AMD Phenom II X4 955 Black Edition 3.2GHz Socket AM3 125W Quad-Core Processor

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Mated with Gigabyte GA-990XA-UD3 MoBo, Powercolor Radeon HD6770 GPU, 8GB RAM, overclock autorun finally topped out at amazing 4.3GHz all the way up from 3.2GHz spec!!! Threw everything at it at once (running TV in Media Center, wifi network file transfer, Internet Explorer, Excel, tons of customized background processes, etc.) without so much as a flicker from this s-kickin' CPU. Same with games (DiRT3 for example runs awesomely). Stays cool (max I've seen so far ~40C), this is with Coolermaster Hyper TX3 heatsink swapped out for the one that comes with the CPU from AMD. Best value for $ I've seen.

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After returning the first one because it was DOA (NCIX were nice enough to replace it with a new one) I finally had my computer up and running. This CPU is very good. I have no problems running multiple game clients and I haven't even overclocked it.

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It was part of combo set, paired up with the Sapphire Pure CrossFireX 890GX. plays very nicely with the Board, no problems with install. Put a Corsair Cooling Air Series A50 cooler on it no problems, runs very cool and more than fast enough for my needs. For $100 can't complain. I've built 3 rigs recently with a variaty of amd proseccors for family and friends and all have performed well so far. My own rig has a core I5 750 proseccor and this build with the "AMD 955 Quad" feels just as fast in use and it cost half the price!!! for a budget gaming rig you can't go wrong.

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Amazing chip, very fast considering its only 120$. I've yet to see this processor bottleneck my computer in any way shape or form, and its hard to do enough at 1 time that'll max out all 4 cores. Overall extremely satisfied with this product.

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a wonderfully reasonably priced purchase if you are a casual gamer in will need of an upgrade, runs quickly, effective, and the heatsink alone is pretty nifty searching if you have a clear case does run at a bit greater temperature than I would like, I intend to fix this with a little arctic silver and an even superior heatsink

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The processor itself has given me no issue. The heatsink was damn near impossible to mount though.

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Performs well and overclocks nicely.

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Picked this up several different times for budget gaming builds. Has been working great. Easily overclocks for some more power. While it may not be as fast as a Intel proc it gets the job done at a significantly smaller price point!

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Picked up this CPU to use in my asus sabertooth 990fx while waiting for AMD bulldozer cores to be released and go on sale eventually. Over clocked easily to 3.8ghz, 30c idle to 50c load with Coolit Systems Eco C240 240MM Radiator CPU Water Cooling System.CPU works great for apps (Photoshop, Illustrator, plus others)games run smooth (battlefield bad company 2, battlefield 3 beta, dirt3, and many other)great CPU for users on a budget and cant afford to purchase items.

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Excellent Proc! Paired with a Corsair A70, Gigabyte 990FXA-UD3, 8GB (2x4GB) G.Skill Sniper 1600mhz RAM, XFX 6850 800mhz. Current CPU OC is 3.825ghz (x19, 1.45v), NB & HT OC to 2.2ghz (x11) & GPU OC to 875mhz/1250mhz. ROCK SOLID after several hours of Prime95 & Furmark with max temps hitting 53*C for CPU, 72*C for GPU, 32*C for NB, 63*C for VRM. My CM 690 II Advanced helps to keeps these components nice and cool. I did hit 4.0ghz but Prime95 kept failing on the 4th core after only a few seconds so bumped it back down to 3.825ghz and has been ROCK SOLID since.

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3.2Ghz effortlessly clocked to 3.6 with stock cooler. Stock cooler is nice. As always I would advocate a aftermarket cooler. Generally trustworthy and durable, That's AMD for you! Its not a 8 core/thread CPU clocked at 12GHZ with a Nitrogen cooler! I've never ever really used anything but AMD/ATI and I will say, "You can't go wrong with AMD!"

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get 7.4 in WEI. very nice processor. easily to get 4ghz

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Asus Board OC straightforward HT link 2000 cpu clock to x20 carried out four. stable Gigabyte to reach four. very same as above but also nb/pcie pll 1.450v dram 1.605v cpu 1.4500v (+.05) stable temps 36c under prim95 temps 48c none gigabyte ga-8900gpa-ud3hG.SKILL Ripjaws Series 16 GB Ɣ x 4GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600toughpower 850wevga 460soon after marketplace coolerHAF AMD restricted addition Case

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It's a CPU and it works. Overclocking ability is high. 3.8GHz without increasing the voltage (stock motherboard voltage of 1.4V). 4GHz+ with only minor increases of voltage. Together with NB overclock it gives massive gains in CPU and RAM potential.

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it's an ok CPU. Absolutely nothing to make me wow of. the heat sink looks nice, but the stock fan is running way too loud. I didn't OC or disable Cool'n Quiet. The stock fan is a poor style and a waste of income. I have to invest income on an additional heat sink and fan. I also have a Phenom x2 overclocked with stock fan and the fan is still quieter than this junk fan. AMD really should design a better fan for this cpu or get rid of it to minimize expense and resources.

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It's a pretty decent processor. It's a black edition so it can overclock well. The stock cooler is absolutely TERRIBLE and has to speed up to 5k rpm and at least 50db. It's kind of annoying.

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Good Processor for Budget Computer. Works much better with Asus Core Unlocker Mobo. Would recommend for those who are looking for a cheap gaming processor with a very small budget.

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Best bang for buck at the moment. Bought two, one for graphics workstation and another for gaming machine. Couldn't be any more happier. Excellent performer! Paired both times with MSI 870-XXX series board, no compatibility issues.

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great value, dont know if ill ever build another intel after this. Plus black edition sounds so cool haha

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Okay, its a black edition so we all know what you're going to do with it when you got the thing broken in. And since these are the C3 stepping, let me tell you this; you got quite some play with this thing. It has been a fantastic overclocker from day 1. Why bother with the intel that goes for 200 more dollars than this? 4.2GHz on 1.4VCore is nice enough. I cannot stress anymore that you'll need to upgrade the stock cooler.

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Replaced a socket 939 AMD Athlon x two 4400. I figured that the law of diminishing returns would be in effect. Meaning that just simply because there was twice as quite a few cores it wouldn't necessarily be twice as quickly, but it is way more than twice as fast with tasks I've performed. Video encoding/transcoding takes about a third the time it did ahead of. Runs cool enough and I get far fewer hangs in Windows than I utilised to. N/A. Employing a cooler other than OEM, but I usually have. They just work much better.

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I wish I have bought this CPU earlier instead of Phenom II 555. would buy it again for my other upgrade.

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overclocks nicely four.02 stock cooler. Quite quickly paired with a gigabyte board and a 64gig ssd for my primary drive, things open quicker than I can click them! wasn't totally free purchase it you won't regret it

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Runs every little thing fast, no troubles, low-cost. none Plays sc2, bf2bc with out lag.Very good for a budget construct. bought 15$ offm4a78t-e955 BE Sapphire 5770 two.1600w430 elite4gs Gskill ripjaw memory.

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This thing is excellent. I bought 3. No troubles at all. I've always utilised AMD and will continue. None