Out with the old in with the new Be patient gang . Wait for the new Phenom X4 processors with higher expected over clock frequencies to hit the stores .

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125 watt 965 BE would be nice if it would OC better lol.

If it dont OC well then its utterly pointless lol.

Here's hoping.

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Phenom II 965 BE 125 watt @ 3.9 Ghz 1.475 v
North bridge @ 2.6 Ghz 1.265 v
DDR 3 1600 Mhz 7 7 7 24 OCZ Reaper 4GB 1.88 v
Windows 7 X86 & x64 ultimate
ATI Asus 5870 HD @ 1000/1250 1.325 volt
Corsair 950xt PSU
ASRock M3A785GXH/AM3 785G MB
3Dm06 22,318 3dm vantage. P17043

NB ASUS K50AB-X2A AMD Turion X2 RM-75(2.2GHz) 15.6" screen
4GB DDR 2 800 / 320GB HDD DVD Super Multi
ATI M Radeon HD 4570 Dedicated GPU
Windows 7 Ultimate x64

If I understand right they all will over clock better than what we have now . The way they threw the 125w 965 in the read was questionable to me as well .

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Would love a 965 BE 125 watt TDP.

Would buy one in 2 seconds if I knew it overclocked smoother and better then present chips.

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Phenom II 965 BE 125 watt @ 3.9 Ghz 1.475 v
North bridge @ 2.6 Ghz 1.265 v
DDR 3 1600 Mhz 7 7 7 24 OCZ Reaper 4GB 1.88 v
Windows 7 X86 & x64 ultimate
ATI Asus 5870 HD @ 1000/1250 1.325 volt
Corsair 950xt PSU
ASRock M3A785GXH/AM3 785G MB
3Dm06 22,318 3dm vantage. P17043

NB ASUS K50AB-X2A AMD Turion X2 RM-75(2.2GHz) 15.6" screen
4GB DDR 2 800 / 320GB HDD DVD Super Multi
ATI M Radeon HD 4570 Dedicated GPU
Windows 7 Ultimate x64

That is what I'm counting on . I almost pulled the trigger on the 140w 965 this week with the nice price drop . Looking at a couple benchmarks from our friends tells me I should be able to run a decent one at 4.0Ghz 100% stable . But after this read I am going to wait it out .

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Well the Phenom II 965 125w has just been released today, and according to Tom's Hardware it can get up to 4300 mHz at 1.5v

I read elsewhere about this, techpowerup i think, but it didnt mention the extra L3 cache from 6-8MB....hmm sounds cool

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There is no extra L3. The 8MB that fudzilla reports includes L2 (512kb+512kb+512kb+512kb) and the 6MB of L3 cache. It's just a stepping change with some power optimizations and some extra overclocking headroom.
Lost Circuits
Pure Overclock
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Edited: 11/04/2009 at 11:20 PM by Moomanerism2

http://www.tomshardware.com/re...nom-x4-965,2468-6.html

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I made it onto Fudzilla!

Frankenstein:
ASRock a780FullHD, X2 4850e@2.75GHz
2x2GB OCZ Reaper PC8500
1TB WD Caviar Green
MSI Radeon 2600 Pro (passive cooled)
BenQ fp241vw 24" 8-bit LCD

Well, there is one reviewer that hit high OC with only air cooling.

Benchmark Reviews .com

here is a quote from the reviewer:

"Ultimately, 4.2GHz was the number for me. Yes sir, if 4200Mhz is what's for sale, then I'm buying."

Thought I would add for perspective.

When and where the heck can I get one! lol

Watching this real close, updated my bios and the 125 watt 965 be is ready to drop in.

Any idea when newegg will get these in stock ?

So far i like what I see.

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Phenom II 965 BE 125 watt @ 3.9 Ghz 1.475 v
North bridge @ 2.6 Ghz 1.265 v
DDR 3 1600 Mhz 7 7 7 24 OCZ Reaper 4GB 1.88 v
Windows 7 X86 & x64 ultimate
ATI Asus 5870 HD @ 1000/1250 1.325 volt
Corsair 950xt PSU
ASRock M3A785GXH/AM3 785G MB
3Dm06 22,318 3dm vantage. P17043

NB ASUS K50AB-X2A AMD Turion X2 RM-75(2.2GHz) 15.6" screen
4GB DDR 2 800 / 320GB HDD DVD Super Multi
ATI M Radeon HD 4570 Dedicated GPU
Windows 7 Ultimate x64

I am looking around and talking to some of my suppliers, (newegg being one of them) and so far, the I have gleened this.

Due to the economy, many etailers will be hesitant to rush to buy the 125 watt version. They have X amount of 140 watt cpus on hand they need to unload first before buying the 1000 lot orders from AMD.

Reviews with news oc getting OCs to 4.2 on decent air cooling will push many to go for the new cpu. I was looking to get a 965 now for my personal use, but am going to wait now.

What confounds me is the MSRP of 195.00 for the new version (125 watt) and how its going to cause all etailers to cut prices and profits on the older cpu. But, thats exactly why I don't carry an inventory. lol

I didn't click on all the links above so I don't know if this info is in any of them or not but

here is a listing http://www.amd.com/us/products...number-comparison.aspx

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131,008...333,165...1,101,272...1,423,897

Edited: 11/08/2009 at 07:33 AM by Dobson

In the past, for instance with the 9950BE, there was a 140W version followed by a 125W version... I don't believe they listed both at one time on their website. I think at a certain point, the listing just got edited from saying it was a 140W processor to saying it was 125W. I'm NOT sure however, if they still shipped whatever 140W stock they had left. If I were to buy one of these 125W 965BE's, I would check it to make sure it was what it was advertised as, and not one of the leftover 140W ones...

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I made it onto Fudzilla!

Frankenstein:
ASRock a780FullHD, X2 4850e@2.75GHz
2x2GB OCZ Reaper PC8500
1TB WD Caviar Green
MSI Radeon 2600 Pro (passive cooled)
BenQ fp241vw 24" 8-bit LCD

Its on the shelves boys!!!
http://www.newegg.com/Product/...x?Item=N82E16819103727

Got it! Let the games begin!!!

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Nice! im glad I held off. now I can place that newegg order.

It will arrive on the 12th! Once I get home from work and things get settled I will recalc my BIOS to stock CPU settings and swap them out! Then the testing begins!

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