Phenom 9600 Black Edition - In Stock UK!!

[Psycho_eddie]

Find it @ OCUK

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CP-212-AM&groupid=701&catid=6&subcat=

[Apokalipse]

They're available in Australia now, too:
http://staticice.com.au/cgi-bin/search.cgi?q=phenom+black

I'll be getting a Phenom black edition at some stage, to go with my K9A2 Platinum and crossfired 3870's. I'm just not sure if I should wait for the B3 stepping.

Anybody have any idea how much better B3 stepping is going to be?

[Swarm dude]

They say that the B3 probably won't have the TLB bug solved, but maybe it will overclock better, if nothing else :)

[Apokalipse]

They say that the B3 probably won't have the TLB bug solved, but maybe it will overclock better, if nothing else :)well, overclocking is what I'm really after. I'm hoping for at least 3-3.2GHZ, which I should be able to get with my watercooling system. But anything more would be welcome though.

a proper TLB fix would be nice, but it isn't really a huge deal.
From what I've heard, nobody has actually had any real problems with it so far, have they?
Probably why AMD missed it in the first place.

[Swarm dude]

I think that Cooper said that the bug occurs rarely, and possibly only in virtualization enviroment.

[Mul]

Also
http://www.tekheads.co.uk/s/product?product=608488

AMD's OPN finder would imply that the 9600 Black at present is the B2 revision.
http://products.amd.com/en-us/DesktopCPUSideBySide.aspx?id=19&id=374

Where the one on the right is the Black Edition. Quick google suggests they're doing anywhere between 2.5-2.8GHz ish.

[Apokalipse]

Also
http://www.tekheads.co.uk/s/product?product=608488

AMD's OPN finder would imply that the 9600 Black at present is the B2 revision.
http://products.amd.com/en-us/DesktopCPUSideBySide.aspx?id=19&id=374

Where the one on the right is the Black Edition. Quick google suggests they're doing anywhere between 2.5-2.8GHz ish.yes, current Phenom's are all B2. B3 releases in March (they won't have 9500 and 9600 models, instead they'll have 9550 and 9650 models)

I think Anandtech got two BE's to 3GHZ, one to 2.9GHZ, and one to 2.8GHZ, all on air.
Can't remember what voltage they used, but I don't think they increased it by much, if at all.