AMD Phenom II X4 955 HDZ955FBGIBOX 3.2 GHz/6 MB L3/125W Processor

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• Product Dimensions: 0.4 x 0.4 x 0.4 inches ; 1.6 pounds
• Shipping Weight: 2 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• ASIN: B00275G0VE
• Item model number: HDZ955FBGIBOX
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (9 customer reviews)
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• Date first available at Amazon.com: April 2, 2004

Product Description

Product Description

True quad-core enabling cores communicate at die level. Direct Connect Architecture directly connects the processors, the memory controller and the I/O to the CPU. Enable simultaneous 32- and 64-bit, Integrated Memory Controller. Increases performance by reducing memory latency, Scales memory bandwidth and performance, HyperTransport Technology provides up to 16.0GB/s peak bandwidth/processor, reducing I/O bottlenecks, Up to 37GB/s processor-to-system bandwidth. Shared L3 cache (either 6MB or 4MB), 512K L2 cache/core, Shortening access times to highly accessed data. 128-bit FPU. BENEFIT: Larger data paths and quicker floating point calculations. One 16-bit link at up to 4000MT/s, Up to 8.0GB/s HyperTransport I/O bandwidth; Up to 16GB/s in HyperTransport Generation 3.0 mode, Up to 37GB/s processor-to-system bandwidth (HyperTransport bus + memory bus). BENEFIT: Quick access times to I/O. A high-bandwidth, low-latency integrated memory controller supports PC2-8500 (DDR2-1066); PC2-6400 (DDR2-800), PC2-5300 (DDR2-667), PC2-4200 (DDR2-533) or PC2-3200 (DDR2-400) SDRAM unbuffered DIMMs ¿ AM2+, Support for unregistered DIMMs up to PC2 8500(DDR2-1066MHz) and PC3 10600 (DDR3-1333MHz) ¿ AM3, Up to 17.1GB/s memory bandwidth for DDR2 and up to 21GB/s memory bandwidth for DDR3. Enhanced power management features automatically and instantaneously adjust performance states and features based on processor requirements enabling cooler and quieter platform designs. Power can be switched on or off within a single clock cycle, saving energy with no impact to performance. i.e, the memory controller can turn off the write logic when reading from memory, Works automatically without the need for drivers or BIOS enablement. Enables efficiency by dynamically activating or turning off parts of processor. Separate power planes for cores and memory controller, Improving efficiency by providing on demand memory performance while still allowing for decreased power consumption.

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16 of 16 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Very fast CPU, May 19, 2009

By	P. Lam - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

I paired this CPU up with my Asus M4A79T. This was a huge improvement from my old processor, the Pentium D 820. There is a lot of head room when I got this to 3.6ghz easy. That was as far as I able to get stable on stock cooler, stock voltage. This is no i7 but it sure competes with the q9xxx series Intel CPUs. I hear this chip has a hard time going past 4.0ghz on air on a 64 bit OS. I'd have to try it out after I get a good heat sink fan.

Phenom II X4 955 BE @3.6ghz /w stock cooler
Asus M4A79T Deluxe
1600mhz Corsair 9 9 9 24
4890 Sapphire 1gb ddr5
WD Caviar Green 750gb 16mb
850w Corsair tx series
Lancool PC-K7B

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Fast CPU, August 19, 2009

By	P. Cameron (Jersey City, NJ) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

This CPU was used for first build. The processor itself is very easy to install, stock cooler was a little tougher.

CPU is very fast and able to run anything without a hiccup. Even when running a torture test I was still able to play songs in iTunes, watch a movie, or play a game without any hesitation from the processor.

My only problem was when running prime 95 processor would creep above 60C with stock cooler, I was thinking the thing was defective and thought about returning it. Tried re-seating the stock cooler and used arctic silver as my thermal compound instead. Still kept going above 60C.

Decided to try under-volting and was able to get the chip to idle under 40 and no higher than 54 at full-load which alleviated my concern that I had a faulty product. Will be buying an after market cooler soon.

Overall very happy with my purchase, processor performs very well, I'm not sure why anyone would want something faster.

Gigabyte GA-MA770T-UD3P
Phenom II x4 955
Western Digital 1TB 32MB Cache
Radeon 1 GB HD 4870
OCZ DDR3 1600 MHz

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars BEST BANG FOR THE BUCK!! this will run any game at great frame rates!, September 29, 2009

By	Anonymous (Plotting) - See all my reviews

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No trouble at all with this CPU.

Runs Crysis PERFECTLY with GF285
(nothing overclocked)

insane value considering how fast this cpu is..

while the i7 is "faster" for the difference in price vs the little visual difference in performance, i have to say i would wait on the i7