AMD Athlon 64 X2 4200+ Manchester 2.2GHz 2 x 512KB L2 Cache Socket 939 89W Dual-Core Processor - OEM

Reviewed By: Mike on 1/7/2008

Tech Level: somewhat high - Ownership: 1 week to 1 month

This user purchased this item from Newegg

Pros: Notable performance increase from my AMD 3000. It multitasks well and is capable of handling newer games like FSX. While the preformance was choppy, it successfully ran FSX with settings set on ultra-high.

Anyways, like everyone else here says, it's a great cost-effective alternative to keep your older motherboard working with today's new programs.

Cons: Since installation, it periodically closes some programs without apparent reason, warning, or explanation. This didn't happen until after I installed the new CPU.

Other Thoughts: Newegg is great! I ordered it in the holiday season and it arrived within 3 days.

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nice

Reviewed By: Steve on 1/3/2008

Tech Level: high - Ownership: 1 month to 1 year

This user purchased this item from Newegg

Pros: nice price
stable
improvement over my amd64-4000

good for gaming, and when I boot into Linux____----->8*>Man this thing is lighting---Windows is still the hope of bloat

Cons: I'm so cheap that I waited to pay less than $100 for this and the 939 pin is already obsolete

Other Thoughts: nice chip for 939 pin motherboard build

really good for multimedia-pics-music-music creation -graphic arts

If you have a 939 pin M-board that is compatible with the X2 cpus this is a good one

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Best Socket 939 upgrade

Reviewed By: Saturn9uy on 12/28/2007

Tech Level: high - Ownership: less than 1 day

This user purchased this item from Newegg

Pros: It's the best Socket 939 you can find - AMD also made 44/46/4800+ with combinations of higher clock speed and/or more L2 cache but no one has them anymore.

Cons: It's the best I'll ever have in my 939 system.

Other Thoughts: I took a chance and bought this instead of buying a whole new AM2 system (still waiting to see how the AM2+/Phenom works out). Upgraded from a 3700+ San Diego (2.2GHz/1MB L2) to this (2x2.2GHz/2x512KB) and my system is noticeably better - especially when multi-tasking (was expected). Running this on my Asus A8N-SLI Deluxe with a Zalman CNPS7700 heatsink. Temps at default settings and the fan on max (1750rpm) are 38C/100F idle, 53C/127F with a load. Probably doesn't help that there's a new 8600GT spewing heat out below it, but it will never run at temps common with older Socket A's.

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