The phenom 2 x4 965 was easier to overclock and took less time and effort to clock. Hi, im new to overclocking but ive recently upgraded my motherboard to an asus crosshair v formula. Help with oc of amd phenom ii x 4 be republic of gamers. These processors will be known as the phenom ii x4 955 black edition 3. Anyhow i wanted to overclock the processor but am having a hard time with it. Amd phenom ii x4 920 overclocking extreme overclocking. C2, be charts, comparing multi and singlethreaded performance of this microprocessor with other phenom ii x4 processors and the fastest amd and intel x86 chips, please visit amd phenom ii x4 955 125w, rev. I am just using the information that amd has on their phenom ii x4 955 specification sheet. Amd phenom ii x4 955 black edition prozessor sockel. I did make use of amds overdrive software, but only for stress testing the cpu once it.
How to overclock amd phenom ii x4 black edition youtube. Overclocking adventures in frustration amds phenom ii. Buy amd cpu hdz955fbgmbox phenom ii x4 955 black edition 3. Products certified by the federal communications commission and industry canada will be distributed in the united states and canada. For example, our computer with the asus p5q deluxe motherboard failed to. So i am overclocking a new build, here is what i have so far. As weve already mentioned, the phenom ii x4 965 black edition is an update to a familiar design. Please visit the asus usa and asus canada websites for information about locally available products.
I got this old amd machine and it has a phenom ii x4 960t processsor and good cooling and id like to oc it using amd overdrive. I did make use of amd s overdrive software, but only for stress testing the cpu once it had booted into windows. We compare the specs of the amd 955 to see how it stacks up against its competitors including the amd fx 6300, intel core2 quad q6600 and amd athlon ii x4 640. Amd kick started 2009 with guns blazing introducing their latest phenom ii x4 platform on early january. I hope that you enjoyed this guide as much as i did. Amd cpu hdz955fbgmbox phenom ii x4 955 black edition 3. Phenom ii, even on the new am3 platform with ddr3, is still significantly power inefficient compared to intels offerings, at least for the range of tests we performed.
Processor, phenom ii x4 925, phenom ii x4 955, core 2 quad q9300, core 2. Overclocking the phenom ii is a simply complicated task of check, and recheck for hours on hours a day. When it launched in q2 of 2009, it was amd s fastest cpu. We delete comments that violate our policy, which we encourage you to. Today we are going to be taking a look at one new am3 processor, the amd phenom ii x4 955. Amd do provide 6 core phenom processors but unless you use very high demanding video editing software i feel it will be waste. A list of chipsets, compatible with the amd phenom ii x4 955 125w, rev. Some chips will overclock better than others, but regardless you roll the.
Select a motherboard manufacturer to expand a list of amd phenom ii x4 955 processor compatible motherboards. Will an amd phenom ii 1090t x6 bottleneck a evga gtx 470. We had similar clocking results with the asus m4a79t deluxe and gigabyte. Amd phenom ii x4 in a asus crosshair iv formula and its pretty slow sorry for the filler video, just playin around with a cool motherboard a viewer sent.
The northbridge frequency htmc is back up and running at 2ghz for these am3 processors the x4 940920 are running at. Phenom x4 955 help hello, i have an asus m4a78te mobo, and i had installed the cpu in the mobo with ddr31066 ram. A 625mhz overclock is nothing to sneeze at, but it certainly does not come near those 6ghz7ghz clock speeds we see on a regular basis with the phenom ii. How to overclock amd phenom ii x4 be black edition to 3. Our maximum cpu overclock put us at a disappointing embarrassing 3. Amds phenom ii x4 965 black edition processor the tech. Amd amd cpus normal temp for amd phenom ii x4 955 black edition. In order to be able to post messages on the an overclocking community forums, you must first register. Priced aggressively, the phenom ii x4 920 and 940 black edition were pricecompetitive alternatives for intels core 2 line. Amd phenom ii x4 955 drivers windows 7 help forums. My problem is that i have double checked all the cables, made sure they are all plugged in, and even checked the heatsink and cpu over and over again. Following the same method used for overclocking the phenom ii x2 550, amds quadcore phenom ii x4 955 black edition was first set to 1.
Fast forward a bit, and amd has been releasing socket am3 processors, which support the faster ddr3 memory standard. Overclocking adventures in frustration amds phenom ii x4 955. My system specs are in my sig and if i need to list anything crucial just ask. It features dualchannel ddr2 1066 memory support, data transfer rate up to 5200mts via hypertransport 3. Since i play alot of online games where fps is required the most, i wish to increase my fps. C2, be, was compiled from cpu support lists, published on. Also, when i made my first post, i referred to asus support and checked out the cpu list even already owning the board and knowing.
Not wanting to spend a fortune on an upgrade, nor wanting to overclock, i opted for this phenom ii 965 as my asus m3nht deluxe motherboard supports the phenom ii cpus, right up to the 6core models. Painfully backwards compatible amds phenom ii x4 955. The phenom ii processor was a step in the right direction for amd. I am planning to overclock my amd phenom ii x4 945. Amd phenom ii x4 955 best compatible phenom ii x4 955 cpu. Phenom ii x4 955 be maximum overclock on stock voltages. M2nsli deluxe and amd phenom ii x4 955 black edition.
Socket am3 processor support the asus m4a79t deluxe supports the amd socket am3 45nm processors including the amd phenom ii, athlon ii and sempron 100 series. I am not experienced with amd at all, my first build which is the one i currently use has an i5 6600k and i overclocked that using the bios. I got good performance out of the system, but the cpu was really holding back the gpus. To be perfectly honest i am used to overclocking intel processors and the last amd i worked with was a socket 754 amd athlon 64.
Do i have to pay attention to anything special with this cpu. The charts below show relative performance of phenom ii x4 b95 and core i52300 microprocessors in several different kinds of tasks. Amd phenom ii x4 955 black edition hardware reports. Amd phenom ii x4 955 cpu compatible pc motherboards. This processor will be dwarfed in performance by its modern counterparts, and will likely have very. Ati streamenabled programs to operate with optimized performance or with new. Cpu processors free delivery possible on eligible purchases. Following the same method used for overclocking the phenom ii x2 550, amd s quadcore phenom ii x4 955 black edition was first set to 1.
Will i have to update my amd phenom nvidia geforce forums. The amd phenom ii x4 955 is a quadcore processor based on the k10 microarchitecture. Before i let you go, i will end it all with a nice wrap up. I currently have amd phenomtm 9650 quad core processor 2. The 955 s effective speed of 63 isnt impressive by todays standards, but when coupled with a decent. Seems i got ram stable at 1600 this will probably go up with the overclocking i plan to do on the cpu bus frequency. Stock speed out of the box we saw a good advantage from the higher stock speed of the x4 965, overclocked to 4ghz performance is similar. In fact, amd readily admits that the silicon belongs to the same revision used to enable its. Ati crossfirex multigpu technology support ati crossfirex is the ultimate multigpu performance gaming platform, enabling two or more discrete graphics processors to work together for. Just personal preference, i prefer to do all my overclocking through bios specifically and dont use os software for it.
The x4 965based system draws roughly 20w more power at the wall socket than a similarly configured system with a phenom ii x4 955 processor. Overclocking an amd phenom ii 955 pcmaclinux society. Ive been reading on how to overclock in this forum and found some users with this specific processor that have been overclocking to 3. I even ordered a noctua nhc12p se14, beacuse right now i have the standard cooler in use. I want to upgrade to the amd phenom ii x4 955 black edition. C2, be multithreaded and singlethreaded performance pages. It generated more performance per clock and allowed for higher frequency chips. The phenom ii x4 965 140w has been out for a while, so im going to go light on the benchmarks in this article. Among other things the selected motherboards have the socket am3 cpu socket that the amd phenom ii x4 955 will fit into, providing motherboard to cpu compatibility. To determine displayed numbers we averaged results for a few benchmarks for each specific application type.
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