Black Edition Phenom 9600 overclocked to 3.25GHz

[chanster]

AMD's only K10 Black Edition CPU released to date, the Phenom 9600 BE is not really an overclockers dream come true but, to some extent it can still reach a decent frequency, like 3.25 GHz. This result has achieved by setting the B2 revision CPU's mutiplier to 14.5 and was possible with air cooling and a DFI Lanparty UT 790FX-M2R motherboard.

It may not be the 3.6+ GHz of a Q6600 but still, an almost 1 GHz overclock - from 2.3 to 3.25 GHz is nothing to be ashamed of. Now bring on the 45nm quads.

Source

 

[kasuncs]

OMG

 

[fallenzeraphine]

hehe its good to see a phenom in the 3Ghz range on air cooling, now it must be as fast as a qx6700 or more

 

[sri_lion]

Ha..ha.. On a DFI!!!

Damn they are good!

 

[madhu4gr]

 

[Bigspin]

B3 Stepping processors will hurt intel alot .I'm sure about that.

 

[Anusha]

B3 Stepping processors will hurt intel alot .I'm sure about that.

Not really.
http://www.xbitlabs.com/articles/cpu/display/phenom-x4-9850.html

Still, the 2.4GHz Q6600 can smoke the 2.5GHz Phenom X4 B3

 

[Sudantha_s]

mmmmm

 

[Bigspin]

Not really.
http://www.xbitlabs.com/articles/cpu/display/phenom-x4-9850.html

Still, the 2.4GHz Q6600 can smoke the 2.5GHz Phenom X4 B3

AMD drop price & Intel can't beat that!

But the most important thing is that AMD have adjusted their price policy in a very smart way. Namely, the official price for AMD Phenom X4 9850 Black Edition processor is set at $235, which is less than what the cheapest quad-core Intel processor is currently selling for. AMD Phenom X4 9750 will be offered for $215, while the youngest model – Phenom X4 9550 – is priced at $195. This way AMD has finally given up unjustified illusions and is going to offer their Phenom X4 processors at reasonable and fair prices for their performance level.

xbitlab B3 stepping article

 

[Anusha]

AMD drop price & Intel can't beat that!


xbitlab B3 stepping article

If you are NOT overclocking, then AMD is ok.

 

[chanster]

IF you buy a Phenom CPU for around 24$ here how much will the board be?