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AMD launches three new triple core X3s
CHIP MAKER AMD has announced a trio of Phenom X3s, including its first Black Edition triple-core CPU as well as a pair of energy efficient processors.
The Phenom X3 8750 Black Edition is aimed at the gamer and enthusiast market, allowing these guys to tweak the processor through Clock Multiplier Control and tuneable performance.
The 'Black Edition' nomenclature, rather than having any relevance to the product's abilities or appearance whatsoever, seems to be just a nod to the tried and test 'black is sleek and cool-sounding' marketing technique.
The remaining two processors are the Phenom X3 8450e and X3 8250e, which get AMD's 'e' suffix so that you know that they are [more] energy efficient. These live in the 65W thermal envelope and are designed for mainstream use.
AMD has come under considerable fire over its X3 range, with many simply calling them crippled quad-core processors, however the company hopes that this range can help bridge the cost / performance gap by providing customers with a happy medium between dual-core and quad-core systems.
There is no news yet from AMD as to exactly when we'll see these new CPUs hit the shelves, or how much they'll cost, but we'll let you know as soon as we do. ยต
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Newegg has had a Black Edition tri-core for some time now. The 8750 isn't the first, though for some reason everyone is reporting it that way.

Check it out:

AMD Phenom 8650 Toliman 2.3GHz 3 x 512KB L2 Cache 2MB L3 Cache Socket AM2+ 95W Triple-Core Black Edition Processor - Retail 

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819103253
This isn't anything new. Remember the SX/DX period? And aren't many budget CPUs merely regular CPUs with cache disabled? And how about those overclock lockouts alongside special "Black Edition" CPUs?

We'll be hearing about this for a long time. People will complain that 5 core processors are merely crippled 6 core processors, that 10 core processors are merely crippled 12 core processors, that 24 core processors are merely crippled 32 core processors. Repeat until the number keys on your keyboard wear out.
Are you kidding? You make it sound like they're calling them black editions randomly...

That processor nomenclature IS RELEVANT... when you hear the name Black Edition, it means one important thing: That the chip is multiplier unlocked. 

Intel saw fit to charge upwards of $1000 USD for their unlocked multiplier chips. AMD is giving them to us for almost the same price. 

You come off sounding like someone who really hates AMD, and that may be the case, but you shouldn't be using lines like " rather than having any relevance to the product's abilities or appearance whatsoever."
"Black Edition,rather than having any relevance to the product's abilities or appearance whatsoever, seems to be just a nod to the tried and test 'black is sleek and cool-sounding' marketing technique."

It is a huge difference for enthusiasts who want to overclock their CPU. All Black Editions uses an unlocked cpu multiplier and all other versions uses a locked one as all Intel chips except their Extreme Editions.

You pay a few dollars extra and you can run the chip up a few extra MHz. FSB overclocking is a much worse way to overclock.

No "regular" users will ever use this feature though so it is labeled an enthusisast part.
Actually, I have a Black Edition 6400+ Dual Core, and was shocked when the multiplier wouldn't budge past 16x...I contacted AMD and they said that the Black Edition suffix does not mean the multiplier is unlocked...that p*ssed me off as I'd read all over the internet that Black Edition meant Unlocked Multiplier.
There you go, AMD themselves say it doesn't mean it's unlocked.
b*stards.
i agree with joseph. BTW the guy knew that the 6400+ was the first cpu with the brand name black edition and dousnt support an unlocked multiplier. atleast he could have known unless he didnt read the lines. its the 5000+ BE that was the first with the unlocked multiplier in the affordable price range.
anyway those triple cores look cool. you should expact about 75-80% of preformance of the quad version. also you might be able to push the cores somewhat further since you have one less heat head in there. and if your smart you overclock core 1 higher then the rest since that one is used more and would make the most sence in everyday applications. overdrive allows you to clock cores individualy and these BE's have an unlocked multiplier unlike intels offering in the price range.
however intels might be faster with a very high FSB and in single core x86 applications. you might need a higher class motherbord with solid capacitors if you want it to last longer then max 2 years
phenom based cpus are powerful x64 handlers and multi taskers. and with a SB750 motherboard they clock as good as intels
I am from India. In the MSI's India website, if you go to socket AM2 motherboards, and in that go to MSI K9N Neo V3 motherboard's CPU support list, you will find Kuma 6500 ( B3 stepping, 95W ) has FSB 200 and multiplier is 11.5.
So this makes 200 x 11.5 = 2.3 GHz. .
The link is here:
http://global.msi.com.tw/index.php?func=prodcpusupport&prod_no=1244&maincat_no=1&cat2_no=171&cat3_no=#menu