Meet Phenom II X4 940 BE — a modern solution from AMD, which saw the light of day :year_text. Thanks to the use of the 45 nm process node, the manufacturer achieved an excellent balance of performance. The chip is installed in the compatible motherboards socket. The computational arsenal of this model includes 4 cores, capable of executing 4 instruction threads simultaneously. The base clock speed is 3 GHz. Since the multiplier here is unlocked, enthusiasts will be able to squeeze additional megahertz out of the processor. Thanks to 6 MB of L3 cache, latency when accessing RAM is reduced. Nominal power consumption (TDP) is 125 W, so adequate cooling should be considered. While Phenom II X4 940 BE is not positioned as a flagship gaming solution, it is quite capable of handling popular games at medium settings when combined with a discrete graphics card.