Phenom II X4 955 Launch
 

Phenom II X4 955 Inches Toward April 20 Launch
AMD is attempting to set its record straight with the Phenom II series of 45 nm desktop processors. The company had started off its Dragon desktop platform with the introduction of its flagship CPU, the Phenom II X4 940. This processor however, is not compliant with the AM3 socket, and will not support DDR3 memory, unless an AM3 socket motherboard can provide DDR2 memory support. Come April 20, and AMD will have released its newest processor: Phenom II X4 955 Black Edition. Based on the 45 nm Deneb core, this processor supports AM3 socket motherboards, and DDR3 memory. It features a core clock speed of 3.20 GHz (16.0 x 200 MHz), 512 KB of L2 cache per core, and 6 MB of L3 cache. It is overclocker-friendly thanks to its unlocked bus multiplier, and the "massive headroom" AMD has been brandishing lately.

One of our sources from Hong Kong was able to make an early-purchase this processor in its retail "processor in a box" (PIB) package (marked with the OPN HDZ955FBGIBOX), from the Golden Computer Parts Center, who took a few snaps of the package. It could be bought for around HKD 2170 (US $280).

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$229, unlocked mult and an AM3 count me in soon.

http://www.zipzoomfly.com/jsp/Produc...tCode=10010385

Hmmmm....$229 for CPU and $196 for ASUS board, I might have to give this a ride right before I go i7 since i'm gonna have to wait for the 975EE and Rev2 boards.

Not to mention the 955 has an unlocked mult, quad core, AM3, great overclocker and only $229!!!!!. I will be purchasing this soon.

What board you going with?

Damn Jeffro and drnip are gonna get an award for thwarting the recession due to hardware purchases :rofl

LMAO:rofl

I dunno yet. A 790gx for sure. I got to get this i7 runnin 1st.

Yeah.... This might give me something to play with while I wait, But i'm not a big AMD fan.

I thought the 790FX was the board to own???