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Shyam Kumar
Tech Level: average
Ownership: 1 month to 1 year
This user purchased this item from Newegg
1/3/2008 9:57:09 AM

Rating + 5 Fast processor for ordinary use; more than adequate stock fan


Pros: No problems during and after installation. The stock thermal pad / paste appears more than adequate.

While burning DVD's, using TV tuner etc. the CPU temperature does not exceed 36 deg Celsius (97 deg F).

Cons: None noted yet, in 9 months of moderate use.

Other Thoughts: No fast or slow games in use. So, have no idea of CPU temperatures etc. under those circumstances.

Installed in a MSI motherboard and an Antec 1650 case, with no side fan.

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N/A
Tech Level: high
Ownership: 1 day to 1 week
This user purchased this item from Newegg
12/1/2007 3:12:33 AM

Rating + 5 Fast CPU, heatsink/fan is quiet


Pros: Installed with no problems, BIOS IDed the CPU. Heatsink/fan is quiet.

Cons: None

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Mackowitz
Tech Level: average
Ownership: 1 week to 1 month
This user purchased this item from Newegg
11/29/2007 10:37:23 PM

Rating + 5 Excellent Processor


Pros: Great value processor for a new Vista system for my sister. Paired up with 2GB OCZ RAM and a Gigabyte 690G motherboard.

Cons: Heatsink. Thought with this being the 65W version stock HS would be okay. Temps got a little too high (55 full load in Orthos) in my Ultra MicroFly case. Bigger case would probably work okay for temps, but I had to add a heatpipe cooler to get temps down where I wanted them.

Other Thoughts: Wanted low wattage CPU and chose this over Brisbanes because the 2.4ghz works for DDR2-800. The 2.1 or 2.3Ghz parts give you DDR2-700 or DDR2-767. Not that it really matters much. Cool n quiet is interesting. CPU throttles to 1000 mhz, and Ram goes to 1000/5 = 200 mhz (DDR2-400). So I guess cool n quiet is underclocking both the CPU and RAM to save power. Nice touch. This system runs at about 60 watts (from the wall) idle, perfect for an always on system.

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N/A
Tech Level: high
Ownership: 1 day to 1 week
This user purchased this item from Newegg
11/27/2007 6:44:35 AM

Rating + 5


Pros: Big improvement over my old Athlon XP 2700+. PCMark scores doubled. Stock HSF seems to cool the CPU just fine.

Cons: None.

Other Thoughts: Pair with with 2GB of DDR2-800 and you're good to go.

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kameleon
Tech Level: high
Ownership: 1 month to 1 year
11/26/2007 9:15:31 AM

Rating + 5 Great CPU for mediapc's


Pros: Has been running flawlessly for almost 2 months now. Serving up media via dual core is cool.

Cons: Currently out of stock as of this writing. :(

Other Thoughts: System Specs:
GIGABYTE GA-MA69GM-S2H
AMD Athlon 64 X2 4600+ 65W AM2 2.4Ghz
1GB (2x512MB) A-Data DDR2 800 ADQVE1908K
LOGISYS PS480D2 480W PSU
WD 160GB SATA HD
Philips dvd+/-rw ata drive
Running Mythbuntu 7.10 with a Streamzap PC remote
Output via HDMI to a Sharp Aquos 42" LCD panel

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trickpa50
Tech Level: somewhat high
Ownership: 1 week to 1 month
This user purchased this item from Newegg
11/24/2007 6:23:15 PM

Rating + 5 Nice Processor


Pros: Low power use equals cool temps.
Dual core. Decent speed and onboard cache

Cons: None so far

Other Thoughts: Nice CPU keeps cool with low power use. Handles what I use the computer for, Burning DVD's, CD's, some game playing and every day use.

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ClagMaster
Tech Level: somewhat high
Ownership: 1 week to 1 month
This user purchased this item from Newegg
11/23/2007 9:25:46 PM

Rating + 5 Good Processor to Upgrade the Pastor's Ailing Computer


Pros: What I like about this processor is it provides good value. The processor has plenty of performance for office content creation. I like the Cool n' Quiet features of this processor, providing a capacity for even lower power consumption. The provided heatsink/fan is adequate and controls die temperatures well. During Prime95 testing, die temperatures did not exceed 35C after 1 hour of operation with both cores at 2.4 GHz.

Cons: There are none.

Other Thoughts: I purchased the AMD 64 X2 4600+ processor as part of a upgrade project to modernize my Pastor's ailing six year old computer. The Cool'n Quiet drivers control frequency from 800Mhz to 2.4 GHz. During periods when the PC is idle, temperatures from the PC case and Power supply are very cool. The AMD 64 X2 4600+ is perfect for economical upgrading an office computer to current technology. The completed Pastor PC upgrade: ASUS M2A-VM 690G AM2 Mobo, AMD Athlon 64 X2 4600+ (65W) CPU, Mushkin 996529R 2GB DDR2-800 Memory, Pioneer DVR-112D DVD Combo Burner, Seagate 250GB ST3250310AS Harddrive, Seasonic SS-300 SFD SFX12V Power supply, and Windows XP Home.

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RedHeron
Tech Level: average
Ownership: 1 month to 1 year
This user purchased this item from Newegg
11/23/2007 6:11:17 PM

Rating + 5 Awesome Performance


Pros: No compatibility issues with the Foxconne mobo that I purchased to go with it, particularly with running on Ubuntu Linux. Dual core 64-bit CPU's are difficult to find software for, but Linux seemed to have no issue with it whatsoever.

Cons: Runs a little warm, even for an AMD, but the included fan seems to be doing the job in spite of high in-home temperatures.

Other Thoughts: Used this to build a Linux box for Ubuntu. The entire procedure was simple and there were no surprises with compatibility issues.

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live2code
Tech Level: high
Ownership: 1 week to 1 month
This user purchased this item from Newegg
11/23/2007 8:47:06 AM

Rating + 5 AMD Rocks


Pros: Fast, quiet, COOL !!! Survived Prime95 torture test for 8 hours without a hitch (on the stock heatsink+fan).

Cons: The stock heatsing fan is kind of loud for my taste, I'm gonna replace it with ZEROterm 92mm.

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Will
Tech Level: somewhat high
Ownership: 1 week to 1 month
This user purchased this item from Newegg
11/22/2007 7:42:33 PM

Rating + 5 Go AMD


Pros: Nice upgrade from my Athlon XP 3200+.

Cons: None.

Other Thoughts: I needed dual core to run Call of Duty 4 and this is handling it. Put it on a Gigabyte GA-MA69G-S3H board with a GeForce 6800 GT. Newegg did an awesome job for me.

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N/A
Tech Level: somewhat low
Ownership: 1 month to 1 year
This user purchased this item from Newegg
11/18/2007 11:55:36 PM

Rating + 4 Good Processor


Pros: good and very efficient

Cons: stock heatsink and fan are not enough for it, it came with thermal tape which already is not that great, but i gave it a go

got 4 fans in my case at the time of purchase until date, and idles around 50C and i've seen this bad boy reach 70C, HOT!!!

i bought a Zalman heatsink and fan and even applied thermal paste, and the temps haven't gone down, might have to RMA or buy a new processor

Other Thoughts: other than its overheating condition, i think it was still a good buy

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Some Guy In Ohio
Tech Level: average
Ownership: 1 month to 1 year
This user purchased this item from Newegg
11/14/2007 10:25:35 AM

Rating + 5 I L ove It.


Pros: This "AMD Athlon 64 X2 4600+ Windsor 2.4GHz" microprocessor chip is wonderful. I love it. The PC this chip is in runs very quietly, and that is partly because this 65 watt processor retail kit comes with a fan that runs on the quiet side. Very nice.

Cons: No cons.

Other Thoughts: For a motherboard, I used "ASUS M2N-SLI Deluxe AM2 NVIDIA nForce 570 SLI MCP ATX AMD Motherboard - Retail" and that worked out very well. A less expensive (non "deluxe") motherboard could be found, but if you can afford it this is a very nice choice. For RAM, I used "mushkin 2GB (2 x 1GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 800 (PC2 6400) Dual Channel Kit Desktop Memory Model 996527 - Retail" and that worked out very nicely. This PC is extremely stable, fast, smooth, and so on.

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Lynxis
Tech Level: somewhat high
Ownership: 1 month to 1 year
This user purchased this item from Newegg
11/8/2007 8:05:42 AM

Rating + 5 Good Choice


Pros: I like AMD and this was a cheap way to get into a nice dual core processor for my parents computer which thanks to this processor is faster than mine.

This product at the time of purchase was at the valley of the typical electronics price curve. A few months from now you wont be able to find it and if you do it will be even more expensive than it is right now. Sure you can buy faster but the reviews were good on this and its as good as any other chip out there in the same price range

Cons: No cons here.

Other Thoughts: Runs good. I like the dual core. Fun processor to try to bog down and it was cheap.

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N/A
Tech Level: high
Ownership: 1 month to 1 year
This user purchased this item from Newegg
11/3/2007 11:22:54 PM

Rating + 5 great


Pros: Great cpu, fast, great

Cons: Not really a con but I dont use alot of programs that need a dual core, So im selling mine on e_bay for less than cost. So I can buy the single core 4000+ 2.6 from newegg for my am2 board.

Other Thoughts: newegg rocks

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N/A
Tech Level: somewhat high
Ownership: 1 day to 1 week
This user purchased this item from Newegg
11/3/2007 4:51:53 PM

Rating + 5


Pros: It is what it is a great value cpu. Runs at 25C at idle, very effecient, quite fast for the money.

Cons: nil

Other Thoughts: Running with stock AMD cooling.

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Maxarga
Tech Level: high
Ownership: 1 day to 1 week
This user purchased this item from Newegg
11/2/2007 2:14:06 PM

Rating + 5 Good Vista 64 processor


Pros: It works great, fan came included coolant already added. No problems easy install, worth the money. And a dual core too.

Cons: NONE.

Other Thoughts: ASUS M2A-VM AM2 AMD 690G Micro ATX AMD Motherboard; A-DATA Value Series 2GB (2 x 1GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 667 (PC2 5300) Dual Channel Kit Desktop Memory, Works Great.

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rol
Tech Level: high
Ownership: 1 month to 1 year
This user purchased this item from Newegg
11/1/2007 7:11:05 PM

Rating + 5 Great CPU Fast


Pros: Exellent CPU Fast AMD all the way!!

Cons: None

Other Thoughts: Was tricky to install it on my socket of my Asus M2A-Vm but got it with no problems.

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N/A
Tech Level: average
Ownership: less than 1 day
This user purchased this item from Newegg
11/1/2007 7:08:03 PM

Rating + 5


Pros: great upgrade from 3800 dual core, it will hold me over till phenom shows up.

Cons: non

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N/A
Tech Level: average
Ownership: 1 week to 1 month
This user purchased this item from Newegg
11/1/2007 7:07:38 PM

Rating + 5 AMD 4600+


Pros: Runs cool under load, works perfectly with DDR2 800.(most athlons dont) Installed windows xp pro in about 20 minutes. Very fast, upgraded from a 3500+.

Cons: Heatsink is a generic all aluminum heatsink and the thermal paste is probably the worst ive seen. Spend 6 bux and invest in some arctic silver 5. Price raised ~20bux since i bought mine.

Other Thoughts: Silverstone TJ08, Silverstone ST50EF-SC, Gigabyte GA-M68SM-S2, 2GB of g.skill DDR2 800.(5-5-5-15),160GB seagate SATA HDD, Toshiba/samsung lightscribe dvd burner, Geforce 7300gt. Good pc for office apps.

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Phoenix
Tech Level: high
Ownership: 1 month to 1 year
This user purchased this item from Newegg
10/30/2007 6:58:15 PM

Rating + 5 Great price/performance


Pros: This is a great processor. It's fast enough to run all of today's games/apps and many of tommorrow's. At 90 bucks, you can't beat this. It's roughly a E6300 C2D, but cheaper.

Cons: Nada.

Other Thoughts: While this is great for a moderate system build, I'm getting amd's new phenom coming out q4/2007 and q/1 2008. They look to perform VERY nice.

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N/A
Tech Level: somewhat high
Ownership: 1 month to 1 year
This user purchased this item from Newegg
10/27/2007 8:47:14 PM

Rating + 5


Pros: Dual Core, real DDR2 800 support, used for a gaming rig, Supreme Commander is very playable on this CPU. Temps go down to 32C idle, under 55C load

Cons: None really, don't need a C2D to play games

Other Thoughts: My Rig: HIS X1950PRO (590/1540), X2 4600+ 2.4Ghz(65 Watt), GeIL Black Dragon 2GB DDR2 800 CAS:4 (2.0V), Western Digital 3200AAJS, MSI Crossfire Express 3200, Corsair 520HX, RAIDMAX SMILODON, SONY NEC Optiarc

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N/A
Tech Level: somewhat high
Ownership: 1 week to 1 month
This user purchased this item from Newegg
10/25/2007 1:25:42 PM

Rating + 4


Pros: QUICK! I went from P4 2.8 dual core to this and I can tell this is a good bit quicker for running a few bigger applications

Cons: system has come to a crawl when I run ALOT of things but i think more memory would fix that, I only have a gig

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TIBU0083
Tech Level: somewhat high
Ownership: less than 1 day
This user purchased this item from Newegg
10/22/2007 10:05:25 PM

Rating + 5 So far So Good...


Pros: 64 BIT PROCESSOR. BEST IN THE BUSINESS. Having installed this on my new mobo, I was excited as it is. I loved this processor.

Cons: Don't know, maybe it's the fact that I don't have WINDOWS XP PRO 64 BIT that I don't know what how fast it will go.

Other Thoughts: THIS IS A KEEPER

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bmxnate
Tech Level: somewhat high
Ownership: 1 week to 1 month
10/22/2007 11:08:42 AM

Rating + 5 Sweet CPU


Pros: Cheap, fast, and reliable. Makes the stars align to get proper DDR2 800mhz performance out of the box (most AMD CPUs don't). Stock fan cools like a charm.

Cons: Not a thing.

Other Thoughts: Blows the doors off my old single core 3000+ (not a huge surprise).

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Calavera
Tech Level: high
Ownership: 1 day to 1 week
10/19/2007 9:34:52 AM

Rating + 5 Lotsa Bang For a Little Buck


Pros: I'm consistently impressed with dual-core processors, and this one is no slouch. With performance-per-watt and heat being large issues these days, this a product that everyone should want. It's simple, don't get an 85W version if you can find something close with this clockspeed. I've got a cooling solution that keeps this thing idling at less than 90F. Overclocking this thing would simply be a matter of finding out how far I want to go.

Cons: For less than a hundred bucks? You try finding some.

Other Thoughts: Even if you're not gonna use it, hold onto the stock heatsink and fan. You never know when someone going micro form-factor might need it.

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N/A
Tech Level: high
Ownership: 1 month to 1 year
10/17/2007 12:41:43 PM

Rating + 4 Faster than you think


Pros: It is a very speedy processor, it's hard to go wrong with AMD, especially dual core. No problems after 4 months.

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
10/14/2007 6:14:01 PM

Rating + 5 Staying with this !


Pros: Was on a budget. I couldn't aford the 5200 in April so I bought this value, and boy am I glad I did. Ran xp Media Center great out of the box. After putting a new cpu cooler temps stayed down and currently @2.75 1.30v idle 23C-26C load 35C-38C memory@916MHz 55515 2.1v SOLID! I don't plan on attempting over 2.8. Just played COD4 demo 1600x1200 maxed with head room

Cons: NOPE! No question that price made up for L2 size.Sorry intel boyz...I got the rest instead.

Other Thoughts: Current PC:Blk X Dreamer2/Ga M59sli-S5/Zalmon 110mm9700NT w/Zalmon grease/
AM2 x2 4600+2.4(65w) /2x1gb KHXsli-6400C4 w/dominator HSF/
750w Rosewill Xtreme(60A)/EVGA 8800GTX768mb OC'ed w/Artic Silver5/
sata:WD80gb,Seagate320gb/Mystique Gold 7.1/
Zalmon controller 4x80mm,1x120mm/Acer22" 16:10

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brainbuz
Tech Level: high
Ownership: 1 day to 1 week
This user purchased this item from Newegg
10/10/2007 8:56:54 PM

Rating + 5 Cool and Fast


Pros: My last System, =with an Athlon 3000 and 2GB RAM + a 1GB Ready Boost, and a midrange video card was too slow to run Vista Well. That was like what 2 years ago? The Vista Video Score (on the silly little Vista Performance utility) went from 2.2 to 3.6 from a Video Card that cost about $150 (if I recall) to the built in (free sort of) Video on this baby, and it has an HDMI out!.

Cons: The ASUS website only provides the bios flash utility for this board in ms dos version. No one puts floppies in their system anymore! Had to go to an old system to build a bootable cd for it from a win98 startup disk. Now I understand that I didn't need to flash the bios, but I'm that sort of guy. They might have been able to cram in an extra PCI slot or throw some dedicated RAM in for the Video. But for the price there are no major shortcomings.

Other Thoughts: This is a sweet system in an Antec NSK 2400 Case.

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Shevgd
Tech Level: average
Ownership: 1 month to 1 year
This user purchased this item from Newegg
10/4/2007 3:56:53 AM

Rating + 5 Good Performance


Pros: All pros, runs fast and cheap.

Cons: none

Other Thoughts: This has been running 24-7 for months now running folding@home and burning DVD's for me. What are you waiting for, buy it.

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N/A
Tech Level: high
Ownership: 1 day to 1 week
This user purchased this item from Newegg
10/1/2007 11:41:24 PM

Rating + 5 FAST AND CHEAP


Pros: Bought for my new computer setup..runs fast..easy to install with nice fan..

great buy

Cons: Bought when it was 10$ more :( haha

Other Thoughts: My complete setup is Asus M2V-MX Via mb, EVGA 512mb 8600gt, THIS, Corsair XMS ram (2gb), Seagate barracuda 320 gb sata

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titansfan0910
Tech Level: somewhat high
Ownership: 1 month to 1 year
10/1/2007 11:29:48 AM

Rating + 5 WOW!


Pros: Blazing fast, overclocks like a champ. Great price for this kind of power.

Cons: NONE

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Gypsyatlanta
Tech Level: high
Ownership: less than 1 day
This user purchased this item from Newegg
9/29/2007 9:42:18 PM

Rating + 5 Rocks!


Pros: Dual core for $100. Count me in! This is my 2nd 4600 and its just perfect for me, fast and cheap!

Cons: Nada, zip, zilch.

Other Thoughts: Get it, you know you want to!

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Kent_Diego
Tech Level: high
Ownership: 1 month to 1 year
9/29/2007 11:38:59 AM

Rating + 4 Good CPU - Poor Fan


Pros: Low power, very fast. With Cool-n-Quiet enabled, idles at 1000MHz most of time. Watching videos uses ~18% CPU max at 1000MHz.

Cons: The fan/heatsink only has 3 pin connector to no PWM control. Was buzzing at 4000RPM+. Replaced with 4 pin PWM HS/fan and is now silent at 900RPM.

Other Thoughts: Great home theater PC. Could decode HDTV with TV tuner card fine. My Pentium 4 at 3GHz choked and froze on HDTV.

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N/A
Tech Level: high
Ownership: 1 day to 1 week
This user purchased this item from Newegg
9/26/2007 12:54:05 PM

Rating + 5 Great CPU for the money!


Pros: Great CPU for the money! Used this cpu, in a recent system I built for someone, and it performs great. The low power required is also a plus.

Cons: none

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dimebonics
Tech Level: high
Ownership: 1 day to 1 week
This user purchased this item from Newegg
9/25/2007 10:44:03 PM

Rating + 5 Great processor, AMD never fails!


Pros: It's AMD, everything about it is great. Works flawlessly under Linux, encoding video is VERY quick.

Cons: Absolutely none.

Other Thoughts: This CPU is paired with a Foxconn A690GM2MA motherboard and Transcend AxeRAM memory; my system is 100% solid. Haven't tried over-clocking, but there really isn't a huge need to, this CPU is plenty fast.

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dogma
Tech Level: high
Ownership: 1 month to 1 year
This user purchased this item from Newegg
9/20/2007 10:55:10 AM

Rating + 5 good bang for the buck


Pros: i got about 15glops on a sse3 benchmark with this one considering how cool it runs and so on not to mention the price this is a excellent buy

Cons: none

Other Thoughts: when amd releases a 6000+ brisbane or other 65nm core i will be buying one for myself

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N/A
Tech Level: somewhat high
Ownership: 1 day to 1 week
This user purchased this item from Newegg
9/19/2007 7:53:00 AM

Rating + 5 Excellent


Pros: Great chip. Good price. Easy install. Fan that came with it seems good and installed easier than most of the fans I've done in the past.

Cons: None really.

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N/A
Tech Level: somewhat high
Ownership: more than 1 year
9/17/2007 4:14:36 PM

Rating + 5 Simply amazing


Pros: This processor has amazing speed for the value now. There's no way anything can slow it down (besides way higher end things, which you would probably spend more money for anyway) it brings a tear to my eye every time i see it.

Cons: I bought it when it was 150$ more =/

Other Thoughts: wasted money

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N/A
Tech Level: somewhat high
Ownership: 1 month to 1 year
This user purchased this item from Newegg
9/15/2007 11:15:26 PM

Rating + 5 Efficient - Fast


Pros: Runs cool under heavy loads, doesn't drain alot of power.

Cons: None

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unklebob31
Tech Level: average
Ownership: 1 month to 1 year
9/9/2007 5:22:14 PM

Rating + 5


Pros: works great

Cons: none

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N/A
Tech Level: somewhat high
Ownership: 1 week to 1 month
This user purchased this item from Newegg
9/5/2007 8:36:39 PM

Rating + 5 Good performance


Pros: I bought two of these and paired one with an ECS nForce4M-A motherboard with 2 GB of Geil DDR2 PC 6400 and the other with a MSI K9N motherboard with 2 GB of Crucial Ballistix DDR2 PC 6400 and both fired up and are running with no problems.

Cons: None so far.

Other Thoughts: I expected both rigs to run faster but I suppose that is Vista.

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N/A
Tech Level: high
Ownership: 1 day to 1 week
This user purchased this item from Newegg
8/31/2007 6:05:00 PM

Rating + 5


Pros: Fast! Cheap! AMD!

Cons: none

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Dukester
Tech Level: high
Ownership: 1 month to 1 year
This user purchased this item from Newegg
8/29/2007 9:20:35 PM

Rating + 5 Another Great AMD Product


Pros: Probably the best CPU I've ever had. It runs quick and quiet. I've had this running pretty much nonstop since I bought it in April 2007, and have had no problems.

Cons: Was $20 more when I bought it.

Other Thoughts: At the time, this was the best deal newegg had. I couldnt pass this one up. It would've been nice to have the slightly better version, but this one does just great.

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gu17dam005
Tech Level: high
Ownership: 1 month to 1 year
8/28/2007 2:46:33 AM

Rating + 5 Good


Pros: Excellent gaming processor. Doesnt consume to much energy compared to other Amd X2 64 Processors. Stays pretty cool with an aftermarket cooler(Duhhh).

Cons: Stock Heatsink and Fan as usual sucks. One month after i bought it, the price dropped 75 dollars -_-

Other Thoughts: Had this on my old rig. X2 4600, 1gb ram, x800xl. 160gb 120gb HDDs

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moleman
Tech Level: high
Ownership: 1 month to 1 year
This user purchased this item from Newegg
8/27/2007 3:32:14 PM

Rating + 5 Solid as a rock


Pros: For the money this is The cpu. Although core duo is king of the hill right now, do not under estimate AMD's processors. This thing flies and is more than enough for normal usage. Not one problem so far.

Cons: The cool and quiet option slowed down my system so I disabled it in the BIOS. Runs between 40 and 50 degrees C. depending upon load. Really not that much of a con.

Other Thoughts: You can't beat this thing for the price. Go AMD

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Mobaar
Tech Level: high
Ownership: 1 week to 1 month
This user purchased this item from Newegg
8/21/2007 7:13:19 AM

Rating + 4 Solid Processor


Pros: Good speed, low power consumption, low cacheing does not seem to sway the processing capabilities. Runs cool on stock fan/heatsink.

Cons: Still a little slow; running XP Pro so I don't know how well it will be able to churn out Vista-type processes.

Other Thoughts: This is a good starter processor to get for those wanting to delve into dual processors. Since the highest AMD right now is 3.0gHz (compared to 4600+'s 2.2gHz) this is already becoming a little obsolete. AMDs are cheap enough that you should feel comfortable buying their most expensive one and having the best.

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Dustin
Tech Level: somewhat high
Ownership: 1 week to 1 month
This user purchased this item from Newegg
8/16/2007 5:40:02 PM

Rating + 5 Worth the money


Pros: Fast, cool, easy to install. Worth the extra money over a slower AMD 64 X2. Much better value than competing manufacturers. This thing flies!

Cons: The company is struggling right now, but assuming they don't go out of business, it's a great buy.

Other Thoughts: I looked at getting a 3800+, but decided to spend a little more money for the 4600+. I really think that it is worth the difference in price.

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Rana007
Tech Level: high
Ownership: 1 month to 1 year
This user purchased this item from Newegg
8/10/2007 1:23:22 PM

Rating + 5 Great Product


Pros: Great product... i am using it for about 3 months now.. no problem..cheaper than Intel

Cons: could be a bit faster.. i also have intel 2.4GHz and works a bit faster then this processor.

Other Thoughts: I upgrade from 3GHz P4.. you will fee the difference.. way faster and also my first AMD

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the hardware junkie
Tech Level: high
Ownership: 1 month to 1 year
This user purchased this item from Newegg
8/10/2007 2:16:38 AM

Rating + 5 great for a budget gaming rig


Pros: I've had this processor since the beginning of the year it has been a very solid performer,especially with newer titles that demand dual core power.Besides solid frame rates in every game i play, multitasking power is awesome.

Cons: It's not exactly cutting edge but, in my opinion will be good enough for at least 2 years of good gaming.

Other Thoughts: My rig: AMD 4600x2 @ 2.4ghz 2GB-wintec ddr2 667 dual channel, 8800 gts 320mb. Soon to upgrade card.

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N/A
Tech Level: somewhat high
Ownership: 1 day to 1 week
This user purchased this item from Newegg
8/4/2007 3:23:55 PM

Rating + 5


Pros: Very fast, runs cool, lower power consumption.

Cons: None.

Other Thoughts: May not be as good a choice as Core 2 Duo chips drop in price.

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Hammerhead300
Tech Level: somewhat high
Ownership: 1 month to 1 year
This user purchased this item from Newegg
8/3/2007 7:20:52 AM

Rating + 5 Can't go wrong with AMD


Pros: Low power consumption, very overclockable, dual-core processor without a dual-core price

Cons: None

Other Thoughts: Built my entire computer around this processor, all with parts from Newegg.

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cs
Tech Level: high
Ownership: 1 day to 1 week
This user purchased this item from Newegg
7/31/2007 6:28:56 AM

Rating + 5 great chip, good price


Pros: Popped cpu in and it ran with no flaws. Not a gamer or overclocker so I can't speak to those issues, for me a nice steady running chip.

Cons: none

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N/A
Tech Level: high
Ownership: 1 week to 1 month
This user purchased this item from Newegg
7/30/2007 10:51:32 PM

Rating + 5


Pros: the cpu works great that is all i can say about it

Cons: none i can find, at least for now

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klux
Tech Level: high
Ownership: 1 month to 1 year
This user purchased this item from Newegg
7/28/2007 8:56:28 PM

Rating + 5 best for overclocking


Pros: This cpu is fast, stable, runs cool, looks cool and is great for overclocking, mostly because it's energy efficient therefore the cpu runs cool even when overclocked, make sure you buy a good MoBo that can take this cpu to it's max.

Cons: Locked multiplier, but that's not so bad.

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klwong36
Tech Level: high
Ownership: 1 month to 1 year
This user purchased this item from Newegg
7/25/2007 2:36:41 PM

Rating + 5 Good bargain for our uses


Pros: Fast, lower power consumption (65W), great price

Cons: Soon hitting end-of-life in favor of the new socket AM2+

Other Thoughts: One of the few chips that is a nice, even multiple of the 400 MHz FSB. I didn't overclock this system, but it's nice to know that the CPU can keep pace with nicely with FSB adjustments.

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Falkin
Tech Level: high
Ownership: 1 month to 1 year
This user purchased this item from Newegg
7/25/2007 5:37:41 AM

Rating + 5 Can't go wrong with this


Pros: Worked on arrival, and has great price/performance ration. As always, Newegg does a tremendous job.

Cons: If you are a gamer, search the webs for game specific dual-core fixes/issues. It works a bit different than single core technology.

Other Thoughts: Total system from Newegg:
ASUS M2N-SLI Deluxe NF570SLI AM2
EVGA 7900GS KO 256-P2-N624-AR R
AMD|A64 X2 4600+ 65W AM2 2.4G R
1Gx2|CORSAIR TWIN2X2048-6400 R

Perhaps the best system I have built to date. With the pricing of the AM2's, it was a high price /performance ratio.

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jr00d0
Tech Level: high
Ownership: 1 month to 1 year
This user purchased this item from Newegg
7/23/2007 2:02:55 PM

Rating + 5 Newegg rocks


Pros: Great cpu. Plays every game I have thrown at all at highest setting with NO prob what-so-ever. Super frame rates on MFSim 2004.

Cons: none at all

Other Thoughts: excellent price and with Newegg's service.....how can you beat this?

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Tribby
Tech Level: somewhat high
Ownership: 1 month to 1 year
This user purchased this item from Newegg
7/23/2007 11:46:14 AM

Rating + 5 Amazing CPU for the Price!!


Pros: Best CPU I have ever owned. Upgraded from 3.2GHz P4 HT and didn't think i'd notice too much of a increase. I was absolutely wrong. Start up time dropped from about a minute to probably 20 seconds. Awesome price for the cpu!

Cons: None

Other Thoughts: Great buy right now if you can't spend the money for the Core 2 Duo.

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N/A
Tech Level: somewhat high
Ownership: 1 week to 1 month
This user purchased this item from Newegg
7/23/2007 10:19:58 AM

Rating + 4 AMD fan


Pros: It's an AMD; I love their products. Number (2) trys harder.
1) fast, quiet, efficient
2) cost effective

Cons: None really. You get what ya wanted, which presumably is the smae as what ya needed.

Other Thoughts: I've built systems with AMD CPUs, exclusively, since the early 90s without problems. Good advice; concentrate on your motherboard choice, it’s of greater importance. You can't go wrong with an AMD CPU, whereas with MoBos the wrong turns can be easy to make.

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N/A
Tech Level: average
Ownership: 1 week to 1 month
This user purchased this item from Newegg
7/21/2007 5:39:41 PM

Rating + 5


Pros: Its nice for 65W

Cons: none

Other Thoughts: none

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N/A
Tech Level: average
Ownership: 1 day to 1 week
This user purchased this item from Newegg
7/21/2007 11:34:34 AM

Rating + 5 Great


Pros: Great processor, easy install, and runs COOL & QUIET!!

Cons: The fan runs a little loud but its not to bad

Other Thoughts: great product for the price

My System 4600+ 2.4ghz, 2gbs or corrsair ram, 2 7950GS in SLI and a 750W PSU

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ilia.sacson
Tech Level: high
Ownership: 1 day to 1 week
This user purchased this item from Newegg
7/20/2007 7:45:42 PM

Rating + 5 Works well with AM2CPU board


Pros: Used AM2CPU board to upgdrade Asrock 939Dual-SATA2 with this CPU, worked without compatibility issues (BIOS 2.3). With 1900XT/256, Oblivion at ultra visual quality -grass is >30 FPS average outdoors at 19x12, and I can't hear the stock cooler working at all.

Cons: This CPU replaced Athlon 64 3000+, rated to consume 67W. I was hoping that I won't have to upgrade the PSU. Wrong, had to get 700W one. Althoug it might be because it let my videocrad run at full spead.

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Jared
Tech Level: high
Ownership: 1 week to 1 month
This user purchased this item from Newegg
7/20/2007 8:22:07 AM

Rating + 4 It's a chip


Pros: I have been an AMD fan since the 586 era. This chip may not be the fastest on the market - but I do quite a bit of HD video editting (1080p), and it does the job well.

Cons: None!

Other Thoughts: When AMD comes out with native quad core processors, this machine gets put in the closet as a server.

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JimDaddy
Tech Level: high
Ownership: 1 week to 1 month
This user purchased this item from Newegg
7/18/2007 2:52:04 PM

Rating + 5 Great processor!


Pros: Low Cost
High Performance
2 cores
low power usage
cool running temps

Cons: None

Other Thoughts: Great processor for a low cost gaming rig.

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oank
Tech Level: average
Ownership: 1 month to 1 year
This user purchased this item from Newegg
7/17/2007 5:05:17 AM

Rating + 5


Pros: everything

Cons: none

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N/A
Tech Level: high
Ownership: 1 week to 1 month
This user purchased this item from Newegg
7/17/2007 1:21:57 AM

Rating + 5 Awesome CPU


Pros: Awesome CPU, runs so cool that I can actually touch the heatsink without getting burned like my old athlon xp 2200 cpu, really good price for performance against core duos, would recommend.

Cons: none.

Other Thoughts: Got it with abit's m2hd w/ integrated graphics, a perfect setup for a home theatre pc.

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Ghelke
Tech Level: average
Ownership: 1 month to 1 year
This user purchased this item from Newegg
7/16/2007 11:54:21 AM

Rating + 5


Pros: The product was neatly packaged, and the mounting instructions were clear and easy to follow. The chip mounted on the mobo with no problems. AMD has downloadable video instructions on their web site which was also helpful

Cons: None

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TimberGhost
Tech Level: high
Ownership: 1 month to 1 year
This user purchased this item from Newegg
7/14/2007 4:12:23 AM

Rating + 5 Another Happy Customer


Pros: Great quality you expect from AMD and it is very fast and keeps up well under a load. I am very pleased with this purchase!!

Cons: I have none

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N/A
Tech Level: high
Ownership: 1 day to 1 week
This user purchased this item from Newegg
7/14/2007 3:46:12 AM

Rating + 5


Pros: This cpu is amazingly fast, atleast compared to my old P4 at 2 ghz. Works great and haven't seen it go above 35c.

Cons: Heatsink is a pain and made me feel like i was about to break it with how much resistance it took. but done carefully it was fine.

Other Thoughts: Biostar NF4UAM2G Mobo, EVGA geforce 7600gt, 2 gigs G.skill ram, AMD 4600 x2 (65 watt), 2 120mm blue LED fans. My first build and newegg rocks.

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Who Am I
Tech Level: average
Ownership: 1 month to 1 year
This user purchased this item from Newegg
7/11/2007 2:38:46 PM

Rating + 5 Love it


Pros: I can run Windows Dreamscene, Nod32 virus scan, play music, watch videos on youtube, and extract rar files all at the same time without going over 50% cpu usage.

Cons: None at all

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Urlik
Tech Level: somewhat high
Ownership: 1 month to 1 year
This user purchased this item from Newegg
7/11/2007 2:35:46 PM

Rating + 5 Great all-around CPU


Pros: Installed this in a Shuttle barebones box. The system is cool and quiet and has great performance for my college bound daughter.

Cons: None

Other Thoughts: It may not perform like Core CPUs but its more than enough for a non-gaming college student.

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AmishEskimoNinja
Tech Level: somewhat high
Ownership: 1 day to 1 week
This user purchased this item from Newegg
7/11/2007 10:22:41 AM

Rating + 5 great for 32-bit


Pros: Very solid processor. Runs very cool with the stock heatsink and fan.

Cons: Seems to multitask more slowly on my XP 64 boot than my 32 bit boot. I'm clueless as to why.

Other Thoughts: Was going to put an XP-90 on it, but why? The stock fan is quiet and keeps it adequetly cool.

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Gerudox
Tech Level: high
Ownership: 1 week to 1 month
This user purchased this item from Newegg
7/10/2007 7:48:00 PM

Rating + 5 Great cpu


Pros: What can i say, great performance and end up saving on the electric bill at the same time.

Cons: none what so ever

Other Thoughts: Cant beat this.

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[Atlas]Maximus
Tech Level: high
Ownership: 1 day to 1 week
This user purchased this item from Newegg
7/8/2007 10:29:50 AM

Rating + 5 Solid...but dated


Pros: Price: In terms of dualcore procs, I suppose Intel's answer is the 1.8ghz Allendale Core 2 Duo. With Allendale's smaller cache size (compared to big brother Conroe), I think the 4600+ is a slightly better performer overall.

Cons: Architecture: The Athlon64 architecture is tried and true, but it IS becoming dated compared to Core 2 in CPU intensive applications. For gaming and general multitasking it's still great though.

Other Thoughts: With Cool n Quiet disabled, the temps aren't exactly stellar for me, and I'm not sure why. With my Scythe Ninja, I was able to keep my old FX-55 under 40 degrees Celsius but my energy efficient X2 creeps up to 50. Not sure why especially considering that the X2 runs at 1.25volts versus thee 1.55 on my FX-55.

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billy
Tech Level: high
Ownership: 1 day to 1 week
This user purchased this item from Newegg
7/8/2007 12:33:15 AM

Rating + 5 ooo


Pros: just plain awesome

Cons: well, its just awesome

Other Thoughts: i enjoy it -doesnt go over 45c when running prime 95 - stock heat sink and thermal paste

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bobfather
Tech Level: high
Ownership: 1 day to 1 week
This user purchased this item from Newegg
7/7/2007 9:30:15 PM

Rating + 5 Great Buy


Pros: Great CPU. VERY fast and great price. I bought it to play games, and it works like a charm. Installed very easily.

Cons: None so far.

Other Thoughts: Buy the thing! It is a great price for a great piece of metal!

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Duque
Tech Level: somewhat high
Ownership: 1 week to 1 month
This user purchased this item from Newegg
7/7/2007 2:03:14 AM

Rating + 5


Pros: I'm extremely happy with this upgrade. Everything works faster, smoother, etc. The price was fantastic for the power of this processor.

Cons: Not enough programs that can fully utilize the 64X2 technology.

Other Thoughts: I never buy "premium" items. I just wait a few months for prices to come down and bugs to get worked out. I built a computer and this just proves that any moron can do it.

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cheif
Tech Level: somewhat high
Ownership: 1 day to 1 week
This user purchased this item from Newegg
7/4/2007 2:09:47 AM

Rating + 5 bargain


Pros: Very nice price best dual core u can buy under $200.

Cons: loud heat sink fan, ordinary with all amds

Other Thoughts: newegg is awesome

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diverdave
Tech Level: somewhat high
Ownership: 1 month to 1 year
This user purchased this item from Newegg
7/2/2007 11:58:11 AM

Rating + 5 Excellent


Pros: Great processor for a great price. Works well for me for games and higher-end graphics/video-editing applications.

Cons: I have had no issues thus far.

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srabbee
Tech Level: high
Ownership: 1 month to 1 year
This user purchased this item from Newegg
7/2/2007 6:53:01 AM

Rating + 5 Great Processor Great Price


Pros: The best processor for the price... very easy to install ... the OEM cooling fan is extremely quiete. I was about to buy extra powered cooling, but so far no need. I use the machine for producing videos using Premiere and other production tools.... so far no complain of processor power...

Cons: For this price?.....NONE!

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N/A
Tech Level: somewhat high
Ownership: 1 day to 1 week
This user purchased this item from Newegg
7/2/2007 5:21:39 AM

Rating + 5 Awesome CPU


Pros: Very fast and very powerful. Runs great with my biostar motherboard and my EVGA video card. Running at 30²C in my case that isn't designed for efficient air flow.

Cons: none

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schuey
Tech Level: high
Ownership: 1 day to 1 week
This user purchased this item from Newegg
7/1/2007 3:13:37 PM

Rating + 5 rawr


Pros: Price. Great multitasker (durrr, dual core),pretty good for gaming. Stays cool through hours of gaming, i think the warmest it ever got was 40 degrees c. When i feel the side air duct for the cpu(the duct does not have a fan) the cpu is actually blowing out cool air.

Cons: none so far

Other Thoughts: at first my cpu fan would only spin at 800 RPM. i fixed this by going into the bios and changing the "fan type" setting. you can also fix it by updating your bios. This cpu, 4 GB DDR2, Seagate Barracuda 320 gb,Radeon X1950PRO, Creative SoundBlaster X-Fi XtremeMusic.

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Nyteblade
Tech Level: somewhat high
Ownership: 1 day to 1 week
6/29/2007 8:36:50 AM

Rating + 5 Dual Core all the way!


Pros: Dual core capability will take all you can throw at it WHILE playing a 3D game, burning a CD, running Photoshop, and doing a virus scan. etc... Your other components will bottleneck your system before this one breaks a sweat!

Cons: None really. It needs a few little patches to run with complete compatibility with everything in XP, but nothing that's going to kill you if you dont. You may not even need them anymore, but i tossed them in just in case.

Other Thoughts: Upgraded from an Athlon XP 2500+. It's like moving from a bicycle to a fighter jet... BLAziNG Fast speed that can handle whatever you need it to do. You no longer think about what your going to do, you click it and its done before you can make the decision! ^_^

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Drew
Tech Level: high
Ownership: 1 month to 1 year
This user purchased this item from Newegg
6/24/2007 2:19:25 PM

Rating + 5 GREAT


Pros: It is fast and reliable what can I say

Cons: none

Other Thoughts: Maybe an AMD Athlon 5600

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N/A
Tech Level: high
Ownership: 1 day to 1 week
This user purchased this item from Newegg
6/24/2007 8:48:20 AM

Rating + 5 nice processor


Pros: runs very cool- with stock heatsink and fan it never gets above 35 degrees in the antec 900 case, and it only uses 1.2 volts

Cons: im not very good at overclocking, but when i tried on this one, even just a little bit, it got unstable

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N/A
Tech Level: high
Ownership: 1 day to 1 week
This user purchased this item from Newegg
6/24/2007 6:51:04 AM

Rating + 5 First One DOA


Pros: I love AMD. When I get the replacement I will let you know how well this one works.

Cons: This was my first DOA AMD proc.

Other Thoughts: I will still continue to build AMD systems

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Louv68
Tech Level: somewhat high
Ownership: 1 month to 1 year
This user purchased this item from Newegg
6/23/2007 11:36:10 AM

Rating + 5 So much faster than my old CPU!


Pros: This thing is smoking in comparison to my old 900Mhz Athlon. Video encodes using CCE w/ DVD-RB used to take me 9 to 15 hrs and now are done in 1hr 45mins to 2 hrs 39mins May not be the fastest CPU out there, but I'm very, very happy with it. It runs VERY cool, even during prolonged batch encodes. The hottest it has gotten is 33c at full load with the stock cooler. The included cooler has been very quiet. I see no need for my purposes to buy another cooler.

Cons: I cannot think of any. Really nice, especially for such a low price.

Other Thoughts: This is a great processor and for the price, it is a steal.

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JoeSchmo
Tech Level: high
Ownership: 1 day to 1 week
This user purchased this item from Newegg
6/22/2007 11:22:09 AM

Rating + 4 Good


Pros: Amazing speed, runs everything well. The duel core may not be as good as a single core for games though, I guess it depends if you O/C or not.

Cons: I hate fedex. I got overnight shipping (on thursday) and paid 35 bucks for it. Now it seems I wont get my package until monday at 4:30 pm....someone explain to me how thats overnight?

Other Thoughts: Oh well.

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N/A
Tech Level: somewhat high
Ownership: 1 month to 1 year
This user purchased this item from Newegg
6/21/2007 6:56:35 PM

Rating + 4 Great processor for the money


Pros: Great processor for the money. Have it paired with an ASUS M2N-E mobo with G.Skill 2GB DDR800 RAM and it's very stable. No problems encountered as of yet.

Cons: For some reason I cannot get the processor to o/c past 2.52GHz even with Arctic Freezer 64. Runs OS fine but when in a game the computer crashes.

Other Thoughts: If you are looking for a dual core processor and don't want to spend a lot of money this is the one. Great and stable processor for the money.

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Som
Tech Level: somewhat high
Ownership: 1 day to 1 week
This user purchased this item from Newegg
6/21/2007 11:30:08 AM

Rating + 5 Eggcellent


Pros: Worked right out of box and man...is it oh so very quiet.

Cons: none

Other Thoughts: apparently you have to download something off of the AMD site before windows will reckognize it as dual core?

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Boss Q
Tech Level: somewhat high
Ownership: 1 day to 1 week
This user purchased this item from Newegg
6/20/2007 3:00:58 PM

Rating + 5 Nice processor...No issues


Pros: Dual core, low wattage, fan is inaudible. Very, very quiet. Runs at 30c idle and 42/43c under full load with Orthos for 12 hours. Fairly quick processor. Great for desktop computer.

Cons: Fairly small cache for today's CPUs. 2mb shared would be more ideal. Dwarfed by the C2D in my gaming computer. If you take this CPU for what it is, there really aren't any cons.

Other Thoughts: Running fine mated to Gigabyte MA69VM-S2 with GSkill mem kit. Processor seems to be taxed more by some programs than I thought it would be, compared to older 754 Athlon 2ghz. Never reached 100% though, so until it does, this does the trick! Very satisfied!

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renegadeone8
Tech Level: high
Ownership: 1 month to 1 year
This user purchased this item from Newegg
6/19/2007 11:58:03 PM

Rating + 5 Beautiful Piece at great Price


Pros: Faster than my X2 3800+ at same clock speed (3800 oc to 2.4). Raised my vista performance rating from 4.7 to 5.1. Not bad at all

Cons: Well it isnt a C2D but at the Price it can't be beat. YES I am an AMD fanboy, but...if I really felt the need for somethin Intel I could make the switch i suppose. This is doing perfect for my gaming right now

Other Thoughts: Originally cancelled this order after finding that my 3800 overclocked stable to 2.4. Did it anyway a few months later to upgrade to ddr2 (from socket 939)and upgraded from 1 to 3 gigs of RAM. Beautiful difference would not trade for anything.

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Don
Tech Level: high
Ownership: 1 week to 1 month
This user purchased this item from Newegg
6/18/2007 10:16:45 PM

Rating + 5 Great buy


Pros: Speed, price, design.

Cons: none.

Other Thoughts: Fired right up. By the way. dont forget to take the plastic boot off the fan before you try to clip it on the processor. DOH!

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Officer Steve Cox
Tech Level: high
Ownership: 1 month to 1 year
This user purchased this item from Newegg
6/18/2007 12:51:51 AM

Rating + 5 Simply Great!


Pros: Improved my performace greatly from an Athlon 3000+. My start up time totally with loading all start up items, and they're quite a few, is about 12 - 14 seconds flat! The performance is increadible, and for the price, this is just a steal!

Cons: None at all

Other Thoughts: This greatly improved my performance and frame rates during gaming. F.E.A.R runs from 55-75 fps and I turn up everything on HL2 episode 1 and still get 60+ fps. Im running a 7600gt so that's pretty good, not to mention that I have 2 gigs of ddr2 800 on dual channel.

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DeadSpider
Tech Level: high
Ownership: 1 week to 1 month
This user purchased this item from Newegg
6/17/2007 6:52:33 PM

Rating + 4


Pros: good cheap board

Cons: one ide had to buy pci/ata card
i go tfive ide hard drives !!

Other Thoughts: First one was DOA had to pay around $6 UPS and a week later got another.

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Nano-mechanic
Tech Level: somewhat high
Ownership: 1 week to 1 month
This user purchased this item from Newegg
6/17/2007 2:19:42 AM

Rating + 5 Nice little powerhouse


Pros: Slid right in to motherboard, started up no hitches, runs perfectly. Does exactly what its supposed to, which is what I paid for. For someone on a mid-range computer build, I'd highly recommend it.

Cons: None so far

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Zethion
Tech Level: high
Ownership: 1 week to 1 month
This user purchased this item from Newegg
6/15/2007 5:19:56 PM

Rating + 5 Great CPU and price.


Pros: Fast cpu for gamming and i dont have any problems running my games, very happy with my new gamming machine and well worth buying for your gamming machine.

Cons: It's not a 3.0 or intel quad core cpu but it does the trick for want i can afford.

Other Thoughts: Nice cpu, and you can definely tell a BIG differents comming from a XP to a 64 X2 : )

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Ben
Tech Level: somewhat high
Ownership: 1 week to 1 month
This user purchased this item from Newegg
6/13/2007 8:32:18 PM

Rating + 5 Sweetness.


Pros: Excellent performance is all there is to it. It is a great processor at its price, and also, it is great for multi-tasking. Totally kills my old Sempron.

Cons: It wasn't free.

Other Thoughts: The stock cooler is efficient and gets the job done. Great!

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Yipsl
Tech Level: somewhat high
Ownership: 1 week to 1 month
6/13/2007 6:35:53 PM

Rating + 5 Cool processor


Pros: Very cool processor, there are faster ones out there by AMD and newer generation processors by Intel, but the midrange 65 watt Windsors are a good bang for the buck. It runs Vista Home Premium well and handles all my gaming besides.

My system:

Athlon X2 4600+ 65 watt Windsor
MSI MBOX K9N6SGM-V barebones with a replacement Antec Trio 550 power supply
2 one gig sticks of Kingston DDR2 667 Value Ram
MSI Geforce 7600GS
100 gig Maxtor SATA
160 gig WD SATA
Viewsonic A71f+

All but the Antec Trio and Viewsonic monitor bought at Newegg. Thanks Newegg!

Cons: None at all. The faster Brisbanes seem to heat up more and I like simple stock cooling and don't overclock.

Since I'm not totally happy with the 405 chipset motherboard, I'll just build a new system when I need a quad core Brisbane down the line.

I also bought a Seagate 400 gig SATA here for it but my wife commandeered it for her system, she's a graphics artist and modder and needs the storage more than I do.

Other Thoughts: I originally had an X2 3800+ 65 watt Windsor in the MSI MBOX K9N6SGM-V, but my wife wants a dual core with ATI, so I put the faster 4600+ in my gaming rig and will get her an AMD board with HDMI and some Kingston to replace the aging P4 2.8 Northwood.

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N/A
Tech Level: somewhat high
Ownership: 1 week to 1 month
This user purchased this item from Newegg
6/13/2007 6:02:16 AM

Rating + 5 Awsome


Pros: I can tell a tremendous difference in processing power between this and a former Athlon 64, 2GHZ system. Runs VERY cool, about 32 degrees C, no load, stock fan. With SETI running active, it heated up to 45 degrees C and stayed there.

Cons: None

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