AMD Athlon X2 BE-2300 - Athlon X2 Brisbane Dual-Core 1.9 GHz Socket AM2 45W Processor - ADH2300IAA5DO - OEM

Pros: Excellent low-wattage desktop processor. Better altarnative to getting an Atom desktop. Does VERY well as a media center PC, does HD video easily. Even some gaming...

Cons: The packaging IS really bad. It's just a oversized plastic clamshell with foam.

Overall Review: It's OEM obviously doesn't come with a fan, but it doesnt seem to need anything hefty. I installed this on an old AM2 Dell, and the bios identified it as "AMD Processor Unknown" Besides that, it seems to recognise both cores perfectly.

Pros: Cheap of course but also has decent performance. I read a previous review about poor packaging Newegg stepped up and corrected that problem mine was packaged bullet proof. I put this in my daughters rig with two gigs 667 PQI RAM, 120gb SATA HDD, ECS GeForce7050M-M (V2.0) motherboard and using onboard video, Antec NSK4480 case and Ubuntu 8.10 64 bit and this little hummer screams.

Cons: none!!!

Overall Review: It's an AMD and I was always an Intel man but the value and performance of AMD has got me on their side now. My last two builds have been AMD and my next two probably will be!!

Pros: It was free.

Cons: I don't have a am2 board >=O

Pros: Very low heat dissipation Dirt cheap (got mine for $30!) Dual-core

Cons: Not the fastest

Overall Review: I used this for a server that runs DNS, DHCP, LDAP and hosts all the home directories for every user in the company. It's mostly a low-load server that didn't need much processing power. This processor was a perfect fit. The server is incredibly quiet, draws very little power, and runs as fast as it needs to. It rarely ever sees above 50% CPU load. Using a desktop processor in a server meant I could get away with using non-ECC RAM. The entire setup cost me $170 using all brand new parts.

Pros: Great value, low power draw, overclocks nicely even on stock cooling, dual core buttery smoothness.

Cons: none

Overall Review: great deal!

Pros: Ordered a few weeks back when it was 29.99 free shipping! Its very fast, near cold to the touch, power efficient, silent, and performs endlessly faster than the CPU it was replacing. For a cheap upgrade you just can't beat this CPU!

Cons: None so far..customer is very happy at not having to wait anymore for things to happen!

Overall Review: Ordered this for a customer who's Emachine T2484 w/ 2.4Ghz Celeron & 256MB Ram just couldn't cut it any longer. Being a video nut (primarily on video sites or watching her own dvd movies) the celeron recently started pegging out at 100% CPU usage on youtube and many other video sites. DVD playback was even worse!! After ruling out malware or viruses we upgrading her to 768MB ram. Performance improved, but movie watching was still painful. That solidified for me that the poor Celeron was the problem. So after that we were able to determine that her 120GB HDD, PSU, DVD Burner were keepers. But the E was in need of a brain transplant. For 100 bucks you just can't beat the value! AMD X2 BE-2300 - 29.99 Foxconn M61PMV AM2+ - 39.99 Kingston 1GB DDR2 - 10.49 Shipping - 20.00 It's been just under a month and all is good. She is very happy with the results. If AMD would just push the value message..they'd be unstoppable!! An Intel upgrade would cost double this minimum! Bravo AMD :)

Pros: Works fine so far...

Cons: The packaging job was horrendous. The plastic casing of the processor was double the size of the processor with nothing holding it in place, inside a huge box with 2 pieces of brown paper. Found the other piece of foam that is supposed to be *INSIDE* the plastic casing in the cardboard box it was shipped in (plastic casing was definitely closed) - This has nothing to do with the processor and is only indicative of Newegg itself.

Overall Review: Called Newegg about RMA'ing. Since this is a CPU they won't cross ship, for obvious reasons, and I understand that, however they also said that it was up to the warehouse how it gets packaged and shipped and wouldn't make sure the product was properly packaged before shipping. Customer service rep offered me a refund rather than RMA just because they wouldn't verify it was packaged properly. Since I do computer work for a living, I just straightened out the 4 pins and the processor is working fine.

Pros: Have ad this chip in my work rig for over a yearand it has been the little engine that could. I through a lot at this proc and it keeps on chugging.

Cons: none.

Overall Review: for the price you can't beat it.