AMD Phenom X3: One too little or one too much?
 

The AMD Phenom X2 was announced quite some time ago but still hasn't seen the light of day; instead we were greeted by the X3 Phenom, a new breed of processor, first in the market to offer a Triplecore solution. This CPU is priced lower than AMD's own X4 and Intel Core 2 Duo series. In our review today we test the Phenom X3 8450 and compare it to an AMD X4 and Intel C2D.

http://www.madshrimps.be/gotoartik.php?articID=830

Hmm i guess the oem will eat this no?

big chunk at least; although this CPU came from a smaller system builder;