phenom II 965 or 955?

^No 965BE isn't worth that extra 1k.
You can easily turn up the multiplier and overclock 955BE to 3.4GHz or more.
Get 955BE and get a better CPU cooler like CM Hyper TX3 with the saved 1k.

get 955BE and overclock it. NO need to have 3rd party cooler too if minimal overclocking is done

desiibond 955 and 965 coolers are noisy a lot. so a hyper tx3 and 955 as terabyte said will be good combo for light oc.

I think there were some problems reported for Phenom II 955's noisy fan, but there is no problem with Phenom II 965's fan. In fact somehow it is even cooler than 955.
So better opt for P II 965 if you don't wanna add a custom CPU cooler for now.

u guys r are right about the noisy 955 fan, i also get irritated with it esp. at night when ambient noise is min.

Hence if one wants to oc it i think an aftermarket cooler is a must. I dont oc but due to the noise even i am considering a tx3 but am confused as it has a non std. 90mm fan

@cilus
I dont think theres a diff btw stock coolers of phenom quad be cpus

for oc you can check out hyper 212+ @ 1.8k

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But it will add to price & the real quest. is what diff would a 200mhz make in real world

that suggestion was for you buddy but i forgt to read you wont oc.
200mhz wont make any significance difference in real world.

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ohk bro
U r right abt 200mhz diff

Will the tx3 be silent owing to an 90mm fan or should i go for 212

hyper 212+ is much more efficient than the tx3. check frostytech.com for cooler ratings. noise of both are almost the same.
200mhz doesn't make much difference... go for 955be with hyper 212+ or extend ur budget by 1k and get corsair h50 watercooler. way way better than hyper 212

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H50 @ 4.5k instead of Hyper 212+ @ 1.8k.

Hows that 1k extra??

the h50 is 3.8k-on lynx-india and itwares.com
so increase ur budget and buy h50 if u want a good cpu cooler. its way cooler compared to hyper212+

h50 would be out of my budget, its either tx3 or 212 for me.

Thnx

mr cool lynx prices are without tax. is H50 better than Noctua NH-U12P SE2? price is almost same.

Noctua is much better than H50. Its radiator i very noisy, cooling is slightly better than Hyper212+. Not worth the money IMO.

Ishu Gupta said:

Noctua is much better than H50. Its radiator i very noisy, cooling is slightly better than Hyper212+. Not worth the money IMO.

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noctua is not worth the money we pay for it. noctua is good but if u change the dfault fans with hyper 212+ than u get cooling equal to noctua and u still beat the noctua in price. furter if u add an aditional fan in the h50 u will get cooling way way better than the noctua.. and water cooling vs air cooling.. cheap ass water ones are equal to high ass air cooling ones

^^ And the 212+/noctua 12pse2 is paired with which processor? Just how many people overclock to the max/properly? For such crowd, they won't know the difference between WC and aircooling/something like h50- let alone noctua u12pse2 and hyper 212+.

One should buy according to their needs rather than how deep (or shallow) their pockets are. 212+/ultima 90i/cogage cool spirit/venomous X does the job for many.

either go for 965
or pair ur 955 with 212+

if u r not eager in OCing then 1st option is more appropriate

agree with sorcerer. when not overcocking 965 stock cooler will more than efficiently do the job.

i don't understand why will AMD ship different coolers with X4 955 & 965. they must be same cooler. maybe the revision on the 965 is a different one so it runs a bit cool.

the 965 comes packed with a fan that is more efficient and tweaked. the 955 makes a lot of noise and generally runs on high rpm's most of the time. the fan controller on the 965 is much better. so it runs much more silently and cooler

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i wont say 955s fan runs at high rpm
mine runs in the range 1800-1850 with normal loads and C&Q enabled, but it is noisy