Just ordered Phenom 9950 BE

[Rammsteiner]

so maybe i missed something, what is the differance between a 9850BE and a 9950? apart from 100 mhz/140w TDP rating/and of course the rebranding?

why are they priced the exact same as a 9850BE?

whay does it seem we have more or less the same results so far from Overclocking?

i think it might be because they are indeed B3 cherry picked Phenoms, much like the 9850's

now i may be wrong here, but until i see benches or Proc Specs, im with my idea.

its all about marketing,

and i know i shouldnt expect an automatic overclock, and the chip is rated at 2.6 gig and no more, but why call it a 9950? that would imply that it is higher than a 9850BE yes?

it also runs at a wopping 100 mhz more, but it still doesnt get past 2.8/3 gig on an overclock.

same chip if you ask me

Yes it's the same core/rev if you mean that. But it's not like they had loads of 9850BE's left and just rebranded them though. But your story doesnt make sense though. I mean, would you expect a 6400+ to OC any better than a 6000+ for example? In the end they're both just F3 90nm Windsors anyway, but you get a guaranteed 200Mhz extra.

It's called a 9950BE because it runs 100Mhz higher. Just as you've a 9750 which runs 100Mhz slower than a 9850BE.

They're priced the same because they simply cant ask more. If they would ask more people would either buy a lower rated Phenom or would step over to Intel. Also, just like the older FX CPU's, a new Phenom BE comes in, the other one goes out and will be replaced with a normal 9850. Also, the price of the 9850 will drop sometime soon to encourage non-OC'ers to buy a 9850.

Whether they're cherry picked or not, why should we care? It only means we get the good stuff. Although I dont think they're cherry picked. At most they're selected to run at 3Ghz (Phenom 9950BE + SB750 board = 3Ghz). But nothing more. I would actually expect the Phenom 9x50e's to be the not so good clockers, or even the Phenom X3's.

Considering that Justapost took DMM Readings at different Voltages and clocks with both the 9850 & 9950 and posted them in the Unified DFI thread I would have to say that assumption is dead wrong from Anandtech

That's weird