AMD Phenom II TWKR Black Edition spotted

[onethreehill]

Going into tease mode, Wallace Santos, the CEO of custom PC builder Maingear, has blogged about a 'special' AMD CPU called the Phenom II TWKR Black Edition. Seen below, the quad-core part is supposed to be able to overclock higher than the Phenom II X4 955 BE

http://www.tcmagazine.com/comments.p...=27154&catid=2

[stangracin3]

could this be the 4.4 GHz part we heard about?

[SNiiPE_DoGG]

mmmm, this looks very interesting.... I hope its not fake (I dont think it is)

[hurleybird]

Notice the lack of "x4" or "x" anything. 6 Core Istanbul core mayhap?

[SNiiPE_DoGG]

nah istanbul is all wide shaped isnt it?

[Smartidiot89]

Originally Posted by SNiiPE_DoGG

nah istanbul is all wide shaped isnt it?

Kind of, but the socket is very wide, that is because it has to be able to support a Istanbul MCM part for 45nm.

Istanbul should be able to fit in a AM3 socket on 45nm

[Mumak]

It is very real. I can confirm.

[demonkevy666]

Originally Posted by Smartidiot89

Kind of, but the socket is very wide, that is because it has to be able to support a Istanbul MCM part for 45nm.

Istanbul should be able to fit in a AM3 socket on 45nm

cherry pick silicon with numbers of wafer part ?

Istanbul is server it's on socket 1207

a desktop product is unlikely sever cpu price is a lot higher. more profit there for AMD.

it would be very low clock 6 core BE wattage of 140 watts.

this says it can past 7ghz.

[chew*]

Guys its just a quad........best suited for cold conditions.

[DFI pit bull]

I want the chip but not the box.

[Foamy]

Probably the 965 or 975

[Chrono Detector]

I wonder what the stock speed is, and is this meant to perform close to Core i7 or what?

[570091D]

Originally Posted by Mumak

It is very real. I can confirm.

oh man, this looks good!

4.4ghz? guaranteed to reach 4.4, or easy to reach 4.4?

[thebluemeanie1]

My guess is that is the "high leakage" CPU some of the guys were talking about after the last AMD overclocking event.

[Smartidiot89]

Originally Posted by demonkevy666

cherry pick silicon with numbers of wafer part ?

Istanbul is server it's on socket 1207

a desktop product is unlikely sever cpu price is a lot higher. more profit there for AMD.

it would be very low clock 6 core BE wattage of 140 watts.

this says it can past 7ghz.

Well, our Phenom II's are nothing but the exact same chips as the server ones - except ours only has 1 HyperTransportBus enabled. Istanbul migrating could very well be a reality.

Istanbul currently doesn't support DDR3 -Officially- as it's not a priority for AMD and its customers atm, which would make a Dekstop Istanbul going in the wrong direction to become a AM2+ CPU hmm.

But I think the same as you, that it's cherrypicked Deneb.

[FlanK3r]

maybe somethink as FX Phenom is this TWKR?

[N19h7m4r3]

Everytime something like this happens I feel like poo.

I jumped on an AM2+ Phenom II setup as soon as it was out. If only I waited a bit for AM3, I'd atleast have a better upgrade path.

All these new CPU look brilliant. Specially that the new 6-cores might be out.

Also that box look amazing for a cpu :P If I could I'd buy it just for that.

[SNiiPE_DoGG]

Originally Posted by N19h7m4r3

Everytime something like this happens I feel like poo.

I jumped on an AM2+ Phenom II setup as soon as it was out. If only I waited a bit for AM3, I'd atleast have a better upgrade path.

All these new CPU look brilliant. Specially that the new 6-cores might be out.

Also that box look amazing for a cpu :P If I could I'd buy it just for that.

but am3 chips work in your board....

[FlanK3r]

i think, this is not six core, six core coming at 1Q 2010 and not top clocks! Because TDP...This is some diferent. Maybe in new revision C3.

[N19h7m4r3]

Originally Posted by SNiiPE_DoGG

but am3 chips work in your board....

Yeah but I was a fool and sold my DDR3 before hand. I want to use that again

I have a thing that I need an entire platform to fit perfectly. So AM3 mobo, with AM3 CPU with DDR3 Ram.

Worse is I know I'd need 3 graphics cards then.

I have a problem I know

[gallag]

Originally Posted by N19h7m4r3

Yeah but I was a fool and sold my DDR3 before hand. I want to use that again

I have a thing that I need an entire platform to fit perfectly. So AM3 mobo, with AM3 CPU with DDR3 Ram.

Worse is I know I'd need 3 graphics cards then.

I have a problem I know

Do you need to turn the lights on and off thirteen times before you enter a room?

I agree though, Why put shiny new tech in a old board that will hold it back? I have never upgraded just a cpu.

[clonez]

ooh, interesting

but this shouldnt be a ln2 oc chip, why should amd care and bring out a new proc just for that?

it has to clock substantially higher on water for it being interesting to maingear etc.

maingear doesnt sell overclocked cpu, afaik

[Mumak]

it's Quad-core K10

Originally Posted by FlanK3r

i think, this is not six core, six core coming at 1Q 2010 and not top clocks! Because TDP...This is some diferent. Maybe in new revision C3.

[N19h7m4r3]

Originally Posted by gallag

Do you need to turn the lights on and off thirteen times before you enter a room?

I agree though, Why put shiny new tech in a old board that will hold it back? I have never upgraded just a cpu.

True, I would love it if AMD got some decent ROG boards from Asus.

Although my next build will deffnently be a mATX or iATX if AMD ever get some decent boards that can take a good graphics card.

On a note about the lights on and off. Thank goodness not! Although I measure ( With an actual scale ) the amout of meat and carbs I get in :O I also need something green on my plate at all times. All times!

[railmeat]

bet the house its stock 3.4ghz......looks nice