Mitch?
banned
Stock 2.7ghz (Don't mind the SuperPi, i tried, it was 29seconds, my old 5400+ speed is shown on there)
Overclocked to 3.3ghz! (CF #1 AMD SuperPi
)
Here are the specs - the RAM is usually at 4-4-4-11-15, but after I updated BIOS I forgot to change it back, and so it stayed on AUTO settings
The chip! Right in the plastic still, it has the same coding as the new Phenom II's - with exceptions to cache size, core, and the 7750.
Sent with the cpu from NewEgg - AMD's GoGreen button, putting your system into power saving mode at the press of a button. It's USB, and by manually configuring the file, can be used to do anything at the press of a button
Typical AMD Black Edition packaging, nothing new here
Stock Heatsink/Fan - very similar to older Athlon 64 X2's - for the tests , and my new system, I'll be using an Arctic Cooling Freezer 64 Pro with Arctic Silver 5 (keeping my idle temps at 18-19c - the same as my older 4000+, 5000+BE, and 5400+BE.)
Conclusion -
First off, turns out my MSI K9A2 Platinum had BIOS v. 1.4, would accept my Kuma core very well, so I had to update to 1.6. From past experiences I know that MSI LiveUpdate sucks, so I visited my friends at MSI Forum, and used their tool to boot off a USB drive, which worked wonderfully. After my quick little review (and I apologize for the crappy quality of some of the pics, my camera was stepped on
) I found:
1) The architecture has improved, and though I've not tested on 3dMark06 (which is missing files apparently), it does show improvement in games (Fallout 3 primarily) and SuperPi.
2) The TDP is yet to factor into a heat issue, as it's running the same as my other chips.
3) The chip is also energy efficient - the 5400+ need ~1.44v to be completely stable at 3.2ghz, while this is at 1.39v @ 3.2ghz (and has higher HT @ 1.8ghz (vs 1ghz) AND has higher per-clock performance.
4) I got the chip to boot into XP at 3.5ghz, but it was quite unstable, freezing twice and getting to the 6th iteration of 1M SuperPi once. At 3.6 it would still boot into POST, and BIOS, but would die after GRUB.
Anyway, the core seems promising, and I can't wait for the AM3 boards to come out, and the new Phenom II AM3 chips
Overclocked to 3.3ghz! (CF #1 AMD SuperPi
)
Here are the specs - the RAM is usually at 4-4-4-11-15, but after I updated BIOS I forgot to change it back, and so it stayed on AUTO settings
The chip! Right in the plastic still, it has the same coding as the new Phenom II's - with exceptions to cache size, core, and the 7750.
Sent with the cpu from NewEgg - AMD's GoGreen button, putting your system into power saving mode at the press of a button. It's USB, and by manually configuring the file, can be used to do anything at the press of a button
Typical AMD Black Edition packaging, nothing new here
Stock Heatsink/Fan - very similar to older Athlon 64 X2's - for the tests , and my new system, I'll be using an Arctic Cooling Freezer 64 Pro with Arctic Silver 5 (keeping my idle temps at 18-19c - the same as my older 4000+, 5000+BE, and 5400+BE.)
Conclusion -
First off, turns out my MSI K9A2 Platinum had BIOS v. 1.4, would accept my Kuma core very well, so I had to update to 1.6. From past experiences I know that MSI LiveUpdate sucks, so I visited my friends at MSI Forum, and used their tool to boot off a USB drive, which worked wonderfully. After my quick little review (and I apologize for the crappy quality of some of the pics, my camera was stepped on
) I found:1) The architecture has improved, and though I've not tested on 3dMark06 (which is missing files apparently), it does show improvement in games (Fallout 3 primarily
) and SuperPi.2) The TDP is yet to factor into a heat issue, as it's running the same as my other chips.
3) The chip is also energy efficient - the 5400+ need ~1.44v to be completely stable at 3.2ghz, while this is at 1.39v @ 3.2ghz (and has higher HT @ 1.8ghz (vs 1ghz) AND has higher per-clock performance.
4) I got the chip to boot into XP at 3.5ghz, but it was quite unstable, freezing twice and getting to the 6th iteration of 1M SuperPi once. At 3.6 it would still boot into POST, and BIOS, but would die after GRUB.
Anyway, the core seems promising, and I can't wait for the AM3 boards to come out, and the new Phenom II AM3 chips
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