AMD Athlon II X3 440 / 3 GHz After spending the last several years assembling new build PC's I would like to share my experience with AMD Athlon processors, there are several processors available on the market today and like all technology there will always be something bigger and better than the previous model released. In the case we are referring to the Athlon II X3 which is designed for the AM3 suited mainboard, there are obviously quite a few variables to take in to consideration when designing and building a new build PC and simply these statements are answered according to the requirements of the end user. I would really recommend ...  Read the complete review

This processor is in the middle of AMDs budget Athlon II range for the AM3 socket (although it is compatible with AM2+ motherboards as well). As it's in the middle of the budget range, you'd be forgiven for thinking this is a very basic processor, mainly because it is. It does however pack quite a lot of punch into a very competivly priced package. The main performance difference between the Athlon and Phenom II families is the L3 cache and generally a lower clock speed. That difference is not as huge an amount as their pricing structures would suggest though. The L3 cache that this lacks is simply a set of onboard memory which improves teh data time as the ...  Read the complete review