so today on my Linus Tech tips unboxing we will be unboxing the AMD Phenom 2 X4
965 so this is a 3.4 GHz processor this
is AMD's fastest clocked processor ever
and we are going to get started right away pull to open just like that wow
how's that for an unboxing experience so we're going to dump this thing oh cool
you can actually see the CPU through a little window here I hadn't actually
noticed that before so you can see you're stepping this is a CAC y c or
0932 CPM W if anyone cared to know about
that sort of thing some people think that from knowing the stepping you can
determine how well the chip will overclock and there goes my phone I
already told it I'm busy you got to be kidding me
no okay so inside we will find a CPU
heat sink or first we'll find a certificate of authenticity so here's
your serial number which you will need if you have to do any sort of warranty
claim through AMD and this is an enor
ormous document holy smoke so in here
you will find a Phenom 2 sticker okay
and then you will also find this thing which is in a million in one languages
and is about the size of a wall poster
okay and it tells you how to install
your CPU how to identify your socket
going all the way back to socket 754 that's awesome and uh read this
first a bunch of rules okay so that's not all that interesting let's get to
the heat sink so for the heat sink on their highest end Black Edition
processor you will find kind of a Wimpy looking 60 mil fan but then actually a
fairly beefy four heat pipe cooler with
a pre applied thermal fan uh thermal fan
thermal pad so let's have a look at some different angles here this is a four pin
pwm fan so that means that it can be adjusted using pwm technology so that's
pretty cool you could no you could probably Swap this out for something else if you wanted using the little
Clips here just pull those back and take it off that's pretty good okay so then
let's get to the CPU itself so here's how you get that out I guess okay you
poke in through this side and then you push the CPU and out it comes so there
we have it that is the Phenom 2x4
965 so let's just take it out so here on the bottom you can see there are 940
pins so that's an am3 socket all am3
CPUs are compatible with ddr2 or DDR3
board so you can put them in an am2 Plus or an am3 board thank you for checking
out my video blog on the Phenom 2x4 965