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Phenom II X4 955 Coming on April 20th

Based on the 45 nm Deneb core, Phenom II X4 955 Black Edition supports AM3 socket motherboards, and DDR3 memory. It features a core clock speed of 3.20 GHz (16.0x200 MHz), 512 KB of L2 cache per core, 6 MB of L3 cache and and a TDP of 125W. Being a Black Edition CPU, it should be overclocker friendly thanks to its unlocked multiplier. Slated for an April 20 launch, retail price will be around 270$ to compete with the Intel Core 2 Quad Q9550. More »