Posts Tagged ‘AMD’

AMD Bulldozer Review

Monday, February 6th, 2012

Author: Killer Khan
Product Name: AMD FX-6100 Zambezi 3.3GHz
Part Number: FD6100WMGUSBX

Hey guys,

So I spent this weekend working on my 2nd ever AMD set up. This time I used a Bulldorzer FX-6100. Not a bad chip I must say for the money. Overclocks very well. I had it stable at 4.5Ghz at 1.45v but I was getting close to 60°C in temps and that was with a NZXT HAVIK 140 HSF, this thing is a beast. It has two 140mm fans in push/pull configuration.

The reviewers have been right about bulldozer, it can overclock but runs hot. For Intel reaching up to 80°C is fine, as long as you stay close to or below 80°C. But for AMD, you must stay below 60 degrees or it will degrade the life of your chip and it will cause to go unstable after a while so you will need to increase more v core etc etc etc. (more…)

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AMD Phenom II X4 B40

Wednesday, January 25th, 2012

Back in the late part of 2010, I decided to pick up an AMD Athlon II X3 440 3.0GHz triple core processor, to see if I could get the 4th core to unlock. I did some research that quite a few were getting the 4th core to unlock and run stable.

These processors started life off as a Phenom II X4 (Denab) quad core. During the quality testing if there was an issue with one of the cores, they would  either lock the 4th core and sell it as a Phenom II X3 triple core or they would physically cut the L3 Cache and sell it as an Athlon II X3 triple core. Sometimes you could get really lucky if there was demand for the triple core processor and all four cores worked perfectly. (more…)

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PC Timeline

Thursday, January 19th, 2012

The interesting thing about computer technology is how fast it has advanced. Over the last 10 years we have gone from single core processors to 12 core processors.  Most of us in the enthusiast community are using quad core or hexa core based systems.  I was thinking about all of the systems I have had over the last 10 years and decided to create a PC Timeline. (more…)

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