AMD Phenom II X4 3GHz Quad AM2+ CPU w/ ECS mobo

newegg.com offers the AMD Phenom II X4 940 Black Edition Deneb 3GHz Quad-Core Socket AM2+ Processor, model no. HDZ940XCGIBOX, together with the ECS A780GM-A Ultra AM2+ ATX Motherboard for AMD for $153.99 with free shipping. This $19 mail-in rebate cuts it to $139.99. That's $40 under our mention from June and $100 off the cost of both if purchased separately elsewhere.

This retail-boxed CPU features four 128KB L1 caches, four 512KB L2 caches, and a 6MB L3 cache. The motherboard supports AMD Phenom II/I, Athlon, and Sempron processors with up to 8GB of RAM and features one PCI Express 2.0 x16 slot, one PCI Express x1 slot, three PCI slots, six Serial ATA 3Gb/s connectors with RAID, 8-channel audio, six USB 2.0 ports, and more. Rebate ends September 30.

• Posted September 20, 2009