AMD Phenom II X4 945 3.0GHz Socket AM3 95W Quad-Core Processor

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Great cost per overall performance ratio, why pay so substantially for Intel? My shipping box came without any foam packing, paper wadded up on two sides of the box, the packing really should be on all 4 sides of the item. I've complained to Newegg just before about shipping and they gave me a ŭ gift certificate. I'd rather have my buy packed nicely. I'm not going to build for a couple weeks so I won't know until then if there was any harm. Newegg items employed to be packed seriously well, the final couple of shipments have been packed poorly. Hope it works when I do my make.

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Great, highly effective, quad core CPU, not to high-priced, runs cool. I purchased this to replace the Athlon x2 6000+ windsor in my GA M61p-S3 motherboard (badly in want of a upgrade) and this was it, in my price range, and just about the greatest CPU my motherboard would help. Its a very good, cheap quad, would definetly purchase once more. Stock heatsink appears a small flimsy, Utilized the 1 that came with my 6000+ rather. Stock most likely would have worked fine, but you know, it just felt cheap. For 质 I was expecting a lot more. Also, I thought all the other reviewers have been crazy, but I didn't get a case badge either, looked all over. Not a major deal though, its all cosmetic. Was a bit difficult receiving the suitable BIOS version installed on my motherboard, but thats a lot more gigabytes fault for making a lousy in windows bios flasher (@bios) but as soon as I flashed it the old fashioned way, it worked good, booted up no dilemma. I adore this CPU, yeah, its not a black edition, but I don't overclock, so its not a major deal. It tripled my bfbc2 functionality, with a WEI of 7.three. My brothers three.two ghz i7 quad only gets 7.4, would have thought it wouldve been greater then that if the i7 was so a lot greater, I recognize the WEI only gives you a general concept, but nonetheless. In any case, Ive never ever been dissapointed by AMD, I loved my 6000+, it was just time to upgrade into the quad core century, and this was definetly what I required, worth the cash. Also boosted my raid 1 array from WEI of five.3 to five.9, and raised my memory efficiency like four points as effectively. Fantastic obtain,My technique: AMD phenon II x4 945, M61p-S3 motherboard, 4 gigs Patriot Viper DDR 2 800, ATI 3870 x2, two 500 gig Hard drives in raid (formerly Raid 1) and a Coolermaster 750 watt PSU all inside a good CM 690 case. :D

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Quad-Core and 6MB L3 Cache none It charges a tiny much more to get the 6MB L3 Cache... but it will be worth it for video editing.

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awesome processor,way much more than I'll ever need to have for linux. I didn't acquire it sooner

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utilised to develop my first property constructed program; installation was effortless; so far , processor performs good, can notice the speed distinction compared to my older desktop with athlon x2 none so far haven't played about a lot with overclocking, although that's subsequent on the list

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- Blazing quick in comparison to the old X2 chips- Runs cool- Overclocks well- L3 Cache - Stock heatsink fan is very noisy This factor is an absolute steal at this price tag. Given that I was currently running an SMP kernel, Salix picked up the new processor and further cores following reboot.- Salix Linux running two.six.33.4-smp kernel- TA785GE 128M- Palit 8600GT 512MB- WD Raptor 300GB- 4GB GSkill DDR800

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This processor is extremely rapid. I'm extremely pleased with the performance. I mainly use it for DVD ripping, and it functions quite nicely. The provided fan is loud. I certainly going to replace. Linux user. No compatibility issues, as anticipated.

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Seems to run cooler with the 95W TDP, 24C at idle. Gets me 60+ FPS in Contemporary Warfare 2 with the highest settings and highest anti-aliasing. The stock cooler was a pain to put on. It was my initially AMD heatsink and I was disappointed that there's no method provided for lining up the bottom of the heatsink with the center of the CPU. Intel at least has pegs to hold the thing completely centered. The crank mechanism took a tremendous amount of force to push down (similar forces required on the Intel side in my encounter). On the vibrant side, you at least no when its cranked down appropriately. With my final Core2Duo E8500 not all the heat sink pins have been down enough and my cpu overheated in seconds and shutdown the personal computer. Just before deciding on this cpu I was searching at the lynnfield i5s. They are much better efficiency wise but there isn't a lot support for new characteristics like USB3 and SATA3 for LGA1156. Plus this was ๖ less costly.Phenom II x4 945EVGA GTS 450ASRock Extreme 3G.Talent 2x1gb DDR3 1600 Corsiar 550WRosewill Challenger

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Superb stability in ASRock 880G Extreme3 MB. Overclocks nicely at stock voltage ɯ.5Ghz -- zero difficulties. Runs quite cool, hardly ever even spins up the cooling fan from lowest setting. Threading efficiency is amazing. Handles massive batch photo post processing without having breaking a sweat. none Great overall performance in technique, quite forgiving and operating with 4 samsung drives on a 350W seasonic PS. Excellent. Can barely tell the difference in sound level with case open or closed! Now that's quiet. Good job newegg on selection, delivery and service as always.

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Quick Processor, simple to install, raised my windows 7 practical experience score from 5.two to 7.three processor and 5.8 to 7.five for memory. Run cool at 42c. Installed on a Asus M3N-HD HDMI, AM2 motherboard with bios flash to 2301, no issues. Upgraded from a Althon 64 5200+ AM2 processor, even though i do notice a slight speed increase in launching applications its not significantly more rapidly than my old one. Games do run quicker although :). None. Not a con but a dumb error on my component, i didn't prep windows for the upgrade. Soon after installation windows 7 only reconized 2 cores because there was a AMD athlon 64 5200+ x2 previously. Changing settings to get windows to reconize four cores brought on it to corrupt the boot settings and i had to reinstall windows 7. If you are a novice or new to constructing systems study up on what requirements to be done to prep you program before installing a new processor for a smoother upgrade. My Specs:Asus M3N-HD HDMI AM2 motherboardAMD Phenom II X4 945 Deneb 3.0ghz AM34GB Ɣx1gb) corsair xms ddr2 pc2-6400 memory500gb Western Digital SATA300 Tough drive200gb Maxtor SATA 150 really hard driveCreative XtreamGamer X-fi soundcardEVGA Geforce 8800GT 512mb PCI-eSony DVD-RW drive sataAsus DVD reader drive sataLeadtek pvr3000 television tunner pciIntel 1000PT pci-e 1x NIC650watt Antec Earthwatt power provideWindows 7 Ultimate Ed 64-bit

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Really straightforward to install (like all AM3 socket chips). Runs incredibly cool, even with all four cores at 100% with stock cooler (peaked at 58 degrees) none! Would certainly buy once more if I had a explanation to :)

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Good Processor operates great really rapidly hs/fan operates wonderful incredibly quiet no noise runs cool i had to update my bios on hp p6214y to get it to operate i had to uncover this the difficult way no thks to hp None Wonderful item

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Fantastic CPU at a fantastic cost. No-hassle install, plug-and-play. Runs Windows 7 like butter, I'm in and out of intensive applications devoid of so much as a hitch. Almost certainly plenty of headroom to OC if I ever feel like fiddling around with it. Stock CPU fan is nice and quiet. Not actually a con, but if you want the complete force of this chip you will need to make certain you turn off Cool n Quiet. Operating complete speed doesn't make it also hot anyway with the 95W TDP. Coming from a dual-core laptop this chip feels like I can lastly stretch my legs again. If you haven't produced the jump to a quad-core however, it's totally worth it. It's like the way you felt when you initially moved to dual-core. And at this price tag point, who can complain?

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Finest CPU I've ever paid for - Hands down. With no overclocking, it scored a solid eight for my Win 7 Experience Rating. None as of however It's a genuine beast of a CPU. It's stock performance stands out in a crowd, and if you OC, it'll stand out even further.

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This is a great affordable processor, I've been making use of it to play some relatively challenging games (ArmA II, GTA IV), and it performs like a dream with out OCing. I highly recommend this for anyone who is putting together a gaming develop exactly where your budget is limited. None

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Strong and stable CPU. Runs nice and cool at 84f in a 73f room. Quicker than the Intel Q6600 4x. Comes with decent fan and heatsink. None. Excellent obtain!

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Cost (It was more affordable than now.)four cores heat demand more potent power provide (check ps section) I chose AM3 motherboard and operates ok.Arctic cooling is employed.I am not an oc fan.

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Seems to be running fine so far, Installed Arctic Cooling Freezer 64 heatsink/fan with it rather of the stock 1, running about 28-32 C idle, and around 40-45 under load which i feel is quite great. none so far. I really consider AMD must package their CPUs differently they have the cpu on side of box with an opening in box so u can see wat CPU looks like but in all reality it doesnt look like the cpu is quite safe from shipping sitting correct there. Just a believed not really a con.

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Very rapidly at stock speed with stock fan/heatsink on Linux, I will not use windows so look for other critiques for that. none whatsoever is overclockable but not suggested for stock heatsink and fan..

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Awsome cpu. very good at video editing, gaming, and something that puts a load on this issue. with stock heat sink and fan it runs 28C and load at 43C. nothing at all I am really pleased I see almost no noticable distinction bettween this cpu to my 965 BE.

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It's an inexpensive 4 core that runs cool none It does make a distinction more than a two core when undertaking cpu intensive apps. I was surprised how a lot. Now I can surf with 20 tabs, watch Television via tuner card, burn a dvd, and do my cad perform all at the identical time with no stutter or stumble.

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It works excellent, how can you say anything negative about a good CPU that does its job so properly and doesn't expense as substantially as its comparable competitor? None N/A

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Excellent. Zero problems. none

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Incredibly quick, wonderful upgrade from my AMD athlon x2 dual core processor!Cool N quiet works good makes cores run at around 800MHz when they arent being employed then as soon as i start off in fact using the cpu (loading a program, game and so forth) it will kick into action immediately at 3014MHz Ɠ. GHz per core) none at all Not very as quick as i7 but honestly i dont see needing a lot more than a quad core of this speed for any cause truly, plus for becoming nearly as quick as equivalent i7 this processor is at least 100$ less expensive if not far more.

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Good value at the time it was 139 bucks for a quad core with L3 cache fantastic for gaming and three.0Ghz for its speed. None at All If you have small far more money to speed 160 bucks for the Quad core Black edition for Overclockers. if you dont have sufficient to but this i recommend trying a single of the X2 or X3 Athlon II cpus that you perhaps capable to unlock or just need a definitely price range personal computer