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Hmm, the more I look, the more it seems I was wrong. Using "BE" without a space in-between seems to merely be a convention when talking about those CPUs on the net/forums (and, as with most things on the net, even that is not 100% consistent), and as far as AMD themselves go, they actually do not use "BE" at all. | Hmm, the more I look, the more it seems I was wrong. Using "BE" without a space in-between seems to merely be a convention when talking about those CPUs on the net/forums (and, as with most things on the net, even that is not 100% consistent), and as far as AMD themselves go, they actually do not use "BE" at all. | ||
When they refer to their own CPUs internally (on their site), it seems that they consistently write out the entire "Black Edition" bit (as e.g. [http://www.amd.com/us/products/pricing/Pages/desktop-phenom.aspx here]). However, looking for the actual model names brings up something interesting: [http://products.amd.com/en-us/DesktopCPUResult.aspx This link] and [http://www.amd.com/us/products/desktop/processors/phenom-ii/Pages/phenom-ii-model-number-comparison.aspx this official model number list], which lists official AMD desktop CPUs along with names/model numbers. Guess what? The actual model names do not use the letters at all. Technically, there is no such thing as neither a "975 BE" or a "975BE"; there is, however, a "975", officially called (but not bearing the actual model name of) "975 Black Edition" since it is "available as a Black Edition PIB" (coincidentally, there are no non-black edition variants of the 96x, 97x and 98x series in existence (at least not of the tray/boxed versions (part numbers ending in "BOX" as opposed to "DGM" which are OEM pieces)). | When they refer to their own CPUs internally (on their site), it seems that they consistently write out the entire "Black Edition" bit (as e.g. [http://www.amd.com/us/products/pricing/Pages/desktop-phenom.aspx here]). However, looking for the actual model names brings up something interesting: [http://products.amd.com/en-us/DesktopCPUResult.aspx This link] and [http://www.amd.com/us/products/desktop/processors/phenom-ii/Pages/phenom-ii-model-number-comparison.aspx this official model number list], which lists official AMD desktop CPUs along with names/model numbers. Guess what? The actual model names do not use the letters at all. Technically, there is no such thing as neither a "975 BE" or a "975BE"; there is, however, a "975", officially called (but not bearing the actual model name of) "975 Black Edition" since it is "available as a Black Edition PIB" (coincidentally, there are no non-black edition variants of the 96x, 97x and 98x series in existence (at least not of the tray/boxed versions (part numbers ending in "BOX" as opposed to "DGM" which are OEM pieces))). | ||
With this in mind, it seems that the only option left to us if sticking with giving official/manufacturer-given names is to skip the "BE" altogether and either use "9xx" or "9xx Black Edition", as those are the only officially valid/correct names. If, however, we are prepared to let go of being manufacturer-loyal in our writing/naming-conventions, it's up to us to choose whether we'd like to use "BE" with or without a space, in which case I suggest without a space as that seems to be the consistently most used across the web, especially amongst hardware-geeks. One notable exception to this is Anandtech, which uses a space. [[User:Incassum|incassum]] ([[User talk:Incassum|talk]]) 22:32, 13 January 2014 (CET) | With this in mind, it seems that the only option left to us if sticking with giving official/manufacturer-given names is to skip the "BE" altogether and either use "9xx" or "9xx Black Edition", as those are the only officially valid/correct names. If, however, we are prepared to let go of being manufacturer-loyal in our writing/naming-conventions, it's up to us to choose whether we'd like to use "BE" with or without a space, in which case I suggest without a space as that seems to be the consistently most used across the web, especially amongst hardware-geeks. One notable exception to this is Anandtech, which uses a space. [[User:Incassum|incassum]] ([[User talk:Incassum|talk]]) 22:32, 13 January 2014 (CET) | ||
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Per prior discussion I've just purged the various AMD "black" identifiers, since they don't distinguish the chips in any way and are inconsistently used by AMD. [[User:Kolano|Kolano]] ([[User talk:Kolano|talk]]) 21:52, 20 January 2014 (CET) | Per prior discussion I've just purged the various AMD "black" identifiers, since they don't distinguish the chips in any way and are inconsistently used by AMD. [[User:Kolano|Kolano]] ([[User talk:Kolano|talk]]) 21:52, 20 January 2014 (CET) | ||
Ah, you did not explicitly state that that was the new ''modus operandi''. Excellent then, I shall adjust my future testing entries so as to conform to this attempt at a standard. Perhaps there ought to be an announcement or something of it, so as to assist future testers. [[User:Incassum|incassum]] ([[User talk:Incassum|talk]]) 23:41, 20 January 2014 (CET) | |||
Yes, there is a standards guide here somewhere. I'll need to update it, once I remember where it is. [[User:Kolano|Kolano]] ([[User talk:Kolano|talk]]) 00:43, 21 January 2014 (CET)<br/> | |||
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Aha, I was not aware of that. It is well hidden. If you find it, I'd appreciate it if you linked it here. [[User:Incassum|incassum]] ([[User talk:Incassum|talk]]) 18:41, 21 January 2014 (CET) | |||
[[Project:Wiki_Conventions]] [[User:Kolano|Kolano]] ([[User talk:Kolano|talk]]) 19:43, 21 January 2014 (CET) | |||