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Amd Phenom II X3 710 2.6 Ghz Socket Am3 95w

$125.00 Est. at Amazon

from MEHR217, www.newegg.com
thanks amd these amd processors have always ran smoother and without hesitations since the amdk6, unlike intel processors that stall and studder cons: none other thoughts: i bought the
from Mike F, www.newegg.com
it's plenty fast for me at a fraction of the cost of most intel dual and quad cores, as well as the faster amd quad core processors.
from A64, www.newegg.com
the board did not support over 95w processors.
from N/A, www.newegg.com
i considered several other amd processors.
from S. Shuck, www.newegg.com
other thoughts: i don't care about processors.

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Positives: Excellent Affordability, Great Reliability, Good Performance, Socket A

2 RECOMMENDED by 13 people for PROCESSORS

Core I7 920

Core I7 Processor 920 - INTEL - BX80601920

$390.00 Est. at Amazon

from Jason, www.newegg.com
while it is a pricey processor, it is worth every penny in my opinion - plus, seeing 8 logical processors in your task manager is pretty cool, too ;) i've have yet to see the processor peg out at
from www.amazon.com
i gushed over the fact that when you press there it was; what looks like 8 processors running!
from EdFromOhio, www.newegg.com
it shows up as 8 processors!
from Drowsiness, www.newegg.com
windows literally thinks i have 8 processors.- it's just fast oced or stock.- oced to 3.2ghz at 1.9v cons: - runs a little warm, even with low voltage.- doesn't make me sammiches and bring me
from N/A, www.newegg.com
other thoughts: to csk8tr, intel is not ending the ci7 line, they are replacing the 940 with a 950 and the 965 with a 975, which are better processors.

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Positives: Nice Affordability, Great Reliability, Great Performance, Processor Features: Virtualization Technology,Intel Thermal Monitor 2,Enhanced Halt State (C1E),Quad Core,Enhanced Intel Speedstep technology,Hyper-Threading Technology,Built-in Memory Controller,Extended Memory 64 Technology (EM64T),Execute Disable Bit

3 RECOMMENDED by 8 people for PROCESSORS

Athlon X2 7750 2.7 Ghz Black Socket Am2+ 3mb 95w Pib

$90.00 Est. at Amazon

from Greg, www.newegg.com
aparently some of these processors allow you to unlock the dissable 3rd and 4th core to make it run as a quad fx 7750.i used an asrock 780gmh/128m with acc enabled and all bios releases.mute point.
from www.amazon.com
i am using this processor in my new build while i wait for the phenom ii processors to come down in price a bit.
from MikeL77, www.newegg.com
at some point, when the phenom processors drop in price, the am2+ socket will give me the option of going to the four core.
from /|\atari8man/|\, www.newegg.com
do your research before posting wrong info on this chip - all of the new phenom b3 steppings will be named with the nomenclature of what amd is calling the '50 series' of processors has no tlb bug.
from Tommy, www.newegg.com
now the question remains, are the third and fourth cores also in hibernation?personally, i don't buy the theory that these processors were four-core rejects.

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Positives: Nice Affordability, Good Performance, Fast, Type: Athlon

4 RECOMMENDED by 6 people for PROCESSORS

AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual-core 6400+ 3.20GHz

$179.00 Est. at Amazon

from Nealz, www.newegg.com
it's bottlenecking my video card which is easily fixed because there are quad core processors out there that are 3.0ghz now.
from tony, www.newegg.com
other thoughts: i don't tend to oc my processors so i can't comment on the oc abilities of this processor.
from The Gaming Chef, www.newegg.com
but really do you have any programs that really use 3 or 4 processors???
from tuscala, www.newegg.com
other thoughts: amd appears to be backing off the high end processors for now.
from dgeowat3, www.newegg.com
after googling, i found that upgrading processors in vista 64 messes up the drm folder, which is hidden.

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Positives: Fast, Nice Affordability, Good Reliability, Type: Athlon 64 X2

5 RECOMMENDED by 6 people for PROCESSORS

Intel PENTIUM E2200 LGA775 2.20G 1MB 800MHZ FSB

$79.00 Est. at Amazon

from Fluffy, www.newegg.com
i also put one of these processors into a friend's low budget gaming build and overclocked it easily to 3.2ghz and it ran smooth and stable when paired with a gigabyte g31 motherboard.
from Depeche Modem, www.newegg.com
even though i sound like i'm suggesting to buy more expensive processors, in reality, this is a very nice processor.
from Trav1s, www.newegg.com
and fan spinning at 850 rpms.(well worth the $20 more than the celeron a430 i have in another shuttle box.) cons: not cheaper!?!?not a much cache as the c2d processors but serves us well.
from johnehowe, www.newegg.com
performance specs are high (better than a core2duo 2.33) at half the price of comparable processors.
from singtall, www.newegg.com
i tried this with 3 different processors.

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Positives: Good Affordability, Fast, Excellent Reliability, Type: Pentium Dual-Core

Intel CORE I7-965 EXTREME 3.20GHZ SKT1366

$1,145.00 Est. at Amazon

from N/A, www.newegg.com
the qpi is the thing to set it apart from other intel processors.
from Komah, www.newegg.com
furthermore, the i7 processors are designed to efficiently use tri-channel ddr3 ram; another huge plus!so given the above, this is certainly an enthusiast's processor, right?
from Colin, www.newegg.com
i have to add that amd makes great processors, but how dare there fans try to compare the new phenom 2s the i7 extreme.
from www.amazon.com
just like all black box intel processors this one is for serious gaming/ video editing.
from jordanh, www.newegg.com
this is quad core for intel processors done right, finally.

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Positives: Great Affordability, Fast, Good Reliability, Processor Features: Virtualization Technology,Intel Thermal Monitor 2,Enhanced Halt State (C1E),Enhanced Intel Speedstep technology,Hyper-Threading Technology,Execute Disable Bit

Intel Core i7-965 CPU 3.2GHz 8MBcac

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from N/A, www.newegg.com
the qpi is the thing to set it apart from other intel processors.
from Komah, www.newegg.com
furthermore, the i7 processors are designed to efficiently use tri-channel ddr3 ram; another huge plus!so given the above, this is certainly an enthusiast's processor, right?
from Colin, www.newegg.com
i have to add that amd makes great processors, but how dare there fans try to compare the new phenom 2s the i7 extreme.
from Jacob, www.newegg.com
they are both i7 slots but according to apples site the processors they use are xeon.
from RickAHG, www.newegg.com
all three core i7 processors will have a tdp of 130w.

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Positives: Great Affordability, Fast, Nice Reliability, Processor Features: Virtualization Technology,Intel Thermal Monitor 2,Enhanced Halt State (C1E),Enhanced Intel Speedstep technology,Hyper-Threading Technology,Execute Disable Bit

E8500 - INTEL CORE 2 DUO PROCESS

$242.00 Est. at Amazon

from www.amazon.com
that's only about 1,000 points less than the current "reigning champ" of processors, the intel core i7 295 extreme according to the published orb benchmarks on 3dmarks website - and that processor
from Chris K, www.newegg.com
all the usual stuff.i feel like a traitor (see other thoughts below.) other thoughts: after doing a cram course on processors for about 5 hours, i found that the e8400 was at a really good
from tiggles, www.newegg.com
have always loved intel processors and the fast shipping from newegg made the purchase even better.
from ulillillia, www.newegg.com
i'm used to single core processors where things get slow when i do cpu intensive tasks like video processing or gaming.
from www.amazon.com
the core 2 duo processors are extremely fast and for the money are a better buy right now verses the quad processors.

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Positives: Fast, Nice Affordability, Good Reliability, Type: Core 2 Duo

Socket Communications 2.1GHz AMD Phenom X3 8450

$100.00 Est. at Amazon

from N/A, www.newegg.com
heck, the mid range processors from intel didn't even come close.
from MKLRBR, www.newegg.com
will definately be suggesting the tri-core processors as they have a good cost/speed ratio.
from Guido666, www.newegg.com
the 95w power consumption doesn't stress the motherboard too much, like some of the more power-hungry processors do.
from Bob Dole, www.newegg.com
pros: it's got more cores than "other processor manufacturer's mainstream processors" intel'sbut seriously, i had an amd athlon xp 2200+, which, btw was a single-core, 1.8ghz proccy, with (i think)
from ALHPAANDTHEOMEGA, www.newegg.com
pros: amd-triple core-hyper transport-!look you get 3x512kb processors which makes 1.5mb of l2.

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Positives: Great Affordability, Good Performance, Fast, Socket AM2

Amd Phenom II X4 810 2.6 Ghz Socket Am3 95w

$202.00 Est. at Amazon

from ZFMax, www.newegg.com
running windows xp home sp3.in general, i've always had better luck with amd processors than intel, in terms of stability.
from Joe, www.newegg.com
other thoughts: this seems to be the sweet spot for fast processors at the moment in terms of price/performance.
from N/A, www.newegg.com
lol i can't wait til we all talk about 8 and 16 core processors in the future and how crysis xx is overloading our systems hehe.
from N/A, www.newegg.com
lol i can't wait til we all talk about 8 and 16 core processors in the future and how crysis xx is overloading our systems hehe.
from Master Kain, www.newegg.com
pros: this is one of the most incredible processors available on today's market.

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Positives: Fast, Great Affordability, Great Performance, Socket A

Intel BX80571E740 Core 2 Duo E7400 Desktop

$156.00 Est. at Amazon

from Grade A Kill, www.newegg.com
i don't like how intel processors are so expensive, i could have gotten a 3.0 ghz amd athalon 64 x2 for almost half the price then over clock it to 3.5 or 4.0 ghz and it will still be stable.
from N/A, www.newegg.com
really, just the same great quality i've come to expect from intel's core line of processors.
from bad_the_ba, www.newegg.com
but the newest included coolers for lga 775 processors are better than any other.
from N/A, www.newegg.com
compared to my other processors, its the most cost effective.
from alexxsssx, www.newegg.com
pros: this processor despite the fact it only has 2 cores runs at a high clock speed of 2.8ghz, for this price is pretty darn good cons: none so far other thoughts: i have an asus p5ql

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Positives: Good Affordability, Fast, Good Reliability, Type: Core 2 Duo

AMD PHENOM II X4 Quad Core 940

$227.00 Est. at Amazon

from Nick, www.newegg.com
i was used to single core processors in dell computers, and this is the processor i decided on for my first computer build.
from www.amazon.com
best of all is that i just had to upgrade the processor without having to change motherboard and memories, as i have an asus m3a78-t that supports both am2 and am2+ processors as well as am3, so the
from Ghostsniper14, www.newegg.com
its put shame to many processors so far...
from www.amazon.com
days trying to compare everything based on benchmarks only to find that most benchmark reviews will also tell you they don't necessarily indicate a true performance comparison between processors.
from www.amazon.com
i drove myself nuts for several days trying to compare everything based on benchmarks only to find that most benchmark reviews will also tell you they don't necessarily indicate a true performance

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Positives: Great Performance, Excellent Affordability, Great Reliability, Type: Pentium II

AMD ATHLON 64 X2 DC 4850E AM2 CHIP

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from www.mwave.com
i have had three systems in the past with amd processors and this one is best of the lot due to the power and low cost.
from N/A, www.newegg.com
pros: man,some of your people have no idea what your talking about.this processor is not any slower than any other x2 2.5ghz processor with comparable cache and extensions and socket.it merely uses
from N/A, www.newegg.com
pros: these processors scream.
from DSwan, www.newegg.com
cons: not very overclockable, but that is how 'energy-efficient' processors are going to be by nature.
from elliott78212, www.newegg.com
pros: i have been replacing my older am2 processors with these lower wattage this one replaced an amd x2 5000 and with any luck will save me some cash on electricity.

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Positives: Fast, Nice Affordability, Nice Performance, Type: Athlon 64 X2

HP Xeon 5420 2.50 Ghz 12M/1333 QC 2nd CPU E5420

Hewlett Packard Processor Xeon 5420 2.50 Ghz 12M/1333 QC 2nd CPU Xeon E5420 (GX571AA)

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from N/A, www.newegg.com
other thoughts: this cpu is a steal, as far as benchmark scores are concerned it leaves more expensive intel processors in the dust, hands-down.
from www.amazon.com
an interesting fact is that triple-core offers more bang for the bucks that quad-core processors do - and since only amd has triple-core units for sale, intel is shut out of the game.
from N/A, www.newegg.com
pros: runs cool, runs fast and runs 3 balanced processors cons: none
from bounce, www.newegg.com
pros: one of the best processors for the money!got this with the gigabyte ma790x combocan't wait to get an aftermarket heatsink and oc this baby cons: none at the moment.
from =SOC= Phenom II, www.newegg.com
pros: - fast- 3 cores- reliable- overclockablethis has got to be one of the best processors i have used to date.

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Positives: Good Reliability, Fast, Great Affordability, Type: Xeon E5420

Intel BX80580Q830 Core 2 Quad Q8300 Desktop

$202.00 Est. at Amazon

from SteelCity1981, www.newegg.com
i mean all amd am2/am3 processors expect for the sempron even comes with vt now.
from D-Bot, www.newegg.com
other thoughts: i dont know if its just intel processors, but the way this q8300 locks into the mobo is quite different.
from buser, www.newegg.com
major disappointment as i was building this machine for vmware.http://www.intel.com/products/processor_number/chart/core2quad.htm other thoughts: should have done more research on this
from N/A, www.newegg.com
pros: quad processors rock, i wish i would have gotten one earlier!oced to 3.0ghz at 1600mhz fsb out of the box at 28c!

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Positives: Great Affordability, Excellent Performance, Fast, Type: Core 2 Quad

AMD Phenom 9850 2.5GHz 4 x 512KB L2 Cache 2MB L3

$314.00 Est. at Amazon

from CyBerC, www.newegg.com
i cool it with the very low priced cooler-master hyper tx 2 and all four processors run at 38 idle and 42 at full load.
from Steve, www.newegg.com
excellent price for the performance, cheaper than comparable intel processors (and this is hard for me to admit, since i'm an intel fanboy).
from bmschkerke, www.newegg.com
:) other thoughts: make sure your motherboard supports the 125w processors, and that you allow the new computer room to breathe.
from DalyTek, www.newegg.com
cons: run's hot, as is typical with amd processors.

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Positives: Good Reliability, Nice Affordability, Fast, Socket AM2

AMD Athlon 64 X2 5000+

$98.00 Est. at Amazon

from ghostly, www.newegg.com
dual core processors definitely aren't just hype, they own.
from Nick Sjelin, www.newegg.com
so, rather than risk the board, i decided a 7.25% slowdown in memory was an acceptable sacrifice.i only wish amd would leave the multiplier unlocked on all its processors...
from Operator, www.newegg.com
cons: i know amd's run hotter then other processors, but 150 degrees f???
from Dark_Bishop, www.newegg.com
pros: runs great, plenty fast cons: none other thoughts: could only overclock to 2.7 because of bad voltage options on my mobo but thats not the processors fault.
from chanmax, www.newegg.com
pros: one of the most classic processors of amd.

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Positives: Good Affordability, Nice Reliability, Fast, Type: Athlon 64 X2

Amd Athlon X2 5050E

$101.00 Est. at Amazon

from Wei, www.newegg.com
it also means a lot more overhead in overclocking even with the stock cooler than other processors.
from aero, www.newegg.com
other thoughts: wish they had these low watt processors as quad cores for desktop computing.
from N/A, www.newegg.com
my micro atx motherboard (geforce 8200 chipset) was strangely limited to dual and single core amd processors running 45w.
from OutriderIT, www.newegg.com
pros: for the price, this is one of the better processors i've purchased and installed for my clients.i would recommend it to anyone wanting a good desktop pc that will be used for daily internet,

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Positives: Great Affordability, Excellent Performance, Fast, Type: Athlon

Intel CORE 2 QUAD

$196.00 Est. at Amazon

from Scott V., www.newegg.com
it's faster than any mobile processor on the market, and competes with much more expensive core 2 extreme processors, at a fraction of the price.
from kirbyrj, www.newegg.com
not the processors fault as it runs great at stock speeds with stock cooling.
from Zo0oM, www.newegg.com
from past experience, i have become an intel user and recommend their processors to customers.
from N/A, www.newegg.com
cons: these new processors have always been a pain with their fans and placing them into the motherboard.

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Positives: Good Affordability, Nice Reliability, Fast, Type: Core 2 Quad

Intel CORE 2 QUAD

$254.00 Est. at Amazon

from N/A, www.newegg.com
i haven't tested it under stress, but i'm sure it's not as hot as some other processors.
from www.amazon.com
i spent several days researching the differences between all the current intel processors before finally deciding on this one.
from brawk, www.newegg.com
pros: blazing fast.4 delicious cores.intel.beastly looking :d cons: new processors coming out soon...all four cores not supported with everything.

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Positives: Fast, Good Affordability, Excellent Reliability, Type: Core 2 Quad

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Amd Phenom II X3 710 2.6 Ghz Socket Am3 95w

Core I7 920

Athlon X2 7750 2.7 Ghz Black Socket Am2+ 3mb 95w Pib

AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual-core 6400+ 3.20GHz

Intel PENTIUM E2200 LGA775 2.20G 1MB 800MHZ FSB

Intel CORE I7-965 EXTREME 3.20GHZ SKT1366

Intel Core i7-965 CPU 3.2GHz 8MBcac

E8500 - INTEL CORE 2 DUO PROCESS

Socket Communications 2.1GHz AMD Phenom X3 8450

Amd Phenom II X4 810 2.6 Ghz Socket Am3 95w

Intel BX80571E740 Core 2 Duo E7400 Desktop

AMD PHENOM II X4 Quad Core 940

AMD ATHLON 64 X2 DC 4850E AM2 CHIP

HP Xeon 5420 2.50 Ghz 12M/1333 QC 2nd CPU E5420

Intel BX80580Q830 Core 2 Quad Q8300 Desktop

AMD Phenom 9850 2.5GHz 4 x 512KB L2 Cache 2MB L3

AMD Athlon 64 X2 5000+

Amd Athlon X2 5050E

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