Good news for people on a budget ... AMD have released their Phenom X4 9350e - Low Cost Quad Core Processor

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"Today on hand, we have the newest member of the X4 family; the 9350e. This CPU is a quad core offering with 2GHz core clock. It’s designed for a power efficient quad core system. Let’s take a look and see how it compares to the X3 and the Athlon 4850e.

... The Phenom 9350e really left us wondering why it’s around. If its intention is to replace the 4850e processor, why was that one even brought into the market? Considering the price of the 9350e compared to the 8750 X3, I know which one I would rather have and that’s the higher clocked X3 processor which is able to do more gaming than the 9350e."

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