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Processor | 5800x(2)/5700g/5600x/5600g/2700x/1700x/1700 |
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Motherboard | MSI B550 Carbon (2)/ MSI z490 Unify/Asus Strix B550-F/MSI B450 Tomahawk (3) |
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It's how you look at it that makes the difference between saying that it sucks or that it's a good product.
They do overclock better than the first generation of Phenoms, the average 24/7 stable overclock on air with a Phenom II 920 / 940 will be at approx 3.75GHz, with some good chips reaching or even surpassing the 4GHz mark by a bit, and some "duds" stopping at 3.6GHz or so.
Unfortunately they're not on par with a Core i7 ( even with HyperThreading disabled ) on a clock per clock basis ( clock per clock = running both processors at the same operating frequency ).
They're also behind "Penryn" ( Q9450/Q9550/Q9650/QX9650/QX9770 ) on a clock per clock basis as well.
The average 24/7 stable overclock of the Q9450's is now around 3.8GHz, and you need a approx. 4.15GHz overclock on a Phenom II 920/940 to beat the Q9450 clocked at 3.8GHz.
If you're looking for the absolute performance in most applications and usage scenarios Intel remains the top dog in the desktop sector.
If you already have a AM2 based setup, upgrading to a Phenom II will give you a healthy boost in the CPU limited applications.
In the end it all depends on what you want, what you have, what are you going to run on the PC, and your budget for the build/upgrade.
January 8th, 2009
Of course it sucks, it's... em es eye :
Any news on grabbing a M3A79T Deluxe ?
I've got some info from a shop here, they told me that they'll be selling the new Phenom II's on the 28th of this month, "we don't know about the rest" they said, so I guess they're just going to ignore the embargo ( NDA ).
Maybe AMD decided to change the day the NDA will be lifted ?
Don't think so, but I'm going to double-check it tomorrow.
I'd love to have the NDA and release date confirmed. The dates are all over the place. My 940 is suppose to leave the factory on 12/27.