AMD Phenom II X2 545

The AMD Phenom II X2 545 packs 2 cores and 4 threads. 6MB of L3 cache helps in cache-sensitive games and workloads. Clocks run from 3GHz base to 3GHz boost. It drops into the AM3 socket with a 80W TDP — about 40W per core.

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