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AMD Phenom X3 8750 review

Is AMD's new triple-core chip a winner?

Our Score 3.5

Last reviewed: 2008-04-25April 25th 2008

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Product Summary

Phenom X3 8750

Price at launch

£125.00

For

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Unique triple-core layout

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Decent multi-threaded performance

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Against

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Weedy single and dual-threaded performance

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Not quite cheap enough

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