oh, i thought AM3 socket have 938 pins only instead of 941 pins?
so that a AM2+ CPU with 940 pins cannot install on it.

AMD Bulldozer, Llano Launch Dates Leaked

Various sources point to June and July release dates for Bulldozer and Llano.

ZoomBased on information gathered by "industrial sources," various reports are indicating that AMD plans to launch its upcoming high-end desktop Bulldozer CPUs sometime during the week of June 20, 2011.

According to the reports, Bulldozer will arrive in quad-core, six-core and eight-core variants using the FX brand name. Two will be AMD FX4000-series chips, two will be AMD FX6000-series chips and four will be AMD FX8000-series chips. Four processors are slated to arrive in Q2 2011 while the other four are planned for a Q4 2011 release.

After the release of the initial Bulldozer processors in June, AMD is expected to launch its Llano "A-Series" APUs. These will arrive on the market in two-core, three-core and quad-core variants during the week of July 4. A total of eleven Llamo APUs will be released throughout the calendar year, the reports claim.

An additional leaked slide maps out the next two years, revealing that all three Llano APUs will supposedly support 1,600 MHz DDR3 memory at 45W and feature the "BeaverCreek" and "WinterPark" integrated DirectX 11 GPUs. The Llano APUs will target the mainstream and performance markets during 2011 whereas the Zacate and Ontario will focus on the essential and sub-12-inch markets respectively.

Looking ahead into 2012, AMD's roadmap shows the Trinity, Richland, Wichita and Krishna APUs. The first three will target the essential, mainstream and performance markets while the Krishna APU will target the sub-12-inch devices. All four feature Fusion graphics and support DDR3 memory.

saturn85 : isit 1.45 is too high? because what i understand is this proc C3 dont need a high voltage to get stable.. do correct me if i'm wrong

kuntawakaw : what do you mean 'dram controller option'? i set to ganged mode. ganged mean dual channel right? what is 'llc'?

Prepare for the Bulldozer.The boxes can poison u to buy it


http://www.amdforum.se/artikel/exklusivt-a...-och-fx-4-1025/

Four AMD Bulldozer Chips Incoming: Details Revealed.

AMD FX "Bulldozer" Approaching, Set to Consume 125W, 95W
[03/13/2011 11:36 AM]
by Anton Shilov

The initial family of AMD's FX-series microprocessors based on Bulldozer micro-architecture will include four models with eight, six or four cores and 95W or 125W thermal design power (TDP).

The first breed of AMD FX8000, FX6000 and FX4000 currently known under Zambezi code-name will completely support all the advantages that the Bulldozer micro-architecture is supposed to bring, including new Flex FP floating point processing unit. The new chips in maximum eight-core configurations are projected - by AMD's internal documents - to offer roughly 50% performance improvement over Phenom II-series microprocessors in multimedia applications.....

AMD Aims to Fight Core i7 “Sandy Bridge” with Bulldozer.

AMD Wants to Increase Pricing of Microprocessors
[03/13/2011 04:37 PM]
by Anton Shilov

Advanced Micro Devices at present is not able to compete in terms of pure performance against Intel Corp.’s Core i7-series “Sandy Bridge” microprocessors, according to benchmark results, but with its next-generation Bulldozer-based chips the company fully aims to fight.

With its FX-series AMD Zambezi desktop processors the Sunnyvale, California-based company plans to fully compete against Intel Core i-family of high-performance central processing units. A document from AMD seen by X-bit labs claims that AMD FX-series central processing unit (CPUs) powered by the Bulldozer micro-architecture will be fully able to rival Core i7 2600-series chips.....

I'm using Corsair XMS3 1600MHz RAM but in the CPUZ shows the max freq is only 663MHz. Why owh?

Hi guys. Latest update on my OC adventure.

Prime 3.5Ghz @ 1.425v = failed - PC restarted in less than 3 seconds  

Prime 3.2Ghz(Stock) @ 1.375v(Under volt by 0.025v = failed - PC also restarted in less than 3 seconds

At last, Prime 3.4Ghz with stock voltage @ 1.4v - Successful for 45mins without any issues. Maximum temperature reach 62c  

Aiii...in the end the most stable clock speed is the one I've been using all along    Feels kinda disappointed  

I can try 3.6Ghz @ 1.45v but the temperature will climb very fast and will exceed 65c in no time. My biggest concern is heat now.
Gotta find some way to reduce the temperature of my CPU and improve the air flow in my casing.

Maybe need to radically mod my casing

It's either cooler or he badly need a better PSU liao, Enlight 400W is ok for me for light~medium load coz i used Enlight 425W b4 but that was during X2 3600+ yoo.. how many years was that..
With u oc'ing ur 955W which is a 125W TDP cpu + quite power hogging HD4870 i think its a bit too much to ask of that PSU liao..

Can't really call Enlight cap ayam. Have dissected the PSU before and it was surprisingly good. Large transformer, surprisingly quality large capacitors and some very good transistors too.

Oh, did I mention it was as heavy as some of the 550w PSU's

Nah..those PSU calculator are not very accurate. Just another tool to make money.

You see. There is a strong correlation between weight and a quality of PSU. Normally, a more powerful PSU requires a larger transformer, which in turns translated to heavier PSU.

And there is no way these tiny copper wire you found in those high end PSU can carry 60amps in them. Unless they're made out of pure gold or the found a way to turn it super conductor at high temperature  

You don't really need that much power in a small CPU you see. Its only 1.4v for God sake

And if my PSU is really under power, it would have shut down a long long time ago

Well. I appreciate your kind intentions but if you did as much research as I did into PSU then you'll know that the ampere rating on those 12v rails could be best describe as the work of fiction.

There is 1 time I was obsessed by PSU and all these 12v rail rating. I'm gonna take my time to explain why 60amp on those PSU 12v rails are crazy.

Our PC runs on Direct Current. Which means that the positive and negative charge must go together in the same copper wire. This creates a more stable flow of electricity but generates a lot of resistant. Which means, in order to carry more current (known as ampere) it must have thicker copper wire.

Now if you need a copper wire to carry 60amps of 12v DC, you'll need at least 1" thick copper wire  

Have you ever see a 1 inch thick cable in any PC PSU? Neither did I. But I have seen a 12v DC 40amp PSU, but not for PC. Its for Car starter and you'll need a trolley just to move it  

Now, about wattage calculation. Watt is a very general term. It can be used to represent any form of power. Even the power required for a person to climb stairs can be measured in watt. Now for electricity, watt is easier to calculate. To get the wattage, you just multiply the volt and the ampere.

V * Amp = Watt, for example.

10v * 10amp = 100watt. Easy. But if you take the formula to calculate CPU then it all doesn't make sense. CPU is only 1.4v, so in order for it to consume 125watt it must take at least 89amps    

So for a tiny CPU to consume that much power is  

I still need some time to find the root cause for my OC setup. But I'm confident that the PSU is not the culprit.

Btw, I'm more interested in the settings. Like how will the NB frequency affect OC and other stuff like that..

like cllee said,which is better...higher freq or tight timing?

Not NB speed yo but cpu-nb speed

u will end up disappointed. why u take high freq (i assume 2k and above) but most of rams rated on intel. and u cant get it run at 2k u will curse ur ram cuz cant even run at rated. dont even mention tightening the timings.
but if u buy a 1600mhz ram, and it runs at 1800mhz then u feel good already..cuz i will run more than rated..kekeke.thats why last time i like value rams.. 1333>1900mhz makes me feel good