^^no need to wait till sept 10. it's already available for order:
*www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819103706
AMD Athlon II X4 620 Propus 2.6GHz 4 x 512KB L2 Cache Socket AM3 95W Quad-Core Processor - Retail : $125.
This is a tight slap on core ix face!!!
Also, on some propus processors you can unlock L3 cache (huge 6Mb of cache)
*xtreview.com/addcomment-id-9773-view-Athlon-II-X4-620-full-cache-unlocking.html
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with core i5 starting price at $196, this is gonna be very very interesting battle.
also, do remember that you can use Athlon II X4 with DDR2 and dead cheap 780G mobo but you need to spend lot of money on P55 and DDR3.
Looks like AMD has it's nose ahead unless the core i5s and core i3s are a generation ahead of Athlon IIs and Phenom IIs in performance.