Advantages: Fastest AMD Processor, easy to overclock, Cheap, Quad Core Disadvantages: Not the best processor on the market, Runs hot
Being a AMD fan i felt that Intel was wiping the market with there dual cores and quad cores. AMD was giving me no reason to stick by them. Until they release there new gfx card: HD 4870 (more on that in that review). Wanting to stick by them i saw this claiming to add 'True Quad core technology' i bought this. Probably the fastest processor AMD have. The Black edition lets you unlock the potential of the 'AMD overdrive'. Extremly user friendly any ... ...average processor only intels quad cores are faster but hey i bought mine for £129 which is good value compared too the intel processors. It does the jobs i need it to do such as run games and multitask at the same time!! It runs a tiny abit hot on intense activity a bigger fan will keep it down. But hey we're all not perfect :) ...
charwai 03.09.2008
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Ciao members have rated this review on average: helpful Review of AMD Black Edition AMD Phenom X4 9850 / 2.5 GHz processor
Advantages: Cheap for a quad PRE APPLIED THERMAL PASTE Disadvantages: Cooler was hard to install to my motherboard, no mention on pre applied paste
...for somthing better, allthough i am really happy with this in my gaming machine. I am using the stock amd cooler under load it becomes quite hot im thinking of investing in a cpu cooler next to keep the temp down.
I been looking at the gigabyte rocket 2 ...
chaosquall 30.07.2009
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Ciao members have rated this review on average: somewhat helpful Review of AMD Black Edition AMD Phenom X4 9850 / 2.5 GHz processor
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