Just ordered Phenom 9950 BE

[justapost]

Macadamia,yes i am sure .And BTW,9950 actually draws *less* power than 9850 .140W figure is just a requirement for ACC(adv. clock calibration) found in new SB750,for the new OCing capabilities with Phenoms(since the chip will probably be auto clocked on SB750 mobo,it needs a more comfortable TDP number).

Very well explained informal.
So with ACC enabled the cpu works with higher currents (and current limits).
Hope my 9950be arrives tomorrow.

[informal]

Hi justapost,thanks

In addition to your post,it seems that AMD has gone the route of lowering certain voltage levels(I/O related?) when it comes to SB750.I'm sure you have seen the slide before here (1.8V/3.3V level shifter circuit,needed for direct connection of Phenom and SB pins).Hopefully,the integrated clock generator in SB750 will eliminate the idle freezing problems and bring overall better clocks.

[justapost]

Hi justapost,thanks

In addition to your post,it seems that AMD has gone the route of lowering certain voltage levels(I/O related?) when it comes to SB750.I'm sure you have seen the slide before here (1.8V/3.3V level shifter circuit,needed for direct connection of Phenom and SB pins).Hopefully,the integrated clock generator in SB750 will eliminate the idle freezing problems and bring overall better clocks.

Yeah i've seen this slide. To me it looks like with those connections the cpu is able to use higher currents, with the sb monitoring the frequency and adjusting the voltages. It's more a voltage/current calibration then a clock calibration seen that way.
From what i've heard all the new sb750 boards also support using less phases, so the overall powerconsumption should go down abit.