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AMD Phenom II X2 550 Black Edition review

Can a high performance dual-core processor cut it in this modern multi-core world?

Our Score 3.5

Last reviewed: 2010-09-07September 7th 2010

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Product Summary

Phenom II X2 550

AMD Phenom II X2 550 Black Edition

Price at launch

£80.00

For

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Good gaming grunt for the money

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Overclocks well

Against

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Weak multi-threading throughput

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Core unlocking is unreliable

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