AMD Phenom II X6 1100T Processor

A Closer Look
Once again we see the AMD signature IHS that we’ve now seen for many years, but we say “why fix it, if it’s not broken?” which is so true, as it has many functions including:

• To protect the core
• To help with heat dissipation
• To make it easier to spread thermal compound
• To display the relevant information about the processor

With regards to the relevant information on the CPU, you can clearly see that it’s part of the Phenom II family, but you will notice that the codes have taken a slight change. Before we used to see an array of codes including the start listing the model number/name but this CPU slightly differs as you can see below.

There are websites available to decipher these codes and in turn you will be told which codes correspond to the voltage, process, speed etc… Have a quick Google, we highly recommend it.

This CPU still sports the 938 pin AM3 socket and will work fine with any AM2+ board that has the BIOS update to support it. Generally if your board will run the 1090T or similar processors, this one should be fine.

We happened to be using the Crosshair IV Formula AM3 motherboard from Asus and CPU-Z seemed to have picked up the processor no problem without any further updates.

We can see the multiplier at default is set to 16.5 but as this is a Black Edition processor the multiplier is unlocked.

Also, you can see that CPU-Z shows all of the relevant cache sizes for L1, L2 and L3 cache.