Phenom II X4 940 OEM - $96 shipped, Newegg

[chubbyfatazn]

Good for those who are still on AM2 systems. OEM - no heatsink/fan.

I'll hold out for a bit more for the C3 Phenoms though.

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[funboy6942]

I have this cpu matched up with a 4850x2 and so far they handle everything I throw at it. I can play GRiD with everything maxed out and plays without a hiccup. Same can be said when I play DiRT or DiRT 2, all maxed out at 1920x1080.

 

[blckgrffn]

I hit it.

 

[Blunc]

<insert russian accent> "I jump in it."

 

[qliveur]

Nice, cheap upgrade for anyone who still has a compatible AM2 board.

 

[Kelvrick]

If you're next to a Frys, they have the X4 955 black for 99.99.

 

[Stoneburner]

If you're next to a Frys, they have the X4 955 black for 99.99.

Holy crap that's a good deal. HOpefully they'll not be sold out in teh bay area by saturday.

 

[htne]

Holy crap that's a good deal. HOpefully they'll not be sold out in teh bay area by saturday.

The deals at Fry's always expire on Thursday night. They come out with a new newspaper ad on Friday.

 

[chubbyfatazn]

They were already sold out of the 955 (Dallas area) by the time I checked yesterday at around 2PM. Oh well.

 

[TurtleCrusher]

OMG. I hate you. Why did you have to post this?

I don't wanna buy a new board and this and be broke.

 

[shingletingle]

This only has 3600mhz in hypertransports whereas all the other Black Editions have 4000mhz.

 

[crisium]

Shouldn't make too much of a difference. Using Anandtech bench, the SYSMark performance difference between a 940 (3.0GHz) and 955 (3.2GHz) is 7.1&#37;. The difference between a 955 (3.2GHz) and 965 (3.4GHz) is 5.1%. The difference between a 940 and a 920 (2.8GHz), which both have 3600 HT, is 5.2%. So there's a consistent enough performance to say that it's just another 2% slower.

The math would put it just under 100MHz slower per clock than a 945 with the full hypertransport. So if you want your 940 to compete with a stock 945, for example, you'd want to OC it to 3.1GHz (slightly less probably). It's still faster per clock than Athlon IIs. 940 (3.0GHz) is 11.6% faster than a faster clocked Athlon II X4 645 (3.1GHz).

The stat whore in me has spoken...

 

[luffy90]

reaaly nice deal ! OMG !

:smoking:

 

[daveybrat]

Damnit, if this were a X4 945 i'd be all over it! I want the 95W and 4000MHz HT.

Good deal though!