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  Phenom II X4 955 Black Edition: AMD's Flagship CPU

  Roydon Cerejo, Jun 11, 2009 1410 hrs IST

  AMD's new flagship CPU for the AM3 platform

  Good performance, unlocked multiplier, overclocks easily, works with existing AM2+ motherboards, consumes lower power on idle/load

  Expensive

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Page 1 - Intro Page 2 - Testbench Page 3 - Benchmarks Page 4 - SiSoft SANDRA 1 of 2 Page 5 - SiSoft SANDRA 2 of 2 Page 6 - DivX 7 Encoding Page 7 - Game Benchmarks Page 8 - Overclocking, Power consumption Page 9 - Price and Verdict

Testbench

 

 

For testing the Phenom II X4 955, we used the Asus M4A79 Deluxe motherboard that is based on the 790FX chipset and offers some nifty overclocking options. More importantly it's a rock solid board that we've used for testing other processors in the past.

CPU: Phenom II X4 955 Black Edition

Motherboard: Asus M4A79 Deluxe

RAM: 2x 1GB G.Skill 1066MHz DDR2 memory

GPU: Nvidia 9600GT

HDD: WD Raptor 300GB

PSU: CoolerMaster 1000W

Page 1 - Intro Page 2 - Testbench Page 3 - Benchmarks Page 4 - SiSoft SANDRA 1 of 2 Page 5 - SiSoft SANDRA 2 of 2 Page 6 - DivX 7 Encoding Page 7 - Game Benchmarks Page 8 - Overclocking, Power consumption Page 9 - Price and Verdict

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