It's been several weeks since Asus announced that certain socket AM3 motherboards would support AMD's upcoming Bulldozer processors. Since then, we've turned up additional rumors on the nature of such ...

Recent rumors have been spreading that both AMD and Intel are edging away from a full-fledged DDR3 push due to a lack of consumer demand. While this remains a rumor for the time being, it's a good ...

One downside of the upcoming Phenom II - Bulldozer transition is that the new processors won't be compatible with current AM3 motherboards. This news disappointed certain AMD enthusiasts, given that ...

More info please? All I've seen on it was a forum thread on Tom's Hardware that says Bulldozer needs an AM3+, but AM3+ will be backwards compatible with AM3, so you can drop a Phenom in a Bulldozer ...

Okay, why are we here again? - Well, AMD has once again released a new CPU, but this is using the same name as previous yet still fairly new CPU. Confusing? - I know; it is to me as well. One month ...

In our initial Phenom II review I already stated this, AMD has an approach that I like to see very much. That is trying to stick as long as they can with a processor socket design. Therefore the good ...

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As mentioned earlier, the Phenom II X4 processors still make use of the AM2+ socket, the very same socket used by existing Phenom X4 and X3 processors. Motherboard makers such as Asus and Gigabyte ...