Legit Processor Reviews
AMD Phenom II 965 Black Edition Processor Review
| Manufacturer: | AMD |
| Product: | HDZ965FBGIBOX |
| Date: | Wed, Aug 12, 2009 - 11:00 PM |
| Written By: | Nathan Kirsch - |
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Overclocking
Overclocking greatly varies due to what hardware is being used and who is doing the overclocking. Always remember that no two pieces of hardware will perform the same, so our results will differ from what you might be able to get.
With stock BIOS settings, the Phenom II X4 965 Black Edition processor runs with a 200MHz bus speed and an x17.0 multiplier that is
used to reach the final core clock of 3.4GHz.
Since the AMD Phenom II X4 965 Black Edition processor is multiplier unlocked, we raised the multiplier without changing any settings in the BIOS just to see how high we could get with 'AUTO' voltages. With the system running the XIGMATEK HDT-S1283 heat sink (air cooling) we were able to reach 4GHz with ease.
With the CPU voltage increased to 1.475V in the BIOS, we were able to hit 4.2GHz after raising the multiplier up to x21 from x17. This is an overclock of 800MHz, which is a great overclock for using air cooling. It seems both of
these processors love to be overclocked and we were able to get nearly
1GHz overclocks with air cooling! This is about 300MHz higher than we got the Phenom II X4 955 processor when we reviewed it a few months ago.
Next Page - Final Thoughts and Conclusions
| Review Index |
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Page 1 - AMD's New Speed Demon - Phenom II 965
Page 2 - Phenom II X4 965 Specifications Page 3 - The Test System Page 4 - Sandra 2009 Memory Bandwidth Page 5 - Photodex ProShow Gold 3.2 Page 6 - Microsoft Excel 2007 Page 7 - Cinebench R10 Page 8 - POV-Ray 3.7 Beta 25 Page 9 - POV-Ray Real-Time Raytracing Page 10 - Futuremark 3DMark06 Page 11 - World in Conflict Page 12 - Crysis Warhead Page 13 - Power Consumption Page 14 - Overclocking Page 15 - Final Thoughts and Conclusions |
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