Phenom II, C3 Stepping reviews

mAJORD · 4th November 2009, 4:46 PM

A quiet little release, but C3 stepping Phenoms are here.. thought i'd put the previews/reviews in one spot..

Apart from the expected power consumption and clocking improvments, Looks like it sports official 4-slot DDR3-1333 now amongst some other little tweaks.

http://www.techreaction.net/forums/s...ad.php?p=11041
http://www.guru3d.com/article/phenom...3-review-test/
http://www.firingsquad.com/hardware/...i_x4_965_125w/

and more.. THANKS LOOPHOLE

http://www.techreport.com/articles.x/17894
http://www.pureoverclock.com/article845.html
http://www.overclockersclub.com/revi...2_965_refresh/
http://www.neoseeker.com/Articles/Ha...ii_2ndcorerev/
http://www.lostcircuits.com/mambo/in...id=68&Itemid=1
http://benchmarkreviews.com/index.ph...=384&Itemid=63
http://www.amdzone.com/index.php/rev...x4-965-be-125w
http://www.extremeoverclocking.com/r..._X4_965_1.html
http://hothardware.com/Articles/AMD-...II-X4-965-CPU/
http://www.pcper.com/article.php?aid=812
http://www.pcstats.com/articleview.cfm?articleID=2468

Hope to get hold of one to test too.

Dragonfly · 4th November 2009, 7:22 PM

So will all the Phenoms be switched over to C3, or just the 965 and 955?

mAJORD · 4th November 2009, 7:47 PM

all, over time. Also the two athlon II cpu's are still on c2, not sure when they're going to get a stepping update since they launched later.

DiGiTaL MoNkEY · 4th November 2009, 7:50 PM

Nice nice.. looks like the SKU we should be looking for is HDZ965FBK4DGM

Buriedpast · 4th November 2009, 8:01 PM

I'll be grabbing one for sure to ditch the 550BE. 4ghz is all I want, for no real reason

DiGiTaL MoNkEY · 4th November 2009, 8:03 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Buriedpast

I'll be grabbing one for sure to ditch the 550BE. 4ghz is all I want, for no real reason

Makes me want to pick on up myself, 4GHz is just such a nice figure!

Sundance · 4th November 2009, 8:18 PM

Guru3D:

Quote:

We however overclocked through the BIOS -- the results were insane really as we took it towards 4 GHz easily -- and again, this overclock was managed with a simple OCZ Vendetta 2 air-cooler.

DiGiTaL MoNkEY · 4th November 2009, 8:24 PM

Thats very good, considering the cooler isn't exactly a premium cooler, its nice to see 4GHz was within reach without too much fuss.

Buriedpast · 4th November 2009, 8:28 PM

in 2 of those reviews 3.8ghz on stock volts.

I'll chuck a cheapie pos cooler on there and smash out 4-4.1 if it's reasonable. Should be a healthy improvement on my 24/7 3.7ghz 550.

Domokun · 4th November 2009, 9:07 PM

Will the motherboard BIOS need to be updated for this CPU to work?

pilot6 · 4th November 2009, 9:16 PM

Finally AMD CPU's hitting 4Ghz+ stable good to see.

chew* · 5th November 2009, 3:09 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Domokun

Will the motherboard BIOS need to be updated for this CPU to work?

I used F3L bios for the entire review of C3......if you look on giga's site it does not even exist anymore for the 790FXT-UD5P..

That said I can at least confirm you will not need a bios update on that board for them to work correctly.

Frontl1ne · 5th November 2009, 9:45 AM

Sweet review chew*

So tempting to get a Phenom now, but I'm waiting to see how the Thubans perform!

Domokun · 6th November 2009, 12:10 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by chew*

That said I can at least confirm you will not need a bios update on that board for them to work correctly.

Thanks for letting me know, that is good news. It's always a concern when building a new PC, whether the motherboard (with an older BIOS) will boot with the newer stepping CPU.

loophole · 6th November 2009, 2:27 PM

Here's a few more:

http://www.techreport.com/articles.x/17894
http://www.pureoverclock.com/article845.html
http://www.overclockersclub.com/revi...2_965_refresh/
http://www.neoseeker.com/Articles/Ha...ii_2ndcorerev/
http://www.lostcircuits.com/mambo/in...id=68&Itemid=1
http://benchmarkreviews.com/index.ph...=384&Itemid=63
http://www.amdzone.com/index.php/rev...x4-965-be-125w
http://www.extremeoverclocking.com/r..._X4_965_1.html
http://hothardware.com/Articles/AMD-...II-X4-965-CPU/
http://www.pcper.com/article.php?aid=812
http://www.pcstats.com/articleview.cfm?articleID=2468

Seems like just about everybody is covering the launch

4th November 2009, 4:46 PM	#1
mAJORD Member Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: North Lakes , Brisbane Posts: 4,508	Phenom II, C3 Stepping reviews A quiet little release, but C3 stepping Phenoms are here.. thought i'd put the previews/reviews in one spot.. Apart from the expected power consumption and clocking improvments, Looks like it sports official 4-slot DDR3-1333 now amongst some other little tweaks. http://www.techreaction.net/forums/s...ad.php?p=11041 http://www.guru3d.com/article/phenom...3-review-test/ http://www.firingsquad.com/hardware/...i_x4_965_125w/ and more.. THANKS LOOPHOLE http://www.techreport.com/articles.x/17894 http://www.pureoverclock.com/article845.html http://www.overclockersclub.com/revi...2_965_refresh/ http://www.neoseeker.com/Articles/Ha...ii_2ndcorerev/ http://www.lostcircuits.com/mambo/in...id=68&Itemid=1 http://benchmarkreviews.com/index.ph...=384&Itemid=63 http://www.amdzone.com/index.php/rev...x4-965-be-125w http://www.extremeoverclocking.com/r..._X4_965_1.html http://hothardware.com/Articles/AMD-...II-X4-965-CPU/ http://www.pcper.com/article.php?aid=812 http://www.pcstats.com/articleview.cfm?articleID=2468 Hope to get hold of one to test too. Last edited by mAJORD; 6th November 2009 at 11:19 PM.

4th November 2009, 7:22 PM	#2
Dragonfly Member Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Brisbane Posts: 1,002	So will all the Phenoms be switched over to C3, or just the 965 and 955? __________________ iMac 24" 2.8ghz DesignInfusion

4th November 2009, 8:01 PM	#5
Buriedpast Member Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Brisbane Bayside. Posts: 58	. I'll be grabbing one for sure to ditch the 550BE. 4ghz is all I want, for no real reason

4th November 2009, 9:16 PM	#11
pilot6 Member Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: Melbourne Posts: 484	Finally AMD CPU's hitting 4Ghz+ stable good to see. __________________ THERMALTAKE ARMOR LCS, ASUS CROSSHAIR III FORMULA, AMD PII 965 CPU, CORSAIR H50 COOLER, 4GIG CORSAIR DOMINATOR GT 1600 DDR3 RAM, NVIDIA GTX 295 1792MB RAM, ANTEC 750W PSU.

5th November 2009, 9:45 AM	#13
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4th November 2009, 7:47 PM	#3
mAJORD Member Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: North Lakes , Brisbane Posts: 4,508	all, over time. Also the two athlon II cpu's are still on c2, not sure when they're going to get a stepping update since they launched later.

4th November 2009, 7:50 PM	#4
DiGiTaL MoNkEY Digitally Disturbed Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Melbourne, Victoria Posts: 20,849	Nice nice.. looks like the SKU we should be looking for is HDZ965FBK4DGM

4th November 2009, 8:24 PM	#8
DiGiTaL MoNkEY Digitally Disturbed Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Melbourne, Victoria Posts: 20,849	Thats very good, considering the cooler isn't exactly a premium cooler, its nice to see 4GHz was within reach without too much fuss.

4th November 2009, 8:28 PM	#9
Buriedpast Member Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Brisbane Bayside. Posts: 58	in 2 of those reviews 3.8ghz on stock volts. I'll chuck a cheapie pos cooler on there and smash out 4-4.1 if it's reasonable. Should be a healthy improvement on my 24/7 3.7ghz 550.

4th November 2009, 9:07 PM	#10
Domokun Member Join Date: Nov 2005 Posts: 454	Will the motherboard BIOS need to be updated for this CPU to work?

6th November 2009, 2:27 PM	#15
loophole Member Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Canberra, ACT Posts: 79	Here's a few more: http://www.techreport.com/articles.x/17894 http://www.pureoverclock.com/article845.html http://www.overclockersclub.com/revi...2_965_refresh/ http://www.neoseeker.com/Articles/Ha...ii_2ndcorerev/ http://www.lostcircuits.com/mambo/in...id=68&Itemid=1 http://benchmarkreviews.com/index.ph...=384&Itemid=63 http://www.amdzone.com/index.php/rev...x4-965-be-125w http://www.extremeoverclocking.com/r..._X4_965_1.html http://hothardware.com/Articles/AMD-...II-X4-965-CPU/ http://www.pcper.com/article.php?aid=812 http://www.pcstats.com/articleview.cfm?articleID=2468 Seems like just about everybody is covering the launch