Cool beans! Phenom II rocks… I have one too (but not overclocked )
Welcome Phenom II
The Phenom II (computer in the middle) joins my rack finally! First I thought I can use the Medion P4 PC-case that I got from a colleague but it turned out to be a Micro ATX format. So I took the ATX-PC-case of an old Athlon XP 2000+ that we used for watching TV (BTW: [...]
Finally
Finally I ordered the parts for my new PC! A very reasonable configuration – best value IMHO – based on the AMD Dragon platform. I’m going to put them in the case of an old Medion P4 that I got from a colleague. Will post more soon!
Details:
GFX-Card: http://www.xfxforce.com/en-us/products/graphiccards/HD%204000series/4830.aspx
RAM: http://newgskill.web-bi.net/bbs/zboard.php?&id=g_ddr2
CPU: http://www.amd.com/us-en/Processors/ProductInformation/0,,30_118_15331_15917,00.html
Mainboard: http://www.asrock.com/mb/overview.asp?Model=AOD790GX/128M&s=AM2%2b
Infos about the AMD Dragon [...]
First Phenom II benchmarks
Fist results look great! Check out details here: http://forum.breakthelimit.net/index.php?showtopic=220&hl
Phenom II @ 6 GHz
Ok, I mean it’s great… but ridiculous. I want to see real overclocking all-time-records with liquid cooling but not with liquid nitrogen! Yea, like anyone would run his PC for 5 minutes cooled with liquid nitrogen.
More Info (in German): http://www.pcgameshardware.de/aid,671469/News/Phenom_II-CPU_bis_5/925_GHz_Takt/
Phenom II launch – but when?
I want to get a Phenom II AMD CPU. Rumors say it will be available in early January (the 8th as some sources mention) but that seems to be either a silent launch or an announcement date. Maybe this will be just a launch of the 125W AM2+ model for upgraders? Not sure… I want [...]
AMD Phenom II – The power to do it all.
I spotted a nice article about the new Phenom II CPU by AMD and the Dragon platform (basically a combination of Phenom II CPU, 790GX mainboard & the ATI 4800 series graphics card):
http://www.overclockersclub.com/reviews/austin/
I think I’m going to wait till Q1 with getting new hardware then. The Dragon platform looks really promising! I hope the prices [...]
Overclockers hit 6GHz – AMD vs. Intel clockwar
Maybe it’s funny what the guys at Tom’s Hardware Overclock Competition 2008 did but totally useless for everyone else. They cooled an Intel Core 2 Duo 8600 with liquid nitrogen and overclocked it to 6GHz. Nice… but is anyone going to put a bottle of liquid nitrogen in his PC just to run it on [...]
AMD Phenom II X4 940, 920, 925, 910, 810, 805 Processors
I knew it… what hasn’t been on the AMD road map that was released recently is the new type of AMD processors including the naming!
AMD plans to introduce 8 Deneb processors in Q1 2009:
Phenom II X4 940 Black Edition – 3.0GHz
Phenom II X4 920 – 2.8GHz
Phenom II X4 925 – 2.8GHz
Phenom II X4 910 – [...]
