AMD’s Phenom II X4 965 BE Arrives and PCGH-Extremes Hit First Million (PCGH-Retro 13 Aug)

…2005: The thirteenth world championship in computer chess begins in Reykjavik. A few days later, surprisingly, but deservedly, “Zappa” wins. The program of Alberto Cozzie from Iowa beats the greats of the industry like Junior and Shredder in this tournament and can even repeat the success a year later.

… 2009: AMD launches the Phenom II X4 965 BE. The quad-core processor clocking at 3.4 gigahertz has a free multiplier for easier overclocking as a Black Edition. This, together with the very good performance and the low price, makes it very popular among gamers. Its high TDP of 140 watts, caused by the 1.4 volts that our test sample also had, will only be lowered in the C3 revision that will appear later.

… 2009: Today, August 13, 2009, the Vbulletin-based PCGH Extreme forum surpasses the 1 million post mark after just two years of existence. A year later, on August 13, 2010, the mark of 2 million posts had already fallen, in 2011 there were already 3.5 million posts within reach and in 2012 there were around 4.5 million, of which around 100,000 were due to the industrious moderators breaking the rules or had to dispose of spam.