Comments on: AMD Phenom II X4 955 Black Edition Review

By: martin

martin — Sat, 12 Dec 2009 09:05:55 +0000

I know the mobo has a socket 1366 and the cpu needs a AM2+ or an AM3 socket but I don’t know what that meens.

By: martin

martin — Sat, 12 Dec 2009 07:52:53 +0000

Is it possible to run a AMD Phenom II X4 955 Black Edition in the asus rampage extreem motherbord?

By: Akshay

Akshay — Fri, 14 Aug 2009 11:36:54 +0000

Architecture wise, id prefer AMD. 4 processors on a single die. Needs improvements though. Cant wait for 32nm :-)

By: jeremiah

jeremiah — Mon, 27 Jul 2009 11:34:41 +0000

Verdict – Q9550 > X4 955BE ?!

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Fri, 22 May 2009 04:01:01 +0000

[...] still faster than the Phenom II’s, and the Core i7 is the fastest of all. As we found in our Phenom II X4 955 review, if you’re spending $250-300 on a CPU, it’s totally worth upgrading to a Core i7 920. [...]

By: Carl Nelson

Carl Nelson — Tue, 19 May 2009 02:55:22 +0000

Of course it is better. That’s what this whole page is all about. If you’re building a pure gaming system, look at the numbers and you’ll see that it doesn’t matter much which CPU you buy. Of course for everything else, that $120 will go a lot further.

By: Justme

Justme — Tue, 19 May 2009 02:32:59 +0000

“I’ve said it before, and I’ll say it again. In terms of gaming performance, the CPU is not nearly as significant as the video card being used.”

So as you’ve said before, but aren’t saying here… if you’re looking at gaming it’d be better to spend the $120 you save on the Phenom II system and get a better video card than to go with a Core i7.

By: HCW Reviews the Phenom II X4 955

HCW Reviews the Phenom II X4 955 — Mon, 18 May 2009 09:44:38 +0000

[...] just published our review of the Phenom II X4 955 Black Edition. As you can guess by the name, this CPU clearly has Intel’s Core 2 Quad Q9550 in its sights [...]