7.5 out of 10

AMD Phenom II X4 955 Black Edition (HDZ955FBGMBOX)

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9.6
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9.3
Value for money (50)

7.3
Features (36)

7.8
Ease of use (2)

7.9
Performance (37)

7.6
Overall quality (33)

7.8
Installation (7)

5.7
Compatibility (3)

7.9
Ease of setup (2)

4.8
Speed performance (6)

6.9
Instructions (2)

7.2
Customer support (2)

6.4

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fast, good value for money, reliable, easy to install, processor

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Expert Reviews

HotHardware

6 May 2009
The Phenom II X4 955 Black Edition and the X4 945 will be available immediately for $245 and $225, respectively (the 955 BE has already popped up on NewEgg ). Read more
- Strong Performance, Good Power Consumption, Great Upgrade Path, DDR2 or DDR3 Compatible, Overclockable, Competitive Pricing, Fastest AMD CPUs to Date
- Still Nipping At intel's Heals
Bjorn3d.com

23 April 2009
We've been waiting a few weeks to tell you about the AMD Phenom 2 X4 955 BE. We can't tell you how hard it is not to leak information about products like the Phenom 2 X4 955 BE. Read more
Legion Hardware

22 April 2009
It would be wishful thinking to believe that the Phenom II X4 955 was ever going to give the Core i7 any real problems in terms of performance. For starters AMD are pitching the Phenom II X4 955 for just $245 US. Read more
Benchmark Reviews

9.1/10

3 May 2009
Advanced Micro Devices (NYSE: AMD) is an innovative technology company dedicated to collaborating with customers and partners to ignite the next generation of computing and graphics solutions at work, home, and play. Read more
- Highest Phenom II clock speed yet, AM3 & DDR3 support, Unlocked multiplier, 8MB of total cache, AMD OverDrive 3.0, Excellent price/performance
- None, Next Page
Silent PC

23 April 2009
From a pure price/performance standpoint, AMD is certainly competing hard. The X4 955 BE closely matches Intel's Q9550, but with a smaller price-tag. Read more
PCStats

9.5/10

30 April 2011
The 3.2GHz AMD Phenom II X4 955 Black Edition is the companies' latest quad-core processor, and it's being released in tandem with a new memory tuning tool called Black Edition Memory Profiles, or B.E.M.P. for short. Read more
TechRadar UK

8.0/10

28 May 2009
No doubt with more time spent tuning the chip's voltages as well as the northbridge, we could squeeze out a few hundred additional MHz. But then you could say the same thing about the 940. Read more
- A few more MHz is never a bad thing, Improved overclocking at stock voltages
- Less impressive at higher voltages, Pricey compared to the existing 940 chip
ZDNet

9.0/10

24 July 2009
While the higher power consumption is a slight concern, the X4 955 proves that AMD is back in the performance game and ready to play hard ball. Bring on the next generation. Read more
- Great performance, Good value proposition, Unlocked multiplier
- Multimedia performance suffers compared to Intel
Motherboards.org

8 July 2009
The AMD platform has long been known for its backwards compatible platforms with AM2+ CPUs able t work with the AM2 motherboards with a BIOS upgrade, and now the AM3 CPUs able to use the same AM2+ motherboards with DDR2 Read more
techreport.com

23 April 2009
That, I think, leads us to our conclusions, which ought to be fairly straightforward. The performance contest between the Phenom II X4 955 and the Core 2 Quad 9550 is crazy close, and even the X4 955's one apparent weakness,... Read more