Testseek.com have collected 62 expert reviews of the AMD Phenom 2 X4 965 Black Edition 125W 3.4GHz Socket AM3 and the average rating is 83%. Scroll down and see all reviews for AMD Phenom 2 X4 965 Black Edition 125W 3.4GHz Socket AM3.
November 2009
(83%)
62 Reviews
Average score from experts who have reviewed this product.
Abstract: This month we address the disappearing Phenom II X4 965 and Athlon II X4 640, and suggest the eventual phase-out of AMD's entire FX family. The good news is that we now have performance data on the multiplier-unlocked Athlon II X4 750K, which does well. ...
Abstract: It's no secret that AMD has its work cut out for it right now. The company's top-of-the-line flagship Phenom II X4 965 isn't in the same league as Intel's premium Core i7. Even Intel's mid-range Core i5-750 CPU is a powerful adversary for the similarly...
Very Reasonably Priced, Amazing Little Chip, Black Edition = Unlocked Multipliers = Easy and More Stable Overclocks, Even Stock Cooler can make it Keep Its Cool,
Uses a lot of power (But I Have My Power Regulator Turned Off)
In the end I found that this is a great chip. Very powerful individual cores, incredibly fast and all round an amazing chip. To just come out of the box at 3.4 GHz and without even blinking an eye to overclock it to 3.8 GHz was impressive, even more so...
Minor changes to architecture, improvements in manufacturing that result in better yields, and reductions in operating voltage requirements are all benefits of a processor core revision that keep up demand for current chips while new technology is st...
Low platform cost, Good performance, Downwards compatible with AM2 motherboards, Low idle power usage, Easy overclocking
High power consumption when under load
As a conclusion the AMD flagship proved to be a very competent package. The next step will be to see how well it copes against Intel's latest LGA1156 platform, but it sure made short work of the older S775-based quad core Q9450. With the C3 revision c...
Abstract: When AMD launched its Phenom II X4 965 "Black Edition", a lot of people questioned the reasons behind it. For the past couple of years, AMD has continually worked at releasing high-clocked parts in order to compete with like-priced Intel processors, bu...
In mid August, we reviewed the original AMD Phenom II X4 965 Black Edition processor. Aside slight updates that have been made to the processor, it is essentially the same and it's performance at default frequencies certainly reflects this. Not a lot has...
Great Price/Performance, Nice Overclocking Headroom, Responds Well To Advanced Cooling Methods, Best Performance From AMD We've Seen To Date, Fastest Frequency Out Of The Box Of Any Current Quad, Fun To Overclock Black Editions, Entire Top End Dragon...
Hasn't Caught Up To Intel Core i7
CPU testing consists of more than just synthetic benchmarks, synthetic benchmarks are good for measuring performance differences between CPU's but it doesn't tell you a lot about real life performance. To that end we drove the Phenom 2 X4 965 BE i...
Benchmark Reviews begins each conclusion with a short summary for each area that we rate. The first is performance, which considers how effective the 125W AMD Phenom II X4 965 processor operated in relation to the closest price-point competition. While...
