AMD Phenom II X4 965

The AMD Phenom II X4 965 packs 4 cores and 8 threads. Clocks run from 3.4GHz base to 3.4GHz boost. 6MB of L3 cache helps in cache-sensitive games and workloads. It drops into the AM3 socket with a 125W TDP — about 31.3W per core.

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