Phenom 9900 - Page 4

Cyberwarrior · 20th May 2008, 11:03 PM

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Originally Posted by Lacus

well, if i not mistaken..Not all AM2 mobo supports Phenom (due to some power mosfet thingie)Phenom is using 125 w or tdp(something like that ) can't really recall >_<..Thats why most major brand fails sometimes =/

From what I have learned,Phenom needs a + board to run right and also for using 1066 ram.

goldfries · 21st May 2008, 12:04 AM

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Originally Posted by The_YongGrand

Wow... they are cheap.

But do you think they will still fit on casual AM2 boards (not AM2+ ones).

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Originally Posted by Adrian Wong

Yeah, the Phenoms will work on AM2 motherboards.

well yeah but if you see sites like say ASUS board for like M2N-E, you'll see that it supports PHENOM but also stated 2000MT/s, AFAIK the X3 / X4 goes higher than 2000MT/s.

I'm just not familiar with Phenoms. So does that mean the processors would be forced to run at 2000MT/s?

The_YongGrand · 21st May 2008, 12:30 AM

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Originally Posted by goldfries

well yeah but if you see sites like say ASUS board for like M2N-E, you'll see that it supports PHENOM but also stated 2000MT/s, AFAIK the X3 / X4 goes higher than 2000MT/s.

I'm just not familiar with Phenoms. So does that mean the processors would be forced to run at 2000MT/s?

Not sure. I don't mind if they are downclocked slightly, but I kinda curious that do people actually test a Phenom on a casual AM2 PC and see what happens?

Cyberwarrior · 21st May 2008, 12:41 AM

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Originally Posted by goldfries

well yeah but if you see sites like say ASUS board for like M2N-E, you'll see that it supports PHENOM but also stated 2000MT/s, AFAIK the X3 / X4 goes higher than 2000MT/s.

I'm just not familiar with Phenoms. So does that mean the processors would be forced to run at 2000MT/s?

CPU runs at 2600,if used on a am2 it steps down to 2000.

Adrian Wong · 21st May 2008, 12:57 PM

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Originally Posted by Lacus

well, if i not mistaken..Not all AM2 mobo supports Phenom (due to some power mosfet thingie)Phenom is using 125 w or tdp(something like that ) can't really recall >_<..Thats why most major brand fails sometimes =/

Then it's the fault of the motherboard manufacturer in not ensuring adequate power supply to the socket. The Phenom itself is compatible with the AM2 socket.

Midicow · 21st May 2008, 01:58 PM

Lacus is trying to recall that a good portion of AM2 motherboards use only three-phase VRM (those mosphets around the cpu socket, count them, one.. a twoo.. a threee!)

The problem with this is that 3phase VRMS are unable to provide the 125watts that the biggest phenom needs to operate.

So make sure you're getting at least a 4 phase, more is better for efficiency.

Edit: for example:
TinyURL.com - shorten that long URL into a Tiny URL
those five little black box things !

TinyURL.com - shorten that long URL into a Tiny URL

this one only has a 3 phase, and they're old style mosphets to boot, lol!

The_YongGrand · 21st May 2008, 03:02 PM

Oh the VRM things... they are the most difficult when they have different processors on the same board.

Just like those boards which have older VRMs for S775 processors, they are just not compatible to any of the Core architecture processors. Older 945 boards couldn't, newer ones could.

Lacus · 21st May 2008, 09:11 PM

Lol, thanks for pointing that out..I'm not sure which mobo actually has more than 4 mosfet.. @goldfries, yeah i think it's something like that.

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Midicow Just Started Join Date: 4 May 2008 Posts: 59 Reputation: 0 Rep Power: 0	Lacus is trying to recall that a good portion of AM2 motherboards use only three-phase VRM (those mosphets around the cpu socket, count them, one.. a twoo.. a threee!) The problem with this is that 3phase VRMS are unable to provide the 125watts that the biggest phenom needs to operate. So make sure you're getting at least a 4 phase, more is better for efficiency. Edit: for example: TinyURL.com - shorten that long URL into a Tiny URL those five little black box things ! TinyURL.com - shorten that long URL into a Tiny URL this one only has a 3 phase, and they're old style mosphets to boot, lol! __________________

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