{"id":474,"date":"2010-06-13T08:33:23","date_gmt":"2010-06-13T07:33:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wade.one\/blog\/?p=474"},"modified":"2015-02-12T16:30:19","modified_gmt":"2015-02-12T16:30:19","slug":"upgraded-pc-love-amds-phenom-ii-x4-965-black-edition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wade.one\/blog\/2010\/06\/13\/upgraded-pc-love-amds-phenom-ii-x4-965-black-edition\/","title":{"rendered":"Upgraded PC &#8211; Love AMD&#8217;s Phenom II X4 965 Black Edition!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Recently I decided to finally upgrade from my AMD Athlon X2 6000+ to a shiny new AMD Phenom II X6 965. Being AMD, that meant I didn&#8217;t have to change my motherboard, nor did I have to change my memory. Their Phenom II range is designed for AM3 but works in AM2+ motherboards; that means it will work with DD2 and DDR3 memory and also shares the same socket design &#8211; thank you AMD!<\/p>\n<p>The new processor cost me \u00a3144 in total, with free next day shipping (incidentally, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ebuyer.com\/\">eBuyer<\/a> are incredible sometimes, I ordered it at 22:10 and it arrived at 09:00 the next day, no shipping charges at all!)<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/wade.one\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/06\/cpuz-11.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-824\" src=\"https:\/\/wade.one\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/06\/cpuz-11.jpg\" alt=\"cpuz-1\" width=\"421\" height=\"404\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wade.one\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/06\/cpuz-11.jpg 421w, https:\/\/wade.one\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/06\/cpuz-11-300x288.jpg 300w, https:\/\/wade.one\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/06\/cpuz-11-156x150.jpg 156w, https:\/\/wade.one\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/06\/cpuz-11-150x144.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 421px) 100vw, 421px\" \/><\/a>So, the Phenom II 965 is designated a 3.4GHz processor, quad core. 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