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I have tried the Phenom II X4 955 (3.2ghz), 965 (3.4ghz), 840 (3.2ghz) processors I have also tried the Phenom X4 9950, 9850 and 9600. All of the Phenoms that I tried were power hogs! The 2 965's I tried consistently ran very hot (min temp 50C at idle and just opening a browser raises the temp to 58C and at 10% load, the temps jump to 62C! All that waste heat creates a thermal problem, particularly since I have 3 RADEON HD 6900 series GPUS (an HD6990 and an HD6970 crossfired!). I could successfully run the Furmark stress test @ 1080p for a duration of less than 1:30 before the 965 reached max TJ and shutdown occured. Exact same computer with the same CPU heatsink/fan (Zalman 9500) and the same thermal compound (Arctic Silver 5). The Phenom II X6 1090T has this feature called Turbo which means at idle, or under light loads, most of the processors are running at only 900mHz but once a load arrives they individually shift to 3.2gHz or even 3.6gHz under 100% load. At 100% utilization on all 6 processors, max temps rise to about 48C. Even when running the Furmark Stress Test at 1080p with all 3 GPU's running at around 82C, the 1090T max temps rise to only 49C! What this means is that there is significantly less power consumption from my PSU and that means lowered electricity costs.I live in Florida so every BTU that my computer produces has to be air conditioned out of the house about 350 days of the year. Presuming an average load (43C vs 58C gives about 15C difference for just the CPU! This equates to 27BTU for electricity and 27BTU that needs to be removed from house too. (I have ignored small savings from computer fans running more slowly and less heat being generated in the PSU). Calculating this based on an average of 8 hours of on time per day, this comes to an underwhelming $5.25 per year. Two of my computers run 24x7 so this amounts to $15.7500 per year vs a 965. Factor into this the wear and tear on the A/C, wear and tear on the fans, change in rpm (think quiet) and so on. % $15.75/year, payback on this purchase will take about 2-3 years vs the 965's that I replaced (I will resell the 965's). Anytime you can get a payback 3 years, it is worth it. Since most of my computers don't really need constant technology updates, this is a great decision for me. (I run Server 2008 and Windows 7) and can probably get by with this well into the 2020's. Most of my applications are multi-threaded so 6 processors running @3.2gHz beats out 4 processors running @3.4gHz except where the app has a critical single threaded path. File transfers are faster with 6 slightly slower processors. On my games computer, games run better with 6 processors especially with the 3 GPU HD 6900 series Crossfire. Some of this is subjective but I am very pleased with the energy savings vs even the 955. When all my server is doing is DNS most of the time, that 900mHz turbo mode really saves a lot on electricity while it is idling. On my Movie server, most of the time it sleeps or runs at mostly idle but when I am doing video conversions, they go much faster with 6 processors @3.6gHz. I don't overclock. With the 1090T there is really no fundamental reason to overclock because it is designed to automatically overclock itself to 3.6gHz when it is under high loads! If you overclock the 1090T you subtract all the benefits of saving electricity! All of the other processors were either much slower or also ran much hotter than the 1090T under all loading scenarios. This is an excellent value!Read full review
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What more can you ask from AMD CPU. I have had no errors with this CPU even though its used. I don't over clock so I can write anything to that respects. Its all you expect. With my cool-master air cooler, no heating problems at peak speed. As I am writing this review, the computer I am using had this very CPU installed.
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The processor works fantastic and does a great job on my older system. The AMD 1090t turned out to be a much stronger processor than I thought and it was a great price as well.
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I purchased this chip with the intention of overclocking it but it performs above my expectations at stock speeds and can turbo up to 3.8ghz if needed. My rig will run all thhe triple a titles and apps that I throw at it with no trouble at all and coupled with a 1050ti no less.
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This is a good value and only second to the 1100T which is almost the same specs but more money. I have a few years old AMD computer build, and had a 3 core CPU with 8GB RAM standard HD. I wanted to max it out, so this CPU is a great option for a good price to upgrade. This in addition to a SSD for the OS and programs and 16GB RAM and now I have an almost new computer for a lot less than buying a new one. Just remember to update the BIOS to use this CPU.
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