AMD Phenom II X4 965 BE Review

So you'd think that after making so much progress after over two years of falling considerably short of Intel's offerings, AMD have some scope to feel a little smug? Sadly, far from it I'm afraid. They may have Intel's line up attended to, right up to the Core 2 Quad Q9650 with it's Phenom II X4 955 3.20GHz Black Edition but only in a matter of weeks, there'll be a new kid on the block who goes by the name of Lynnfield. To be more precise, Lynnfield is Intel's mainstream variant of the existing Nehalem Core i7 but on a new socket, LGA1156. Boasting the same architecture as the number crunching LGA1366 Core i7's, minus Triple Channel Memory, Quickpath Technology, the upcoming lineup is expected to pack a considerable punch within a smaller and less complex package which will inevitably cost the consumer considerably less.



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