Tuesday, October 20th 2009
AMD Expands Athlon II Series Processor Lineup
AMD expanded its value processor lineup under the Athlon II banner, with as many as eight new models. The list includes energy-efficient quad-core models, inexpensive triple-core ones, and budget dual-core offerings. All models are based on socket AM3, and are compatible with AM2(+) sockets. The dual-channel memory controllers on these chips support both DDR2 and DDR3 memory standards. This expansion clearly demarcates the target market of the Athlon II series: sub $150.
The quad-core Athlon II X4 parts are based on the Propus die, which has 512 KB of dedicated L2 cache per core, and a HyperTransport 4.0 GT/s system interface. The new Athlon II X3 triple-core models are most likely produced by disabling one of the four cores on the Propus die. The energy efficient Athlon II parts come with the "e" suffix for the model number, and offer lower rated TDP. Following are the details of these new parts:
The quad-core Athlon II X4 parts are based on the Propus die, which has 512 KB of dedicated L2 cache per core, and a HyperTransport 4.0 GT/s system interface. The new Athlon II X3 triple-core models are most likely produced by disabling one of the four cores on the Propus die. The energy efficient Athlon II parts come with the "e" suffix for the model number, and offer lower rated TDP. Following are the details of these new parts:
- Athlon II X2 235e: 2.70 GHz, 2 MB (2 x 1 MB) L2 cache, 45W TDP, US $69
- Athlon II X2 240e: 2.80 GHz, 2 MB (2 x 1 MB) L2 cache, 45W TDP, US $77
- Athlon II X3 400e: 2.20 GHz, 1.5 MB (3 x 512 KB) L2 cache, 45W TDP, US $97
- Athlon II X3 405e: 2.30 GHz, 1.5 MB (3 x 512 KB) L2 cache, 45W TDP, US $102
- Athlon II X3 425: 2.70 GHz, 1.5 MB (3 x 512 KB) L2 cache, 95W TDP, US $76
- Athlon II X3 435: 2.90 GHz, 1.5 MB (3 x 512 KB) L2 cache, 95W TDP, US $87
- Athlon II X4 600e: 2.20 GHz, 2 MB (4 x 512 KB) L2 cache, 45W TDP, US $133
- Athlon II X4 605e: 2.30 GHz, 2 MB (4 x 512 KB) L2 cache, 45W TDP, US $143
23 Comments on AMD Expands Athlon II Series Processor Lineup
Ran sweet.
Idle temps were the same as ambient temps lol
( give or take a degree)
Not like they can't do it @stock volts.
May be not the e versions....
Should be good for 4Ghz if you are lucky.
Athlon II X2 240e: 2.80 GHz, 2 MB (2 x 1 MB) L2 cache, 45W TDP, US $77
wohoo! perfect htpc parts! now the stores have to get one 240e or 235e in stock and am all over it
But,seriously AMD,i know you dominate at the low end,but isn't time to try to compete in the high end?I truly hate to see those a price tag of U$1000 for a CPU.:shadedshu
And anyway the 955/965 is giving I7 a run for its money in most.
I saw these cpus on sale already at Frys, very tempting but then I have sell few of my existing cpus lol.
:toast:
In the long run you save money on power if you use a computer a lot.
AMD is saying with these processors that the majority of buyers don't need and buy Hi-end machines. " Wow does my E-mail just fly off of my computer and my browsing the web is just unbelievable with four core cpu's." I wonder how many people still go along with the cliche that if one is good, four must be better. It all depends what you use your machine for. Majority of people are uninformed and are sold on the numbers game by the sales people.
All amd cpu's do a 280 HT-REF.
Do remember to decrease the NB and HT-Link in order to maintain the cpu only overclocking.
Overclocking just HT-ref does not fess up the use of cool n quiet, tested on Gigabyte MA790FX-DQ6 DFI Lanparty UT 790FX-M2R and DFI LAnparty JR 790GX-M2RS.
All of them managed to overclock my 2.5 ghz 9850 to 3ghz using stock voltage and cool n quiet, i guess PHII does just the same ;)
Making this a good deal when it comes to overclocking, however, changing multiplier fesses it up, anyone else tried this ?
I wonder if the 4th core on some of the X3's can be unlocked...
With the deal about AMD playing in the high end, early guesses put that in Q1 of 2011 with the 32nm Orochi core. Source is MaximumPC mag.
AMD cannot compete on the high end sector right now, it rather drops prices massivly and offers Quad-cores for like 87$ xD < Stealing market from Intel.
And admit, a combo motherboard + CPU compared to Intel and AMD where AMD is cheaper and a bigger bang for the buck.Sounds like a decent CPU. Now waiting for a vendor to buy it from :)
# Athlon II X2 240e: 2.80 GHz, 2 MB (2 x 1 MB) L2 cache, 45W TDP, US $77
i like this two cpu's it is cheap and good performance , it is beat intel dual core cpu's and some core 2 duo's
HTT 208 Mhz
Multiplier up to x16
CPU >3.3 Ghz
HT Link & NB 2.27 GHz
At idle, I can drop CPU to 800Mhz (multi x4) and voltage really low (about 0,77 V)
NB voltage can also be altered...
The speed should be just as amazing as well. :D
Kei