AMD's Six-Core Phenom II X6 1090T & 1055T Reviewed

"The better way to look at it is to ask yourself what sort of machine you're building. If you're building a task specific box that will mostly run heavily threaded applications, AMD will sell you nearly a billion transistors for under $300 and you can't go wrong. If it's a more general purpose machine that you're assembling, Lynnfield seems like a better option."

Engadget also has links to 5 other reviews here: http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/27/amds-3-2ghz-hexacore-phen...

That 6 core die photo is worth a centerfold poster (I'll be hitting tineye.com for a larger version ;-)

I'd note that AMD's "more-for-less approach" has not been just about number of cores - little 'details' like ECC RAM, VT instructions, or even half-decent graphics in the chipset, have come in at lower price points, nearly down to the budget versions.

P.S. TinEye doesn't seem to have the pic yet; a search for large images of "amd six core phenom die photo" gets hits (many fake, cf. http://aceshardware.freeforums.org/phenom-ii-x6-1090t-3-2ghz...).