AMD Launches Salvo of New Phenom II and Athlon II Processors, Sub $250 6-Core Chip

hothardware.com — With the new Phenom II X6 1075T, AMD brings an affordable, yet high performance, sub-$250 6-core CPU to market. And the Phenom II X4 970 Black Edition and Athlon II X4 645 represent great values in their respective price segments. Additionally, the Phenom II X4 970 Black Edition represents the highest clocked quad-core processor to ever leave AMD’s labs. Sep 22, 2010 View in Crawl 4

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AMD Launches Salvo of New Phenom II and Athlon II Processors, Sub $250 6-Core Chip

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focusr Sep 22, 2010

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Well. It's been a year since I've upgraded. I could use a 6-core. But really, who couldn't? I'm going to name my new computer Kerrigan.

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angelbunny Sep 23, 2010

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i've got a q6600 and honestly i sometimes wonder why I don't have a dual core cpu instead.

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netant Sep 23, 2010

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Its a legitimate perspective. The Core2 Quad 6600 has a relatively slow CPU clock, and the other cores would NOT be used with OLD programs and pre-Vista. Even on the Linux end, it doesn't do as much threading/forking optimization on the OS level. The problem is if you're not an uber hardware geek, you're not going to know if the latest, greatest CPU really is most cost effective for what you do on the computer.

toksterjokster Sep 22, 2010

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That sounds like it might be pretty badass.

julie188 Sep 22, 2010

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I hope the low cost will be passed onto users.

visionviper Sep 23, 2010

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The 1055T has been sub $250 for a long time now. The price isn't what makes the new 1075T important, it's that there is finally a middle product between the 1055T and the 1090T.