Phenom B3 stepping reviews

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I'm interested if my board would support "Deneb", i currently have an Asus M3A32-MVP Deluxe motherboard running a Phenom 9600 (B2).

Who knows, BIOS support is key, though Asus has a pretty good track record in that regard. 😉

 

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Yes I agree ... that bit seemed odd.

Once it is cranked above 2.8 Ghz the chip does seem a lot better across the board though.

Power dissipation becomes an issue when overclocked.

No more than an overclocked Q6600 I suppose ... Both monstrous.

That's why everyone's waiting for Deneb. I don't like the thermals of an overclocked B3 or Q6600. Rumors of the Deneb from gossip sites like The Inquirer say it will arrive at 3.0 stock at 65 watts. If more pipelines allow it to be really overclockable, then it will be the Phenom we hoped for. Too bad it will take about 9 more months to arrive, then it will compete against Nehalem. Oh well, there's always hope at 32nm past SOI.

I'm interested if my board would support "Deneb", i currently have an Asus M3A32-MVP Deluxe motherboard running a Phenom 9600 (B2).

Is that AM2 or AM2+? From the few articles I've seen, Denebs will be supported on AM2+ and then on AM3 a few months later. I don't think they will be supported on AM2 boards, but I could be wrong.

 

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That's why everyone's waiting for Deneb.

I doubt 'everyone' is waiting for Deneb, I may be mistaken but I think Nehalem is the more anticipated product of the two. 😉

As for 3GHz 65W Deneb chips? LOL I'll believe it when I see it, The INQ has a habit of hyping up AMD's products, mainly thanks to its bunnysuit fanboy Charlie D and his sidekick Theo. :lol: