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Read more.Cranking up the frequency and adding memory flexibility, has Phenom II come of age? We find out.
why do not give more details?
I'm disappointed there is no x264 benchmark available.
And the value summary still excludes the motherboard and memory from the price, which skewed the i7 result.
Workstation 1: Intel i7 950 @ 3.8Ghz / X58 / 12GB DDR3-1600 / HD4870 512MB / Antec P180
Workstation 2: Intel C2Q Q9550 @ 3.6Ghz / X38 / 4GB DDR2-800 / 8400GS 512MB / Open Air
Workstation 3: Intel Xeon X3350 @ 3.2Ghz / P35 / 4GB DDR2-800 / HD4770 512MB / Shuttle SP35P2
HTPC: AMD Athlon X4 620 @ 2.6Ghz / 780G / 4GB DDR2-1000 / Antec Mini P180 White
Mobile Workstation: Intel C2D T8300 @ 2.4Ghz / GM965 / 3GB DDR2-667 / DELL Inspiron 1525 / 6+6+9 Cell Battery
Display (Monitor): DELL Ultrasharp 2709W + DELL Ultrasharp 2001FP
Display (Projector): Epson TW-3500 1080p
Speakers: Creative Megaworks THX550 5.1
Headphones: Etymotic hf2 / Ultimate Ears Triple.fi 10 Pro
Storage: 8x2TB Hitachi @ DELL PERC 6/i RAID6 / 13TB Non-RAID Across 12 HDDs
Consoles: PS3 Slim 120GB / Xbox 360 Arcade 20GB / PS2
http://www.scan.co.uk/Product.aspx?WebProductId=1003114
£213.79 inc VAT
Slightly overpriced if you ask me, factor in a decent AM3 motherboard and some RAM and your knocking on the Core i7 Door.
Fantastic AM2+ drop in upgrade though.
Its a beast of a CPU for a simple AM2+ board upgrade but is it really worth nearly twice as much as the X3 720BE ? ? ?Originally Posted by Animus404
It's worth pointing out that Hexus chose one of the more expensive AM3 motherboards. There's plenty of good ones in the £100 - £120 range, and (at both Scan and Ebuyer) they top out @ £160 - the same as the cheapest 1366 motherboards!
My biggest hope, given the good performance of this processor, is that we'll now see proper AM3 memory packs, supporting 1.9v with very tight timings...
It does seem a bit odd that the pricing puts the 4th core as having the same value as the first 3...
Seems like it's going to be like this for a while as I can imagine etailers would like to get rid of their stock of 940BEs first.
Have to agree, im currently got a rig on order with a 940be for my cousin, i don't intend to change it because the price difference does not seem worth it. Plus im on a budget and at £160 for a X4 940 its stupid money.It does seem a bit odd that the pricing puts the 4th core as having the same value as the first 3...
Seems like it's going to be like this for a while as I can imagine etailers would like to get rid of their stock of 940BEs first.
I dont see any need for me to upgrade my 940BE to one of these as the only advantage it has is DDR3 compatability and 2 meg of leve 3 cache. The 200 mhz upgrade in speed means little as they are both black editions
Good review
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