 45nm, plus not being on a dead socket.