Testseek.com have collected 113 expert reviews of the AMD Phenom 2 X4 965 Black Edition 3.4GHz Socket AM3 and the average rating is 82%. Scroll down and see all reviews for AMD Phenom 2 X4 965 Black Edition 3.4GHz Socket AM3.
August 2009
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The editors liked
Affordable
Reverse Compatible
Uses both DDR2 or DDR3 RAM (With AM2 (DDR2) or AM3 (DDR3) boards)
Overclockable
Cool n Quiet 3.0 Works
Well priced
Fast stock speed
In some tests
Faster than Intels costlier Core i7-920 CPU
Compatible with older AM2+ motherboards
Great Price/Performance
Nice Overclocking Headroom
Responds Well To Advanced Cooling Methods
Best Performance From AMD Weve Seen To Date
Fastest Frequency Out Of The Box Of Any Current Quad
Fun To Overclock Black Editions
Entire Top End Dragon Platf...
Great Price
Lots of bang for your buck
Highest clocked processor on the market
AM3 & DDR3 support
Unlocked multiplier
8MB of total cache
AMD OverDrive 3.0
Excellent price/performance
The editors didn't like
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Overclocking
Only a minor speed bump over previous-fastest Phenom II
Core i7 processors still faster at video editing and other multithreaded apps
AMDs new Phenom II X4 965 Black Edition processor proved to be a solid performer throughout our entire battery of benchmarks. In a handful of the tests that partially make up the PCMark Vantage suite, the 965 BE was even able to pull ahead of Intels...
The cool thing about new AMD processor releases is that theyve set an upper ceiling pricing wise. The most expensive processor is roughly 250 USD. As such the new 965BE processor can be purchased for 245 USD (suggested price = even lower in etail) an...
The benchmarks make it clear that our initial assessment was right-on: the Phenom II X4 965 BE is an incremental update to a strong mid- to upper-range processor family. An extra 200 MHz for the same $245 sweetens AMD’s platform story, which is alre...
There is no doubt that the Phenom II X4 965 Black Edition is not a revolutionary step; it is an evolutionary step. However, it is still good to know that AMD is making sufficient advances in their fab processes to continue to bin out enough higher sp...
After all is said and done I came away from the Phenom II X4 965 BE with a healthy respect for AMD and its high-end parts. Sure, AMD has ceded the mega high-end market to Intel with its over $1000 top-of-the line parts. The high-end Intel parts are vas...
The new Phenom II X4 965 BE is the fastest AMD processor for desktop systems. But thats not all: The Phenom II offers a slightly better performance and thus a noticeably better price-performance-ratio than the Q9650, which is about 50 to 60 Euros mor...
Affordable, Reverse Compatible, Uses both DDR2 or DDR3 RAM (With AM2 (DDR2) or AM3 (DDR3) boards), Overclockable, Cool n Quiet 3.0 Works,
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AMD has been working on refining and developing their processor line very well the past year or so, starting with the introduction of the Phenom quad core processors. The early Phenoms performed very well and allowed AMD to grasp a strong hold on the m...
Phenom II X4 965 processor launch is hardly an unexpected event. Once AMD got the new 45 nm Deneb core at their disposal that featured much more impressive frequency potential than the previous Agena core, they started pushing its frequencies higher a...
The AMD Athlon II X4 965 Black Edition is the fastest desktop processor that we have ever seen from AMD. It runs a little warm and gobbles down the power, but it also overclocks better than any other Phenom II processor that we have had the pleasure ...
Abstract: AMD Phenom II X4 965 Black Edition ReviewAMDs got a problem. As successful as Phenom II has been for them this year, their CPU margins have continued to decline.Dropping from 65-nm Phenom and Athlon parts to 45-nm Phenom II and Athlon II was supposed ...
