The Intel Core i7 processor can be priced high as much as necessary to be further than the reach of the majority PC users, but the platform has helped to get down the cost of DDR3 memory from ridiculous levels to a cost-per-gigabyte that's on par with excellent quality DDR2.

This also create AMD's socket AM3 platform a distant more appealing buy, ever since for the value of an Intel i7 920 with a motherboard you can purchase the best ever quad-core Phenom II, plus a top-notch board with the essential RAM.

Here we are looking at AMD's innovative flagship, the Phenom II X4 965 Black Edition. Built with the similar built-up procedure as its 955 precursor, the chip is architecturally the same to additional 45nm Phenom II X4 chips but its clock frequency has been upped to 3.4GHz. This means it has 2MB of L2 cache, 6MB of unified L3 cache along with a memory controller well-matched with both AM3 (DDR3) as well as AM2+ (DDR2) motherboards.

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