AMD PHENOM II X4 Quad Core 940,3.0GHz (HDZ940XCGIBOX) Boxed Processor Reviews

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Pros: Unlike the 65 nm Phenoms this 45 nm Phenom II processor overclocks really well (it is a black edition CPU so you probably purchased that style for the overclocking ability). There are many ways to juice up this unlocked black edition CPU. from Amazon.com I recently upgraded my X2 4600 to a Phenom II X4 940. I am using the Gigabyte MA78GM-S2H rev 1.0 motherboard and was also using the integrated graphics. from Amazon.com I would buy again. I was looking at this and the Intel E8500, which were the same price. This AMD processor is far superior than the E8500. I would have given this product a 5 stars, except for the stocked heatsink and fan. from Amazon.com -Benchmarks aren't a true indicator of any performance gain in "real use". Therefore, the Intel Core i7 will cost you generally about $150-200 more to build but only have similar real world performance. I drove myself nuts for several days trying to compare everything based on benchmarks only to find that most benchmark reviews will also tell you they don't necessarily indicate a true performance comparison between processors. from Amazon.com So do you ever wonder why Intel would spend hundreds of millions of dollars to squash it's competition,Then get get sued by the EU for trade violations ? Well this be the reason ! The Phenom II X4 940 Black Edition blows smoke on every processor Intel makes except the i7,which by the way will cost you 900 bones!Not enough bang for bucks there for sure. I got this thing cranked up to 3.8 Ghz with out a hitch. from Amazon.com I got another HD 4830 to crossfire but it didn't improve much in those games. The processor started to be my bottleneck. I instead sold the video card and got this Phenom 940. The games play much smoother now even with only one video card vs. from Amazon.com Cons: None so far. Other Thoughts: Replace the stock fan with something else. I am using Zerotherm Nirvana with Antec 900 two case, and the cores idle at 26-28 degrees. from Newegg.com Pros: Despite the unsubstantiated opinions I've read in many forums, this processor is actually noticeably considerably faster than an Intel Core 2 Quad 6600 (which I owned). It is also better at multitasking than that processor. from Newegg.com Pros: I got it to work at 3.5ghz but anything beyond that seems to take excessive voltage. I have a first gen 790FX mobo though so I think its that. from Newegg.com Pros: Overclockable - way fast Cons: Now I have to upgrade everything else Other Thoughts: This is the best cpu I have ever owned / benchmarks at 3.6 Ghz. compare to the I-965 . Load times on a single Hard drive is faster than the raid0 I had setup on a Phenom 9600 . My main bottleneck now is the hard drive. from Newegg.com

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Processor, 3 GHz, 1800 MHz Bus Speed, 512 KB Cache Memory, For Socket AM2+, For PC Platforms

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Released	9 months ago
Processor Type	Pentium II
Processor Features	HyperTransport technology AMD Cool n Quiet Quad Core
Socket Type	Socket AM2+
Package Type	AMD Processor in a Box (PIB)
Architecture	45 nanometers
Clock Speed	3 GHz
Front Side Bus Speed	1800 MHz
Included Devices	Cooling Fan Heat Sink
L1 Cache Size	128 KB
L2 Cache Size	512 KB
L3 Cache Size	6144 KB
MPN	HDZ940XCGIBOX
Manufacturer	AMD
Memory Type	DDR3 SDRAM
Package Qty.	1
Platform	PC
Processor Instruction Set	SSE SSE2 SSE3
Product Type	Processor
UPC	730143267014
Warranty	3 Years

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