AMD Phenom II X3 720 Black Edition [HDZ720WFGIBOX]

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General
Brand	AMD
Product name	Phenom II X3 720 Black Edition
Product code	HDZ720WFGIBOX
Tested by HWI
Release date	02/08/2009
Price (min. / avg.)	$ 119,00 / $ 124,81

Specifications
CPU core: Heka , CPU socket: Socket AM3 , Clock frequency: 2.8 GHz , L2 cache: 1536 kB , Cores: 3 , Fabrication process: 45 nm
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Reviews
AMD's AM3 CPUs: Phenom II X4 810 and Phenom II X3 720 Black Edition	FiringSquad
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Workswith7.com
User experiences 32-bit: 12x 0x	User experiences 64-bit: 15x 0x
Does this product work with Windows 7 32-bit? Yes, it works No, it does not work View other users' experiences	Does this product work with Windows 7 64-bit? Yes, it works No, it does not work View other users' experiences
Experiences Windows 7 32-bit: According Uno this product is compatible (added on 10/21/2009) According Smak this product is compatible (added on 10/02/2009) According ItaloMike this product is compatible (added on 09/17/2009) According R3volution this product is compatible (added on 08/31/2009) According iemanddie this product is compatible (added on 08/20/2009) According CCC this product is compatible (added on 08/07/2009) According Kabelzaag this product is compatible (added on 07/19/2009) According zwo this product is compatible (added on 07/06/2009) According RW66 this product is compatible (added on 06/26/2009) According pweijtenburg this product is compatible (added on 06/25/2009) According Feinstein this product is compatible (added on 06/23/2009) According FjjBe this product is compatible (added on 06/22/2009) Note: experiences date prior to October 22nd 2009 are based on the release candidate of Windows 7
Experiences Windows 7 64-bit: According LolbroekNL this product is compatible (added on 10/21/2009) According Umbra this product is compatible (added on 10/15/2009) According stephan224 this product is compatible (added on 09/06/2009) According R3volution this product is compatible (added on 08/31/2009) According maxoomen this product is compatible: (added on 08/28/2009) According iemanddie this product is compatible (added on 08/20/2009) According Repr this product is compatible (added on 08/15/2009) According swinky this product is compatible (added on 07/21/2009) According Kabelzaag this product is compatible (added on 07/19/2009) According PCtuner this product is compatible (added on 07/15/2009) According blieckje this product is compatible (added on 07/08/2009) According squindahr this product is compatible (added on 06/27/2009) According Markvw this product is compatible (added on 06/26/2009) According Sphinkx this product is compatible (added on 06/23/2009) According FjjBe this product is compatible (added on 06/22/2009) Note: experiences date prior to October 22nd 2009 are based on the release candidate of Windows 7

General
Brand	AMD
Product name	Phenom II X3 720 Black Edition
Product code	HDZ720WFGIBOX
Tested by	Koen Crijns
Specifications
CPU core	Heka
CPU socket	Socket AM3
Clock frequency	2.8 GHz
L2 cache	1536 kB
L3 cache	6144 kB
Cores	3
HyperThreading
Integrated memory controller	DDR3-1333 (Dual Channel)
MMX
SSE
SSE2
SSE3
SSE4A
SSE4.1
SSE4.2
x86-64
XD-bit
Fabrication process	45 nm
TDP (Max. power)	95 W
Benchmarks (Windows Vista x64)
3DMark Vantage - CPU Score	7342
Unreal Tournament 3 - Serenity - 1280x1024	139 fps
World in Conflict - 1280x1024 - Medium	73 fps
Crysis Warhead - Airfield - 1024x768 Low	46 fps
DivX 6.8 (SSE4) / Procoder encoding - 60 sec. 1080p	125 sec.
H.264 / Procoder encoding - 60 sec. 1080p	237 sec.
Windows Media 9 encoding - 60 sec. 1080p	645 sec.
60 min. WAVE naar MP3 (4x LAME 3.97)	71 sec.
Cinebench 10	9001
PovRay 3.7b29 - Chess2 1024x768	79.7 sec.
7Zip - 350 MB TIFF's	85 sec.
Adobe Photoshop CS3 - Retouch Artists benchmark	39 sec.
Microsoft Excel 2007 - Big Number Crunch	13.2 sec.
Microsoft Excel 2007 - Black Scholes	40.4 sec.
SiSoft Sandra 2009 - Memory Bandwith Int Buffered	10.61 GB/s
Power usage - Idle	158 W
Power usage - Cinebench 10	207 W
Power usage - H.264 encoding	204 W

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External news
AMD Phenom II X3 720 Black Edition Socket AM3 Triple Core Processor Review	Madshrimps
AMD Phenom II X3 720 Black Edition CPU Review	Madshrimps
AMD Phenom II 720 X3 Black Edition Processor Review	Madshrimps
Deal of the week: AMD's Phenom II X3 720 Black Edition	The Tech Report
AMD Phenom II X4 810 & X3 720 Black Edition	Madshrimps
AMD's AM3 CPUs: Phenom II X4 810 and Phenom II X3 720 Black Edition	FiringSquad
AMD Phenom II X3 720 Black Edition Tested: DDR2 vs DDR3	Madshrimps

External reviews
AMD's AM3 CPUs: Phenom II X4 810 and Phenom II X3 720 Black Edition	FiringSquad

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Shop	Product	Price
	AMD Phenom II X3 720 2.8GHz Socket AM3 95W Triple-Core Black Processor	$ 119,00
	AMD AMD HDZ720WFGIBOX Phenom II X3 720 Black Edition 2.8Ghz Socket AM3 95W 2.80 GHz Desktop Processor Retail	$ 119,00
TigerDirect.com	AMD AMD Phenom II X3 720 Black Edition Triple Core CPU	$ 129,99
	AMD 2.8GHz AMD Phenom II X3 Triple-Core 720 4000MHz HT 1.5MB L2 6MB L3 Cache Socket AM3 HDZ720WFGIBOX	$ 131,26

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The AMD Phenom II X3 720 Black Edition has been overclocked by 19 members of Hardware.Info, with a maximum clock frequency of 3808 MHz. Below, you can see all overclock results and the accompanying benchmark scores. Want to add your results? Then create a Hardware.Info user system.

#	Clock Frequency	Mult. / Bus	Cooling	System
1	3808 MHz	17 x 224 MHz	Water	ANTEC RP300 V2.0 [ dirkjo]
2	3800 MHz	18 x 200 MHz	Air	Phenom II X3 720 Black Edition Game PC [ chiel340]
3	3795 MHz	16.5 x 230 MHz	Air	spel [ blieckje]
4	3780 MHz	17.5 x 216 MHz	Air	AMD/ATI monster! [ pweijtenburg]
5	3780 MHz	18 x 210 MHz	Air	AMD/ATI fan 2 [ Markvw]
6	3728 MHz	17.5 x 213 MHz	Air	Phenom 09 - Building in progress [ wicked88]
7	3700 MHz	18.5 x 200 MHz	Air	G32420NL main [ G32420NL]
8	3600 MHz	18 x 200 MHz	Air	vanallesmachientje [ Baneery]
9	3600 MHz	18 x 200 MHz	Air	AMD_Fusione [ ItaloMike]
10	3600 MHz	18 x 200 MHz	Water	Game Pc Upgrade [ Brammy99]
11	3570 MHz	17 x 210 MHz	Air	AMD Phenom II bak [ FrankZZ]
12	3423 MHz	17 x 200 MHz	Air	Nieuwe AM3 rig: juni 2009 [ negakinu]
13	3411.6 MHz	17 x 200.7 MHz	Air	AMD Phenom II X3 720 [ marcusklaas]
14	3408 MHz	14 x 243.4 MHz	Air	AM3 [ linkelouie]
15	3400 MHz	17 x 200 MHz	Air	Antec RP300 V1.0 [ dirkjo]
16	3400 MHz	17 x 201 MHz	Air	Bijltjes Digitale Rekenlineaal (BDR) [ Bijltje666]
17	3200 MHz	16 x 200 MHz	Air	Custom PC [ Tommatje]
18	3200 MHz	16 x 200 MHz	Air	Desktop [ Kosty]
19	2800 MHz	14 x 200.9 MHz	Air	mijn game beest [ maxoomen]

SuperPi Mod 1.5XS 1M	System
18.312 sec.	spel [ blieckje]
18.359 sec.	AMD/ATI fan 2 [ Markvw]
19.231 sec.	vanallesmachientje [ Baneery]
19.612 sec.	AMD Phenom II X3 720 [ marcusklaas]
19.655 sec.	Game Pc Upgrade [ Brammy99]
19.9 sec.	AMD_Fusione [ ItaloMike]
25.1 sec.	C0SM0S [ furio]
27.3 sec.	Tomino's Pc [ Tomino]
Cinebench 10	System
8726	Game Pc Upgrade [ Brammy99]
8536	Tomino's Pc [ Tomino]
8442	AMD_Fusione [ ItaloMike]
3950	C0SM0S [ furio]
SuperPi Mod 1.5XS 32M	System
1610 sec.	spel [ blieckje]