Wednesday, November 4th 2009
AMD Introduces Phenom II X4 965 BE RB-C3 Revision 125W
AMD today made its RB-C3 revision of the Phenom II X4 965 Black Edition quad-core processor official. Carrying a characteristic model number of HDZ965FBK4DGM compared to HDZ965FBK4DGI the older C2 revision. Another important specification change is the TDP, now rated at 125W compared to 140W on the C2. Built on the 45 nm SOI Deneb die, the Phenom II X4 965 Black Edition runs at a clock speed of 3.40 GHz (17.0 x 200 MHz). Each core has 128 KB of L1 and 512 KB of dedicated L2 cache. The four cores share an L3 cache of 6 MB. Based on the socket AM3 package, the new CPU typically supports DDR3 and DDR2 memory on socket AM2+ motherboards. It is priced on par with its 140W twin, at US $196.
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47 Comments on AMD Introduces Phenom II X4 965 BE RB-C3 Revision 125W
I know very little about overclocking, but this thing should be able to hit 4 ghz+ without any problems right?
Nice news btw
this stuff
www.guru3d.com/article/phenom-ii-x4-965-be-revision-c3-review-test/
Review is here
Did you hear about 80 core Intel cpu's and Intels new Double the bandwidth PCM memory both Due out in the Next 3 years
Lol, except bragging rights any advantage with these CPUs in gaming?
i wait.. something under 100w...
Provantage has about two thousand x4 965 C3's right now. www.provantage.com/amd-hdz965fbgmbox~7AAMD2AT.htm
This is interesting: www.provantage.com/amd-hdz955fbgmbox~7AAMD2CF.htm <-- A "new" x4 955? It's 125w.
And from what I've heard, AM3r2 is kinda like an AM3+, and that they should be backwards compatible to AM3. Although, they definitely won't work in AM2+/AM2 boards. Also, I wonder if AM3 chips will work in AM3r2 boards? I used an Athlon x2 4000+ for a while in my AM2+ 790FX/sb600 board and it worked great!
The only exception in either case might be if you got a really crappy clocker.
Mine is one of earliest batch.