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LarsMarkelson · 3 Weeks Ago

Pleaseeeeee let it work for AM2+ as well... anyone know if they plan to do this? SWEET, ty google: "The chip maker has confirmed to Maximum PC that a six-core slab of silicon (codenamed Thuban) will be released in 2010, with the real kicker being that it'll be fully backwards compatible with existing AM3 and AM2+ mainboards." (http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/21/a...onsumer-realm/)

Yesssss!!! Though any decent overclocks will most certainly have to be on water... Phenom II's as they are now with 4 cores LOVE the cold when it comes to oc'ing.

I do a lot of video encoding and the only meaningful upgrade for me right now would be an i7 system, which would cost ~$750 alone! That's for a chip, mobo, ram, and new psu. $250 for a 6 core Phenom II would be a big speed improvement for me, especially for the money.

CryWin · 3 Weeks Ago

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Originally Posted by Dopamin3

3.2ghz is the stock clock for the Phenom II x4 955, and it's stock voltage is 1.3v

I'm sure it could be undervolted and be stable. I don't see what you mean.

Fail. I'm not even going to point out your fail, I want to see if you can figure it out.

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Originally Posted by LethalRise750

It also means it'll have to run at much lower clock speeds to keep the TDP down. I'm forseeing 1.6-1.8GHz

The consumer market X6 starts at 2.8ghz.

Weedvender · 3 Weeks Ago

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Originally Posted by KG363

its gonna perform the same/worse than an x4 because it will likely use very similar architecture. Who would buy it?

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Originally Posted by LethalRise750

AMD's Istanbul 6 Core Server CPU gets completely owned by Intels Xeon Bloomfield Quad core... So Thuban is going to SUCK.

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Originally Posted by KG363

Just logic. It's a Phenom II, so it'll most likely use the phenom II architecture. if its based on the 45nm process, it'll be an extra 2 cores on the same die and will be two cores hotter

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Originally Posted by LethalRise750

Server CPU's aren't much different from Desktop CPU's. Look at Intels Xeon, People by them for mainstream desktops and they get the same performance as a Core i7. Shanghai and Istanbul even share the same general architecture as Deneb.

You guys need to read more.
http://www.overclock.net/hardware-ne...re-thuban.html

Thuban is more than just a Istanbul transition and power consumption wont be linear.

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