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Old January 30, 2012, 03:24 AM
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Default Sub $200 gaming CPU Review @ Tomshardware

Review as the title states. They get pretty much every processor I would expect and also test with the processors OCed.

http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/...mark,3120.html

The IMO summary: AMD slides even further away from recommendations (even in the sub $100 area they used to have). Of note is that the i3 2100 gets better gaming performance than EVERY AMD cpu tested.

Processor picks I would make based on this for gaming and price (sub $200): i5 2400/i3 2100/ Pentium G630

Their summary chart of performance:
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