AMD's Phenom II X4 965 Black Edition

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• brybir - Thursday, August 13, 2009 - link

  I did notice on newegg that AMD is releasing some of its Phenom II's with lower TDP.
  
  They have a Phenom II 945 that was rated at 125WTDP now with the same processor just rated at 95W TDP.
  
  I figure they will goose the clock speed a bit more if they can and continue to work on getting their power consumption lowered on the rest of their line so by the time their new processors come out the Phenom II's can pull up low power budget duty.

• Taft12 - Thursday, August 13, 2009 - link

  I was going to mention this new part from AMD as well (945 95W edition). Anand you would do well to draw attention to it as well where you talk about AMD's current product lineup. This is a more interesting and notable introduction to me than this 140W behemoth.
  
  I was surprised to see the 965 only consumes 3W more at load than the 955BE however. Yes it draws the highest power on the chart, but only just barely.

• werfu - Thursday, August 13, 2009 - link

  What AMD needs is a way to improve performance per clock, that's it, either K11 or something new. There's no way they'll be able to scale much past the 4Ghz point. Imagine the boost they would get, if they could provide 10% more clock efficiency, at the clock they are currently that would be a huge boost. They also need to improve the IMC. Going for 4 memory stick with AMD for now is a no go if you want to have high ram speed. Memory bandwidth is definitely a huge Intel advantage. And something like Hyperthread could be nice too.

• TheHolyLancer - Thursday, August 13, 2009 - link

  uncore? isnt this HTT?
  
  

• JumpingJack - Sunday, September 21, 2014 - link

  No, uncore is not HTT....

• medi01 - Thursday, August 13, 2009 - link

  "The problem with the $245 price point that AMD’s flagship sells at is one of positioning. It is dangerously close to the $284 price of a Core i7 920, which is generally a faster chip."
  
  Sorry, but shouldn't you also include motherboard price into calculation?

• C'DaleRider - Thursday, August 13, 2009 - link

  Well, really depends upon where you buy your parts from, doesn't it?
  
  Given that I have a MicroCenter and Fry's handy, the price for Intel's Core i7 cpu is $200. Combine that with an inexpensive X58 motherboard, like the MSI X58M, that has gotten quite good reviews for what it is, retails for $170.
  
  That gives a $370 price for mb and cpu to move to i7....cost of DDR3 memory is a wash due to both platforms requiring it.
  
  Of course, for those that depend upon Newegg's pricing for cpus, I feel for you....getting ripped off and all. Horrible how the 'Egg gouges on cpu prices these days.

• mohindar - Thursday, August 13, 2009 - link

  How you can fit this processor onto socket LGA775, as mentioned in the final page...

• mohindar - Thursday, August 13, 2009 - link

  Sorry, wrong comment.

• Ben90 - Thursday, August 13, 2009 - link

  the SYS Mark 2007 Chart has the i7 920 @ 2.8 ghz... dont know if its on purpose or a typo