The 960T is a low-power consumption CPU for motherboards which cannot use 125W processors like the 965 and 970. As a result, it's clocked slower (just 3.0Ghz) and performs slightly below the 955.
Phenom II X4 960T processor is, in fact, a six-core CPU with two cores disabled, which can be unlocked on some motherboards. With all 6 cores running, the 960T is recognized by BIOS as "Phenom II X6 1605T ( might be a typo 1065t but not too sure as i copied and pasted this from one or two sites)".
The disabled cores can be unlocked on ASRock 890GX Extreme3 motherboard by setting "Unlock CPU Core" (UCC) feature in BIOS.
as far as i know only asrock mobo can do this ( don't know why other brands can't)
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The 965 is better.
The 960T is a low-power consumption CPU for motherboards which cannot use 125W processors like the 965 and 970. As a result, it's clocked slower (just 3.0Ghz) and performs slightly below the 955.
Phenom II X4 960T processor is, in fact, a six-core CPU with two cores disabled, which can be unlocked on some motherboards. With all 6 cores running, the 960T is recognized by BIOS as "Phenom II X6 1605T ( might be a typo 1065t but not too sure as i copied and pasted this from one or two sites)".
The disabled cores can be unlocked on ASRock 890GX Extreme3 motherboard by setting "Unlock CPU Core" (UCC) feature in BIOS.
as far as i know only asrock mobo can do this ( don't know why other brands can't)
right now newegg.com has the 960t for 124.99
The 955 is the best for price