Cliffs:

• Beats all Intel Equivalently priced processors
• Its better to get its older sibling the Athlon X4 630 / 620 series released a month ago ( its a better buy )
• Doesn’t draw much power

AMD Athlon II X3 Reviews you can find online:

1. Anandtech – AMD’s Athlon II X3 435 & New Energy Efficient CPUs: Killing Intel Below $90
   
2. Toms Hardware - Athlon II X3 435: AMD’s Three-Core, 2.9 GHz, $87 Triple-Threat
   
3. inPai – The simulation of Athlon II X3 425 preview
   
4. Xbit Labs – AMD Athlon II X3 435 CPU Review

AMD also released an additional 6 processors along with the new athlon X3s, energy efficient Athlon X4s, X3s and X2s

Athlon II X4 605e	2.3	GHz,	2MB	L2	cache,	45W	TDP	$143
Athlon II X4 600e	2.2	GHz,	2MB	L2	cache,	45W	TDP	$133
Athlon II X3 435	2.9	GHz,	1.5MB	L2	cache,	95W	TDP	$87
Athlon II X3 425	2.7	GHz,	1.5MB	L2	cache,	95W	TDP	$76
Athlon II X3 405e	2.3	GHz,	1.5MB	L2	cache,	45W	TDP	$102
Athlon II X3 400e	2.2	GHz,	1.5MB	L2	cache,	45W	TDP	$97
Athlon II X2 240e	2.8	GHz,	2MB	L2	cache,	45W	TDP	$77
Athlon II X2 235e	2.7	GHz,	2MB	L2	cache,	45W	TDP	$69