AMD Athlon-II X2-255 AM3 Processor

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In late January 2010, AMD released a new series of processors that fills in some of the gaps in their Athlon-II and Phenom-II Dual, Triple, and Quad-Core Lines. Most of the newly released processors are really just 100MHz clock speed bumps on the old versions. We have also seen the addition of some triple and quad core Athlon-II processors. In this article Benchmark Reviews focuses on the newly released AMD Athlon-II X2-255 AM3 ADX255OCGQBOX processor. Based on the Regor core, the Athlon-II X2-255 has a 3.1GHz clock speed, up 100Mhz from the Athlon-II X2-250 at 3.0GHz which was released last summer. The Athlon-II X2-255 is at the very low end of the newly released processors and represents a value based market at only $75. Benchmark Reviews is going to use the Athlon-II X2-255, with its support for DDR2 RAM up to 1066MHz as well as DDR3 RAM up to 1333MHz, to show some of the great upgrade options available for consumers who have been waiting for! a low-cost option for a better computer system. benchmarkreviews.com

WaterRabbit · Posted: Mon, 29 Mar 2010 15:19:34 Post Subject:

I am building my first system and these CPUs are very interesting. They are not a lot of money and some models can have extra cores that can be unlocked ( if you are lucky ). I have been looking at the X2 555 BE and comparing it to the Athlon X4 620 both about the same price. I guess I must decide, do I want better gaming or multitasking performance. I really am tempted to take the gamble on the 555 and hope it has a usable core or two in there!

crowTrobot · Rated R Joined: 17 Mar 2010 Posts: 57

^The gaming benchmarks for the 620 aren't that bad.

The big advantage with the 555 BE is that the black editions are great overclockers. If you aren't going to do any overclocking, I suggest the 620, but if you don't mind OC'ing the 555 BE is a great choice for a gaming CPU.

Also, OC'ing > unlocking that core. It's disabled for a reason, although there have been people who have had very stable unlocked then overclocked cores, it's still a crapshoot.

WaterRabbit · Posted: Mon, 29 Mar 2010 17:17:35 Post Subject: