AMD Phenom 9900

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3.75

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Price

TBA

Review Date

Monday, 17th of December, 2007

What's Hot

Solid 3D rendering performance, ran reliably at 2.86GHz, runs very quietly when paired with a motherboard that has dynamic fan control

What's Not

There are many reported BIOS issues with Phenom so wait until these are resolved before investing, we couldn't get it to work on an older AM2 socket-based motherboard

The Final Word

It's worth considering the Phenom 9900 if you want to extract top performance out of your existing AMD-based system, but the upgrade path might not be a smooth one. Wait until the motherboard manufacturers iron out any BIOS issues before investing in it.

General

Other Features

Quad-core CPU, 2.3GHz, HyperTransport 3 (4GHz full duplex), AM2+, 4 x 512KB level 2 cache, 2MB level 3 cache

Motherboard

Processor Socket Types

AM2+

Processor

Fan

Yes

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