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AMD Phenom II X2 550 Black Edition vs. Athlon II X2 250 review

The ghost of the awesome Athlon 64 budget gaming chips returns

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Product Summary

Key specs


No of Cores: 2 |
Clock Speed: 3.1 |

Full spec

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Phenom Cheap as

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Great overclocker

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Same tech specs as top AMD quads

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Athlon Low wattage

Against

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Phenom Limited multi-threading capability

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Athlon Low performance

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Too close in price to the superior chips

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Little under the hood

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