AMD Phenom II X6 1100T Black Edition Processor Unbox

My latest Newegg purchase, with a special guest appearance from the Radeon 6950 2GB video card. Both came in the same box. :) This 6 core AMD processor went right into my work rig, and has been the bomb so far performance-wise. Obviously it doesn't stack up gaming wise against something like Intel's i7 980x, but look at the price difference ($239 vs almost $1000). If you have an AMD machine already, I highly recommend picking one up. Especially if you like to overclock. I'm running this cpu @ 3.8 Ghz on air currently, and this cpu can push higher. :)

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[RollTideMustang]

P.S. When you get to the CPU BUS Freq part you can go up & down. What so cool about it you can watch your Target CPU Freq & Your Target Dram Freq go up & down. Example 286 is around 4.0Ghz. Now your dram is to watch for if you have a 1333 try to keep under it there is a reason is to keep it STABLE if STABLE & over then good. The reason to keep under DRAM Freq you do not want to go over more than one thing on your stock parameters. Make sense?

[GamerTechBlog]

@RollTideMustang You neglected to mention the good part about the Black Edition cpus. :) With these or the Intel i7 "K" series cpus, you don't have to mess with any of that to perform overclocking of those cpus. Just adjust the CPU multiplier, give a small voltage bump if unstable, and off you go. Certainly a lot easier than having to play with the locked cpus, where you'd have to play with the Front Side Bus speeds and whatnot. :)

[RollTideMustang]

No offense or insults to GamerTechBlog just a helpful hint to OC Clockers. Now for those who wants to OC your AMD such as 1100T if you have a ASUS Board. You can go to AI OverClocker set to MANUAL set your AMD Turbo DISABLED. I know, I know you ask why? GamerTechBlog explained it. Set CPU Ratio at 14.0 CPU Bus Freq:286 PCI-E Freq:100 Dram Freq: Depends what ram you have like 1333 try to stay below it nto above it that si where you can become unstable. CPU Voltage:1.45 Dram:1.65

[GamerTechBlog]

@RollTideMustang Any time you're overclocking the recent AMD or Intel cpus, you most certainly would want to disable the Turbo features, as well as the speed throttling features, such as Intel's Speedstep or AMD's Cool and Quiet. Considering how much trouble the speed throttling gives me, I tend to disable them regardless of whether I'm overclocking or not. :)

[GamerTechBlog]

It absolutely can run BF3 with no major issues. Of course, I've tested it with a Radeon 5850 and modded 6950 (6970 firmware), and the performance is decent, although the Intel CPUs dominate the AMD proccys these days. :)

With a little bit of tweaking, such as scaling back the anti-aliasing a bit, I've been quite satisfied.

[wodka450]

can you overclock this thing if you have a decent cooler made for oc? like the tt frio for example...

[GamerTechBlog]

@wodka450 You can certainly do that with no major fuss. Hell, I run at 3.6 to 3.8 Ghz on the stock cooler with temps ranging in the low 30s at idle. Considering the max temps are something to the degree of 55C, you've obviously got some headroom to play with there. With a decent aftermarket cooler, you could pull something like 4+ Ghz easily.

[HedgehogStudios1]

How far would I be able to overclock with a Gigabyte motherboard on air-cooling?

[RollTideMustang]

@GamerTechBlog If I can give an Advice of experience of a cooling fan I have is a XIGMATEK GAIA SD1283 keeps mine cool... A huge heatsink with cooper heat pipes & with a large fan.



[Gracchi]

does it handle bf3?hehe, pc part hunting cheers