AMD AM3 Unleashed

Its a great news for every AMD fan boys out there, Yes the AM3 socket for the latest and future AMD processor has been released and what else it supports DDR3 memory. ASUS and Gigabyte are the first to release this sockets with respective 790FX and 790GX chipset to blast the DRAGON platform of AMD. Ok whats about all this buzz actualy at pressent Phenom II processors are similar to AM2 AM2+ chips, expect for chip memory controller(CMC). Where the current phenom has to run at 1.8ghz but AM3 phenoms and future processors will run at 2.0ghz. Also the including of support for DDR3 makes it more special where it will clock 1333 as its stock minimum. Then have to mention about HT where it has leaped from 1.8Ghz to 2.0Ghz. Also models has been released which has 4MB or 6MB L3 cache which will add uo to the previous L1 and L2 to provide better performance.

Then the AM3 processors will be built at 45nm die which will minimize the power required and also heat generated by this silicon ,Early tests have also revealed that when at idle the phenoms are capable to run as minimum as less than 1000Mhz which is a very good improvement, but as usual all this buzz around socket will eventual cool down and the credit will be taken by Processors which use the technology in the new socket.

Conclusion: If you are looking for future proof then this is the technology you have to relay on from AMD, At present DDR3 memory are priced high and may not be affordable to all so go for an DDR2 for time being. The Phenom 940 are top end for now and should be choosen only if you like to overclock or else go for an 920 which is cheaper yet holds the punch. AM3 has initialy proved to be very success but time will tell us how it does for the rest of its age.