Background: Picked up a motherboard bundle of a Socket AM3 board with RAM, higher-end heatsink and a Sempron 145 CPU. After some testing, determined I really needed a better CPU in there. Enter this. Going from a single 2.8GHz core CPU to a 4-core is already a marked improvement in usability and overall responsiveness. Hard to argue the bargain I got it for. Included cooler performs better than I believed it had any right to, keeping the chip at a max of 52C loaded with Prime95, which is astounding. Still performs plenty fast for what I need it to do. Seems to handle encoding on OBS load a fair bit better than a Core 2 Q6600, that's for sure. Not even a hint of hiccups for longer Twitch streaming (streaming *to*, not just streaming from).
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This processor is close to the most powerful processor that you can install on some AM3 motherboards. (And, it currently cost about half of what a Phenom having 20% more preformance would cost). It would probably be useful for word processing and email, but I wouldn't expect much more out of it these days. An operating system that is less resource-intensive than Windows, such as Linux, might even be a better option with a system using this processor.
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Installed this in an older computer which was previously equipped with an Athlon 64 X2 CPU, also added a low-cost discrete graphics card. Before the upgrade the poor thing really struggled with Windows 10, but now it's much faster and smoother, especially with video content. Of course it's not going to be competitive with most new hardware, but it does provide a very cost-effective upgrade for an older machine.
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the chip itself was great after i straightened the bent pins. no reason for it to be shipped wrapped in paper.
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Performs exactly as described, great price for a used part to replace my old CPU that finally failed after using for 6 years.
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