Recently I acquired an old 2009 emachines 1331G desktop computer for free. Free is great but I wanted to boost the performance and not spend a lot of money on it. eMachines offers no help as to which processors will/won't work with any of their machines. I happened across a forum posting of a guy trying to upgrade the same box and he took a chance on a 4450e and when it worked he surmised that the 4850e(this one) and the 5050e would likely work as well given their low power requirements and low TDP. Based on that information I bought this 4850e and dropped it in. It works very well for the money. For a little over $25 I went from a single core at 1.8GHZ to dual core at 2.5GHZ. Oh and lastly it runs VERY cool. 65C under maximum load with the weak fan that was in the emachines already. Don't buy it expecting phenomenal next generation type performance. It's a good processor but it has seen it's day. Buy it because it's a cheap way to squeeze some more life out of your PC. In my case a lot more life.Read full review
Bought a very clean Depp Optiplex 740 Desktop Edition here on eBay for $29, very clean PC w/no OS installed. Had the AMD Athlon X2 4040e CPU installed. Installed Windows 7 Ultimate, though it ran OK, it was evident that a CPU upgrade was needed. Had a 4450e around, tried that, it wasn't quite enough. Found this CPU that just a couple of years back was hard to find for another PC, it was what the doctor ordered for my PC. The AMD Athlon X2 4850e is a decent performer & the added bonus, not a lot of heat nor energy wasted, runs quite cool with the stock Dell heatsink, actually cooler then the original. I suppose because it doesn't have to work as hard. These CPU's are great for those who wants the power to do everyday tasks, but don't want the heat issues that comes along with larger CPU's. However, like everything, there's one thing that this CPU (the entire "e" line) doesn't do well & that's running virtual machines & tasks that requires lots of CPU power, including gaming. If this is what one wants, look elsewhere. I'm including this to be honest, so that one doesn't over expect what it's capabilities. The AMD Athlon X2 4850e is near the top of the line of this series, and to be a 45 Watt CPU, it will meet the needs for those who wants their computer to perform daily tasks. Plus it'll run for many hours w/out getting hot, as long as quality thermal paste is used & usually the stock PC heatsink will do the job. This CPU has a WEI score of 5.4 on my Dell Optiplex 740 Desktop edition with 8GB of DDR2 PC2-6400 RAM installed. With less RAM, the score will drop, but even with 2GB installed, it's still 5.0. Thanks to eBay for allowing me to review this great product that can be found at a great price on the site.Read full review
The AMD Athlon x2 4850e is at the time of this review 4 years old. So with that in mind I still give it five stars. Four years ago AMD was taking an absolute beating from intel. Any other dual core AMD made during that time ran alot hotter and was ridiculously inefficient. The AMD 3.0Ghz dual core ran at 125 watt TDP. You could fry an egg on it! The intel e8400 running at 3.0Ghz has a TDP of 65 watts. Do the math. AMD had to offer something that would keep them in the game with Intel. Obviously AMD could not compete with Intel in that segment. In steps - the Athlon x2 4850e, an energy efficient dual core that ran at 45 watts TDP at an effective 2.5Ghz. It was the best processor in its class at that time and actually is still over four years later a viable option for many pc configurations. It runs exceptionally cool and sips power so it is ideal for small form factor computers such as home theater pc's or business applications. It is also still adequate as a web surfer/ general use pc as well as light gaming. As a matter of fact it is the only processor from that time by AMD that still makes sense to buy. Considering when this cpu was released and the class it competed in, I believe this is one of the best cpu's AMD has made to date.Read full review
I got the Athlon X2 4850e 2.5 Ghz Dual-Core for $15 on November 2013. This replaced an Athlon 64 2650e 1.6 Ghz Single-Core on an old eMachine with integrated Nvidia 6150SE and 2 GB DDR2-800 ram. A quick Passmark benchmark comparison: Athlon X2 4850e: 1276 Athlon 64 2650e: 415 about a 3x processing power increase. Realistically, after replacing my eMachine Windows XP with Lubuntu 13.10 and adding in the $15 CPU, I noticed no stuttering in playing 1080p Youtube HD videos. There was significant stuttering/lag in playing 1080p videos with the 2650e running Lubuntu 13.10 before. So all in all, for $15 bucks or less... this was a nice upgrade to an old computer.
CPU worked perfectly and gave the computer an upgrade boost it needed.
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Works as it should.
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Regardless of it being a used item, it still gets the speed I needed just like a new product would. And, the low wattage, 45, helps my laptop stay cool.
This Processor was placed in a E-Machine EL1210 Small Form factor ( Mini ITX ) computer. This Processor has never let me down yet.
Nice CPU and athlon 2.5 ghz dual core................................................................
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