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AMD Phenom II X4 955 HDZ955FBGIBOX 3.2 GHz/6 MB L3/125W Processor |  | Brand: AMD
Category: CE
List Price: $299.00
Buy New: $182.62
as of 3/9/2010 07:09 EST details
You Save: $116.38 (39%)
New (5) from $182.62
Seller: Brason Enterprises
Rating:  19 reviews
Media: Electronics
Autographed: No
Memorabilia: No
Batteries Included: No
CPU Manufacturer: AMD
CPU Speed: 3.2
Processors: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.6
Dimensions (in): 0.4 x 0.4 x 0.4
Warranty: 3 years warranty
MPN: HDZ955FBGIBOX
Model: HDZ955FBGIBOX
UPC: 730143267076
EAN: 0730143267076
ASIN: B00275G0VE
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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| Features:
| • | Quad Core | | • | 3.2Ghz | | • | 8MB Cache | | • | AM3 Package | | • | DDR2/3 |
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Product Description
AMD Phenom II processors deliver unbeatable multi-core value with superior high definition computing, advanced multitasking performance, and innovative, energy efficient solutions.
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Showing reviews 1-5 of 19
 So far so good... March 3, 2010
Jasper Koenig
Amazon kept bothering me for a review and I haven't had the time (nor the capacity) to test the CPU properly. 3 stars because of that; I don't want to give a 5-star rating to a product I haven't been able to test fully. The seller DID ship it to me with absolutely incredible speed though...wasn't expecting it for at least another week!
Excelente Procesador March 2, 2010
A. J. Cordova (Venezuela)
Desde que me inicie en el armado de computadores siempre he preferido los procesadores de AMD. Esta es la ultima actulización pasando de un PHENOM 9500 de 2.2 ghz a este phenom ii de 3.2 ghz. debo decir que el desempeño es optimo, lo tengo en un equipo con windows 7 64 y Mandriva 2010 64, y mejoro considerablemente, ahora es mucho mas veloz, por ejemplo en el procesamiento de archivo de videos bajó a la mitad el tiempo de cada tarea.
Excellent CPU February 11, 2010
bastosbastos
Excellent processor!
Flies with standard config and has great OC capability!
This is a Black Edition Phenom II x4 955.
Working great on:
5x1.5TB HDD (RAID 50)
Promise Tech. PCI Sata expansion slot (4 SATA ports)
Asus M4N82 Deluxe Socket AM2+ / AM3. Nforce 980A
2x500Gb HDD SATA
Phenom II 955 x4
Nox Krypton 900w
Zalman CNPS9900 LED
Thermaltake Element V VL20001W2Z (CPU Case)
Transcend 4GB DDR2 (1066Mhz)TX1066QLU-4GK
The Red Dragon Cometh February 11, 2010
Paul K. Mckneely
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
After six years of using a Pentium 4 running XP I finally decided it was time to build a 64-bit quad-core system. There had been so many complaints about Vista that I decided to wait for Windows 7 to come out before building my next system. I'm glad I did because it took that long for all my requirements to fall into place:
1) Reasonably priced 4GB DDR3 modules.
2) Motherboards supporting at least 16GB of DDR3
3) Windows 7-64
4) Mature Quad-Core Processor
So in January of 2010, I began to purchase the parts to build "The Dragon". I had originally decided to buy a Phenom II X4 940 but Amazon.com placed a 955 in my Gold Box for less than the 940. Not an over-clocker, I planned to go stock all the way. However, it is for meeting the demands of over-clockers that the system I buy should have the margins built in to make it very reliable and last a very long time. "Dragon" is actually a code name for the AMD 790FX chip set that was designed to support the Phenom II on mother boards supporting DDR3. But I stumbled across a CoolerMaster HAF 932 AMD colaborative limited edition that I just had to have. This is what turned my system into the "Red Dragon". Now the system has been up and running Windows 7 for over a week now and I am very satisfied with it.
Let me share a few tidbits with you. AMD's main competition comes for the Intel i5/i7 CPUs. The i7 seems to have a more powerful processor but costs significantly more. Because competition is good for the industry, I recommend for people who are building their own systems to buy a Phenom II because it is a really great product. Although the i7 has 8M of level 3 cache where the Phenom II has 6M, the Phenom II has twice as much Level 1 and Level 2 cache as the Intel. Also, most of the bandwith to peripherals on the i7 is to a dedicated PCI-e X16 slot leaving only 2 GBps to be shared by the other peripherals. The Phenom II has 8 GBps to be shared with all of the peripherals. This means that a second video card on an i7 is not going to perform like the first. With a Phenom II, however, both video cards are going to have equal bandwith to the processor. This means better GPU performance for those of you who want to make use of massive parallelism. Looking at comparative data transfer bandwith performance (via hypertransport for AMD), the AMD design clearly outshines the Intel, although the Intel CPU has better number crunching performance.
I do a lot of 3D animation and video processing. This system will bring me into the world of high definition. I have done animations and video conversions taking a week or more. It will be nice to do the same thing in only a few hours. Two days ago I did a high-definition render just to compare the performance of my old system (2.4 GHz P4 /w 2 GB running SpeedEDIT 1.5) with the new system (3.2 GHz Phenom II X4 955 with 8 GB running SpeedEDIT 2.0). In this particular test, the render went 20 times as fast on the Dragon (6 minutes as opposed to 2 hours) . For number crunching, the difference will not be as great. This particular application uses all four cores very well.
This product is rated at 125Watts and that is probably why I got it for such a discount. A newer model is rated at only 90Watts. I have installed the Gigabyte utility that monitors and controlls CPU power and I have never seen the power usage go over 55 Watts under heavy load. This was while doing a 1920 X 1080p video render while simulatneously producing a 1920 X 1080p 3D animation using Lightwave 9.6. The CPU gadget on W7 was reading up to 99% CPU utilization but did bounce around.
Awesome CPU February 9, 2010
Phillip Bailey
My pc specs!
Amd phenom ii x4 955
Kingston hyperx 2gb 1600 ddr3
sapphire hd5850
zalmon cnps9900led
This CPU is great for OC and playing!If your in the market for a new CPU,do yourself and your wallet a favor and buy this CPU.You won't regret it!
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