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21-Sep-2010

Athlon II X3 450 Review

The Athlon II series is based on the AMD K10 architecture and derived from the Phenom II series. However, unlike its Phenom siblings, it does not contain any L3 Cache. There are two Athlon II dies: the dual-core Regor die with 1 MB L2 Cache per core and the four-core Propus with 512 KB per core. Regor is a native dual-core design with lower TDP and additional L2 to offset the removal of L3 cache. The three core Rana is derived from the Propus quad-core design, with one core disabled.
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Athlon II X3 450 Performance Specification

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CPU Cores

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TDP (Power)

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CPU Details

3.2 GHz

3 cores

Rana

95W

45nm

Socket AM3+

Notebook CPU

L1 Cache

L2 Cache

L3 Cache

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lovroban

20:49 Apr-06-2013

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i want to buy this but i'm not sure is it worth it?
is this good for gaming and is the 4th core stable ?
my mobo can support unlocking core and my mobo is this ASRock n68c-gs fx.

Zilincan

11:01 Apr-07-2013

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And what mobo you have?

kon5505

14:21 Apr-07-2013

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I bought mine like 5 months ago and it rocks! I play games like TF2,L4D2,Minecraft,WoW with no problem,i am not sure about the 4th core,but from my point of view ,it is an awesome cpu if you are a casual gamer.It depends on what games YOU want to play :) .

lovroban

14:51 Apr-07-2013

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tnx ;) i will buy it in two weeks!

imnicee

13:08 Mar-14-2013

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Hello guys i have a question .
i m going to reinstall windows 7 i used 32bit system.
Should i now go with 64bit or keep 32bit.
I have 4gb RAM .
Will my CPU usage be higher with 64bit , especially when gaming?

debat0r

15:49 Mar-14-2013

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64 bit will allow you to use all 4GB of your RAM, while 32 bit only allows for -3.25GB. I'd definately go with the 64-bit version if you can choose...

Valoros

15:39 May-05-2013

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3.45 gb *

nakariakov

11:02 Feb-19-2013

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hey guys, what is her max oc speed?
will she reach 4.5ghz?

Zilincan

11:37 Feb-19-2013

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4.5ghz is little too high for rana athlons, unless you plan to cool it with something special like liquid nitrogen :-D
But there is way to increase performance of this chip, first thing, try to unlock 4th core in bios, second aim for stable 3.6ghz (higher fsb is better), oc with low temperatures

jaber008

12:11 Feb-01-2013

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there is a mistake this cpu socket is am3 not am3+ :)

lovroban

11:59 Mar-02-2013

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it's am3+

TSTheSilent

15:05 Jul-21-2012

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Nice CPU at 3.2GHz and for £56.98 @amazon UK you can not really complain for the price at all. I go with a Redeon 6450 with 1GB DDR3. But that's my opinion. Probably a better one in the future.

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16:10 Mar-18-2012

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