IVIYTH0S Posted September 20, 2009 Posted September 20, 2009 Yeah but what? With a decent video card (and typical settings) he's going to be GPU limited 95% of the time anyway... You're over-exaggerating the differences between these CPUs. OCC got a bum one, it happens. It's still faster than any of the old Phenom I CPUs and it's faster than many of the lower end Intel quads. 5% performance here and there isn't enough to make it a "crappy" CPU. I'd take one of these over pretty much any dual core... I guess I'll go have a look at a few other reviews before I say anymore if will make you all feel better :thumbs-up:. I was working all day so could only check this thread and didn't have time to check the other reviews Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RHKCommander959 Posted September 20, 2009 Posted September 20, 2009 (edited) Looks like a promising chip to me, I've been thinking about getting one for my older am2+ dfi board. The nice thing about the athlon ii x2's and the phe x3 is the unlockable core(s). Could easily turn it into a black edition quad for cheap and pwn this cpu with ACC/ proper BIOS/etc. also the L3 cache could possibly be unlocked on this CPU, and might not be defective. this is OVERCLOCKERSclub after all. I'd like to see how it does if it unlocks nice step up for people with < quad cores. wouldn't be a bad multitasker either. Edited September 20, 2009 by RHKCommander959 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Smith Posted September 20, 2009 Posted September 20, 2009 (edited) Looks like a promising chip to me, I've been thinking about getting one for my older am2+ dfi board. The nice thing about the athlon ii x2's and the phe x3 is the unlockable core(s). Could easily turn it into a black edition quad for cheap and pwn this cpu with ACC/ proper BIOS/etc. also the L3 cache could possibly be unlocked on this CPU, and might not be defective. this is OVERCLOCKERSclub after all. I'd like to see how it does if it unlocks nice step up for people with < quad cores. wouldn't be a bad multitasker either. We were told that only part of the Athlon II X4s are manufactured on the Deneb core with the whole L3 disabled. Most of them are manufactured on the new Propus core, which is only 169mm^2 & 300M transistors instead, as pointed out by Alan in his review. For comparison, the Deneb core makes up for 758M transistors and 258mm^2, as stated here. (Looking at these specs, the Athlon II X4 Propus must be much cheaper to manufacture.) That means before thinking of unlocking the cache, you must make sure to get one manufactured on the Deneb core. Edited September 20, 2009 by The Smith Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Waco Posted September 20, 2009 Posted September 20, 2009 We were told that only part of the Athlon II X4s are manufactured on the Deneb core with the whole L3 disabled. Most of them are manufactured on the new Propus core, which is only 169mm^2 & 300M transistors instead, as pointed out by Alan in his review. For comparison, the Deneb core makes up for 758M transistors and 258mm^2, as stated here. (Looking at these specs, the Athlon II X4 Propus must be much cheaper to manufacture.) That means before thinking of unlocking the cache, you must make sure to get one manufactured on the Deneb core. The Propus core will run cooler and likely clock higher though...so it's a trade-off depending on which one you get. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zertz Posted September 20, 2009 Posted September 20, 2009 It will most likely shift completely to Propus once production ramps up Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
IVIYTH0S Posted September 21, 2009 Posted September 21, 2009 (edited) lol "Propus" made me think of a Edited September 21, 2009 by IVIYTH0S Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
N.E.A Posted September 21, 2009 Posted September 21, 2009 (edited) lol "Propus" made me think of a Edited September 21, 2009 by N.E.A Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
sage99c Posted October 14, 2009 Posted October 14, 2009 nice review.. about the motherboard that you used, is that the rev. 1.0? is that compatible with ddr3 memory? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest ajmatson Posted October 14, 2009 Posted October 14, 2009 nice review.. about the motherboard that you used, is that the rev. 1.0? is that compatible with ddr3 memory? Yes it was revision 1.0 with a 4GB set of Corsair XHS3 DHX DDR3-1600MHz memory. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ninnuam Posted November 20, 2009 Posted November 20, 2009 Hard to Overclick this CPU? I think not m8 :-) I have an Athlon II X4 620 slapped on to an XFX 750a motherboard and I overclocked it as soon as i fired up the machine using _multiplyer_ only. Its a breeze overclocking this little baby. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zertz Posted November 20, 2009 Posted November 20, 2009 I overclocked it as soon as i fired up the machine using _multiplyer_ only. The multiplier is locked so I somehow doubt you did this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
IVIYTH0S Posted November 20, 2009 Posted November 20, 2009 The multiplier is locked so I somehow doubt you did this Well was was overclicking, so maybe it has unlocked multi to do that :3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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