AMD Phenom II X4 Black Edition

[mleanz1]

Does the black edition mean anything?? Just ordered one

 

[RJC]

I think it has a Unlocked multiplier to allow easier overclocking

 

[mleanz1]

Cheers =D

 

[MrAlex]

I think it has a Unlocked multiplier to allow easier overclocking

I'm sure it doesn't make a difference in the difficulty of overclocking, it just allows you to overclock more?

 

[scaza]

It does make it a lot easier, Just bump up the multi for a nice clock

 

[sketch145]

it's great for people new to overclocking as you can get a reasonable clock by only changing one setting.

 

[gareth170]

with black edition cpu u can overclock it much easyer and u won't need to under clock the ram.

 

[MrAlex]

Guys...it doesn't make a difference in overclocking, it just has an unlocked multiplier allowing you to overclock more.

 

[Mul]

Guys...it doesn't make a difference in overclocking, it just has an unlocked multiplier allowing you to overclock more.

It helps you overclock higher when the motherboard isn't willing to hit higher base HTT speeds but in reality it does make things easier too, especially for a novice. When overclocking solely by means of the CPU Multiplier, all other variables such as the DRAM Frequency, Northbridge Frequency and Hypertransport Frequency won't require monitoring as they stay pretty much the same. While one would want to look into tampering with those variables later, at least it takes a number of factors out of the equation initially, which does make things easier.

 

[gt_junkie]

Yep, bit easier to clock since you have one more variable to choose from and work with.

gt

 

[markiejt]

means you dont need to lower ram speed.

 

[gareth170]

Guys...it doesn't make a difference in overclocking, it just has an unlocked multiplier allowing you to overclock more.

yes it does make a difference in overclocking. not all motherboards can do high fsb, so having a BE chip you can balance the overclock between the fsb and multplier.