Phenom II X4 960T has made its way to retail (Newegg)

Seebs · Oct 10, 2011

This is the Phenom II X4 that is made from "locked" Thubans (x6). So you can now (theoretically) get this one and unlock it to an X6.

Newegg link: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819103995

Disclaimer: Just as with the Callisto (X2) to Deneb (X4); unlocking is not a "given". Some chips will, some won't. If you want an X6 Thuban buy one. They're only about $30 more anyway.

jstutman · Oct 10, 2011

would you take the chance?

Seebs · Oct 10, 2011

jstutman said:
would you take the chance?

I would... Correction... I will. Once I'm done benching my 955BE; I will move on to a 965BE and then on to that one.

Look at it this way... If someone is looking for a Phenom II X4 like say the 965BE (Listed for $129.99 on that screen); why wouldn't they get the 960T for $5 less? Overclocking the 960T to 965's stock speeds is easy as cake an then you have the "option" of maybe getting a cheap(er) hexacore.

jstutman · Oct 10, 2011

Im debating. As of this writing. There is a 955BE for $70 on the classys. It either that or this. Upgrading from a 720BE.

Kado · Oct 10, 2011

been waiting to see one of these out. might be picking one up.

bigben6 · Oct 10, 2011

THATS interesting, I will be curious to see someone actually unlock it first though

capttripppp · Oct 10, 2011

I have to say that if the benches from BD prove to be bad then I might just put my money into one of these for the fun of it

CapnFailBoat · Oct 10, 2011

Question is, Is there a board out there that can handle a quad to hexacore unlcok? It would need to be AM3+ and have high enough voltage rating on the cpu insert.

Edit: Posted before doing my research like an idiot. Looks like the Thubans are at 125w and the 960T Zosman is at 95w and both are AM3 chipsets.

Seebs · Oct 10, 2011

bigben6 said:
THATS interesting, I will be curious to see someone actually unlock it first though

It's already been done plenty of times...

Tom'sHW -> Here

capttripppp said:
I have to say that if the benches from BD prove to be bad then I might just put my money into one of these for the fun of it

Oh... One of these will find its way to my home regardless of BD's performance. I like benching AMD.

CapnFailBoat said:
Question is, Is there a board out there that can handle a quad to hexacore unlcok? It would need to be AM3+ and have high enough voltage rating on the cpu insert.

Edit: Posted before doing my research like an idiot. Looks like the Thubans are at 125w and the 960T Zosman is at 95w and both are AM3 chipsets.

LOL... I was just going to point out to you that these unlock to Thuban 6-Core chips and any board that Supports one of those should be able to unlock one of these and run it safely.

CapnFailBoat · Oct 11, 2011

Well an issue I ran into was that when I was trying to unlock my callisto was that my mobo only supported up to 95 watts to the cpu so when i tried to unlock the extra cores it wouldn't stick. I would give it a new name and all but it would only have two cores.

wingman99 · Oct 11, 2011

Tom's hardware says it's a 50% risk is that true. :popcorn:

Pinky · Oct 11, 2011

wingman99 said:
Tom's hardware says it's a 50% risk is that true.

That's their estimate, with zero fact behind it.

I say it's more like 105% likely. Because I have a website it must be fact/true.

Seebs · Oct 12, 2011

CapnFailBoat said:
Well an issue I ran into was that when I was trying to unlock my callisto was that my mobo only supported up to 95 watts to the cpu so when i tried to unlock the extra cores it wouldn't stick. I would give it a new name and all but it would only have two cores.

Well... That's because you bought a board that wasn't designed for X4s to begin with. If one has a board that supports the Thuban CPUs (125W) then there won't be an issue for the board in supporting this chip when/if it unlocks to hexacore.

wingman99 said:
Tom's hardware says it's a 50% risk is that true.

All I take from their claim is that 50% of the chips "they" tested unlocked successfully. At any rate; the volume of chips produced/sold is way too high for whatever "sample size" they were working with to be a good representation of the entire production of chips.
Having said that; if someone wants a hexacore chip; they should just pony up the extra $20 and get a 1090T.

Pinky said:
That's their estimate, with zero fact behind it.

I say it's more like 105% likely. Because I have a website it must be fact/true.

QFT.

CapnFailBoat · Oct 12, 2011

145 watts? I'm not seeing any Thuban's above 125 watts.

Seebs · Oct 12, 2011

CapnFailBoat said:
145 watts? I'm not seeing any Thuban's above 125 watts.

Sorry.. that was a typo on my part. Meant to write 125W.

Niku-Sama · Oct 16, 2011

I'll buy one when I get my full time check. My 720be is tapped out

g0dM@n · Oct 16, 2011

Niku-Sama said:
I'll buy one when I get my full time check. My 720be is tapped out

720BE... does it unlock? You sure it's worth going from that to just one more core?

jstutman · Oct 16, 2011

g0dM@n said:
720BE... does it unlock? You sure it's worth going from that to just one more core?

Well. I just upgraded my 720BE to a 955BE. I hope I see an improvement there, so I would hope someone would see an improvement from the 720 to the 960T.

Granted, if the improvement is not good enough, I am just going to go buy Intel

Niku-Sama · Oct 18, 2011

g0dM@n said:
720BE... does it unlock? You sure it's worth going from that to just one more core?

it unlocks in a DDR2 system, it doesent in a DDR3 system and i made the swap a few months ago and have tried everything.
it will unlock at stock speeds but it wont overclock at all and i figure 3.6 Ghz on three is a bit faster than stock on four. but if i go 201 on the fsb or one multi higher on stock fsb it wont boot at all even with the voltage all the way up to 1.6v

also with the potental to unlock some more cores i think it'll be worth it if it unlocks or not

i need a computer for my wife so mine doesent fill up with a bunch of junk from face book, ect but for the time being it'll be using a windsor (which is fine) but i might as well stick it in there when i get the 960.

i was wondering how more efficent is a 960 going to be clock per clock compared to a 720? different designs so i thought i would ask, didnt want to have another windsor/brisbane issue where although the brisbane was new the windsor was still getting more done

g0dM@n · Oct 18, 2011

Oh I didn't know the 720 won't unlock with DDR3... it's AM3 though....

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