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emplosion69
Tech Level: high
Ownership: 1 month to 1 year
This user purchased this item from Newegg
10/6/2009 9:57:40 PM

Rating + 5 its a KUMA


Pros: AMD, cheap, woks fine for a dual core

Cons: non, is as advertised

Other Thoughts: other thoughts huh ...well ok then...my EX wants to marry me still..huh she's crazy BTW..so I moved far away from her.....has there ever been a complaint filed by a man that a female is stalking them???

Really what did you expect, the phrase 'other thoughts' that was a door that was left open...

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trUe7gOmIx7
Tech Level: average
Ownership: 1 week to 1 month
This user purchased this item from Newegg
7/23/2009 7:03:37 PM

Rating + 5 It Is Awesome!


Pros: Cheap, Fast, overclockable, big caches for a dual-core. just great. running relatively cool at idle (30 C).

Cons: you will void the warranty if you overclock or if you use a HSF assembly other than the stock provision... darn it all. also The AMD sticker on the fan provided was waaaayyyy off center. DUH!

Other Thoughts: I put it in, turned the computer on and kaboom! way better than my P4 HT 3.06 ghz. Hp that I had been using. plays crysis great with no hitches at all. plus, no v. core change at all, just changed the mutiplier to 14 from 13.5 and boom! gain 200mhz clock speed instantly! i'm excited to see what it'll do next.

My build: ( the basic idea )

AMD Kuma 7750
4gb gskill ddr2 1066
XFX ati radeon 4850
xp home 32bit ( for now )

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Dvrocc
Tech Level: somewhat high
Ownership: 1 day to 1 week
This user purchased this item from Newegg
7/23/2009 11:50:03 AM

Rating + 4 performance is higher then listed so its a great buy!


Pros: It is a very high performing chip it loads my WinXp home so fast its not even funny and that I like very much. Many revies saying this chip will walk all over the Athlon64 X2 6000+ since I don't own that chip I can't comment but i can say its a very quick chip and was cheaper then the 6000+ so don't know what the deal was there.

Cons: check the thermal paste on the CPU cooler before you put it on!!! my paste was still moist but in 2 days it was dry and flaky may be it was old to begin with but I went ahead and replaced the paste which one should do every 6 months in a warm area of the world since the heat from the CPU and the heat from area you live in will dry up the paste very quick, the thermal paste needs to be moist or it wont transfer heat off the CPU which will cause your PC to shut down.

Other Thoughts: This is a good deal with the performance higher then listed I think with the right graphics card & the right motherboard you can move a lot of FPS to your screen when it comes to games :p

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jwo7777777
Tech Level: somewhat high
Ownership: 1 day to 1 week
This user purchased this item from Newegg
7/23/2009 11:36:54 AM

Rating + 5 Works like a hose


Pros: Inexpensive and quick. Works well in inexpensive motherboards and with inexpensive memory. Did I mention that it is inexpensive?

Cons: None.

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N/A
Tech Level: high
Ownership: 1 month to 1 year
7/20/2009 5:52:35 PM

Rating + 5 Good processor


Pros: Fast processor for a dual core, managed to unlock the 2 other cores on my motherboard and OC to 3.0 on stock cooler. Amazingly fast on Windows 7 model.

Cons: After 3.0 GHz its a bit unstable, but thats to be expected on stock cooling.

Other Thoughts: Great price v performance ratio.

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kibodude
Tech Level: somewhat low
Ownership: 1 week to 1 month
This user purchased this item from Newegg
7/20/2009 5:48:43 AM

Rating + 5 Its working fine


Pros: Didn't have any problems w/ install.Stock fan is doing just fine keeping within temp ranges.

Cons: None at this time

Other Thoughts: This is my first build from ground up. Was less complicated than expected. Not heavy into PC's just wanted a custom puter for myself. Cost was lot less expensive DIY as opposed to getting from store or online with what I wanted. Lots of research and reading reviews. Windows experiance puts me at 5.5 for Processor and 5.9 for rest of fields. Which I think is good enough for me.
System specs
ASUS M3A78-EM MoBo
WestDigi 250GB Sata HDD
LG Sata DVD-RW
Sapphire Radeon 3870 vid card
G.Skill 2X2GB 800 RAM DDR2
Vista Home Prem 64 bit OEM
Acer 22" Monitor
All but tower and PSU bought on Newegg

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JonB
Tech Level: high
Ownership: 1 week to 1 month
This user purchased this item from Newegg
7/19/2009 4:24:38 PM

Rating + 5 Works Great


Pros: great price for speed, black edition, and combo deal

Cons: had to take time out to shave down the cooler for the cpu now it has almost a mirror finish

Other Thoughts: had to lapped the cooler it look like it was just milled and put in the box after lapping the cooler my temps dropped and i dont know what some of these people are talking about but this cpu is a great deal

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N/A
Tech Level: high
Ownership: 1 day to 1 week
This user purchased this item from Newegg
7/17/2009 5:13:57 PM

Rating + 5 Great CPU


Pros: Great, cheap cpu. Free UPS shipping. Easily does 3GHz without complaining, even handled a little undervolting (I got the 1.325v model... I dropped the voltage to 1.3 for heat/power consumption's sake and it worked just fine) and still passed through the crucible of stability tests, OCCT Linpack.

Cons: When I ordered this about a week ago the 7850 2.8GHz wasn't there. I go to write a review for this CPU and I see the 7850 staring, laughing at me with its $2 cheaper price tag than what paid for this.

Other Thoughts: Before this I had a Sempron LE-1250 which I overclocked to 3GHz. It was great, for one single app. I couldn't even run windows media player and a video game at the same time. I am hosting a Quake server and even though I wrote a batch file to start it with high priority automatically I wanted to ensure it was as smooth as possible for any players on the server.

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Val
Tech Level: high
Ownership: less than 1 day
This user purchased this item from Newegg
7/15/2009 9:55:36 PM

Rating + 5


Pros: About 10% faster than my Brisbane Dual-Core 2.6 GHz. Overall system performance improvement is 7% - in line with my expectations.

Athlon 64 X2 all come with coolers with a hassle-free lock. I remember coolers I had 3 years ago - cooler locks were a nightmare.

Cons: Not found any.

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theusedtoo1
Tech Level: high
Ownership: 1 month to 1 year
This user purchased this item from Newegg
7/15/2009 4:14:53 PM

Rating + 5 Great CPU


Pros: Very nice CPU for the price.

This thing was fast out of the box and even faster about a month later when it was broken in. You can't really go wrong here if you want a very stable, fast machine. Sure you can definitely get faster processors but for the price I doubt you will beat this.

Easily overclocked with stock heat sink to 3.0ghz and 3.2 with 40.00$ fan.

Cons: none

Other Thoughts: I recommended this to a few friends.. I was very satisfied with mine.

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nibs
Tech Level: high
Ownership: 1 week to 1 month
This user purchased this item from Newegg
7/12/2009 3:57:33 PM

Rating + 5 3.0 @ stock voltage Great Value!


Pros: Unlocked multiplier. 3 year warranty. Great value for the price, good for value / light gaming machines. Mine easily runs at 3.0 GHz without extra volts on the stock cooler and temps are under 55C at load.
Works great with my 1066 DDR2 ram.

Cons: Stock cooler could have been better seeing this is a "Black Edition". You'll need a better cooler to go over 3.0GHz and keep your temps under 60C at load.

Other Thoughts: 1st one arrived with a fan that was DOA. Returned to Newegg for replacement. Newegg was great and paid the shipping for it to get back to them and OVERNIGHTED the replacement!

Combine this with a good mobo and you've got the makings of a great value machine! Not everyone needs super fast & expensive processors.

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sober72
Tech Level: average
Ownership: 1 month to 1 year
This user purchased this item from Newegg
7/11/2009 4:10:55 PM

Rating + 5 No Gamer Here


Pros: I purchased this CPU after reading other reviews. I am happy to say that the reviewers didn't let me down. I do not do any real gaming besides a few internet site games. This CPU is way more than I will probably ever need...but I am glad I am bought it just the same. I didn't buy any of the new grease that a lot of people suggested....the grease on the back of the CPU right out of the box has been enough. No overheating and my computer is 50 times faster than it used to be. Thanks again to Newegg and to the people at Eggspert for their help as well (Cheap Asian Gamer Guy).

Cons: a big fat "0" so far.

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OCTAVES4
Tech Level: somewhat high
Ownership: less than 1 day
This user purchased this item from Newegg
7/10/2009 9:07:49 PM

Rating + 4 Idles a bit high I think


Pros: Price, free shipping

Cons: Just installed, about to install XP, watching temps in bios,, idling for 15 minutes, system temp is 41C, and CPU temp is 44C, which is 111F, seems a bit high to me.? Is stock fan, maybe will change after I see temps when doing more than just sitting.

I see others seeing temps in the mid 30'sC, so not sure what's up w/that.

Other Thoughts: I had a replacement RMA, and instead of Newegg telling me they didn't sell the 2.9 dual anymore, my refund sat in my bank for a week, then had to order a 2.7 for $5 more after wasting a week!

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dccub83
Tech Level: average
Ownership: 1 month to 1 year
This user purchased this item from Newegg
7/10/2009 6:11:42 AM

Rating + 5 Great CPU


Pros: Nice little CPU for the price. Will definitely keep me gaming for a while and I haven't even begun to overclock it.

Cons: None.

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Dona S
Tech Level: somewhat high
Ownership: 1 week to 1 month
This user purchased this item from Newegg
7/9/2009 1:28:00 PM

Rating + 5 Great cpu.


Pros: Cheap price and good performance.

Cons: None.

Other Thoughts: It's not listed in the specs or the overview but this cpu does come with a heat sink and fan.

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OvrClkr
Tech Level: high
Ownership: 1 month to 1 year
This user purchased this item from Newegg
7/9/2009 9:54:42 AM

Rating + 5 David is NooB....


Pros: See Other thoughts......

Cons: See Other thoughts......

Other Thoughts: First of all this chip is not obsolete. Pentium D's and Brisbanes are obsolete. For the price and overclockability you cannot get a better/faster chip. I have this chip unlocked (x4) at 3.3Ghz, meaning i have a fully working quad for 59.99$. Yea now that the AM3 chips are taking over, this chip might be on the backburner but for the price its a steal. I think your ego is overwhelming when it comes to your lack of knowledge.. Looks like your an Intel fanboy from what I see. This chip deserves 5 Eggs not cause of its price alone but for the performance/price/unlockability you just cant find a cheaper/better chip. If you are upset then go ahead and shell out 2 grand for a decent i7 system, but dont go knocking eggs off of a product that is flawless for its price.

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tytotheler92
Tech Level: high
Ownership: 1 month to 1 year
This user purchased this item from Newegg
7/9/2009 7:39:00 AM

Rating + 5 Still Overclocked 3 months later


Pros: This thing is amazing. Overclocked with a Copper AMD Phenom X4 HSF (Friend had got a Phenom and automatically upgraded the HSF- I got it from him for 5 bucks) from 2.7 Ghz to 3.15. no change to Voltage, and it hasn't crashed / BSODed once. Runs at a decent temp, not too cool, but not warm either. Love this thing. Get me a 5.7 Vista rating too.

Cons: Um, the OEM heatsink it came with is the same that came with my AM2 Athlon 64 3500+.

Other Thoughts: Buy it. It benchmarks simply to 150 + dollar Intels, and way overdoes a Celey or a PD anytime at this price.

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moody58
Tech Level: somewhat high
Ownership: 1 day to 1 week
This user purchased this item from Newegg
7/8/2009 6:49:40 PM

Rating + 5 7750be kumo


Pros: so far it works great posted n/p thanks to newegg for their prompt shipment of my cpu write more after i see its true performance

Cons: none

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1Kurgan1
Tech Level: high
Ownership: 1 month to 1 year
This user purchased this item from Newegg
7/8/2009 12:07:23 PM

Rating + 5 Great little processor


Pros: Cheap, OC very easy

Cons: None

Other Thoughts: Easily clocked this to 3.3ghz on stock HSF, just put another 120mm fan on it. Picked up a Xigmatek SD964, hopefully can aqueeze 3.5ghz out of it. This clocks much easier than my old 9850 BE did.

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David
Tech Level: somewhat high
Ownership: 1 month to 1 year
This user purchased this item from Newegg
7/8/2009 10:51:48 AM

Rating + 3 Obsolete


Pros: Price, price, price. This processor is dirt cheap (though now with the 7850 there is no reason to buy it) and provides performance hovering a little above the E5400 at a price 25 bucks cheaper, though significantly below the E7400 in performance. If you need a mobo/CPU combo on a budget, this processor (or really the 7850) is for you.

I don't overclock, stock cooling works fine, no compatibility issues. I've heard great things as to the overclockability of this chip, though I prefer to keep the lifespan of my CPU's long. Considering the price, though, it might not be worth playing it safe.

Cons: It's now obsolete in every way, including the new 7850.

95W power consumption, 30W more than any comparable Core2Duo.

65nm process, everything else Intel is down to 45.

Clock is slow. 2.7GHz (or even 2.8GHz for the 7850) is slower than you may think.

AM2+ socket is dead, AM3 came along and this guy is prettimuch an attempt by AMD to displace Intel market share for the home built workstation/media-center/economy PC. If you are TRULY trying to save all the money you can, I guess this does offer really low price points in terms of mobos and RAM you can purchase.

Other Thoughts: It was a good deal at release, but it became obsolete so fast that AMD prettimuch missed the market for this guy because of AM3 and Intel's price drops. While it is an option for those of us still running AM2+ boards, if you have anything AM3, there's no reason you should be buying this CPU. If debating between Intel and AMD for something around this price point, fork out the little extra for the Core2. AMD's timing, as usual, is poor.

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Smooper
Tech Level: high
Ownership: 1 month to 1 year
This user purchased this item from Newegg
7/7/2009 2:40:16 PM

Rating + 5 great cpu


Pros: its a great cpu for the price easily overclocks to 3.0-3.1 no problem. average run of the mill gaming and overall computer work doesnt even make this processor break a sweat.i would definitely recommend this cpu to light gamers and moderate gamers alike. great for the price, runs cool, couldnt ask for more out of a dual!

Cons: none for me

Other Thoughts: gonna buy the quad to go along with this beast it has served me well and i thoroughly enjoyed using it

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Bryan
Tech Level: high
Ownership: 1 week to 1 month
This user purchased this item from Newegg
7/6/2009 11:14:54 PM

Rating + 4 Bang for buck


Pros: Affordable

Cons: not free

Other Thoughts: works great for what I need. Purchased this as a cpu/mobo combo deal. I do school work, program, and some gaming. No issues. Great buy!

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Stevejohnson86
Tech Level: average
Ownership: 1 month to 1 year
This user purchased this item from Newegg
7/6/2009 10:42:06 AM

Rating + 5 Disable Cool 'n' Quiet = Sweet


Pros: Fast, great price. I can play all current games on high settings and it's quick.

Cons: None.

Other Thoughts: I have had this for a few months now and love it for the price! I was getting slower FPS in Crysis though (paired with a Radeon 4830, 4GB RAM) so I disabled AMD Cool 'n' Quiet and instantly got 10-15 frames more in Crysis. Just thought I'd mention that - if it isn't up to par, try disabling CnQ.

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N/A
Tech Level: average
Ownership: 1 day to 1 week
This user purchased this item from Newegg
7/5/2009 8:32:02 PM

Rating + 5 Quiet


Pros: Work great and very quiet!

Cons: NONE

Other Thoughts: Great processor for the price.

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Catalyst
Tech Level: high
Ownership: 1 week to 1 month
This user purchased this item from Newegg
7/1/2009 10:21:28 PM

Rating + 4 7750


Pros: cheap and fast!

Cons: 95 watts

Other Thoughts: AM3 callisto and Regor chips are now the best bang for the buck, pair them up with a AM2+ board from Gigabyte and you have the best combo your precious dollars can get. Gigabyte says its am3 compatable.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813128342

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Ron Jeromy Turbo9000
Tech Level: high
Ownership: 1 week to 1 month
6/30/2009 7:40:31 PM

Rating + 5 Awesome


Pros: Cheap, fast, reliable. And its AMD :)

Cons: None

Other Thoughts: There are WAY to many people that put 100% irrelevant info in a REVIEW. (Yes, I suppose this is irrelevant as well, but I suppose that what this "other thoughts" box is for)

Not only that, I don't understand why some people give a product a bad rating based on a customer service issue... its not the products fault.

Likewise its not Newegg's fault if a product is bad or defective. So quit blaming them! Newegg rocks and you know it!

And if its DOA... it happens. Get an RMA and get a new one. Do you really think that if yours doesn't work, then they all suck?

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skotfarkis
Tech Level: high
Ownership: 1 month to 1 year
This user purchased this item from Newegg
6/30/2009 2:07:23 PM

Rating + 5 woo


Pros: smoking price for a great processor

Cons: none

Other Thoughts: This is the first one of the am2+ cpus I've bought and it works great, really fast and really cheap!

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N/A
Tech Level: high
Ownership: more than 1 year
This user purchased this item from Newegg
6/30/2009 10:37:40 AM

Rating + 4 Good processor


Pros: Runs fast....came with retail fan

Cons: runs hot 125F degrees .. a little too hot right out of the box.
I have build several systems with amd dual processors but they all run much cooler (around 100F)

Other Thoughts: Runs too hot to get 5 egg rating (running hot will shorten the life)
other than that, runs very good and fast
I put it through some pretty hard stress test and it worked like a charm
I would purchase again but probably put a better cooler on it

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N/A
Tech Level: average
Ownership: 1 week to 1 month
This user purchased this item from Newegg
6/30/2009 9:08:41 AM

Rating + 5


Pros: - Its inexpensive. I am using mine for a modest gaming build with a GIGABYTE GA-MA770-UD3 AM2+/AM2 AMD 770 ATX AMD Motherboard & A GeForce 9800.
- Comes already thermal pasted. Some of you may think this is a con but honestly its the part that made me most nervous about building. (Squirt how much goo where now?)

Cons: The instructions could have been better translated.

Other Thoughts: When I started out building computers I did some horrible, horrible things to an AMD chip involving superglue and loose screws. But it kept on going. I'm forever AMD's mark.

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dj87legend
Tech Level: somewhat high
Ownership: 1 month to 1 year
This user purchased this item from Newegg
6/29/2009 10:05:18 AM

Rating + 5 does what it says


Pros: Cheap dual core processor. It was a really nice upgrade going from a older single core AMD 64 4000+

Cons: none

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ADavis
Tech Level: high
Ownership: 1 week to 1 month
This user purchased this item from Newegg
6/26/2009 1:27:17 PM

Rating + 4 Good Stuff


Pros: What can I say unlocked core. Works better than those bc 4400 and the pentium d. Great price even better because i bought a combo.

Cons: I had two issues first amd boxed this unit with what appeared to be the same heat sink that they have used in the semperon 2700 939. I seems to be stable but i didnt risk ocing over 2.75 . (This is the reason i'm only giving it 4 eggs.) The other issue is that the Newegg Box came in trashed like one of those brown trucks backed over it. But Im not punishing newegg or amd stuff happens and everything worked.

Other Thoughts: I am going to order some artic silver and use an asus heat sink i had ordered for the business class 4400 that was over kill. I didnt go phenome because all i do with my box is play video games and edit movies. I still run xp and quad core ability is questionable plus i had to rebuild my box and had less than 200 bucks so this was a very good deal. I paired it with Crucial Ballistix 4GB (2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 800 (PC2 6400) and an ASUS M3A76-CM AM2+/AM2. i used the case psu and drives from my old build.

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Matt
Tech Level: high
Ownership: 1 day to 1 week
This user purchased this item from Newegg
6/26/2009 8:07:19 AM

Rating + 4 Awesome CPU


Pros: great for gaming, making HD videos, recording HD videos on screen, fast

Cons: none that I can think of

Other Thoughts: cheap

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Billy
Tech Level: somewhat high
Ownership: 1 month to 1 year
This user purchased this item from Newegg
6/24/2009 7:21:02 PM

Rating + 5 Works as intended


Pros: For an older AMD processor it is handling most applications fine. I would recommend this to anyone building a budget computer.

Cons: Nothing yet.

Other Thoughts: Worth a try for the price.

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N/A
Tech Level: high
Ownership: 1 week to 1 month
This user purchased this item from Newegg
6/24/2009 5:43:40 PM

Rating + 5 Great CPU


Pros: Runs very fast, I have this set up for mainly video encoding, and it BLAZES.

Cons: Runs a bit hot as well, especially with the stock cooler in the HTPC build I just did.

Other Thoughts: Excellent performance, at an even better price!

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N/A
Tech Level: high
Ownership: 1 day to 1 week
This user purchased this item from Newegg
6/24/2009 5:08:31 PM

Rating + 5


Pros: Running WinXp Pro SP3 and everything seems to be going great so far with no issues. Keeps up with gaming.

Cons: None so far

Other Thoughts: Running WinXP Pro. You do not need thermal paste because the heat sink has some already on it.

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tommy
Tech Level: high
Ownership: less than 1 day
This user purchased this item from Newegg
6/24/2009 2:54:12 PM

Rating + 5 Niiiiice


Pros: Wow...the price first of all was great! then i installed on a new gigabyte board an even though i already had vista an a bunch of games an stuff installed it didn't make me reformat or anything..just booted up an started running

Cons: it had a themal pad on the heatsink preapplied..no paste

Other Thoughts: GTA4 at 1680 x1050 on high/very high runs with at least 20 fps everywhere when this processor is paired with a 4870...just by saying that you know other games will run EASSSY!!! so buy this!

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some guy
Tech Level: somewhat high
Ownership: 1 week to 1 month
This user purchased this item from Newegg
6/24/2009 1:36:07 PM

Rating + 5 True winner


Pros: -Fast
-Multi core
-Very good overclocker
-Stays cool with proper cooling
-VALUE!
-Reliable
-Extra core(s) can be unlocked (see other thoughts)

Cons: Thankfully there is'nt much to say here. But the only real problem was the first 7750 I recieved that had a missing pin (Why does AMD still use pins??), but newegg's "eggcellent" service I got a replacement in a week!

Other Thoughts: Runs at 3.1 GHz stable with huge heatsink+92mm fan. Also, after tweaking with ASRock's OC tuner, I was able to get speeds up to 3.86 GHz for 5 minutes idle before some really bad stuff started happening (BSoD). If you are wondering, this can easily be clocked to 3.1 by just changinf the multiplier, so if you are new to OC'ing this is a good jump-start. It has a idel temp of 41c at 3.1 but im not sure on full-load because at the time I had no programs to mess-around with. Changing the multiplier to 15.5 will get you the most stablizied performance, any higher won't last long (:P). You can also increase the FSB, but that generates alot of heat, and fast. I will also be getting a liquid cooling system some time in the future (its really hot where I live :P) so hopefully that will do some justice.

FOR MORE CORES!
Unfortunetly I could NOT get this to work due to the improper chipset used (GF8200A). I believe the only was to do this is to use the AMD 790GX chipset on a Biostar mobo.

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AmJosh
Tech Level: high
Ownership: 1 week to 1 month
This user purchased this item from Newegg
6/24/2009 7:34:21 AM

Rating + 5 Excellent for money


Pros: What else can I write about this bad boy. 59 bucks .. this thing rocks..I mean just rocks. 2mb of L3 cache, and 2.7GHz, there is really no competition for this baby in the price range. Its a great chip for HTPC or general purpose use. I will not recommend it for gaming though. The stock heat sink and conductive compound is decent.

Cons: The only problem is although this being black edition, there is not good scope for OC. Also I noted that when you OC the cool and quiet does not work. In other words, the moment you go above 2.7 GHz, the speed remains same and does not change with load. I would recommend not OC it if you are going to keep it running for long time, except ofcourse for gaming.

Other Thoughts: Great chip for HTPC and general purpose computing. For gaming think Phenon II.

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southbound
Tech Level: high
Ownership: 1 month to 1 year
This user purchased this item from Newegg
6/23/2009 4:07:03 PM

Rating + 5 Great chip


Pros: Running this cpu 3.2 on a Destroyer and freezer 64 pro @ 1.4v

Cons: updating the mobo can be a job but when it is running on all cylinders its a blast.

Other Thoughts: Can update to support AM3 CPUS,but not DDR3 memory

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corwin155
Tech Level: somewhat high
Ownership: 1 week to 1 month
This user purchased this item from Newegg
6/23/2009 9:24:06 AM

Rating + 4 X2 7750 Kuma


Pros: first off @ 2 cores this cpu rocks
at stock clocks (2.7) it beat my x2 5200+EE (O.C at 3.0ghz 65w 2mb L2 cache) in benches i did
the 2mb L3 cache was why it beat the 5200+
i do alot of Divx rendering and my times with the kuma went from 4-5 hours to 1 1/2 hours !!!! (just that alone wins in my book)
rendering high temps never go above 45c well below the 73c max temps for this cpu
temps are in the high 30c to low 40c w/ AC 64 pro 92mm cpu fan, AC silver 5
Upgraded my system from MSI K9A Platinum AM2 to Asus
M4A78 PLUS am2-am2+-am3 Mobo

of course Newegg rocks too :)

Cons: my only con is 95w
oh the Phenom II X2 550 BE dual-core 2 days after i bought the kuma heh
guess ill be getting it next LOL

Other Thoughts: My rigs a Home theater pc / light gaming

COOLER MASTER Elite 330 Black Mid Tower
ASUS M4A78 Plus AMD SB700 (am2-am2+-am3)
AMD Athlon 64 X2 7750 Kuma @ 3.1642MHz (no v bump)
Multiplier x Bus speed 14x226
AC 64 pro 92mm cpu fan, artic silver 5
6 gigs adata ddr2 800 @ 452mhz
SAPPHIRE - HD 4830 512mb gddr 3 (no O.c)
GPU Clock: 575 MHz mem 900 MHz
logisys 575watt psu
1x 320 Western Digital hdd
1x 250 WD hdd
1x 500 HITACHI hdd
1x 750 Samsung hdd
1x LG dl-dvd 20x Lightscribe
1x PHILIPS DVD 20X SATA
1x Hauppauge WinTV HVR-1250 pci-e 1x
1x 22in Acer LCD - 1x20in dell LCD
WinV Ultimate 64bit sp2

AMD Athlon 64 X2 7750 Kuma @ 3.1GHz (2.7GHz stock clock)
AM2+ Dual-Core DR-B3 Kuma Revision so no TBL bug

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N/A
Tech Level: high
Ownership: 1 day to 1 week
This user purchased this item from Newegg
6/23/2009 6:01:29 AM

Rating + 5 Excellent budget chip


Pros: Very snappy, easily overclocked, low idling temperature

Cons: low cache compared to intel chips. Also i'm a little bothered by the fact they took a quad core and disabled two

Other Thoughts: low cache but honestly I can't tell the difference between the kuma and my work intel dual core with 3x more cache - benchmarks are about even too, or at least not uneven enough to warrant the price difference imho

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Natty
Tech Level: somewhat high
Ownership: 1 month to 1 year
This user purchased this item from Newegg
6/22/2009 12:25:01 PM

Rating + 5 Suppperrr FAST!


Pros: This processor is incredibly fast for not having all 4 cores enabled. It reduced my install time by half for installing my OS.
Easy to put into the computer, easy to install the drivers. I'm really happy with the price. Way to go AMD

Cons: None really, wish it had all four cores?

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N/A
Tech Level: somewhat high
Ownership: 1 day to 1 week
This user purchased this item from Newegg
6/22/2009 12:19:05 PM

Rating + 5 Great Processor, Great Price


Pros: Fast, Dual Core, L3 cache, AM2+, Works great and runs cool.

Cons: None

Other Thoughts: Included fan is not loud and keeps the CPU under 130F even when overclocked to 3.0ghz. Had no issues with install and it worked the first time.

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taylort232
Tech Level: high
Ownership: 1 day to 1 week
This user purchased this item from Newegg
6/22/2009 12:17:25 PM

Rating + 5 Good little CPU


Pros: Decently fast, great for HTPC. The provided heatsink/fan is actually pretty quiet, and it keeps the chip relatively cool (31C idle). Gets an 6.2 in Windows 7 index rating.

Cons: It isn't cheaper?

Other Thoughts: I've found that unless you are willing to buy an E7400 or better, it is best to stick with AMD for the time. For the price, this chip is great.

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N/A
Tech Level: high
Ownership: 1 month to 1 year
This user purchased this item from Newegg
6/22/2009 9:44:04 AM

Rating + 5 Great Bang for your Buck


Pros: Comes with heatsink (other black edition listings I've purchased said retail in description but had no heatsinks).
2.7GHz, unlocked multiplier for better overclocking. Lots of cache.

Cons: Sell out way too fast. Not a 45nm/65 watt chip.

Other Thoughts: Bought one of these for my wife's computer, as well as my mother-in-law's and a bench system at work. It's a rock solid chip and takes everything I throw at it.

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Steve
Tech Level: high
Ownership: 1 month to 1 year
This user purchased this item from Newegg
6/21/2009 7:35:11 PM

Rating + 5 Amazing CPU for price


Pros: Got this thing to 3.3Ghz on stock HSF, with a 4C difference! Both in idle and loads.

Would go higher, but I have no need :D

Cons: None

Other Thoughts: Great CPU!

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Skynet1121
Tech Level: high
Ownership: 1 week to 1 month
This user purchased this item from Newegg
6/21/2009 6:42:41 PM

Rating + 5 Fast


Pros: Very fast, comes with a nice large heatsink/fan.

Cons: None

Other Thoughts: Fast, dual-core and doesn't consume a lot of power.

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RoBot1ks
Tech Level: somewhat high
Ownership: 1 month to 1 year
This user purchased this item from Newegg
6/21/2009 4:57:29 PM

Rating + 5 Works great


Pros: There isn't really a reason to get technical about this cpu. It works flawlessly for me. I've overclocked it so far to 3.0ghz no problem at all.

It may be my case, my fans, or my cpu cooler but it idles at about 35 celcius. I'm not sure what you guys are running at but this thing was cooler than I thought it would be.

Lapping it may lower that temperature also!!

Cons: None so far

Other Thoughts: It works great for me. If you want a great performing cheap priced processor, go with this 2.7ghz kuma. You will not be dissatisfied.

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zari1
Tech Level: somewhat low
Ownership: 1 week to 1 month
This user purchased this item from Newegg
6/21/2009 3:58:37 PM

Rating + 5 EGGstaticly happy


Pros: Fabulious Chip!!! Fit perfectly into my ASRock k10n78 MoBo first try :) runs fairly cool at high loads, and very cool when i use energy saver feature on the asrock board. lol the onboard 8200 chipset and this chip, even on low power setting runs WoW just fine.

Cons: none that i can find so far

Other Thoughts: I hope newegg gets them back in sooon. my girl friend tried my pc, and is begging me to build her one just like mine, and she is all excited and none to patient lol

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adb99
Tech Level: average
Ownership: 1 month to 1 year
This user purchased this item from Newegg
6/21/2009 10:06:40 AM

Rating + 5 NICE!!!


Pros: Well i just biult my first rig. I am suprised that everything went together as planned and i have not had any problems. This processor is the base of a music recording rig and it does its job very well. Its fast and does what i want it to do. As far as a product, It does what its rated to do.

Cons: none

Other Thoughts: I am using the 2.7 BE Kuma with an asus M3N78-VM, Gskill 1066 (the light blue ones) Seagate hard drives, and an lg burner. Fast cpu, granted all i use it for is recording music. No GPU. Using the onboard.

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Aaron
Tech Level: somewhat high
Ownership: 1 week to 1 month
This user purchased this item from Newegg
6/20/2009 2:00:35 PM

Rating + 5 Outstanding Workhorse Value


Pros: $60 shipped. I dont do any extreme multi tasking but this CPU handles whatever I throw at it with ease. It easily plays songs on iTunes, runs Firefox with 3 tabs open and run a virus scan without much more than 50% usage. I have mine overclocked to 2.84 using the EZ Overclock feature on my Asrock mobo running the stock cooler.

Cons: Probably wont future proof my rig for much more than a year or two but at $60 shipped, this is more than worth the money and simply cant be beat.

Other Thoughts: As I mentioned, so far this chip has handled anything Ive thrown at it with ease so Im very satisfied. If you need a workorse CPU on an average budget, youd be hard pressed to get this one. Forget the 7850 as the only difference is a higher multiplyer. This will handle 2.84 with stock cooling all day long and Ive read of several getting it to 3.0 with no problems. Highly recommended.

Antec 300
AsRock A780GMH/128M
Western Digital 320 GB
PC Power Silencer 500
Corsair 4 GB DDR2-800 RAM

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N/A
Tech Level: high
Ownership: 1 day to 1 week
This user purchased this item from Newegg
6/20/2009 12:17:03 AM

Rating + 5 Nice CPU


Pros: Does a great job and fast. Came with stock fan which is fine for what it going to be used for. Nice Price as well.

Cons: Nothing yet.

Other Thoughts: Built for wife and she thinks this is awesome, so I like it too.

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RomanHelmet
Tech Level: high
Ownership: 1 day to 1 week
This user purchased this item from Newegg
6/19/2009 8:49:35 AM

Rating + 5 Good stuff


Pros: It runs fast, booted up at the intended speeds. The heatsink was easy to install. I used to be an AMD man when the Athlon XPs were king. Then I went Intel with a q6600 for my last pc. the AM2+ mounting bracket is amazing! It was so easy to install. It took me one glance at the instructions, and about 30 seconds to install. So much easier than the nonsense pushpins lga775 uses. This is definitely an unlocked cpu. The multiplier goes up to like 31.5 or something rediculous. If you had the cooling this thing will let you go up to like 10 GHz theoretically. I wish unlocked intels didn't cost as much as the eyes of your first born.

Cons: A little hot. It got up to about 65 after 10 minutes in prime 95 at stock. I attribute this partly to using an Antec Minuet 350 small form factor uATX case. The airflow is the greatest in it I don't think. Also, the stock heatsink seems like a piece of garbage. It works, but not well. The bottom was not very flat or polished. Seemed like a worse quality hs than the stock intel ones. If you are going to be doing any processor intensive work, gaming, video encoding etc, get yourself a new heatsink. You probably got this to oc anyway since it's unlocked. Also, I used Arctic Silver 5. The preapplied pad was huge and thick. Way too much on there, but that's pretty typical.

Other Thoughts: It's noticeably slower than my q6600, but it's to be expected. This costs less than half as much. Also, I am pretty experienced in ocing intels, but amd bios and features are pretty drastically different, so I wasn't really able to optimize the ram speeds and everything else. I just let the bios do it's thing. It's fine though, this is a new comp for my mom, who was been using a dell dimension from 1998. It has a 350 MHz Pentium III with 256 megs ram running XP. So just about anything will be amazing for her.

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akyeah
Tech Level: average
Ownership: 1 day to 1 week
This user purchased this item from Newegg
6/19/2009 5:15:35 AM

Rating + 5 Great


Pros: Great value! Upgrade bios to support AM3.

Cons: None

Other Thoughts: Recently upgraded the system with:
GIGABYTE GA-MA770-UD3
Western Digital Caviar Black WD6401AALS
AMD Athlon 64 X2 7750 Kuma 2.7GHz (OC'ed to 2.9GHz with stock cooler)
G.SKILL 4GB (2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 1066
GeForce 6800 GS (old)
Rosewill 550 watt power supply (old)

Great improvement in performance for only ~260bucks
Windows experience scores:
Processor: 5.6
Memory: 5.9
Graphics: 5.9
Gaming Graphics: 5.4
Primary Hard Disk: 5.9

I've read the maximum score is 5.9 for vista 32bit, so not bad.

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Master Guns
Tech Level: average
Ownership: 1 week to 1 month
This user purchased this item from Newegg
6/18/2009 1:50:18 PM

Rating + 5 Great processor


Pros: Great processor for business build on a MSI K9 chassis

Cons: Nonw

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N/A
Tech Level: somewhat high
Ownership: 1 day to 1 week
This user purchased this item from Newegg
6/17/2009 9:46:10 PM

Rating + 5 Great CPU


Pros: Overclocks well. Why would you buy Intel when AMD makes excellent CPUs for way less??? Stop buying Intel!

Cons: I am usually satisfied with stock heatsinks, but this one is extremely loud. I mean it's like my computer should have been taking off for flight. Replaced with a low-end aftermarket and it's all good.

Other Thoughts: Again, AMD CPUs are more than good enough. Save your money for the other components.

My budget gaming build - spent $500 and it's great. Why do people think they have to spend so much?
MB: Asus MA378-EM
CPU: AMD AX2 7750 @ 2.7GHz
GPHX: ASUS 9500 GT TOP
RAM: G-Skill 2x2GB 1066

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Lunar Fox
Tech Level: high
Ownership: more than 1 year
This user purchased this item from Newegg
6/17/2009 1:11:04 PM

Rating + 5 Excellent!


Pros: Does what it's supposed to do and does it well.

Cons: Cooler's low-grade, but the retention mechanism makes upgrading easy.

Other Thoughts: I recommend Scythe's coolers with Arctic Silver thermal paste.

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zro tolerance
Tech Level: high
Ownership: 1 month to 1 year
This user purchased this item from Newegg
6/17/2009 11:44:27 AM

Rating + 5 NICE


Pros: Bought this for a friend. No problems - works fast. Possibilities are endless since this is a Black Edition processor BUT i know he's not going to do any o'cing and such.

Cons: None.

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N/A
Tech Level: somewhat high
Ownership: 1 month to 1 year
This user purchased this item from Newegg
6/17/2009 6:36:48 AM

Rating + 4 Amazing value for the money


Pros: Feel's like theft. Its a ton of performance when you consider the small price of admission. For a budget conscious customer, I consider this the baseline chip, its an amazing value, but its also enough computing power for 90% of users.

Cons: Not as good as then new 45nm dual core chips AMD released, but those start at around $100, so you get everything you pay for. If you have the cash, consider going with the 45nm Phenom II based chips for superior performance with lower temperatures and far superior overclocking headroom. If money is tight though, the 7750 gives you everything you pay for and more.

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N/A
Tech Level: high
Ownership: 1 day to 1 week
This user purchased this item from Newegg
6/16/2009 3:21:00 PM

Rating + 5 Sweet


Pros: This was for a build for a wife's friend to replace their aging old Compaq. This came off of one of the builds on Anandtech or Tom's hardware and I'm very pleased with how it performs. So are the new owner's. Especially their kids who love to play games. This was securely packaged and the cooling fan (AMD) that came with it seemed to be pretty adaquete since the case has two 120 mm fans.

Cons: None

Other Thoughts: The build was a Gigabyte Triton 180 Mid-tower case, ASRock A790GXH motherboard, AMD Athlon 64 X2 7750 Kuma processor, OCZ Reaper HPC 4GB (2 by 2 GB) memory, BFG Tech LS-550 550 Watt PSU. I kept their old IDE hard drive which had XP Home edition on it to keep their costs down. Later, I'll stick a nice ATI Radeon 4880 or 4770 (if I can find it) to provide them better graphics.

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N/A
Tech Level: somewhat high
Ownership: 1 week to 1 month
6/15/2009 12:50:39 PM

Rating + 5 Plenty fast


Pros: Fast, Upgraded from an athlon 2800+. This thing is equivalent to what you would pay $150 for from Intel. Duel core is plenty in my mind most games aren't coded to use more then 2 cores. This CPU won't hold you back on any games. with a $60 price tag this thing is awesome.

Cons: Stock cooler is meh.

Other Thoughts: Motherboard I bought with it won't overclock with current bios but once I flash those I will try to overclock this bad boy.

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maxxcool
Tech Level: high
Ownership: 1 month to 1 year
6/15/2009 7:59:20 AM

Rating + 4 Update 3, the new heatsink


Pros: Well. the included heat sink from amd is a pile of crud. after replacing the unit with the copper heat pipe unit the temps dropped 10c idle and 11c under load.

Cons: after removing the heat sink i noticed a darker spot of paste than the rest. on that suspicion i bought some 400 grit sandpaper and lightly dragged the boxed cooler than came with the cpu acrossed it.

sure enought the amd heat sink was BADLY bulged. the dang thing even wobbles on my desk.

not fully amd's fault.... but really cruddy.

Other Thoughts: you should be able to trust the cpu vendor to include a workable heat sink. guess not ....

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seth v
Tech Level: high
Ownership: 1 day to 1 week
This user purchased this item from Newegg
6/15/2009 7:24:10 AM

Rating + 5 Works great


Pros: Installed this in under 5 minutes and it works great. Had no problems or issues. Wish I could give a 6th egg because I ordered it at 9am on one day and received it before I got home at 4pm the next day (and it had free shipping)!

Cons: None.

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Viper5030
Tech Level: high
Ownership: 1 month to 1 year
This user purchased this item from Newegg
6/14/2009 12:30:35 PM

Rating + 3 Runs too hot for its own good


Pros: ...it's fast for the price.

Cons: Runs hotter than my Athlon 64 X2 6000+ 125W at stock settings. I've tested it on various systems using different cases, heatsinks, fans, thermal solution, etc. I know all this because I went through the process of determining that my CPU was bad. It was -at 64 degrees Celcius it would shut off. I got it RMA'd and the new one runs just as hot, but hasn't shut off on me yet. I don't dare overclock it, which I think defeats one of it's main purposes.

Other Thoughts: AMD's website is a complete joke. Their warranty instructions tell you to go to their site to file a warranty claim. However, this model of CPU isn't even listed as an option to file a warranty. In fact, their whole online account system is bogus. I finally got in contact with a good rep who pushed everything through for me and was able to get my new CPU shipped. I didn't even have to pay for shipping the old one back :)

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Ultra-64
Tech Level: average
Ownership: less than 1 day
6/14/2009 11:28:51 AM

Rating + 5 More of a Question


Pros: I have a Gigabyte AM2 Mobo (GA-M61SME-S2 rev 2.0) & I want to upgrade parts in it, what I am mainly concerned about are the VC & CPU compatibility.
I want to install a GTS 250 & the Athlon 64x2 6400+ or the Athlon 64x2 7750 which is a AM2+,
I have already upgraded fans & psu both high end to handle new parts but I have been researching My like crazy to find out if the mobo will allow these upgrades to run smoothly any expeerts on the case?

If all is good Ill have further questions about the mobo after all is complete.

BTW My current VS & CPU are the 8600GT & the 3800+. Meh

Cons: I DO NOT own Card I just had to select so I could post
Rated well because Im not going to diss & try & reduce sales.

Other Thoughts: I am really trying to get other honest & well rounded perspectives here so please help a builder in need Thx!

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Turbotech
Tech Level: high
Ownership: 1 day to 1 week
This user purchased this item from Newegg
6/12/2009 8:49:23 PM

Rating + 5 Amazing job, AMD!


Pros: Aside from the L3 cache this thing has, as opposed to none at all in the Brisbane series, this thing is a lot more potent clock-for-clock than Brisbane. This is all thanks to the K10 architecture. This 2.7 GHz K10 CPU is noticeably faster than my old 2.9 GHz K8 based Brisbane. It's also not a terrible overclocker. I managed 3.04 GHz on stock voltage. This thing runs everything I've thrown at it perfectly, including Crysis.

Cons: My only complaint is that this thing uses 95 watts of power. Its only 30 watts more than the brisbane, but if you have a low wattage PSU like I do (430w), every watt counts, but for 60 bucks, I'm not complaining.

Other Thoughts: As far as gaming goes, I highly recommend this CPU. Modern games rely more on video card performance, rather than CPU power. The human eye sees at 21 frames per second, and when a game is above 30 or so fps, you won't notice a difference between this CPU, and an Intel CPU of the same speed, except for the extra hundred bucks in your wallet which you can invest in a more powerful video card. :-)

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N/A
Tech Level: high
Ownership: 1 month to 1 year
This user purchased this item from Newegg
6/12/2009 4:51:15 AM

Rating + 5 Excellent Processor


Pros: Great Processor. Runs near the speed of a X2 6400+ without the heat issues. Mine runs at 18 Degrees Idle with air cooling at stock settings, at 3.2 it runs at 30 Degrees full load, this thing is amazing! Probably the best budget processor out there. Highly overclockable

Cons: None

Other Thoughts: Havent gotten it past 3.4 ghz, but havent tried that much, its for a house computer so it didnt need to be crazy fast.

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N/A
Tech Level: somewhat high
Ownership: 1 day to 1 week
This user purchased this item from Newegg
6/11/2009 7:25:17 PM

Rating + 5


Pros: Nice one.

Cons: have no complain

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N/A
Tech Level: average
Ownership: 1 week to 1 month
This user purchased this item from Newegg
6/11/2009 7:11:04 PM

Rating + 4 buy this CPU.


Pros: cheap, fast, unlocked multiplier.

Cons: needs better HSF.

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Tofast4u05
Tech Level: high
Ownership: 1 day to 1 week
This user purchased this item from Newegg
6/11/2009 4:35:48 PM

Rating + 5 Great AMD Processor


Pros: Great Chip. Does what it needs to do for 60.00

Cons: none so far

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maxxcool
Tech Level: high
Ownership: 1 month to 1 year
6/11/2009 12:48:51 PM

Rating + 4 Updated review


Pros: Still runs like a champ, overclocked to 3.2ghz now on stock voltage.

Cons: had to replace the heatsink and fan. the molex 80mm fan was a nice swap to bring down the noise, but i wanted my cake and to eat it.

after overclocking to 3.2ghz it sits at 41c idle and hits 58c under load. i did not feel comfortable since the thermal tolerance is 73c and i have no idea how this motherboard is reporting the temp. so i bought a full copper unit for under 30$. since the cpu/memory and mobo were free i dod not feel bad paying for the new heatsink and still keeping things quite on the wife front ;)

Other Thoughts: the newly released Athlon II 250 would be a better buy in the near future. to bad it was not out at the time of my secret work bonus. i would in the future recommend the Athlon 250 over the kuma as long as it supports amd-v (which i have not yet confirmed)

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AJ
Tech Level: somewhat high
Ownership: 1 month to 1 year
This user purchased this item from Newegg
6/10/2009 5:26:14 PM

Rating + 5 AMD Athlon 64 X2 7750 Kuma 2.7GHz 2 x 512KB L2 Cache 2MB L3 Cache Socket AM2+ 95W Dual-Core black edition Processor - Retail


Pros: AWESOME AWESOME AWESOME. Great Overclocker. Runs nice and cool in my set up. Got it overclocked to 3.1 GhZ. matched with Patriot 4 GB running 4-4-4-12 clock. Real Fast.

Cons: NONE

Other Thoughts: Awesome Dual Core AMD with Plenty to give.

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N/A
Tech Level: high
Ownership: 1 month to 1 year
This user purchased this item from Newegg
6/10/2009 2:32:18 PM

Rating + 5 cheap, awesome cpu!


Pros: really cheap

free shipping

works with cheap motherboards

Cons: stock fan isnt to swell, c'mon amd!

Other Thoughts: the stock fan is good enough to use if your just going to be browsing the internet and steaming movies etc. I use this on my home file server specs are

athlon x2 kuma 7750 BE
mushking 4gigs 800mhz ram
foxconn a74mx-k
rosewell 80+ ceritified 430w PSU
1 tb western digital caviar green

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N/A
Tech Level: somewhat high
Ownership: 1 day to 1 week
This user purchased this item from Newegg
6/10/2009 1:30:52 PM

Rating + 5 great processor


Pros: great improvement over my old p4.... cool n' quiet technology keeps it running at low temps... heatsink works well

Cons: heatsink was kind of a pain to get on, but it was my first time ever doing that...so if you are good at them, this should be no problem

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ookook
Tech Level: high
Ownership: 1 week to 1 month
This user purchased this item from Newegg
6/10/2009 9:28:18 AM

Rating + 5 Kuma Sum Laude


Pros: Best bang for the buck around. Ubuntu 9.04 runs great with no tweaks, does a fine job transcoding audio/video and runs fairly cool with an upgrade to the CPU fan.

Cons: None

Other Thoughts: Gigabyte 780G-UD3H
GSkill DDR800 - 4G
FreezerPro Artic 64
2 x Seagate 640G

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Irondoc
Tech Level: average
Ownership: 1 week to 1 month
This user purchased this item from Newegg
6/9/2009 8:20:29 PM

Rating + 5 Great inexpensive processor


Pros: Price and performance for everyday use

Cons: none

Other Thoughts: Purchased for inexpensive build with EVGA 8800 GTS card. Works great. No regrets on choosing this processor.

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Blacklion
Tech Level: somewhat high
Ownership: 1 month to 1 year
This user purchased this item from Newegg
6/9/2009 12:36:07 AM

Rating + 5 GET IT.


Pros: Fast. Inexpensive.

Cons: Cant cook dinner.

Other Thoughts: if you are on a serious budget (like me) ,pair this with an AsRock MB offering and sone decent RAM and you will NOT be disappointed unless you think your rig should walk on water. if you have the bux, keep it moving there is nothing to see here.

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luke904
Tech Level: high
Ownership: 1 month to 1 year
6/8/2009 10:10:07 PM

Rating + 5 Great


Pros: -price/performance
-unlocked
-L3 cache makes it better than all the other brisbane's (5600, 6000, 6400, etc)

Cons: performance/power
gets KINDA warm on stock cooler

Other Thoughts: if you are going with AMD dual core the 7550, 7750, and 7850 are the best choices for gaming

the 4850e, 5050e, etc processors give better performance/power

the brisbanes are outdated, generally more expensive and usually don't come with a cooler



overclocks easily but i can only get it to 3.1 stable
MB: jetway JHA07
Ram: kingston 2gb 1066 (running at 800 for better stability)
GPU: xfx 4850 1gb


the intel e5200 is priced the same as the 7850 here are the dif's between them:
-5200 is a better overclocker, (locked multiplier though)
-5200 comes with crappier cooler
-5200 has no L3 but more 2 MB L2
-5200 is stock at 2.5 GHz -->worse performance in most cases
-MB's for intel are generally more expensive
-5200 is more efficient

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N/A
Tech Level: high
Ownership: 1 day to 1 week
This user purchased this item from Newegg
6/7/2009 8:44:13 PM

Rating + 5 Little Trooper


Pros: This CPU blows away the Pentium D 820 I upgraded from and does perfect in every game I throw at it. Also on the stock heatsink and fan I can hit 3.1ghz. I also like how easy the Fan and heatsink went on, put it in the socket and flip the tab down, done. Much more easy to put on then the stock intel fans and heatsink.

Cons: The only con I can think of is the stock heatsink and fan is very cheap and does not cool the CPU very well. Oh, also, the on-board video tends to over heat very fast.

Other Thoughts: This goes great with my Nvidia GTS 250 video card and 4gigs of Corsair DDR2 800mhz gaming memory.

I have this set up on the ASRock K10N78M and this CPU does great.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813157160

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guitarspook
Tech Level: high
Ownership: 1 day to 1 week
This user purchased this item from Newegg
6/7/2009 5:45:13 PM

Rating + 4 Sweet Processor


Pros: Speedy, got the job done. This little guy can sure handle its own. For $60, what can you complain about??? Superior price/performance. Makes for a bad A budget computer!

Cons: The heat sink and fan sucks SO BAD! If you plan on doing anything with this beyond stock, you better get another one.

Other Thoughts: AMD 790GX micro-ATX biostar, HD 3600, 4 GB 667 RAM

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mud
Tech Level: high
Ownership: 1 month to 1 year
6/6/2009 11:51:25 AM

Rating + 5 i felt like i robbed newegg


Pros: performance at this price is obscene ,nice updated features ,surprisingly good performance in games ,i had a 5000 black x2 at 3.1 and i think it bottlenecked my 8800 gt,with the 7750 x2 at stock and especially when oced the card seems to be at full speed very nice improvement ,as far as everything else ok. ram runs at full speed even though it has an uneven multiplier, mine runs at 800 mhz even with this 7750, with the 5000 black x2 it runs at 776 or something

Cons: stupid heatsink fan , very picky oc ,

Other Thoughts: sunbeam transformer case asus m2n sli deluxe mobo 4 gigs ocz reaper 6400 ram 320 gb western digital hd bfgtech 8800gt oced like mad with zalman cooler ocz 600 watt psu amd x2 7750 oced 3.0 arctic cooler 64 fan and heatsink windows 64 crt 16 inch com.paq monitor haha

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Mr. P
Tech Level: high
Ownership: 1 week to 1 month
This user purchased this item from Newegg
6/5/2009 10:49:44 PM

Rating + 2 it's cheap for a reason


Pros: Decent speed for buck when not clock throttling

Cons: Runs very hot, even @ idle

Other Thoughts: I have this paired with an Asus M4A78-EM MB, and with the little asus power management utility this either runs with the fan wide open @ 78C or stutters its way through CD ripping while playing music in the background. Pay the extra thity bucks for a 3.0 GHz 65 W Athlon II X2 250 instead of this 95W 2.7 GHz waste of power when newegg comes down to (or hopefully below) the suggested retail price on the A II X2 250.

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N/A
Tech Level: somewhat high
Ownership: 1 month to 1 year
This user purchased this item from Newegg
6/4/2009 8:25:19 PM

Rating + 5


Pros: Very Fast good Bang-For-The buck

Cons: Stock cooler is keeping me at 30 idle and 50 load

Other Thoughts: Gonna upgrade fan soon

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Jimi
Tech Level: somewhat high
Ownership: less than 1 day
This user purchased this item from Newegg
6/4/2009 6:33:47 PM

Rating + 5 Cheap power


Pros: Comes with a heat sink and fan. Pre-installed thermal grease pad on the heat sink. Installed it in a new build for home use and it powered right up first time and has been runing problem free. Works great for running multiple applications, streaming HD (1080p) video online, 5.1 DVDs, and my 32 track recording studio. Not a gamer so I can't adress OC.

Cons: None

Other Thoughts: config:
Gigabyte GA-MA780G-UD3H HDMI mobo
CORSAIR CMPSU-400CX 400W PSU
Kingston 2GB DDR2 800
Sony Optiarc 24x DVD/CD r/w sata
Seagate Barracuda Sata II hard drive

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maxxcool
Tech Level: high
Ownership: 1 week to 1 month
6/4/2009 10:49:13 AM

Rating + 5 Cheap, Supports amd-v, overclocks well


Pros: after replacing my aged 3.4ghz p4 prescott my vmwares and my log file reporting suddenly improved by leaps and bounds. my co-workers now hate me as my work index has gone way up now that i can run 2 or more reports at once, and tinker with 2 vms. its a solid cpu, and for the 60$ you CANNOT find any dual core intel chips that accelerate vmware which is the #1 reason i bought it. i dual boot to windows 7 for non-work activities and can say win7 flies very well with this happy little cpu.

bottom line, 60$, vmware acceleration, jealous co-workers, my job much easier, great multi-threaded support = win.

Cons: Factory fan is louder than heck, and its got its own thermal couple. despite setting the fan control on the mobo the fan spins up at 40c and actually vibrates my case. i replaced it with a 80mm powered by a molex. much better.

it is the older die process so it is a 95 watt cpu. despite what some motherboard manufactures say be wary of cheap boards with light power filtering. you may see some pwm reboots.

its slower than intel cpus of the same speed, but i knew this and am ok with it. just know that this cpu in comparison is about the same speed as a 2.5ghz intel dual core cpu

Other Thoughts: Bought this secretly replace my workstation in my office. I do support for Corporate clients and some of my work is done on vmware, and a lot of large file sorting, searching and log file analysis.

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Pasha
Tech Level: high
Ownership: 1 day to 1 week
This user purchased this item from Newegg
6/3/2009 6:43:34 PM

Rating + 5 Great buy vs bucks


Pros: This processor offers good performance for low dollars. The 3rd level cache gives a noticeable difference in every day use over the 64 X2 with only level 2 cache. In programs like photoshop it will cut load time significantly. My wife edits 100's of pictures each day. She went from a 5000+ to this processor, with no other changes, and photo editing time is down 20 to 30 percent.

Cons: The fan spins extremely fast and causes some vibration. The fan is attached to the housing with plastic tabs, and vibrates loose and starts to rattle a bit. I used some screws from an old unit and it quieted up significantly.

Other Thoughts: Very good buy. I recommend buying an after market fan for noise reduction and additional cooling.

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bgfish
Tech Level: somewhat high
Ownership: less than 1 day
This user purchased this item from Newegg
6/3/2009 5:06:26 PM

Rating + 5 Black Smoke


Pros: Purchased this to just a build a 2nd machine to haqve and this chip smokes, and how can you beat the price!

Cons: None

Other Thoughts: Good value as always with AMD

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Chris
Tech Level: somewhat high
Ownership: 1 week to 1 month
This user purchased this item from Newegg
6/3/2009 3:17:31 PM

Rating + 5 Great Value


Pros: Quick. Doesn't choke; I don't think I've had 100% CPU utilization yet.

Plays Full HD (1800p) with no difficulty. Ripping audio CDs, transcoding is fast.

Under seventy bucks (I think the price has actually gone up since I bought mine) for performance that the average user will rarely, if ever, fully utilize anytime soon.

Runs cool enough with stock cooler. Granted I am pretty much idling now, but temps are not much above ambient (31ºC outside, windows open, Speedfan reports 36ºC on the CPU). I'm sure I could apply some Arctic Silver and a new cooler, but no need right now.

Cons: Not free.

Other Thoughts: Plugged into a Gigabyte MA78GM-US2H board with 2GB G-Skill 1066 memory.

It's amazing how much of an increase in performance that two hundred bucks will give to a person with an old P4 @2.66GHz.

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N/A
Tech Level: high
Ownership: 1 week to 1 month
This user purchased this item from Newegg
6/2/2009 12:51:56 PM

Rating + 4 When is someone going to...


Pros: Nice inexpensive fast dual core. Can be overclocked.

I'll be really impressed when....

Cons: ....someone figures out how to consistently unlock the two "hidden" cores. It seems these are downgraded Quads.

Other Thoughts: ...now that would be cool. And I would gladly add the fifth egg. ;}

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dlee7283
Tech Level: high
Ownership: 1 week to 1 month
6/2/2009 10:44:49 AM

Rating + 5 Solid, but not great


Pros: K10 Architecture, L3 Cache, Dual Core,Unlocked multi,60 Bucks with a stock heatsink and fan.

Cons: Runs Hot, Not a great overclocker,basically a Phenom I with 2 cores instead of 3 or 4.

Other Thoughts: I had a BE-2400 which is very similiar to the 4050e that newegg is selling for 34 dollars which is just as good as this chip overclocked. It also runs alot cooler at 45w compared to the 95w 7750.

Don't get me wrong I like this chip, but the performance difference between this and a K8 Brisbane isn't really that big considering how hot the 7750 can get . If your on a super uber budget, just get a 4050e and overclock it, its cheaper and runs alot cooler.

The 720 is the best bang for the buck right now from AMD, so get that.

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Jody B
Tech Level: high
Ownership: 1 day to 1 week
This user purchased this item from Newegg
6/2/2009 12:31:49 AM

Rating + 5 Best Dual Core out


Pros: Smokes my COusins wolfdale e5400...we have the same setup, i have a xigmatek cooler, he has a zalman cooler..my setup idles at 28C @ 3.4ghz and is memtest stable with videos and pics to prove it..his is overclocked to 3.4ghz and his idles around 40C, he has a gts250, i have a radeon 4850, we both have 1066 ram...and i got 12,500 marks, he got 11,500 marks on 3dmark06...i guess when there are 2 pcs sitting together and thier competition chips...you see who comes out ahead

Cons: no cons for me..this is the best dual core chip ive ever used, and i will keep using dual cores until games finally utilize Quad cores...even tho i am a graphic designer, im more of a gamer, so there is no point

Other Thoughts: lol an AMD 7750 kuma/ati setup smoked a wolfdale e5400/nvidia setup which is supposed to be the dream dual core cpu out today and the best GPU for your budget...

i saved almost $200 and came out WAY ahead...go AMD!

and no im not an AMD fan boy...my pockets just arent that deep...ya dig?

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N/A
Tech Level: somewhat high
Ownership: 1 month to 1 year
This user purchased this item from Newegg
6/1/2009 7:52:55 AM

Rating + 4


Pros: i am doing a updated review now that i've had this thing for 3 months and have found no problems with it but i would recommend a after market cooling fan though because when i play crysis on high it tends to reach the 50 celcius mark but i guess that's good but if your like me and don't like to hit that stress mark and want your computer to perform a long time with little problems then i would advise a better fan. Thanks amd for another great product ;)

Cons: none after 3 months :)

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M. Payne
Tech Level: somewhat high
Ownership: 1 day to 1 week
This user purchased this item from Newegg
5/31/2009 10:39:26 PM

Rating + 5 Fast and inexpensive!


Pros: Seemless installation, runs smoothly at standard settings. Would recomend this processor to anyone trying to build on a budget.

Cons: At a $60 price tag how could there be?

Other Thoughts: Running COD-5, WAW on highest settings with no problems. CPU cooler cheap, but to be expected at this price. Built my sons entire computer with this processor for $400. Barely slower than my $1000 build using the Wolfdale 8400 3.0ghz Intel processor. Boy did I throw my money away, bummer :(

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DYLAN
Tech Level: high
Ownership: 1 week to 1 month
This user purchased this item from Newegg
5/31/2009 10:00:09 PM

Rating + 5 Thanks NewEgg and AMD!


Pros: Built a budget gaming PC with this great chip. Unlocked multiplier gave me a simple OC to 3.0 GHz and running it's still running sweet. Very good for what you're paying and if you want to give overclocking a go.

Cons: Stock heatsink fan does not perform too well, at least on my chip but I have seen some people still get decent temps with the stock cooler so it may work for you.

Other Thoughts: I heard somewhere on the internet that on a certain motherboard you can "unlock" 2 other cores on this..(Strange eh?)

Anyways, buy this CPU and enjoy it. You won't regret it for what you're paying.

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MahBoy
Tech Level: high
Ownership: 1 week to 1 month
This user purchased this item from Newegg
5/31/2009 10:38:39 AM

Rating + 5 Good CPU


Pros: Dual cores, Price.
Can play etqw with ati 4770 high detail smooth.
Running with ubuntu 9.04.
Boots ubuntu very fast.

Cons: None

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Ryan-AK
Tech Level: high
Ownership: 1 month to 1 year
This user purchased this item from Newegg
5/30/2009 3:43:47 PM

Rating + 5 Price to Performance can not be beat


Pros: For the Price you can not beat these processors. Sure it is not the fastest, but it does perform. It would be very hard to find a processor at this price that can out perform it.

Cons: Same one ever processor has, Stock Fan is effective but a bit loud and not that efficient.

Other Thoughts: If you are looking for a processor in this price range, buy this one

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N/A
Tech Level: somewhat high
Ownership: 1 day to 1 week
This user purchased this item from Newegg
5/30/2009 3:34:08 PM

Rating + 5


Pros: Great value and performance--this pulls a 6.1 in the Windows 7 RC performance rating without any overclocking. Runs cool and quietly with the stock fan.

Cons: The two extra cores people have had some luck reactivating don't just activate themselves =)

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ArN
Tech Level: high
Ownership: 1 day to 1 week
This user purchased this item from Newegg
5/30/2009 11:28:33 AM

Rating + 5 Decent processor


Pros: -Quick Processor
-Good Price
-Overclocks somewhat
-Comes with Heatsink (see cons)

Cons: -Puts out much more heat than other comparable models (5400+ BE)
-While included heatsink is nice (why I bought this over another 5400+) it is easily heatsoaked by the processor. With Arctic Silver5 idles at 37deg and can get to 68deg during prime95. I know the heat is getting transferred because the heatsink is HOT, not warm, HOT to the touch when the cpu is loaded. Proves that there is just not enough mass and airflow to effectively shed the heat away from the processor.

Other Thoughts: Is stable at 3.0ghz (13.5x222 didn't try any higher), confirmed with hours of prime and memtest (on a m3a8-em 780g mobo). Synthetic benchmarks show that the difference between my 5400+BE at 3.0ghz and this proc at the same clock is negligible. I do however get a 1000mb/s increase in bandwidth speed in the memory tests with the 7750. Overall a decent processor but if I was do buy again I would get something else for my parents new build. However they will never push this cpu very hard so the heat will never be a problem.

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N/A
Tech Level: average
Ownership: 1 week to 1 month
This user purchased this item from Newegg
5/30/2009 11:18:12 AM

Rating + 5 the little cpu that could


Pros: price to power ratio is great, alot of bang for the buck in this little guy.
stock voltage bump the multi to 15 and you're at 3.0Ghz stable. After that I lost stability maybe a voltage bump would bring it back, but i didn't feel it was important ..... yet.

Cons: heatsink provided it total trash. I had an old AC 7 about that popped in instead.

Other Thoughts: Really a great little cpu. I bought for my new build to hold me over till software catches up with the hardware out. Once more apps are quad ready I'll upgrade, but as of now most people are just wasting money on quads that their software packages can't utilize. Go smart go for a sixty dollar dual and spend the rest getting a solid system.

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N/A
Tech Level: somewhat high
Ownership: 1 week to 1 month
This user purchased this item from Newegg
5/29/2009 1:00:32 PM

Rating + 4 Works great.


Pros: Installed without any issues. I haven't tried any OCing yet. Probably won't until I'm sure it will run ok. I have used AMD processors for years and wouldn't change for anything else at this point.

Cons: As stated in other part reviews for this build, my system doesn't seem to be running at full potential. Not sure if it is my current combo that's the problem or what. I just don't think it runs as fast as it should.

Other Thoughts: Still give a thumbs up for this processor. Everything installed without any problems. MoBo picked it up quickly.
Setup: ASRock A780GXE MoBo, 2GB 1066 memory, SATA WD HDD and LG burner. Using onboard video until add-on card arrives.

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