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Prompt shipping. Opened box to a visually professional packaged box. CPU clean & straight pins. Heatsink was a direct fit; though the plastic locker tore on the thin side I was able to hold it in place and lock it down. Since 6am it has installed updates, rebooted, handled simultaneous chat windows, teamspeak, guild sites & the StarWars MMO. 11.5 hours later still no issues. Other components working with this processor are: Biostar TA970 motherboard, Sapphire 6750 video card, Western Digital 1TB SataIII HDD, 8GB G.Skill Ripjaws X (2x4GB), connected to a generic brand 650w power supply, and running Windows 8.1. Thus far very satisfied.
Verified purchase: Yes | Condition: Pre-owned
I replaced my custom PC's AMD Athlon 64 X2 (dual-core) CPU with the AMD Phenom 2 X6 (six-core) CPU. There is no more latency while running Linux 20.x LTS along with productivity applications like spreadsheets and transitioning between or among open applications. My systemboard's vendor's product specifications recommend DDR2 1066 RAM when installing the Phenom CPU, but it will run on DDR2 800 RAM. Keep in mind that Ubuntu Linux, in particular has low system requirements, and so the 8 GB RAM in the PC is ample. It is also good to know that I can use the Phenom 2 X6 with AM3+ systemboards in the future in order to take advantange of RAM beyond the 16 GB limit the AM2 systemboards have. I also now use the PC with the Phenom to run DNS caching service and Squid proxy service for my home office and contribute idle CPU time to Boinc distributed computing projects. For those considering incremental upgrades even to older AMD computer systems with an AM2, AM2+ or AM3 CPU socket for home or small office, you may consider the Phenom II series provided you do the research, first. You don't necessarily need to spend hundreds of dollars to access better computer performance for modest computing needs. Read full review
Verified purchase: Yes | Condition: Pre-owned
system seems quite fast now. had to upgrade bios, best done from command shell environment thru USB, not windows (XP) app, almost lost the MB, froze in the middle of the upgrade. Recognized the processor when I fixed the bios thru the USB upgrade process. Still doesnt pick up the extended memory on the boot screen though, motherboard issue I suppose.
Verified purchase: Yes | Condition: Pre-owned
This AMD Phenom replaced a dual-core Athlon CPU in an older 2011 PC and resurrected it. Video editing is now smooth, and easy, not choppy as with the old CPU, and Lightroom seems to just fly in converting RAW images. Great investment. I will get a few more years out of this old machine. I will get another one for another PC I have.
Verified purchase: Yes | Condition: Pre-owned
I bought this to replace a CPU I accidently bent pins on. This one worked great and no trouble installing it. The package even arrive two days sooner then was posted. Will buy from this seller again.
Verified purchase: Yes | Condition: Pre-owned
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