Onus
Titan
"Still, given the massive increase in stock performance, easy overclocking, and even potential to unlock cores, the AMD Phenom II X2 550 Black Edition made for a fine choice in accomplishing our goals. The September $650 gaming PC may have fallen short of sweeping all benchmarks, but it’s still the best stock-clocked machine to date at this budget, and one that set a whole new bar in overall gaming performance."
Excellent conclusion. As tired as I was sometimes of listening to all the AMD fanboi whinging, I hope a lot of them feel vindicated by this, especially since they would not have to limit themselves to the stock cooler.
If [latest-title] gaming isn't the focus, dropping a GPU makes room for the 720BE (at least) and a better cooler. It looks like AMD still has a firm grip on the budget market.
Excellent conclusion. As tired as I was sometimes of listening to all the AMD fanboi whinging, I hope a lot of them feel vindicated by this, especially since they would not have to limit themselves to the stock cooler.
If [latest-title] gaming isn't the focus, dropping a GPU makes room for the 720BE (at least) and a better cooler. It looks like AMD still has a firm grip on the budget market.