AMD Athlon 64 X2 7750 Kuma (Black Edition)

Zachstar · 01-19-09, 09:56 AM

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16819103300

http://www.tigerdirect.com/applicati...030&CatId=2328
AMD Athlon 64 X2 7750 Kuma

Right now I declare this king of budget overclocking!

The reason I say that is this is a REALLY good CPU for the money and one I plan to get. From what I can tell these were Phenom x4s that had two cores disabled via laser during fab due to defects in those cores. There is nothing wrong with this as they are working with a small process and there is going to be bad cores. They aren't going to suddenly give you errors on the remaining cores as the controller knows those cores are dead.

So you get all the features of those super expensive x4 black editions at a cheapo x2 price (of course with only 2 cores instead of 4) Also the reports I am reading say it is a good overclocker up to 3.2 due to less heat (2 instead of 4 cores means less heat)

Heh with this advertisement I ought to be hired by AMD :P

Anyway just wanted to let the folks know about this one. It will likely be the best offer for a few years because the 45nm Athlons of the future seem to not have any L3

01-19-09, 09:56 AM	#1
Zachstar Sea Lord Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Shreveport, Louisiana Posts: 1,956 Downloads: 13 Uploads: 0	AMD Athlon 64 X2 7750 Kuma (Black Edition) http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16819103300 http://www.tigerdirect.com/applicati...030&CatId=2328 AMD Athlon 64 X2 7750 Kuma Right now I declare this king of budget overclocking! The reason I say that is this is a REALLY good CPU for the money and one I plan to get. From what I can tell these were Phenom x4s that had two cores disabled via laser during fab due to defects in those cores. There is nothing wrong with this as they are working with a small process and there is going to be bad cores. They aren't going to suddenly give you errors on the remaining cores as the controller knows those cores are dead. So you get all the features of those super expensive x4 black editions at a cheapo x2 price (of course with only 2 cores instead of 4) Also the reports I am reading say it is a good overclocker up to 3.2 due to less heat (2 instead of 4 cores means less heat) Heh with this advertisement I ought to be hired by AMD :P Anyway just wanted to let the folks know about this one. It will likely be the best offer for a few years because the 45nm Athlons of the future seem to not have any L3 __________________