http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/25/amd-launches-new-phenom-ii-and-athlon-ii-cpus-right-onto-the-tes/ Engadget Comments for AMD launches new Phenom II and Athlon II CPUs right onto the test bench http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2012 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/25/amd-launches-new-phenom-ii-and-athlon-ii-cpus-right-onto-the-tes/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/25/amd-launches-new-phenom-ii-and-athlon-ii-cpus-right-onto-the-tes/Jan 25th 2010 12:05PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/25/amd-launches-new-phenom-ii-and-athlon-ii-cpus-right-onto-the-tes/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/25/amd-launches-new-phenom-ii-and-athlon-ii-cpus-right-onto-the-tes/But not as much as your mother, right? Right?]]>Jan 25th 2010 12:13PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/25/amd-launches-new-phenom-ii-and-athlon-ii-cpus-right-onto-the-tes/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/25/amd-launches-new-phenom-ii-and-athlon-ii-cpus-right-onto-the-tes/
Awww I see what you did there...]]>Jan 25th 2010 12:23PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/25/amd-launches-new-phenom-ii-and-athlon-ii-cpus-right-onto-the-tes/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/25/amd-launches-new-phenom-ii-and-athlon-ii-cpus-right-onto-the-tes/Jan 25th 2010 12:10PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/25/amd-launches-new-phenom-ii-and-athlon-ii-cpus-right-onto-the-tes/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/25/amd-launches-new-phenom-ii-and-athlon-ii-cpus-right-onto-the-tes/Jan 25th 2010 2:27PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/25/amd-launches-new-phenom-ii-and-athlon-ii-cpus-right-onto-the-tes/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/25/amd-launches-new-phenom-ii-and-athlon-ii-cpus-right-onto-the-tes/
the benchmarks all show, you're losing the race]]>Jan 25th 2010 4:41PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/25/amd-launches-new-phenom-ii-and-athlon-ii-cpus-right-onto-the-tes/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/25/amd-launches-new-phenom-ii-and-athlon-ii-cpus-right-onto-the-tes/http://bit.ly/arrandale-clarkdale-indepth-details


]]>Jan 25th 2010 9:58PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/25/amd-launches-new-phenom-ii-and-athlon-ii-cpus-right-onto-the-tes/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/25/amd-launches-new-phenom-ii-and-athlon-ii-cpus-right-onto-the-tes/
Its only $165 on Newegg, I'm so close :D]]>Jan 25th 2010 12:19PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/25/amd-launches-new-phenom-ii-and-athlon-ii-cpus-right-onto-the-tes/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/25/amd-launches-new-phenom-ii-and-athlon-ii-cpus-right-onto-the-tes/Jan 25th 2010 1:06PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/25/amd-launches-new-phenom-ii-and-athlon-ii-cpus-right-onto-the-tes/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/25/amd-launches-new-phenom-ii-and-athlon-ii-cpus-right-onto-the-tes/
The one I looked at was a Phenom II 955 Black Edition

Omg I want it so bad D:

I want off this bad overheating laptop!]]>Jan 25th 2010 1:21PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/25/amd-launches-new-phenom-ii-and-athlon-ii-cpus-right-onto-the-tes/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/25/amd-launches-new-phenom-ii-and-athlon-ii-cpus-right-onto-the-tes/Please get the C3 MBOX instead of the C2 IBOX. It will make a difference.

Older C2 IBOX: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819103674

Newer C3 MBOX: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819103808]]>Jan 25th 2010 2:01PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/25/amd-launches-new-phenom-ii-and-athlon-ii-cpus-right-onto-the-tes/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/25/amd-launches-new-phenom-ii-and-athlon-ii-cpus-right-onto-the-tes/
ACTUALLY

That C3 MBOX is the EXACT one I'm getting

what is the difference?]]>Jan 25th 2010 2:06PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/25/amd-launches-new-phenom-ii-and-athlon-ii-cpus-right-onto-the-tes/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/25/amd-launches-new-phenom-ii-and-athlon-ii-cpus-right-onto-the-tes/Jan 25th 2010 2:46PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/25/amd-launches-new-phenom-ii-and-athlon-ii-cpus-right-onto-the-tes/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/25/amd-launches-new-phenom-ii-and-athlon-ii-cpus-right-onto-the-tes/
Good enough for me :D]]>Jan 25th 2010 3:00PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/25/amd-launches-new-phenom-ii-and-athlon-ii-cpus-right-onto-the-tes/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/25/amd-launches-new-phenom-ii-and-athlon-ii-cpus-right-onto-the-tes/
I've got one too. It's a great CPU for the price, but don't expect to be competing against the Core i7s in benchmarks. As for practical use, I'm running Windows 7 x64 Ultimate and the highest CPU usage I've ever been able to hit was 80%, and that was in Dolphin (Wii emulator). If you've got the money and you plan to overclock, just skip straight to an aftermarket cooler. AMD says that you need to keep it under 62*C under load, so 59* is really pushing it. I've had the same experience with temps. BTW, throwing voltage at these things for overclocking has little to no effect. If you want to get past 3.8 Ghz, you will almost definately need much better than stock cooling.]]>Jan 25th 2010 11:51PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/25/amd-launches-new-phenom-ii-and-athlon-ii-cpus-right-onto-the-tes/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/25/amd-launches-new-phenom-ii-and-athlon-ii-cpus-right-onto-the-tes/Jan 25th 2010 12:20PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/25/amd-launches-new-phenom-ii-and-athlon-ii-cpus-right-onto-the-tes/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/25/amd-launches-new-phenom-ii-and-athlon-ii-cpus-right-onto-the-tes/Jan 25th 2010 12:45PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/25/amd-launches-new-phenom-ii-and-athlon-ii-cpus-right-onto-the-tes/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/25/amd-launches-new-phenom-ii-and-athlon-ii-cpus-right-onto-the-tes/
Is it me, or is asking if a 2*3.2ghz chip can handle 1080p like asking if a family sedan can still reach highway speed limits even though it's not a F1 car?]]>Jan 25th 2010 12:53PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/25/amd-launches-new-phenom-ii-and-athlon-ii-cpus-right-onto-the-tes/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/25/amd-launches-new-phenom-ii-and-athlon-ii-cpus-right-onto-the-tes/CPU is not the primary choice for 1080p playback, GPU or a special accelerator (think Broadcom HD chip) should handle it. You'd be surprised how even quite recent C2Ds can't do 1080p coupled with X3100 (reference to my GFs blackbook).]]>Jan 25th 2010 1:30PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/25/amd-launches-new-phenom-ii-and-athlon-ii-cpus-right-onto-the-tes/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/25/amd-launches-new-phenom-ii-and-athlon-ii-cpus-right-onto-the-tes/C2Ds are not "quite recent", nor is the X3100.
These are recent, and they seem to do 1080p just fine.

http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/25/intel-gma-hd-graphics-review-deems-them-excellent-for-video-med/]]>Jan 25th 2010 2:52PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/25/amd-launches-new-phenom-ii-and-athlon-ii-cpus-right-onto-the-tes/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/25/amd-launches-new-phenom-ii-and-athlon-ii-cpus-right-onto-the-tes/Jan 25th 2010 12:30PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/25/amd-launches-new-phenom-ii-and-athlon-ii-cpus-right-onto-the-tes/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/25/amd-launches-new-phenom-ii-and-athlon-ii-cpus-right-onto-the-tes/
I agree.]]>Jan 25th 2010 12:41PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/25/amd-launches-new-phenom-ii-and-athlon-ii-cpus-right-onto-the-tes/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/25/amd-launches-new-phenom-ii-and-athlon-ii-cpus-right-onto-the-tes/I think they should name them the i4, i6, i8]]>Jan 25th 2010 1:12PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/25/amd-launches-new-phenom-ii-and-athlon-ii-cpus-right-onto-the-tes/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/25/amd-launches-new-phenom-ii-and-athlon-ii-cpus-right-onto-the-tes/Jan 25th 2010 12:32PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/25/amd-launches-new-phenom-ii-and-athlon-ii-cpus-right-onto-the-tes/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/25/amd-launches-new-phenom-ii-and-athlon-ii-cpus-right-onto-the-tes/Jan 25th 2010 12:35PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/25/amd-launches-new-phenom-ii-and-athlon-ii-cpus-right-onto-the-tes/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/25/amd-launches-new-phenom-ii-and-athlon-ii-cpus-right-onto-the-tes/
Actually AMD released an Athlon 64 X2 6400+ Black Edition with stock clock at 3.2GHz (http://products.amd.com/en-us/DesktopCPUDetail.aspx?id=33). It's still running one of my favorite gaming rigs.

While I have no doubt this new X2 555 performs better than that good ol' Athlon X2 workhorse, it's not because of the clock speed as you imply.]]>Jan 25th 2010 12:37PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/25/amd-launches-new-phenom-ii-and-athlon-ii-cpus-right-onto-the-tes/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/25/amd-launches-new-phenom-ii-and-athlon-ii-cpus-right-onto-the-tes/Jan 25th 2010 6:00PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/25/amd-launches-new-phenom-ii-and-athlon-ii-cpus-right-onto-the-tes/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/25/amd-launches-new-phenom-ii-and-athlon-ii-cpus-right-onto-the-tes/
I was just disputing the article's statement about this new dual core cpu's 3.2GHz being the quickest AMD has ever released.

"...is the company's quickest dual-core desktop CPU to date at 3.2GHz..."

Obviously it's not because the 6400+ has a 3.2GHz clock.]]>Jan 25th 2010 10:40PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/25/amd-launches-new-phenom-ii-and-athlon-ii-cpus-right-onto-the-tes/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/25/amd-launches-new-phenom-ii-and-athlon-ii-cpus-right-onto-the-tes/Jan 25th 2010 12:40PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/25/amd-launches-new-phenom-ii-and-athlon-ii-cpus-right-onto-the-tes/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/25/amd-launches-new-phenom-ii-and-athlon-ii-cpus-right-onto-the-tes/
I'd also be more interested in these AMD processors if they had a lower TDP. The best HTPC processors (depending on what you're doing with your HTPC, example: transcoding movies would be best served for your desktop PC's beefier duo/quad/more core), are still the truly low-end 45W ones that now seem to be unavailable (at least from Newegg). But while they're pretty much base-line, old tech, they're just fine for a media device, even with playing HD media, and they use up very little power. Though admittedly, if I were buying today, I'd probably say screw the power savings and go for the higher, yet super cheap, Phenom there to give myself a little leg room for other stuff.]]>Jan 25th 2010 12:44PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/25/amd-launches-new-phenom-ii-and-athlon-ii-cpus-right-onto-the-tes/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/25/amd-launches-new-phenom-ii-and-athlon-ii-cpus-right-onto-the-tes/
That CPU is the king of value in the $700-900 build range.]]>Jan 25th 2010 12:45PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/25/amd-launches-new-phenom-ii-and-athlon-ii-cpus-right-onto-the-tes/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/25/amd-launches-new-phenom-ii-and-athlon-ii-cpus-right-onto-the-tes/Jan 25th 2010 12:46PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/25/amd-launches-new-phenom-ii-and-athlon-ii-cpus-right-onto-the-tes/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/25/amd-launches-new-phenom-ii-and-athlon-ii-cpus-right-onto-the-tes/Jan 25th 2010 12:50PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/25/amd-launches-new-phenom-ii-and-athlon-ii-cpus-right-onto-the-tes/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/25/amd-launches-new-phenom-ii-and-athlon-ii-cpus-right-onto-the-tes/
Funny, I'm using a $100 AMD processor for video editing and it works like a dream.]]>Jan 25th 2010 1:19PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/25/amd-launches-new-phenom-ii-and-athlon-ii-cpus-right-onto-the-tes/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/25/amd-launches-new-phenom-ii-and-athlon-ii-cpus-right-onto-the-tes/
Bah, Darren, let mothers have their cheap nettops.

And next time do check the actual benchmarks, to notice that the chips being released, although being not high-end, still have decent performance for a low-to-mid range gaming rig and virtually any other application except video editing.]]>Jan 25th 2010 1:25PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/25/amd-launches-new-phenom-ii-and-athlon-ii-cpus-right-onto-the-tes/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/25/amd-launches-new-phenom-ii-and-athlon-ii-cpus-right-onto-the-tes/Jan 25th 2010 1:26PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/25/amd-launches-new-phenom-ii-and-athlon-ii-cpus-right-onto-the-tes/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/25/amd-launches-new-phenom-ii-and-athlon-ii-cpus-right-onto-the-tes/
http://www.tvlesson.com/video/37736_intel-core-i7-overclocking-tutorial.html]]>Jan 25th 2010 1:29PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/25/amd-launches-new-phenom-ii-and-athlon-ii-cpus-right-onto-the-tes/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/25/amd-launches-new-phenom-ii-and-athlon-ii-cpus-right-onto-the-tes/Rather get an X4 635 or a 550/555 with high chances of unlocking to a 950/955. Can get a mobo, ram, and cpu for less than the i5 core's and perform neck to neck on most cases with an unlocked 550/555 of course.]]>Jan 25th 2010 3:00PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/25/amd-launches-new-phenom-ii-and-athlon-ii-cpus-right-onto-the-tes/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/25/amd-launches-new-phenom-ii-and-athlon-ii-cpus-right-onto-the-tes/Jan 25th 2010 2:04PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/25/amd-launches-new-phenom-ii-and-athlon-ii-cpus-right-onto-the-tes/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/25/amd-launches-new-phenom-ii-and-athlon-ii-cpus-right-onto-the-tes/Jan 25th 2010 2:24PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/25/amd-launches-new-phenom-ii-and-athlon-ii-cpus-right-onto-the-tes/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/25/amd-launches-new-phenom-ii-and-athlon-ii-cpus-right-onto-the-tes/Jan 25th 2010 2:30PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/25/amd-launches-new-phenom-ii-and-athlon-ii-cpus-right-onto-the-tes/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/25/amd-launches-new-phenom-ii-and-athlon-ii-cpus-right-onto-the-tes/
The 5670, 5750 and 5770 fill that niche but prices are usually higher the MSRP.]]>Jan 25th 2010 2:37PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/25/amd-launches-new-phenom-ii-and-athlon-ii-cpus-right-onto-the-tes/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/25/amd-launches-new-phenom-ii-and-athlon-ii-cpus-right-onto-the-tes/Jan 25th 2010 3:23PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/25/amd-launches-new-phenom-ii-and-athlon-ii-cpus-right-onto-the-tes/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/25/amd-launches-new-phenom-ii-and-athlon-ii-cpus-right-onto-the-tes/Luckily you never were a 939 owner, you wouldve think different......]]>Jan 25th 2010 3:34PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/25/amd-launches-new-phenom-ii-and-athlon-ii-cpus-right-onto-the-tes/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/25/amd-launches-new-phenom-ii-and-athlon-ii-cpus-right-onto-the-tes/
Wish to replace though. DDR1 got out of fashion and my nForce MB is limiting too. And I likely would get AMD again: price/performance is great and ... heck my 4200+ runs most of the stuff just fine. Why waste money on Intel, when I'm going to use only a fraction of all the performance? Home PC should be cheap and replaceable.]]>Jan 25th 2010 4:43PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/25/amd-launches-new-phenom-ii-and-athlon-ii-cpus-right-onto-the-tes/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/25/amd-launches-new-phenom-ii-and-athlon-ii-cpus-right-onto-the-tes/I never said the 939's were bad but they were abandoned too quick (aka Intel). I loved my 3500 and was going to upgrade to an X2 4400 but prices were high for those old chipsets (and ram). In the long run it was better to upgrade to an X2 550 (now an X4 B50!) especially when the costs were close with the exception of the mobo (which was only $45 O.B Newegg FTW!)]]>Jan 25th 2010 5:58PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/25/amd-launches-new-phenom-ii-and-athlon-ii-cpus-right-onto-the-tes/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/25/amd-launches-new-phenom-ii-and-athlon-ii-cpus-right-onto-the-tes/
Just a thought. Energy is expensive and not just in dollars and cents.]]>Jan 25th 2010 3:45PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/25/amd-launches-new-phenom-ii-and-athlon-ii-cpus-right-onto-the-tes/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/25/amd-launches-new-phenom-ii-and-athlon-ii-cpus-right-onto-the-tes/
(Currently rocking AMD X4 Athlon 605e, 45W quad core... )]]>Jan 25th 2010 7:32PM