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Take it for what it's worth, but the Egg is apparently rife with x3 445s that are Denebs with failed L3 and one failed core:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16819103872
That means the x3 445 would be a relatively easy unlock to a 3.1 ghz Deneb at a price below that of the x2 555 BE. I don't know if 445s elsewhere are AC chips but it's worth investigating . . .
Also, there SHOULD be an x3 435 variant (http://www.cpu-world.com/CPUs/K10/AMD-Athlon II X3 435 - ADX435WFK32GM (ADX435WFGMBOX).html) floating around out there that may also be a Deneb in disguise, but I haven't found many etailers carrying them yet. Amazon has it listed as "currently unavailable": http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0...mp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=B003PJ6PWA
Provantage has a C3 x3 440 available, but at a lousy price compared to the 445 on the Egg: http://www.provantage.com/amd-adx440...x~7AAMD2F9.htm
On a partly-related note, here's some info about which older x3 and x4 variants will (and won't) make it to market with a C3 stepping: http://www.cpu-world.com/news_2010/...Athlon_II_X2_processors_with_C3_revision.html
edit: woops! Looks like I posted this to PFI by mistake. Talk about a brain fart there. Thanks to the mods for moving it here with no muss or fuss.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16819103872
That means the x3 445 would be a relatively easy unlock to a 3.1 ghz Deneb at a price below that of the x2 555 BE. I don't know if 445s elsewhere are AC chips but it's worth investigating . . .
Also, there SHOULD be an x3 435 variant (http://www.cpu-world.com/CPUs/K10/AMD-Athlon II X3 435 - ADX435WFK32GM (ADX435WFGMBOX).html) floating around out there that may also be a Deneb in disguise, but I haven't found many etailers carrying them yet. Amazon has it listed as "currently unavailable": http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0...mp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=B003PJ6PWA
Provantage has a C3 x3 440 available, but at a lousy price compared to the 445 on the Egg: http://www.provantage.com/amd-adx440...x~7AAMD2F9.htm
On a partly-related note, here's some info about which older x3 and x4 variants will (and won't) make it to market with a C3 stepping: http://www.cpu-world.com/news_2010/...Athlon_II_X2_processors_with_C3_revision.html
edit: woops! Looks like I posted this to PFI by mistake. Talk about a brain fart there. Thanks to the mods for moving it here with no muss or fuss.
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