Socket AM3 chips show up in the UK

Peter G. 30 Jan, 2009 at 10:51am ET Article published in Tech

amd_logo Oops. First MSI announced its upcoming Socket AM3 motherboard, and now an online shop in the UK is selling Phenom II AM3 processors. This can mean only one thing – AMD’s first step into using DDR3 is fast approaching.

The first three processors to use the new socket are:

Phenom II X3 710 – 2.6GHz
Phenom II X3 720 – 2.8GHz
Phenom II X4 810 – 2.6GHz

When they’ll actually hit the streets is still secret, as is the pricing, but we think it’s safe to say they’ll be hitting shelves soon.

Comments

30 Jan 2009 ~ 11:06am AlexDeGruven Eagerly awaiting some benchmarks/performance data on these. AMD did a great job with dual-channel and integrated memory controllers. I'm hoping they do as well with three-channel and start giving Intel a proper run again.
30 Jan 2009 ~ 11:56am Thrax The Phenom II and the Core i7 already have vastly more bandwidth they can use on dual channel and/or DDR2 configurations. This will push the Phenom a few percentage points ahead in applications that are particularly cycle-sensitive, but it won't be anything to write home about.

AMD is firmly #2 until Bulldozer. God help them if that chip is mediocre too.
30 Jan 2009 ~ 11:57am MiracleManS Well, if there was an appropriate name for what their processor-to-take-down-Intel is to be named, that's it.
30 Jan 2009 ~ 12:46pm AlexDeGruven

MiracleManS wrote:

Well, if there was an appropriate name for what their processor-to-take-down-Intel is to be named, that's it.

Let's hope it does. I was a fan of the hammer line, too. When I saw that Opterons were being labeled Sledgehammer, I had to get a pair.
31 Jan 2009 ~ 6:09pm Komete Amd seems to be having a little tick tock going on in their gpu's and their CPU's.

26XX's Kinda sucked
38XX's aye, Not bad
48XX's Nice

Phenom's, kinda sucked
Phenom II's. aye, not bad..
???????, Nice! ???? (HOPEFULLY)
1 Feb 2009 ~ 12:55am DrLiam

Thrax wrote:

AMD is firmly #2 until Bulldozer. God help them if that chip is mediocre too.

Haha that's a great working name. Nice to see they have a sense of humor about it. :]