AMD Athlon 64 3400+ Venice Single-Core 2.2 GHz Socket 939 ADA3400DAA4BY Processor - OEM

Pros: Fast, Cool, Cheap.

Cons: Only DDR memory support, and socket 939. But that is not *really* a bad thing.

Overall Review: Good for upgrading a computer made a few years ago that has some DDR ram in it. Pair this with a nForce 6100 or 6150 motherboard and you have a fairly fast computer for less than $xxx. Virtually any socket 939 heatsink / fan will keep this thing cool. I just upgraded my g/f from a Celeron D 2.8 w/Geforce 5200 to this CPU and a nForce 6150 motherboard, and its a world of difference. Might add a PCI-e video card, but for any game made before 2006 this will play at a reasonable frame rate.

Pros: This processor is a great deal. Other people have said the fact that it's got a 1600 HT instead of the 2000, it does but it's nowhere near 15-20% difference between the 3500+ with the 2000. I set up a computer with a 3500 and an ECS board almost the same as this one for my grandmother before buying this combo for myself. Buy a good fan and arctic silver 5 to put on here, and up the cpu speed from 200(default) in the BIOS to 210(this effects the FSB speed too), it makes virtually no heat difference. I ran SiSoftware Sandra 2007 benchmarks, and in processor arithmetic, multimedia, and cache latency, this beat the 3500 at stock. In memory bandwidth it didn't do as good, but I only have a 1 gig stick in not dual channel, hers has 2x512s in dual channel, and mine is significantly over half her memory bandwidth. I expect to see it be at least equivelent and probably better her speed. Great processor. Use the money you saved on the combo to get a decent video card or more ram, youll be glad.

Cons: Not dual core? Runs everything I throw at it including video encoding and Call of duty 2 flawlessly, so I'm just fine. Paid a third as much for my cpu AND motherboard as I would've for just a mid-level dual core processor. No complaints here. ECS board in the combo isn't a great overclocker(but a pretty great board overall), but if you're buying a combo you probably don't care about that.

Overall Review: I heard people talking about this boards pcie being underclocked to 4x. It's a misunderstanding on the ECS website, it's saying it can provide 4x the bandwidth of an AGP slot. It is 16x and it runs my O/Ced 7600 gt just dandy.

Pros: Nice solid processor, runs about 39 idle, alot hotter than my old sepron64, but this thing also smacks that sempron in the face. Awesome, would buy again.

Cons: none

Overall Review: Came with an ECS Nforce moetherboard, they are great together.

Pros: Great processor, i have a cooling fan on it and it never gets above 45 degrees C. does everything i ask!

Cons: none

Pros: Fast processor with enough speed for visa. Stays around 40-60 degrees Celsius on my machine. Plus, it's 64-bit.

Cons: The OEM does not come with a heat sink, and no manufacturer support.

Overall Review: I upgraded from a 2.2GHz Pentium 4 to this processor which is 2.2GHz, the AMD is much faster than the intel pentium at the same level. I bought this in a package deal with a Foxconn motherboard and it runs Visa x64 without a hitch!

Pros: Nice inexpensive CPU for a spare socket 939 board.

Cons: None

Pros: Low price, good performance, over clocks well, runs cool

Cons: none

Overall Review: I bought this CPU along with an open box Biostar TForce motherboard for a cheap upgrade that would let me use the two sticks of 512mb PC3200 DDR RAM I had. The combination works extremely well together. It runs very stable at 2.8 ghz The performance from this combo is amazing for the ridiculously little money I spent.

Pros: What can I say about AMD that has not already been said. Sweet OEM proc. Put into a Biostar NV 6100 MoBo, Always use a QUALITY fan and lots of thermal goo! My thermal readout stays at 27c.

Cons: None so far.

Overall Review: Always check your Mobo specs vs. AMD proc numbers. AMD chips ending in BY or BW look for Rev E6 (or better) or you might have issues with faster RAM.