AMD Phenom II X2 550 Black Edition review
Can a high performance dual-core processor cut it in this modern multi-core world?
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Last reviewed: 2010-09-07September 7th 2010
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Product Summary
Phenom II X2 550
Price at launch
£80.00
For
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Good gaming grunt for the money
>Overclocks well
Against
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Weak multi-threading throughput
>Core unlocking is unreliable
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