Tom's Hardware: "AMD's Athlon II X3 440 is such a capable little chip, and and it costs so little. Is there any real point in spending more money on your gaming machine’s CPU? We explore this question with a head-to-head challenge against Intel's venerable Core i7-920."
Another interesting article. Personally this is a good chip but its all about the name and company and bragging rights.
But this summer when I build comps for other people, I will be buying this CPU.