The AMD Phenom X4 9950 BE (140W) was a desktop processor with 4 cores, launched in March 2008. It is part of the Phenom X4 lineup, using the Agena architecture with Socket AM2+. Phenom X4 9950 BE (140W) has 2 MB of L3 cache and operates at 2.6 GHz. AMD is making the Phenom X4 9950 BE (140W) on a 65 nm production node using 450 million transistors. You may freely adjust the unlocked multiplier on Phenom X4 9950 BE (140W), which simplifies overclocking greatly, as you can easily dial in any overclocking frequency.
With a TDP of 140 W, the Phenom X4 9950 BE (140W) consumes a lot of power, so good cooling is definitely needed. For communication with other components in the computer, Phenom X4 9950 BE (140W) uses a PCI-Express Gen 2 connection. Although the processor doesn't come with integrated graphics, certain motherboards with compatible chipsets can provide this capability.
Hardware virtualization is available on the Phenom X4 9950 BE (140W), which greatly improves virtual machine performance.