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Like Hugh Hefner (probably), AMD took a good hard look at its lineup this week and decided it was high time to add a pair of models. Two new Bulldozer-powered FX CPUs will join the pantheon of world-record beating chips in the company’s constant fight against the forces of Intel. The quad-core FX-4170 has a 4.2GHz CPU base and a 4.3GHz Turbo Core (for more on AMD’s Bulldozer architecture, see here) while the six-core FX-6200 has a 3.8GHz CPU base and a 4.1GHz Turbo Core. Availability will vary by region as the company shuttles out the new silicon on a rolling timeline, but we’d start keeping our eyes peeled next time you’re down the shops. To celebrate, AMD is hacking down the price of the top-end FX-8150 from $245 down to $185 and you should see a similar price drop from outlets filter through shortly. After the break we’ve got all the stats we were able to type about these slices of silicon before our palms got a bit sweaty from all the excitement.
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