Review on AMD Phenom II X4 940 💻 Black Edition 3.0GHz AM2+ Processor - Retail by Linh Chi ᠌

With its pros. A very powerful number grinder. Sorts 10 million 64-bit numbers in half a second (Linux64, Mergesort, OpenMP, Open64CC with all optimizations). In idle, the temperature does not exceed 40 degrees. Cons below: It gets very hot, like all new processors. A boxed cooler is unable to cope with cooling at 400% load even with an open case (temperature > 82, the recommended maximum working according to the documentation is 62) Although the cooler is quiet with heat pipes, it is just a plug