AMD Phenom II X4 out and priced

I’ve been on the look-out for the new AMD Phenom II since it was first announced last January. Most of the local stores I drop by don’t have it on stock yet. I even asked their local PR if they’re distributing units around.

Over the week-end I saw them listed over at Rising Sun Computers:

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AMD Phenom II X4 920 2.8GHz Quad Core
Price: Php 10,100USD 172INR 14,590EUR 164CNY 1,253

AMD Phenom II X4 940 3.0GHz Quad Core
Price: Php 11,600USD 198INR 16,757EUR 188CNY 1,440

They’re still on an order basis though. This line will be AMD’s direct competitor for Intel’s Core i7 (they even had the SKUs similar to each other) but the price points are much lower. Would be interesting how the Phenom 2 will stack against Intel’s.

Abe Olandres

Abe is the founder and Editor-in-Chief of YugaTech with over 20 years of experience in the technology industry. He is one of the pioneers of blogging in the country and considered by many as the Father of Tech Blogging in the Philippines. He is also a technology consultant, a tech columnist with several national publications, resource speaker and mentor/advisor to several start-up companies.

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13 Comments

pinoydeal says:

16 years ago

is amd better than intel? im also using amd now. looking forward for an upgrade.
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CPB says:

16 years ago

Sometimes AMD overpower Intel and vice versa. It depends on how programmers do the programming.. A quality code on Intel does not mean that its good for AMD. :)
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Andrew says:

16 years ago

Intel’s Core i7 is the world’s fastest processor to date. However, even if AMD’s Phenom II is trailing in speed but it’s much cheaper than Core i7. So, we have the choice. It’s always good for us consumers.
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Jhay says:

16 years ago

But how come AMD seems to be slow in distributing this chip here in the country?
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dapeke says:

16 years ago

AMD is the right choice for people who wanted a fast and affordable processor. Our ever first desktop was running AMD Duron 1.6GHZ because that time it was the affordable but wise alternative of pentium 4. Go AMD for more affordable but top of the line quality processors.
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Lito | TheFilipinoEntrepreneur.Com says:

16 years ago

Yeah looks nice and fast enough and more affordable than intel.
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Joseph Paul Caparas says:

16 years ago

I have been an AMD user for almost two years now and I’m proud to say that its a smart choice to buy their line of microchips.

The overrated Intel processor sure sets the benchmark in desktop computing, but as for the majority of tech consumers’s choices, AMD is the better brand… in terms of price, that is.

But don’t forget that no matter how jacked-up your processor is, it’s still the usage that throttles its optimum efficiency and longetivity
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kumagszy says:

16 years ago

Phenom II actually directly competes with Core2Quad both in price and performance.
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Nocollay Jikwa says:

16 years ago

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sourjerer says:

16 years ago

For AMD makes the best cpu’s around. And this recent release of the AMD phenom II, which has fixed many bugs found in the original AMD phenom. This processor directly competes with Intel Core 2 Quad, and somehow provides a better alternative to the over priced intel core i7, i bet that as of now AMD is developing a more cpu which can surpass the pricy core i7……… and now AMD is even more powerful with is merger with ATI,,,, wow!!!….
We can expect a true revolution in cpu design and performance to be delivered first by AMD. Truly AMD sticks to its motto’s “a smarter choice” and “the future is fusion” go AMD…….. where very proud of you!
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jOEM says:

15 years ago

hOW much is amd phenom if desktop only???
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Jamielyn@Smart Load Philippines says:

15 years ago

This is funny, I was just thinking about this yesterday. For some weirdmotive I stumbled to this article lol. I’ll be coming back here. This really is a good discovery….rare for me to stumble on new websites :)
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