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Collin L.
Tech Level: somewhat high
Ownership: 1 day to 1 week
This user purchased this item from Newegg
10/24/2006 5:42:26 PM

Rating + 5 Quite decent


Pros: Very zippy on applications compared to the previous I***l Celeron D system that I had before. I put it into a Shuttle SK21G and I have to say that it runs very cool, around 30c. I have played lower end games like Warcraft III and The Sims 2 and I feel absolutely no lag along with me Radeon 9800 128 Pro.

Cons: Not a 3400 and came without a bow on the package.

Other Thoughts: Good for what ails ye. I could have done better, but I wasn't looking for the UB3R 1337 gaming machine, so this'll do me for now.

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Little Bo Peep
Tech Level: somewhat high
Ownership: 1 week to 1 month
10/15/2006 6:28:37 PM

Rating + 5 Great CPU and Great Deal


Pros: 64 bit CPU
Very good price/performance ratio
Excellent upgrade from Athlon XP

Cons: Socket 754 limits upgrade options, i.e. no support for X2 cpus

Other Thoughts: I got this when Newegg included the free motherboard. I chose the NForce 3 250 Biostar. It allowed me to upgrade an ageing Athlon XP Barton system while re-using the AGP card and Ram. A very cheap upgrade that breathed new life into a sluggish system. Great deal Newegg!!!!

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mike
Tech Level: high
Ownership: more than 1 year
10/5/2006 2:47:02 PM

Rating + 3 great proc


Pros: very fast, im a gamer and it plays my games great blows the doors off my p4 1.5

Cons: the only con is that this proc is
old no sli support,and that i cant take full avantage of games like fear,it'll run it but you'll
get like 24 fps

Other Thoughts: should have went with i**el

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N/A
Tech Level: average
Ownership: 1 month to 1 year
This user purchased this item from Newegg
6/25/2006 9:11:32 AM

Rating + 4 not to shabby


Pros: works good w/games a little better than my 64 sempron 3100.could be the L2?

Cons: scored 5277 on 3dmark05 cpu test.my sempron scored 4779 on same test oc to 2520 on both cpu's

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N/A
Tech Level: somewhat high
Ownership: 1 day to 1 week
This user purchased this item from Newegg
6/23/2006 1:58:50 PM

Rating + 5 64 bit ftw


Pros: Easiest processor to install yet. Its 64 bit so that will be good for the new windows. And its nice and quick and keeps cooled very well.

Cons: None

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weAponX
Tech Level: high
Ownership: 1 day to 1 week
This user purchased this item from Newegg
6/22/2006 5:42:18 PM

Rating + 5 Kick Ar$e CPU!


Pros: First off, this CPU glides right in to the MB and the Heat Sink clips right in: Easy to install. If you get the Retail Box with the actual AMD Heat Sink Included, there is fantastic heat transfer between the chip and the heat-sink. Even with the case open, the temp never went above 100º F - Even while doing multiple compression ops and high res imaging rendering functions. Low Heat and there is no stalling during program installations: something that happens often with Celeron and Pentium systems: Sometimes C's and P's "Stall" after a setup routine decompresses the setup files into the temp folder, right before the setup routine initialises. All 32 ops are nice and smooth, can't wait ot see how 64-bit proggys are handled, if these 32-bit pieces of code work this great, then even better for x64.

Cons: Kind of expensive, but even the 754 Semprons are better than any Celeron D for "Dud"- More expensive, but worth it.

Other Thoughts: This was my first 64-bit computer: I chose this Processor and 1 Gig of Kingston ValueRAM to power the MSI MBOX K8MM-V Combo, everything went in like a baby's Byoo-Tox: Used XP x64 edition, and am gonna try Vista x64 for the next one I build. I was told that for 32-bit apps, this configuration would be slow. NOT! It is faster than snot. All of my apps are 32 bit apps except for the IE that comes with XP x64. This thing bench-marked pretty high in Everest, something like 2 gig or above read and write rate, and latency was one of the first 4 lowest results. The few faster Systems were a few dual core Athlons and that 4 gig Pentium EE thing. This is non-overclocked, mind you, can't wait to crank this emeffer up. I am hoping that AMD continues to make Socket 754's for some time to come.

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N/A
Tech Level: high
Ownership: 1 day to 1 week
This user purchased this item from Newegg
6/21/2006 7:48:09 PM

Rating + 5


Pros: Terrific speed for the price, my socket 939 version runs at 2.4GHz, wish the mobo this one is in had voltage/fsb settings in BIOS

Cons: (Common to all socket 754s) no dual channel memory support, for what it's worth

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cory
Tech Level: low
Ownership: 1 week to 1 month
This user purchased this item from Newegg
6/21/2006 9:55:58 AM

Rating + 5 hellofagood


Pros: i bought this processor for my computer and ever sence ive got it its been GREAT so if u are looking for a reliable proccesor for not a lot of money u should get this one

Cons: NONE!!!!!

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Ninefoot3
Tech Level: high
Ownership: 1 day to 1 week
This user purchased this item from Newegg
6/19/2006 8:21:14 PM

Rating + 5 Rock-n-Roll


Pros: Nice chip. Runs everything nicely. Keeps up with my 3700. Nice price for a full-function cpu.

Cons: HS/Fan seems a tad on the wimpy side. My Alpha beat it up and tooks it's lunch money then gave it a wedgie.

Other Thoughts: 3200+ cpu drops to 10 bucks less than this 3000 the day after I purchased it (for my nephew's pc)

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Spoon
Tech Level: average
Ownership: 1 week to 1 month
This user purchased this item from Newegg
6/16/2006 5:58:10 AM

Rating + 5 Works Great!


Pros: Works well, easy install.

Cons: None

Other Thoughts: I went from a Semperon 2600 to this chip. It is faster but not as much as I had hoped.

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kirbalo
Tech Level: high
Ownership: 1 week to 1 month
This user purchased this item from Newegg
6/13/2006 5:12:59 PM

Rating + 5 Very Cool...


Pros: Very Cool running. I haven't OC'd as of yet, but as it's not my gaming PC, I see no reason. It is running F@H (50%)and SETI/Einstein (25%/25%) 24/7 since building, and hasn't missed a step.

Cons: None...wish I had this Venice die rev. when the socket 754's came out...

Other Thoughts: I mounted this in an Asus K8N-E mobo with Stock HSF in a Generic case with good air circulation. In a 24C ambient room, Temps are 29C MB, 44C @ Full Load, Stock fan @ 1500RPM

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DarkHighwayMusic
Tech Level: somewhat high
Ownership: 1 month to 1 year
This user purchased this item from Newegg
6/13/2006 4:30:40 AM

Rating + 5 The Good Chip


Pros: As you can see by all the positive reviews that this chip works well. My story is no exception. I have been running this chip since January in a music production setting. I upgraded from an Athalon 1.3G from 2000 and a K6/2 before that. As you can see I like AMD chips. They are stable and reliable. The Venice has brought me joy from the first I fired it up.

Cons: None so far. Was more expensive at the time I made my purchase.

Other Thoughts: Asus K8N, Cooler Master Centurian 5 w/ 1Gb Patriot DDR ram. Dual monitors, Echo Layla sound card, DVD-R, CR-R, 20 in one Card Reader. 320Gb and 80Gb WD Caviar SE SATA.

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Rick
Tech Level: somewhat high
Ownership: 1 month to 1 year
This user purchased this item from Newegg
6/10/2006 11:51:17 AM

Rating + 5 Update


Pros: Very nice chip

Cons: none

Other Thoughts: Make sure to upgrade to the May 2006 Athlon 64 device driver for XP that you can download from the AMD site. It made a significant improvement in my chip's performance. If you don't know how to overclock, this is a good way to tweak your system's performance.

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N/A
Tech Level: high
Ownership: more than 1 year
6/7/2006 12:07:07 PM

Rating + 5


Pros: Installed many of these processors in computers, I've always been happy with their performance.

Cons: none

Other Thoughts: If you're looking for a great computer, add a gig of ram to this and you'll have a great piece of art!

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twiddler
Tech Level: high
Ownership: 1 month to 1 year
This user purchased this item from Newegg
6/6/2006 9:49:26 AM

Rating + 5 Best Overclocker


Pros: This cpu overclocks so easy. Brings new life to the socket 754.

Cons: Not compatible with all motherboards. Check your board first.

Other Thoughts: I overclocked this chip to 2.4Ghz with the stock heat/sink with no problems. I know it will go higher, some have gone upto 2.7Ghz. This is like buying an athlon 64 3800 for a fraction of the cost.

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oddtheory
Tech Level: average
Ownership: 1 month to 1 year
This user purchased this item from Newegg
6/6/2006 2:34:38 AM

Rating + 4 Good Deal


Pros: I got this processor because it was pretty cheap and I already had a 1.8ghz that I liked. So I stuck the 2.0ghz in my main computer and the 1.8ghz went in the backup. Everything works great.

Cons: none that I can see.

Other Thoughts: At first I was wondering if this thing was gunna work lol. To my supprise everything was a success. I luv NewEgg!

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zacuke
Tech Level: high
Ownership: 1 month to 1 year
This user purchased this item from Newegg
5/30/2006 8:49:07 PM

Rating + 5 Nice Processor


Pros: Fast, AMD brand, normal computer use doesn't phase it. The CPU is definitely not the bottleneck any longer.

Cons: Not dual core? 64bit driver support is still limited...

Other Thoughts: AMD forever!

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ZAZZ
Tech Level: high
Ownership: 1 month to 1 year
This user purchased this item from Newegg
5/26/2006 8:54:24 PM

Rating + 5 Excellence


Pros: Fast - especially running win xp x64; decent price

Cons: none so far

Other Thoughts: A good blend of performance and price

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N/A
Tech Level: high
Ownership: 1 week to 1 month
5/25/2006 9:44:33 PM

Rating + 5 Very Fast


Pros: The chip is very fast. With 2GB of memory in the motherboard, it zips through the internet and programs without any hesitation.

Cons: AMD quality is not as good as Intel. I never had an Intel CPU going bad, but I have experienced two AMD failures. Both occurred after the three year warranty.

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eddie
Tech Level: average
Ownership: 1 month to 1 year
This user purchased this item from Newegg
5/23/2006 8:49:14 AM

Rating + 5 it's worth it


Pros: its runs adobe photoshop like a toy,with only 256mb of ram!!(pc2100) and i can still multitask while running it! dam now i know why my friend said amd is better than intel even if intel's clock speed is faster and the processors cheap (i guess there cheat since they know they don't really performe the way AMD DOES!!!!!!at lower clock speeds

Cons: i didn't know this socket was going out and didn't save more $ to get 93? other than that no problem

Other Thoughts: i thought the system was default yet i noticed it was the ram thats why i couldn't run xp so i need to get new ram cuz al i did was change it from the socket and it started working, or could it have been the socket? idk

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B-Jiggy
Tech Level: high
Ownership: 1 month to 1 year
5/19/2006 8:22:25 PM

Rating + 5 good proc!


Pros: 3000+ Venice 754 (2.0Ghz default @ 270x10)

got mine up to 2.7Ghz (270x10) at 1.6V

idle @30degC
mid @40degC
high @50degC

I'm expecting these results to DROP as the summer heat and humidity set in, (Pennsylvania USA)...

Using on an Epox 8NPA-SLi board with 2x1GB Patriot RAM 1T 2.4,4,6,3 Trc 7T at 225Mhz

Good 'clocker for the moolah...

Cons: can't up the multi ;)

is there a secret BIOS to up V?...
if so H2O and high cpuV would rock.. Much thermal headroom to this chip.

Other Thoughts: socket 745 last stand?

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N/A
Tech Level: high
Ownership: 1 week to 1 month
This user purchased this item from Newegg
5/13/2006 6:15:48 PM

Rating + 4 Not Bad


Pros: Plenty of speed, loads OS alot faster, gaming looks way better.

Cons: Made for a dying socket.

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Koss817
Tech Level: average
Ownership: 1 week to 1 month
This user purchased this item from Newegg
5/13/2006 5:55:52 PM

Rating + 5 AMD Athlon 64 3000+


Pros: This is my second AMD Athlon cpu...The first one died on me with a new mobo...But nonetheless, so far it's been excellent...

Cons: None yet....

Other Thoughts: This is a socket 754 cpu...It's going to be out dated probably in a few years, if it isn't already, however I do highly recommend this cpu!!

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rpandis
Tech Level: high
Ownership: 1 day to 1 week
This user purchased this item from Newegg
5/9/2006 5:43:22 PM

Rating + 5 Great for Over Clocking!


Pros: Fast, quick, and cool. Overclocked to 2.5 right out of the box @ 41c under load. Ordered it thursday and received it tuesday, way to go Fed-Ex. Newegg processing was great, shipped 3 hours after I ordered it.

Cons: It's a 754 so it has the dual channel memory limitation, but it's not the cpu's fault.

Other Thoughts: Runs smooth on an Asus K8N, 250 x 10, HT x3, and 1 gig memory running at 208mhz This was an upgrade from a sempron 2600+ and the difference is huge! Runs 2 instances of an MMO, firefox, winamp, messanger, and all the usual start up programs without skipping a beat, all on stock cooling. And at this price, can you really say no?

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Bin Cue
Tech Level: high
Ownership: 1 day to 1 week
This user purchased this item from Newegg
5/6/2006 1:24:13 PM

Rating + 5 Sweet!


Pros: Easy install. Cool and easy to o/c. Running at 37c with stock cooling.

Cons: Socket 754 (Whaah!)

Other Thoughts: If you're stuck with a 754 mobo like me, then get this cpu. Otherwise, sc the mobo and go with a 939. At least you can get dual channel and pci-e.

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go43dfx
Tech Level: somewhat high
Ownership: 1 week to 1 month
This user purchased this item from Newegg
5/2/2006 8:02:37 PM

Rating + 4 Power fo the Buck


Pros: Bang for the Buck

Cons: n/a

Other Thoughts: Upgraded from Semp 3100+ to this on both my BF2 PCs. No huge noticeable improvement but definitley helps Framerates during heavy action.

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Louse76
Tech Level: high
Ownership: 1 day to 1 week
This user purchased this item from Newegg
4/28/2006 5:06:55 AM

Rating + 5 Awesome Value, Extremely Overclockable


Pros: Extremely Overclockable. Currently 2700MHz at 1.63v. Will do a little higher, but not worth slowing down the memory, since my HTT caps at 300MHz. Still runs pretty cool, but I wish I could get CnQ to work without locking up at this setting.

Cons: Still runs pretty cool (40's C), but I wish I could get CnQ to work without locking up at this setting.

Other Thoughts: Not all that much different than my Sempron 3000+ at same clock speed.

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N/A
Tech Level: high
Ownership: 1 week to 1 month
4/27/2006 6:37:45 PM

Rating + 5 Great


Pros: works excellent for gaming and runs cool at 30 celcius. comes with 512mb L2 cache which is nice. Processor can easily go to 2.4 ghz overclocked with a better heatsink

Cons: the heatsink/fan had a cheap tightening knob and was basically annoying.

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Voice_of_Reason
Tech Level: high
Ownership: 1 day to 1 week
This user purchased this item from Newegg
4/27/2006 3:19:50 PM

Rating + 5 Good Value!


Pros: Best value CPU, best bang for your buck. Works flawlessly, speedy quick! Super easy to install.

Cons: Non, except they are a pain to take off...(at least my previous sempron was)

Other Thoughts: used this CPU to replace my Sempron 2600, and to Oblivionify my computer. it does it well, up to reccomended performance.

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Sapper2ID
Tech Level: average
Ownership: 1 week to 1 month
4/27/2006 5:57:17 AM

Rating + 5 Great Value


Pros: Went to 2.3 ghz right out of the box on stock cooler and volts at 32c. +5c playing BF2 for hours. Saved myself $50 over a 3200+ and sse3 instructions to boot. CPU-Z shows just what is advertised.

Cons: Hate UPS, just too cheap to pass up.

Other Thoughts: MSI K8Neo3-F
1 gig PC3200 @2-4-4-7
MSI 6600GT PCIE
200 gig Maxtor SATA
430 Thermaltake
Liteon DL DVD

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MechMasterC
Tech Level: high
Ownership: 1 month to 1 year
4/26/2006 1:58:04 PM

Rating + 5 Great Chip, Rock Solid


Pros: This is a great chip, stays crunchy even in milk. Oc'ed to 2.4 ghz with stock cooling - runs stable, not a hitch. Gives me a CPU score on Aquamark3 of 10,113. Not too bad if you ask me. I LURV this chip! Would I buy another one? You betcha!

Cons: No cons whatsoever

Other Thoughts: AMD is the best and so are their CPUs.

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Victoria
Tech Level: high
Ownership: 1 week to 1 month
This user purchased this item from Newegg
4/23/2006 2:00:16 AM

Rating + 4 So far so good


Pros: E6 Stepping,800Mhz FSB, Overclockable, I through some Arctic Silver 5 on this chip and installed it.Idle Temps are from 28C to 33C.

Cons: Despite it being an AMD and having a higher FSB/L1 Cache, my 4 year old Intel Pentium 4 Northwood (socket 478/300MHZ FSB)is evenly matched with this CPU(Performace Wise) unless this CPU is overclocked.

Other Thoughts: Other than that this is a good alternative for some one coming off of a Packard H*ll(Like I did), without spending the extra $5X.xx+ for a good socket 939 Cpu.

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COMPUTER TECH
Tech Level: high
Ownership: 1 day to 1 week
This user purchased this item from Newegg
4/21/2006 7:22:22 PM

Rating + 5 GREAT


Pros: GREAT PROCESSOR This chip is REALLY FAST. Video,games you name it and this chip can take it.

Cons: NONE

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N/A
Tech Level: high
Ownership: 1 month to 1 year
This user purchased this item from Newegg
4/21/2006 4:50:08 PM

Rating + 5 Best A64 for overclocking on socket 754


Pros: Venice core, E6 memory controller, runs cool, low voltage, easy to overclock on stock cooling.

Cons: 512kB L2 cache, single channel memory controller, socket 754 doesn't provide the performance of socket 939.

Other Thoughts: This is an awesome chip for overclocking, and overall I can't say enough good things about it.
I have mine overclocked to 2.4GHz 1.45v: temps are 30c idle 40c load on stock cooling, could easily hit 2.7GHz with watercooling.
If you are building a new socket 754 system, or upgrading from a Sempron, and want to overclock and save money, this is THE chip to get. The bang for the buck on this chip is unbelievable.
It has the latest revision memory controller and instruction set.
No need for any aftermarket cooling, saving you even more money.
Pay the price of a 3000+ but get the performance of a 3800+.

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John
Tech Level: high
Ownership: 1 month to 1 year
This user purchased this item from Newegg
4/20/2006 8:40:13 AM

Rating + 5 Best Processor In The WORLD!!!


Pros: I love this thing, all the games I through at it, it eats them up and asks for more!!! Great Processor for Games like FarCry, HL2, CS:S, and others. I got it in like 2 days, Good going UPS. And as always, NEWEGG ROCKS!!!

Cons: None what so ever!!!

Other Thoughts: Great Price for an AMD! I wonder how far can it go in overclocking?

System Specs:
AMD Athlon 64 3000+ E6 Socket754
ASRock K8 Upgradable VM800 Socket 754 Motherboard
1Gb(2x512) Patriot DDR400 Memory
EVGA GeFORCE 6600GT(AGP)
450W PSU
RAIDMAX X-1 Gaming Case
Logitech LX300 wireless combo set
80GB HDD, Floppy, CD-RW, and DVD-RW,etc.

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NeVeRLiFt
Tech Level: high
Ownership: 1 week to 1 month
This user purchased this item from Newegg
4/19/2006 2:15:04 AM

Rating + 5 Awesome CPU!!


Pros: This is one cool and super nice CPU!
This thing overclocked to 2.74ghz on the stock heatsink and Prime95 stable.. a beast!!!
Very stable and fast, all my games are so smooth and the PC is very fast and responsive while doing heavy multi-tasking.

Cons: none

Other Thoughts: Took 1.65v to get her Prime95 stable but she idles around 38-41c and does 56c under full load running Prime torture test.

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bmgsales
Tech Level: somewhat high
Ownership: 1 week to 1 month
This user purchased this item from Newegg
4/18/2006 9:40:00 PM

Rating + 5 Cant slow it down!!!


Pros: This chip is REALLY FAST. Video,games you name it and this chip can take it. Great deal and great shipping!!!

Cons: No

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chuck
Tech Level: somewhat high
Ownership: more than 1 year
4/17/2006 6:02:49 PM

Rating + 5 Best 754


Pros: 2.25 with no problems, just bumped up clock speed no change in volts, with 9800se and 1gb of ram can run F.E.A.R on meduim with a few slowdowns, which i think is pretty impresive. Good proc best one of 754 socket

Cons: no upgradeablilty

Other Thoughts: Get a 939

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leet
Tech Level: somewhat high
Ownership: 1 week to 1 month
This user purchased this item from Newegg
4/17/2006 4:29:22 PM

Rating + 5 AWSOME


Pros: 2.0 ghz can compare with the 3.0 ghz P4 with HT and this outperforms it like a knife trough butter been playing some good games with this processors and also multitasked with it NO SLOWDOWN

Cons: NONE why should it wen AMD and Newegg is awsome and they have the best deal arround

Other Thoughts: its a keeper

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Sabester
Tech Level: somewhat high
Ownership: more than 1 year
This user purchased this item from Newegg
4/17/2006 10:06:18 AM

Rating + 5 Fast Brain Power For Gaming


Pros: Never had a problem. My Motherboard even burned out and I replaced it and it STILL was the best!

Cons: Natta this is a great CPU.

Other Thoughts: Would recommend for XP, Games, Internet, Office, and Digital software and media.

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N/A
Tech Level: high
Ownership: 1 month to 1 year
This user purchased this item from Newegg
4/17/2006 8:08:10 AM

Rating + 5 This thing rocks.....


Pros: Great overclocker, not alot of volts needed, good temps....

Cons: None......

Other Thoughts: Me and a couple friends purchased these to replace our old New Castle core cpus and they didn't dissapoint, the lowest one of the group clocked to 2.4ghz no problem and I was able to get mine up to 2.65 stable, that's darn impressive for air cooling, as always great service from newegg.

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N/A
Tech Level: average
Ownership: 1 day to 1 week
This user purchased this item from Newegg
4/16/2006 5:00:06 PM

Rating + 5 AMAZING


Pros: AMAZING. It boots up 30 seconds after entering my password. It games great.

Cons: None

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Rick
Tech Level: somewhat high
Ownership: 1 month to 1 year
This user purchased this item from Newegg
4/15/2006 10:53:20 PM

Rating + 5 A very nice cpu


Pros: Excellent horsepower to handle whatever I ask of it. I believe this is the best of the 754 cpus, and an inexpensive way to upgrade from an older system.

Cons: You can find faster processors, but they're much more expenisve. I have no criticism of this cpu.

Other Thoughts: I upgrade about every 4 years, just when the technology is about to be replaced, so it's cheap, and get the best of what's been developed. I'm using this on an Abit KV-85 board which found it with no problem, and the performance diagnostics that came with Norton Utilities show the cpu consistently performs in the 90+ percentile across various tasks.

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N/A
Tech Level: somewhat high
Ownership: 1 month to 1 year
4/14/2006 2:35:07 PM

Rating + 5 Great CPU


Pros: I bought this CPU for my new barebones system (Asus Pundit P2-AE2). My old system uses a 1.1GHz AMD Duron CPU, so this was a huge step up in performance for me. No problems with the CPU at all. Just plugged it in, and it worked. I have always liked AMD products, they execute faster and cooler than most similar Intel CPUs. This Venice core AMD CPU is 90nm and runs at only ~55W.

Cons: None.

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Blake
Tech Level: average
Ownership: 1 month to 1 year
This user purchased this item from Newegg
4/12/2006 7:38:05 PM

Rating + 5 Great for the money


Pros: Cheap, easy to overclock

Cons: 754?

Other Thoughts: Nice proccessor, runs very cool, easy to overclock

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David
Tech Level: high
Ownership: 1 week to 1 month
4/12/2006 3:09:22 PM

Rating + 5 Great CPU


Pros: I have yet to find an AMD CPU I didn't like. AMD is all I'll buy.

Cons: None!

Other Thoughts: Why would anyone use anything else?

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N/A
Tech Level: somewhat high
Ownership: 1 month to 1 year
This user purchased this item from Newegg
4/11/2006 7:45:32 AM

Rating + 5 great CPU


Pros: great price, great shipping - good condition, good stock fan

Cons: not exactly cheap

Other Thoughts: sure they make cheaper CPUs, but this is fast, and high quality.
I have heard that most stock fans are not very good, but this one comes with a very good one, so no need to buy another unless you plan on overclocking quite a bit.

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Tupolev22m
Tech Level: high
Ownership: 1 month to 1 year
4/10/2006 12:33:32 PM

Rating + 5 King of 754


Pros: Mine overclocks to 2.7 with absolutely no problems, and the CPU isn't the limiting factor its the shoddy chipset on my motherboard. I'm sure I can take this one much further when I get a better mobo. Besides that, hasn't died on me yet, got it refurb but it works fantastic, I pity the sucker who returned this.

Cons: 754 doesn't have dual-channel, but anyone purchasing this should know that, and its not too much of a detriment anyways, just something that might be a little nicer.

Other Thoughts: For the price it ABSOLUTELY can't be beat.

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Cbuilder
Tech Level: high
Ownership: 1 day to 1 week
This user purchased this item from Newegg
4/6/2006 8:00:14 PM

Rating + 5 Great CPU!!


Pros: Very fast and easy to overclock.

Cons: None. It's an AMD

Other Thoughts: I overclocked this great CPU to 2.3GHz stable with no increase in voltage. Purchased with Gigabyte K8VM800M S754 MB.

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m4v1s
Tech Level: high
Ownership: 1 month to 1 year
4/5/2006 12:09:44 PM

Rating + 5 AMD rocks.


Pros: Awesome for medium gaming rig. Stock cooler keeps mine at ~20C at idle, 35C MAX after hours of gaming.

Cons: None

Other Thoughts: Coupled with Asus K8N-VM Mobo, 1.5 GB corsair value select RAM, eVGA 6800GS. This processor will last a long time.

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maverickmechanic
Tech Level: high
Ownership: 1 week to 1 month
This user purchased this item from Newegg
4/5/2006 8:39:58 AM

Rating + 5 Good, cheap processor


Pros: Just as expected, AMD delivered superior quality. I went the Intel way for a while, but for gaming (on the budget), AMD is the way. I am a college student, that can't afford to fork a lot of money for hardware upgrades, but for waht it is, this Athlon rocks. It plays Half Life 2 maxed out like a dream, Quake 4, and AOE3.

Cons: None thus far.

Other Thoughts: My system configuration is:
AMD Athlon 64 3000+
Gigabyte GA-K8U MoBo
1 Gb Corsair Ram
(soon 2 b upgraded) Nvidia 5200Fx vid card

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mnDude
Tech Level: high
Ownership: 1 month to 1 year
This user purchased this item from Newegg
3/30/2006 11:03:32 AM

Rating + 5 Good Budget CPU


Pros: Affordability and overclockability. I built two systems within the last month with this processor; one system I left running at stock speeds (for a relative), and the one I built for my son is running at 2.5GHz on stock heatsink/fan. Stable on all games and 3DMark05; idles at around 40C, load temps are around 47C-48C.

Cons: there are no cons - if you want a better processor, you spend more money.

Other Thoughts: I purchased one of the first 754 pin Athlon64s (130nm process?) over three years ago; the best overclocking I could do with that was to squeeze an extra 200MHz out of it. I'm mildly surprised at the overclockablily of the 90nm process.

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BMike
Tech Level: high
Ownership: 1 day to 1 week
3/27/2006 10:17:57 PM

Rating + 5 Amazing CPU


Pros: Fast, Cool, and Cheap

Cons: Cons? What cons??

Other Thoughts: This is so much faster and runs so much cooler than my Athlon XP 2600+.. 5 eggs for AMD and 5 eggs for newegg

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yiyidong
Tech Level: somewhat high
Ownership: 1 month to 1 year
This user purchased this item from Newegg
3/27/2006 6:49:56 PM

Rating + 5 very good processor


Pros: very good speed , very good for OC

Cons: none

Other Thoughts: this is a very good processor to buy!

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N/A
Tech Level: high
Ownership: 1 month to 1 year
3/25/2006 8:12:12 PM

Rating + 5 Pleased.


Pros: Great little CPU, I got it to OC to 2.4!!! This thing and keep up with my Dad's 939 3200 with ease!!

Cons: Cons on a AMD??? I THINK NOT!!!

Other Thoughts: I'm going to be getting a 754 3200 soon so ill be albe to get that up to 2.6 or more, I hope!

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N/A
Tech Level: high
Ownership: 1 day to 1 week
This user purchased this item from Newegg
3/25/2006 2:45:45 PM

Rating + 5 Good processor


Pros: This is my second same processor that I bought. First one is for my young bro and I noticed that this processor is satisfying to me so I bought another one for myself in order to built up my second PC tower as my back up tower. So it is great processor.

Cons: None

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zito
Tech Level: somewhat high
Ownership: 1 day to 1 week
This user purchased this item from Newegg
3/23/2006 1:11:07 PM

Rating + 5 wowzers


Pros: Amazing speed for price, rips away @ anything I throw at it.

Cons: -none-

Other Thoughts: OC'd to 2.45 without a problem and I have horrible 4 year old ram and PSU. :)

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N/A
Tech Level: high
Ownership: 1 week to 1 month
This user purchased this item from Newegg
3/22/2006 9:59:22 AM

Rating + 5


Pros: worked fine with a Biostar K8M800-M7A. It was as expected speed wise and what not.

Cons: none really, installation was a breeze as always

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Harshmage
Tech Level: high
Ownership: 1 month to 1 year
This user purchased this item from Newegg
3/22/2006 9:47:05 AM

Rating + 4 Lightning


Pros: Fast, and reliable. Only reason I reboot my system is because it's Windows.

Cons: Isn't pre-set at more than 2.0ghz. Some software dosen't understand what it's capable of.

Other Thoughts: If only 3ds Max understood what a 64 bit processor was....

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Vinnyty
Tech Level: high
Ownership: 1 week to 1 month
3/20/2006 4:19:03 AM

Rating + 5 ROCK SOLID!


Pros: Great processor. Cheap price, runs stable and cool.

Cons: I still dont like the way the stock AMD heatsinks go on.

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BONDO
Tech Level: somewhat high
Ownership: 1 week to 1 month
3/18/2006 9:18:04 PM

Rating + 5 VERY COOL.>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>


Pros: runs cool,good value, installed in a refurbed sff biostar 210 p
havnt overclocked yet running 30 - 37 stock costs much less than a comparable 939 runs much cooler then my socket A s great for a intermediate gaming and all around multi tasking pc

Cons: dosnt support dual channel mem

Other Thoughts: looking for low heaT
AT A GOOD PRICE POINT WITH SOME PUNCH ?.GET IT WHILE YOU CAN!

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oboecycle
Tech Level: high
Ownership: 1 month to 1 year
This user purchased this item from Newegg
3/18/2006 8:38:38 PM

Rating + 5 plays nice


Pros: 1. Cheap
2. Runs 2.4 Ghz on Zalman air easy, little to no increase in temp (~39C) @1.4V
3. Requires less juice than the Newcastle that I passed down to little sis.
4. CPU Benchmark scores in Sisoft over an FX-53, nearly FX-55.

Cons: none

Other Thoughts: So tweakable on
DFI Lanparty
2x512 Ballistix DDR4000
Antec TruePower430
Thank you newegg!

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mrpsychology
Tech Level: high
Ownership: 1 day to 1 week
This user purchased this item from Newegg
3/16/2006 10:36:43 AM

Rating + 5 AMD 754 venice


Pros: It is an outstanding cpu for the money, it is perceptively faster than the 3000+ Barton it replaced. It keeps awesome temps too, and is fast and reliable like alll the other AMD cpus I have installed on the machines I have built. For $xxx it is a great deal, especially with the 3 year warranty. Beats teh hell out of the oem's who want to charge in excess of $xxx or more dollars to extend a warranty to 2 year lol And the 3 year being included in the price just makes it outstanding.

Cons: I truly cannot say there are any cons to any of the AMD processors I have used in the systems I have built.

Other Thoughts: Athlon64 line of cpus are outstanding, the xp barton was good too as well as the thorougbred. I don't overclock as a norm, but the athlon64 definitely overclocks better than the Barton. A great line of cpus. The Turion is a good cpu too, I have used the ML-28 and the ML-32 currently.

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ANGRYBeAVER
Tech Level: somewhat high
Ownership: 1 week to 1 month
3/15/2006 11:32:19 AM

Rating + 5 WOWSER!!!!!


Pros: Great Price, Venice Core, 2Ghz compared to the 1.8 for S939 which is also more expensive. Has E6. Overclocks nicely. Runs cool thanks to Venice core. A very happy camper.

Cons: None really, because i already knew it was S754 and thats what I needed.

Other Thoughts: Paired with a ASUS K8N OC'ed @ 2.5ghz. And Arctic Silver 5 with a Zalman CNPS-Cu cooler. Runs cool at 35 degrees.It wouldnt OC on my ASUS board through BIOS but with Clockgen I got it up to 2.5 w/o voltage increae. That was probably because my PSU is garbage. Getting a new one soon off Newegg of course. Probably could OC higher :D if I increase voltage.

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Icculus74
Tech Level: average
Ownership: 1 day to 1 week
This user purchased this item from Newegg
3/13/2006 6:22:31 PM

Rating + 5 Nice Chip


Pros: This chip is awesome for low budget systems. I can't believe how much faster my system is. I would go with the 939 chip and board now though.

Cons: not a lot of boards or options on the existing boards

Other Thoughts: Newegg is awesome. Lowest prices I have found. Great customer support. The online chat help is an eggcellent feature for quick help. But it isn't available 24/7. Need to bring back the free shipping. I miss those days.

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Budget Gamer
Tech Level: somewhat high
Ownership: 1 week to 1 month
This user purchased this item from Newegg
3/13/2006 5:31:11 PM

Rating + 5 Best 754


Pros: This Thing completely out did my old Atholon 64 +3000 754 by a long shot this 754 runs and overclocks just like the 939 but I don't have good ram so I can only get it to 2.5 but I have so CORSAIR's on there way so I can't wait to see the full extant of this baby

Cons: There realy is no cos about this por.

Other Thoughts: The thing you need to look for is a borad that supports E6 steping because I put in a board that dosen't and had nothen but problems but now this thing rocks my socks

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Nullane
Tech Level: high
Ownership: 1 month to 1 year
3/12/2006 1:24:33 AM

Rating + 5 Excellent Processor


Pros: Speedy Processor, Faster than any 2.6-3.5ghz Intel. 20-30second Boot Time. Just as fast as its 939 counterpart. Also very cool. 24C under load and 19c idle, using stock HS.

Cons: only downside is that its socket is going out the door like socket A is...

Other Thoughts: Pair it with a bit of ram for best performance. Use the newest tochnology to get the most out of this power-packed processor.

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roaddog
Tech Level: high
Ownership: 1 week to 1 month
3/11/2006 12:27:10 PM

Rating + 5 GREAT


Pros: Fast!!!! Runs fast and better the my P4 2.0 Northwood and cooler, If you want a great CPU this is the one and plays all the high end games like Doom3 and so on

Cons: none

Other Thoughts: Awsome cpu

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nvidia_user
Tech Level: high
Ownership: 1 day to 1 week
This user purchased this item from Newegg
3/10/2006 10:45:26 AM

Rating + 5 Buy This NOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


Pros: This processor is a beast i had it overclocked to 2.6 ghz and it was exremely stable and still only running 33 degrees C

Cons: none

Other Thoughts: make sure if you going to overclock to have good cooling, a PSU and good ram

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maltux
Tech Level: somewhat high
Ownership: 1 day to 1 week
3/7/2006 11:35:10 AM

Rating + 4 fast and cool


Pros: Runs fast and cool.

Cons: Not free??

Other Thoughts: Very fast shipping and well packaged.

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N/A
Tech Level: high
Ownership: 1 week to 1 month
3/6/2006 9:42:48 PM

Rating + 5 Thank the Lord for this one


Pros: Low power requirements, (running at 1.35 vcore) Temps run 30 to 33c for the cpu and 31 to 33c for the mobo. Overclocking this cpu (not me) gets high #s and a low cpu temp, I put this cpu with a DFI lanparty ut nf3250 gb and its a match made in heaven. Put this in easy terms? JUST BUY IT!!!!

Cons: NONE for the retail cpu, but I never got the New Egg Sticker, yes I am crying, whinning and having a fit.

Other Thoughts: YOU WILL NOT BE SORRY TO BUY THIS ONE!!!!

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Nick
Tech Level: somewhat high
Ownership: 1 month to 1 year
This user purchased this item from Newegg
3/6/2006 12:42:27 PM

Rating + 5 Great value.


Pros: - Works great, no problems.

Cons: - Nothing.

Other Thoughts: Great processor for a budget build!

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Forrest
Tech Level: somewhat high
Ownership: less than 1 day
3/5/2006 10:47:54 AM

Rating + 5 Don't have it yet


Pros: I haven't bought this yet because I wanted to go with the 939 Venice 3000, But if I remember right the OF of the 939 is 1.8 and the 754 is 2.0. the FSB of the 754 is 800 and a 939 is 1000. So either a less OF or less FSB. I think I'll go with 754 mainly because of the price diffrence of the 754 and 939.

Cons: wouldn't know

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Wayne1
Tech Level: high
Ownership: 1 day to 1 week
This user purchased this item from Newegg
3/4/2006 5:24:35 PM

Rating + 5 Athlon 64


Pros: Get this CPU, Don't buy the Sempron spend the extra money and get A Athlon 64.

Cons: None

Other Thoughts: I should have done this sooner.

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Chad
Tech Level: average
Ownership: 1 week to 1 month
This user purchased this item from Newegg
3/1/2006 8:53:33 AM

Rating + 5 Awesome CPU


Pros: Fast! Matched with a Asus K8N mobo.
Runs cold with stock heatsink and fan. Temps at normal load:
CPU 28c/82f
Mobo 26c/78f
Vcore is at 1.4
Best BANG for the buck

Cons: None!

Other Thoughts: At the moment im running the junkiest ram (3 256mb generic 2700)
I can tell my bottleneck is the memory, so I will upgrade to nice new 2gb kit from kingston or corsair.

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MScott998
Tech Level: high
Ownership: 1 week to 1 month
This user purchased this item from Newegg
2/27/2006 4:07:22 PM

Rating + 4 Good


Pros: Great overclocker, got it to 2.4 with no real rise in temp.

Cons: Stability was kinda flaky, ran better overclocked than at default settings. Think it might have been the board. Waiting on replacement board.

Other Thoughts: AMD has awsome support. Called about the stability problems, and thet promply gave me RMA and said that i will get an upgrade at no extra cost because they are out of these, Highly recomended!!!

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moose
Tech Level: average
Ownership: 1 week to 1 month
This user purchased this item from Newegg
2/25/2006 1:07:37 PM

Rating + 5 Outstanding


Pros: 2Ghz!
Great choice for a budget gamer system.
Good choice for ANY budget system for that matter.
Ready for the new Windows Vista.

Cons: What cons?

Other Thoughts: MUCH faster than my older Athlon XP 1700+,blows my older one away in every way you can think of.

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N/A
Tech Level: high
Ownership: 1 day to 1 week
This user purchased this item from Newegg
2/24/2006 2:52:05 PM

Rating + 5 Outstanding choice for socket 754


Pros: I puchased this chip for a 754 system I was building based on my prior overclocking experience with venice cores on the 939 platform. I was not dissapointed. The chip is prime stable at 2.7Ghz @ 1.62vcore on my DFI UT 250GB. Great overclocker that runs nice and cool and sports the E6 memory controller as a bonus.

Cons: Nada

Other Thoughts: If you are looking for a cheap overclocker on the socket 754 platform you really only have 3 choices, newark core (expensive and not so easy to find), the mobile DTR's (naked so require bolt through cooling), or these venices...IMHO the venice wins hands down, cheap, and requires no special handling.

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ruisu
Tech Level: high
Ownership: 1 day to 1 week
2/24/2006 6:49:35 AM

Rating + 5 Can't Believe How High It Goes


Pros: I'm at [censor]MHz on air. The bad thing is I have Value Select RAM (DDR400). If I had some high octane RAM this thing would be over [censor]GHz easy. I got pictures of it... goto planet amd 64 and search for "LOOOOOL TY FOR VENICE ON S754", yeh I was excited.

Cons: None...

Other Thoughts: Only RAM can hold this chip back.

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Dims
Tech Level: high
Ownership: 1 month to 1 year
This user purchased this item from Newegg
2/23/2006 1:56:10 PM

Rating + 5 Fantastic chip!!


Pros: This is the third PC that I've built using a venice core A64. The venice with it's big brother San Diego are simply the best processors you can put in a desktop barring the more expensive X2 and FX chips. It overclocks nicely and is not a power hog. I build a cheap PC for my sister with this chip and it blows the doors off my very expensive work PC with the Pentium D chip and intel chipset for about a third of the price.

I won't put anything but AMD chips in any PC I build or upgrade.

Cons: Makes Intel look like a bunch of losers ;)

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NASCARFANS 848
Tech Level: average
Ownership: 1 day to 1 week
This user purchased this item from Newegg
2/17/2006 4:10:10 PM

Rating + 5 SMOKES A P4


Pros: GREAT, I mean intel cant make a cpu that will touch this, unless you want to spend 300 bucks, lol
put this cpu in a biostar tforce 6100 mobo for the ultimate buget gaming system

Cons: socket 754, but who cares

Other Thoughts: i've build 2 systems with this combo and had nothing but good luck, overclock well, just use good ram

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Ferd
Tech Level: average
Ownership: 1 week to 1 month
This user purchased this item from Newegg
2/16/2006 1:37:24 AM

Rating + 5 Cool running


Pros: Upgraded a system with a P4/2.66 proc and Gigabyte SINX1394 mobo with ATI 9700PRO card. NewEgg provided a low-cost ABIT NV8 mobo, PNY 6800GS and the Venice core Athlon64 3000+. Nice performance improvement in COD2 goes without saying... runs great with all the eye candy stuff up all the way and looks GOOD. Most importantly, though, the Venice 3000+ runs incredibly cool. At idle, it's at 27C in my Antec full tower and case fans turned down half way for quietude; with the Sandra burn-in routine I cannot get it higher than 35C with the stock HSF. COD2 doesn't get it up that far. The 90nm Venice core beats the old Newcastles still in the supply chain.

Cons: None at all for the CPU. Could have chosen a better mobo than the NV8, I suppose, but this is a very nice 'bargain' CPU that will keep a casual gamer on a budget way too happy. Thanks AMD... you too, NewEgg.

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PGD
Tech Level: high
Ownership: 1 week to 1 month
This user purchased this item from Newegg
2/15/2006 7:45:09 PM

Rating + 4 Nice upgrade if you already own a good quality 754 board and low-end CPU


Pros: Venice core, overclocks well, adds a little extra life to my DFI LanParty 250GB

Cons: Like LoneRanger, I too had problems with crushed packing material inside the box...very suprising. Since I already have a Zalman CuAl, I just cleaned the heat spreader but I was disappointed in the mess of green material all over the inside of the box. There was no evidence of damage to box leading me to believe it happened during packaging. Quality control issue @ AMD???

Other Thoughts: Running @ 2.5Ghz without a hitch and not a single BIOS adjustment other than slowing memory down to 333 and cranking FSB up to 250. Runs < 1.38 volts. I'm sure I could push further but there really is no point other than bragging rights.

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LoneRanger
Tech Level: high
Ownership: 1 week to 1 month
This user purchased this item from Newegg
2/15/2006 11:12:08 AM

Rating + 5 S754 Sleeper CPU


Pros: Excellent performance to price ratio.
Product received on time.
Massive overclock potential.
Low heat production(idle & load).
Quiet fan.
Easy installation.

Cons: AMD factory packaging is subpar.
AMD "thermal pad" and heatspreader contaminated with factory packaging particles.
Price dropped three dollars after purchase.

Other Thoughts: I purchased this CPU for a Biostar K8NHA-Grand motherboard I had been given. I am currently overclocking(25%)this CPU to 2.5GHz, using a 3% over-volt; until I reached my motherboard's HTT bus BIOS limit of 250MHz. This gives me a AMD PR rating of FX-55. I am sure this processor can do more. I would take an educated guess of a 33% or better overclock. Temperatures are ~27c(idle) & 41c(load).
The AMD factory, internal packaging seems to be and issue. Whether the damage ocurrs when shipped from AMD or somewhere in-between being stocked by Newegg, expect some damage to occur from the subpar material. However, the components(CPU, heatsink, & fan) should be fine. Be warned though, I would highly suggest you inspect the CPU heatspreader & thermal pad for contamination by packaging particles and clean if neccessary. Most hardcore builders will wipe the pad off anyway and apply a high quality compound. I did not, as I am still "out of the box" with this build.

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SJAndrew
Tech Level: high
Ownership: 1 month to 1 year
This user purchased this item from Newegg
2/14/2006 10:23:03 PM

Rating + 5 Works great at work


Pros: I was finally able to convince my boss that my old P3 866 system needed to go to pasture. I was a little leery about building a business PC using an Athlon64, but I have one @ home and it's been great. Needless to say, this one runs circles around my old system. I also LOVE the retail HS/F - it's so much quieter than the S478 P4 HS/F combo.

Cons: If I were building this for myself, I would have gone with the S939 instead of the S754. But, considering the upgrade cycle at my work is once per decade, that difference won't matter.

Other Thoughts: It's tough for this former Intel fanboy to admit it - but the Athlon64 is where it's at.

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PA_Prowler
Tech Level: high
Ownership: 1 day to 1 week
This user purchased this item from Newegg
2/13/2006 9:01:38 AM

Rating + 5 Thoroughly pleased!!! 5 Eggs!!!


Pros: 90nm means less heat, lower power requirement (51w). Perfect for compact microATX system. With stock HSF it idles at 27C and has stayed at 32C under full load. Performance is quite snappy. I see almost no difference between this CPU and my year old socket 939 3500+ Newcastle. This chip should easily overclock. Excellent value!

Cons: None performance-wise. . . AMD's inner packaging sucks. My unit was packed well by NewEgg. . . when I removed the AMD packaged box from the shipping box something was rattling inside. The green tub that the Heatsink/Fan was supposed to be secured in was completely demolished. Literally reduced to powder! Amazingly the hardware wasn't damaged. I blame AMD for this, as the outter packaging NewEgg shipped in was in pristine condition.

Other Thoughts: Don't be alarmed if the lever on the heatsink looks different than what is in the supplied documentation. AMD changed the design, eliminating the latch on the end of the lever. When you rotate the latch to 90 degrees to the right, it will securely hold the HSF.

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Brighton
Tech Level: somewhat high
Ownership: 1 month to 1 year
This user purchased this item from Newegg
2/5/2006 5:39:07 PM

Rating + 5 Great cpu


Pros: Quick, easy installation. Smoothly runs multiple programs

Cons: -

Other Thoughts: Purchased this for the first system I've completely assembled myself, and it's worked beautifully from day 1. Can easily run multiple programs and tab thru them with no hang-up. Haven't utilized the 64-bit capabilities yet, so I can't comment on that, but everything else about the cpu has been perfect. I really liked the thermal pad on the heatsink. I was worried about corectly applying the thermal grease, but instead the fan/heatsink had a "thermal pad" pre-applied that made installation of heatsink assembly a breeze.

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Serge
Tech Level: high
Ownership: 1 day to 1 week
This user purchased this item from Newegg
2/3/2006 12:02:26 PM

Rating + 5 What a OCer


Pros: What a great OCer. Got to 3Ghz with a Tforce6100 and wow this is on air. What more can I say this is the bomb. This is my FX-59 now. =P Ma hahahaha...

Cons: Are you kidding?

Other Thoughts: This is a venice just like the ones on 939's. Its perfect. It can take volts and OC like a dream. Better then my sempron OC big time from 2.4ghz with my sempron to a jump from a athlon 64 at 3ghz. I won't need a new cpu again. Plus it doesn't even run that hot overclocked with the right heatsink fan. Normaly it runs at 25C 30C full load stock. OCed to 50C at 3ghz.

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phreakindee
Tech Level: high
Ownership: 1 week to 1 month
This user purchased this item from Newegg
2/2/2006 10:39:00 PM

Rating + 5 Killer deal


Pros: Runs very cool, very fast, easily overclocked

Cons: none that matter for the price

Other Thoughts: With the Venice core, it runs at 33 degrees celcius when under a heavy load, with only the stock fan and heatsink! Really easy to overclock and stable at 2.16GHz easily.

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N/A
Tech Level: high
Ownership: 1 week to 1 month
1/31/2006 6:00:05 PM

Rating + 5


Pros: Overall... excellent processor..easily OC'd

Cons: Uh... none, at this point...

Other Thoughts: Excellent processor for the S754 platform... dropped right in replacing a Semp 2800 running at 250 FSB... my NF250 picked it up without a problem (..other than having to reset the BIOS and up the FSB..), but absolutely no problems...

NewEgg is great!!! If you can afford the extra two dollars, go with FedEx.. I've tried both and FedEx ususally gets my parts here a day earlier than expected and the box isn't all bashed up... this one came from NJ to OR in three days without a problem....

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kesuki
Tech Level: high
Ownership: 1 day to 1 week
This user purchased this item from Newegg
1/31/2006 5:40:41 AM

Rating + 5 I love this cpu


Pros: Great chip, low power, very cool, I replaced the 'stock' thermal compound with artic silver, and because of the proximity of my psu (dual fan) to the cpu fan I could probabbly go entirely passively cooled. very cool, I'm currently running at 27c at idle, and around 34-35c under load. with a 1500 rpm speed on the fan.

Cons: socket 754 has no upgrade path (unless you buy an asrock dual socket board) this is only a con for some people though.

Other Thoughts: With chips that run this cool available why do motherboard vendors insist on having a cpu fan installed?

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aries2110
Tech Level: somewhat high
Ownership: 1 day to 1 week
1/28/2006 11:01:08 PM

Rating + 5 Great


Pros: Excellent for the price. This little chip clips along a screaming pace. It outperforms a Pentium IV 3.2GHz/3.4GHz with no problems.

Cons: 512kb L2 cache... not really noticeable between this version and the socket 939 version... but still.

Other Thoughts: This chip is great. I get 30-40 FPS in F.E.A.R. My system is as follows:

BIOSTAR TForce6100 Socket 754 NVIDIA GeForce 6100 Micro ATX AMD Motherboard

AMD Athlon 64 3000+ Venice 800MHz FSB 512KB L2 cache socket 754

WINTEC AMPO 1GB DDR 400

SAPPHIRE Radeon X1600PRO 128MB

Western Digital Caviar SE 80GB 7200 RPM

With this equipment I can play F.E.A.R. with all medium/high settings.

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Kakirot
Tech Level: somewhat high
Ownership: less than 1 day
1/26/2006 8:59:16 PM

Rating + 4 Great Performance/Price Ratio


Pros: Much faster than my old P 4 1.6 GHZ.. Runs much cooler (38C per my case's temp display under the H/S) and simple to install (my first build from scratch)

Cons: only complaint is that socket 754 doesn't support dual-channel memory... should've saved and gone 939

Other Thoughts: was alot cheaper, at least xx bucks between mobo+cpu over socket 939

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dimmer
Tech Level: somewhat high
Ownership: 1 week to 1 month
This user purchased this item from Newegg
1/26/2006 6:49:15 PM

Rating + 5


Pros: low heat for sff cases. great heatsink design for easy installation.great bang for the buck with combo special.

Cons: none

Other Thoughts: lower heat output than sempron with twice the L2 cache

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N/A
Tech Level: high
Ownership: 1 day to 1 week
This user purchased this item from Newegg
1/23/2006 6:37:33 AM

Rating + 5


Pros: Very Fast, seems to be running cool. This is my third build using AMD - I put this one in a Shuttle case.

Cons: None at this time

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Audio_Mekanik
Tech Level: somewhat high
Ownership: 1 month to 1 year
1/18/2006 11:12:43 AM

Rating + 5


Pros: Asus A8n-sli mb= OC to 2.8 stable. I could go higher, but my mb won't supply the voltage. Running 2G OCZ at DDR333 = 440Mhz. Temp under full load 42 with Thermaltake CL-P0114 120mm Cooling Fan/Heatsink. 31 at idle. My processor runs cooler than my mb. Got it in 3 days, newegg rocks!

Cons: very affordable processing power, now my friends can get one!

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Zietleben
Tech Level: high
Ownership: 1 week to 1 month
This user purchased this item from Newegg
1/17/2006 7:43:03 AM

Rating + 5 WoW(not the game Either


Pros: This processor is amazing.I got it and imediatly pushed it to its limits. I was able to get 1.5 ghz stable on it with stock cooling and could get 1.7 with an added fan. I can do super pi in about 35 seconds wich really isnt bad for how cheap this processor is.I can ussually run it with temps like 26 c - 29 c great choice for budgeted gamer.Btw - out performs almost all my friends processors even some of the 200.00 ones

Cons: shipping. took forever. If i could go back in time i woulda paid the extra money for fedex!

Other Thoughts: Buy it and you wont regret it!

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m4v1s
Tech Level: somewhat high
Ownership: 1 day to 1 week
1/16/2006 5:38:16 PM

Rating + 5 Blazin fast


Pros: Runs fast and cool, inexpencive, overall a great processor. Idle temp is ~27C under full load it peaks at 31C

Cons: None

Other Thoughts: Very strong CPU, even though the socket 754 is oudated, I would buy this chip again and again.

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Hammer
Tech Level: average
Ownership: 1 week to 1 month
This user purchased this item from Newegg
1/15/2006 7:22:32 PM

Rating + 5 Very Good And Cheap


Pros: well i'm not a pro but with my abit nf8 board and 2 gb vicking ram it purrs i'm using the stock fan and after buring 3 movies back to back stayed 91 deg.

Cons: none at the time

Other Thoughts: great for a gamer system.
as i said before
12 DAYS FOR UPS 3 DAY SHIPPING NEEDS TO IMPROVE I'LL USE FEDX NEXT TIME

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JP
Tech Level: high
Ownership: 1 day to 1 week
This user purchased this item from Newegg
1/14/2006 10:28:48 PM

Rating + 5 Better than expected


Pros: Runs fast and cool.
Newegg has the best service!

Cons: none

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