In August of this year, AMD introduced the processor Phenom II X4 965 with a nominal power 140Vt. Many people laughed at the manufacturer, as well as the usual power desktop processors AMD is 125W, and compared with 140Vt ─ is quite a lot. This step is not unprecedented, but he made it clear that while the 45nm AMD processors can not reach the frequency of 3.4GHz without some additional recharge.

Now, after a few months, AMD introduced a new version of the processor Phenom II X4 965 Black Edition, with a 125W TDP. Improved energy consumption goes hand in hand with other features of this model. First, the memory controller has been modified to support four DIMM DDR3 modules at a frequency of 1333MHz.

Furthermore, now at the hardware level, supported by power-saving mode C1E. Naturally, switching power hardware is much faster than software, and, according to AMD, now advanced power management should not have "little impact" on performance. But do not expect a noticeable difference in performance versions of Phenom II X4 965 with different power consumption. Channel brought some test results, according to which the performance of the new version of the Phenom II X4 965 is almost equal to the productivity of the old version of the processor.

Nevertheless, reducing power consumption up to 125W should do X4 processor 965 and more popular among manufacturers of computers, and among users. AMD noted that the new processor series is unlocked Black Edition, which can not but rejoice. It should be noted that the 125W version of the X4 965 number ending in M, for example, HDZ965FBK4DGM. Non processors with TDP 140Vt end in I, for example, HDZ965FBK4DGI.