AMD Phenom II X4 955 + BIOSTAR TA790GX A3+ OC Review

AMD Phenom II X4 955 Black Edition，45nm、3.2Ghz、L2 4X512KB、L3 6MB

TA790GX A3+，790GX ATX

2 X PCI-E x16，ATI CrossFireX X8+X8

2 X PCI-E x1

2 X PCI

1 X Floppy

Realtek RTL8111，Realtek ALC888

6 X SATAII，SATA RAID 0、1、5、10(SB750)

Power/Reset

4 X DIMM DDR3，800/1066/1333MHz

1 X IDE

24 Pin

IO

4 X USB 2.0

1 X HDMI

1 X DVI

1 X D-SUB

1 X IEEE 1394a

1 X RJ-45

 

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BIOS

CPU

CPU Vcore +0.020~1.260V
CPU-NB Voltage +0.020~1.000V
Memory Voltage 1.660~2.840V
Side Port Over Voltage 1.800~2.700V
Chipest Over Voltage 1.200~2.300V
HT Over Voltage 1.200~2.300V

DDR3

Memory Insight

HD3300

Hardware Health

CPU: AMD Phenom II X4 955 Black Edition
MB: BIOSTAR TA790GX A3+
DRAM: CORSAIR Dominator 2GBX2 DDR3 1800C8D
VGA: MSMSI R4650-MD1G CrossFire
HD: SAMSUNG 250GB
POWER: Corsair 400W Power Supply
Cooler: Thermaltake V1 AX

 

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CPU Default
CPU 200X16=>3200Mhz
DDR3 1334 CL6 6-6-18 1T

Hyper PI 32M 23m 23.048s
CPUMARK99 439

CrystalMark 2004R3

PCMark Vantage

CINEBENCH R10

CPU OC
CPU 200X18.5=>3700Mhz
DDR3 1600 CL7 7-7-20 1T

Hyper PI 32M 20m 49.139s
CPUMARK99 507

CrystalMark 2004R3

PCMark Vantage

CINEBENCH R10

CPU 244Mhz
244X16=>3905Mhz 1.472V
Super PI 1M 17.722s
CPUMARK99 539

200X20=>4001Mhz 1.520V
Super PI 1M 17.643s
CPUMARK99 547

 

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DRAM
DDR3 1600 CL7 7-7-20 1T，1.76V
SP2004 2 X Blend，3.85GB

DDR3 1600 CL7 7-7-20 1T
Sandra Memory Bandwidth-13227MB/s
EVEREST Memory Read-9101MB/s

3D，MSI R4650-MD1G CrossFire

3DMARK VANTAGE

Crysis Benchmark

Need for Speed Undercover
1600X1200
Anti-Aliasing 4X

THE LAST REMNANT

BIOSTAR TA790GX A3+
Performance ★★★★★★★★☆☆
Components ★★★★★★★☆☆☆
Layout design ★★★★★★★☆☆☆
Cost/ performance ratio ★★★★★★★★☆☆

BIOSTAR TA790GX A3+ about 125 usd
Thanks

 

[JayMathers]

I Own A Gigabyte GA-MA790GP-DS4H Coupled with Athlon 7850, And It Works Like A Charm. The 790GX Boards Are Amazing, Although They Are Just A Bit Tweaked And Handpicked 780Gs, However It Does The Trick.

But Above Everything, Its A Great Review And Hats Off For Such A Contribution.

 

[BIKeINSTEIN]

Thank you WWM sir.

Always a pleasure to read your reviews as there is so much to learn from them and for krystal-kitty and pals.

 

[BalajeeReddy]

I got it yesterday for Rs. 6000/- from lamigton road and PhenomII820 Rs.7800/-

 

[psyph3r]

i paired this proccy with an asus m4a78t-e, runs like a beast.

 

[haraakiri]

Available at CTC for a price 6200. Phenom II 810 for 9400. Phenom II 955 is much costiler at 13700 though.

 

[Vandal]

I always look at your reviews. That's a brilliant CPU, I tested one last month.

 

[WildRazor]

my friend orderd the same setup today... lets wait and see

 

[manuvikraman]

Awesome Sir....Brilliant review there!!!!!!!!