Buy this Product from Amazon.comThis won't be my FULL review of this item. I've only had it for about 4 days installed in my new computer build. WILL update this after I've spent more time using it trying to get it to slow down.
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First of all, this thing is FAST. I come from a AMD Athlon XP 3200+ on an eMachines. It's like night and day.
Let me just state that I'm not a PC gamer. This processor is able to handle everyday multitasking with ease. I've had an HD movie running, while having a Firefox instance open with between 5-8 tabs, listening to music on iTunes (heavy program imo), AVG doing a full system scan and I don't believe I've seen it go past 35% CPU usage.
Another thing is that it runs VERY cool. I've never seen it go past 40C. That's with all that stuff going at the same time. Idle it runs at about 24C-28C and that's with the stock heat sink. **NOTE**
As I said, for now I'm using the stock cooler which I thought would be really bad at keeping it cool enough for my liking but seems to be doing a very good job so far.
It is a Black Edition processor so it is VERY easy to OC. I'm a newbie at the whole overclocking thing but even I was able to get it to 2.9ghz from the stock 2.7 by just making the clock multiplier x14.5
According to most hardware review sites, they've been able to get a stable 3.2Ghz with ease but a more experienced builder recommended I don't go past 3.0 on the stock cooling. Even at the stock 2.7Ghz it is a speed demon for my purposes.
I am using this processor in my new build while I wait for the Phenom II processors to come down in price a bit. I do highly recommend this processor for those looking for performance/price bang for your buck.
Will try to update review in a few months to see if it's still performing like a champ!
***NOTE****
These temperatures I'm getting with the CPU OC'd to 2.9Ghz. I believe my case has a lot to do with it. Plenty of airflow which is most likely responsible for such low temperature readings. I used AMD Overdrive to read the temperatures BTW.
SYSTEM SPECS:
- ANTEC Nine Hundred Two Case
- Gigabyte GA-MA790GP-UD4H
- AMD Athlon 64 X2 7750 Kuma 2.7Ghz OC to 2.9 with stock cooler.
- G.Skill 2x2GB Pi Black DDR2 800 CAS4 RAM
- Western Digital Black Caviar 640GB SATA HDD
- Corsair 450W PSU
- Samsung 223Q SATA DVD+/-RW
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