Phenom-enal deal! AMD 9600 Black-Edition Phenom deal :)

JediFragger · 17 Jan 2008 at 11:30

Until Monday morning only (or until this deal stock lasts!) we have the AMD 9600 Black-Edition Phenom at just £159.79 inc (£135.99+VAT), down from £176.24 (£149+VAT)

BUY NOW!

Herojuana · 17 Jan 2008 at 11:37

Heh. Damn tempting..

Think I'm gonna wait though and get 3870X2

and gt a new stepping version of the Phenom in March

Tute · 17 Jan 2008 at 11:42

What's the deal with Phenom overclocking anyway? Do they overclock well or not? I've seen nothing but conflicting reports on the internet.

schumi84 · 17 Jan 2008 at 11:55

From the reports i have read, they do overclock a bit, but seem to be a bit more complicated than the regular up fsb, voltage etc.

Would be nice to see some firm results though

htraffic · 17 Jan 2008 at 11:58

damn wish ud of done this 2 days ago just spent 177 on one

BFG_9000 · 17 Jan 2008 at 12:00

Great Deal... :cool:

Will wait until the AMD Phenom 9700,9800 & 9900's are released in a couple of weeks... Still very tempting..

htraffic · 17 Jan 2008 at 12:38

i plan on changin to a 9900 or 9900be if tey make one after about 6-9 months

deshepherd · 17 Jan 2008 at 13:11

Sounds like B3 is imminent

Cyber-Mav · 17 Jan 2008 at 14:14

black edition shoudl have unlocked multi so overclocking shoudl be very very simple??

gareth170 · 17 Jan 2008 at 15:46

Cyber-Mav said:
black edition shoudl have unlocked multi so overclocking shoudl be very very simple??

yes, just up the multiple and voltage..

the normal phenoms are not as easy...

steve258 · 17 Jan 2008 at 16:37

Tute said:
Do they overclock well or not?

Not. Last time I read they are still pretty much limited to 3Ghz.

queamin · 17 Jan 2008 at 17:30

steve258 said:
Not. Last time I read they are still pretty much limited to 3Ghz.

Looking on XS people are having problems over 2.8 and some even cannot really do 2.6,but the same boards are oc a x2 quite well.
A couple of the posts lost me when trying to understand how to oc the new AMD quads.
Not really sure if the black Ed are that much better as the chipset is holding the cpu up.

helmutcheese · 17 Jan 2008 at 17:35

Cause your not changing much on the Chipset by upping the Multi its the same HT (FSB) so may clock higher.

mikeo · 17 Jan 2008 at 18:16

BFG_9000 said:
Great Deal... Will wait until the AMD Phenom 9700,9800 & 9900's are released in a couple of weeks... Still very tempting..

I would not hold your breath. Quote:

"John Taylor, a spokesman for AMD, told PC Advisor's sister title Computerworld US on Friday that they're being pushed back to a second-quarter delivery"

BFG_9000 · 17 Jan 2008 at 18:42

mikeo said:
I would not hold your breath. Quote:

"John Taylor, a spokesman for AMD, told PC Advisor's sister title Computerworld US on Friday that they're being pushed back to a second-quarter delivery"

Other sources have quoted a couple of weeks.. if not it gives me longer to save up...

psychas · 17 Jan 2008 at 19:17

would like to see if they can reach at least 3.4 maybe 3.6 with water ?

queamin · 17 Jan 2008 at 19:42

helmutcheese said:
Cause your not changing much on the Chipset by upping the Multi its the same HT (FSB) so may clock higher.

But they not people are having trouble clocking the black ed just the same as the 9500/9600

satman · 17 Jan 2008 at 20:26

Until Monday morning only (or until this deal stock lasts!) we have the AMD 9600 Black-Edition Phenom at just £159.79 inc (£135.99+VAT), down from £176.24 (£149+VAT)

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Still way too much .... i will never be temped by AMD ...

at this rate ... Intel will be king for an Everlasting eternity ....

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Gerard · 17 Jan 2008 at 21:02

Might have tempted me had i not bought a g0 quad today

gareth170 · 17 Jan 2008 at 21:02

queamin said:
Looking on XS people are having problems over 2.8 and some even cannot really do 2.6,but the same boards are oc a x2 quite well.
A couple of the posts lost me when trying to understand how to oc the new AMD quads.
Not really sure if the black Ed are that much better as the chipset is holding the cpu up.

on normal phenoms you got to drop down the NB (which is abit confusing at first), and HT and ram speeds then just upper the fsb and voltage...

with the phenom black edition you don't need to drop the NB and HT and ram speeds, you just upper the multiple and voltage.. so i think it would do better...