Back in October of
last year, Athlon introduced its first Athlon II X3 triple-core processors, the
425 and 435. Working with the less than perfect yields from the Deneb and
Propus dies, the Rana die was born. As yields improve, the processors can
become more stable at higher clock speeds. In January 2010, the Athlon-II
X3-440 was released; a 100MHz speed bump on the X3-435 processor. Now AMD is
bumping the speed up by another 100MHz with the release of the X3-445 and the
X3-450 is slated to come out later on this year. In this article Benchmark
Reviews is closely examining the Athlon-II X3-445 ADX445WFK32GM to see what
kind of power can be harnessed from this low-priced, triple-core, potentially
unlockable 3.1GHz processor, especially when paired with AMDs newest 890G
chipset. @ Benchmark Reviews
