Apparently, AMD may soon present to overclockers and PC enthusiasts a new gift. They will be dual-core processor Phenom II X2 555 Black Edition, which apparently will replace the existing model Phenom II X2 550 BE. Note that both of these models have unlocked multiplier, and thus easily be overclocked to higher frequencies. It is worth paying attention to the fact that the processor Phenom II X2 BE 555 uses a new version of stepping C3, which also is beneficial to its overclocking potential.
In addition, the chip has not yet announced Phenom II X2 Black Edition 555 refers to the generation and Deneb is actually a quad-locked with two cores. However, with some motherboards and special techniques enthusiasts are very often unable to activate dormant nucleus, receiving, so a full quad-core chip with a cache of the third level in the volume of 6 MB for the price of dual-core solutions.
In short, AMD Phenom II X2 BE 555 is pretty tempting offer. His overclocking features, incidentally, is already rated one enthusiast, described their experiences. According to this overclocker, backed up by screenshots of test applications, he managed to disperse the existing engineering sample chip Phenom II X2 BE 555 to 6637 MHz frequency. It used motherboard Biostar TA785GE 128M chipset AMD 785G, and for cooling the system uses liquid nitrogen.
Also reported that the nominal frequency processor Phenom II X2 555 Black Edition is 3.2 GHz, a TDP does not exceed 80 watts, and the announcement of this interesting chip is scheduled for November.
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