Like an old Japanese swordsmith, driven by perfection, AMD is still managing to extract more and more out of their Deneb quad core. With the new and improved C3 revision of Deneb core introduced few months back, it became clear that the Phenom II lineup still has some life, but it was hard to imagine they would climb all the way up to 3.60 GHz. After lowering TDP on top quad core models, and increasing the core speeds up to 3.50 GHz with Phenom II X4 970, AMD struck again with new SKU Phenom II X4 975 BE based on its old Deneb core.Unfortunately, this time AMD did not lower the price of its lineup like they did with the last refresh when Phenom II X4 970 was also introduced along with other models. This time AMD is asking an additional ~10$ for 100 MHz clock increase over Phenom II X4 970, which puts Phenom II X4 975 up to $195, just below the six core entry models Phenom II X6 1055T and 1075T. Even so, there is no reason to hold a grudge with AMD because its main competitor for Phenom II X4 975, the Core i5 760 still ends up some $10 more, and since we all know who and what is Deneb core, we know it's more than capable to compete with Core i5 760 performance wise when clocked to 3.60 GHz.