Customer Reviews

AMD Athlon II X2 250 Processor (ADX250OCGMBOX)

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Although some people have overclocked this CPU, for my budget media PC build, 3.0 GHz serves me just fine, especially on each core. All I can say if "wow"! I was a bit upset that my budget at the time did not allow for the Phenom IIx6 that I wanted to get, but seeing this in action I can say that I am not disappointed.

Sure it may be 75-85% of the Intel, but my real-world usage says to me that for the price, I made the right choice. Every PC I've owned except one has had an AMD at the heart. I've yet to be let down...

This was exactly what i was looking for. Perfect Timing by amazon. Excelent Product id recommend put it together with an ASUS Motherboard they are just amazing too.

Sincerely,

Erdwing

This processor is absolutely great for the price! My computer is much faster and snappier, and for the the price, you can't go wrong.

I purchased this in order to upgrade my wife's aging & ailing PC which started out with a power supply replacement when the old one died but I found out after installing what I thought was the exact replacement (from Amazon by the way), that it wouldn't communicate with the older motherboard as it was a "switching" power supply that had separate 12v power for the newer multi-core processors. This pushed me in the direction of either buying a brand new PC (expensive proposition) or retro fitting her old case and since I already had the PS as well as a good HD and Optical Drive I decided to go for the upgrade. After a little research I found this processor from AMD and along with an inexpensive compatible MB from Asus - (ASUS Socket AM3/AMD 760G/A&V&GbE/Micro ATX Motherboard s M4A78LT-M) - and some new memory - (Kingston Technology HyperX 8 GB (2x4 GB Modules) 1600 MHz DDR3 Dual Channel Kit (PC3 12800) 240-Pin SDRAM KHX1600C9D3K2/8GX) - she now has a very speedy low-budget system that meets her computing needs. Being a computer tech the installation was fairly quick and easy especially compared to configurations of old where jumpers had to be set correctly as well as clock speeds but anyone who can read with understanding and takes their time should be able to install this AM3 compatible processor. While the processor has embedded technology to overclock using the MB Setup I elected to leave it at the default setting thereby keeping heat at a minimum and increasing longevity. All in all I was able to upgrade the computer to current requirements for most standard users at a fraction of the cost of a new equvalent pre-built system. It has since been humming along running Windows XP Pro SP3 fully loaded with all sorts of productivity & utility software and hasn't looked back since. It's also quite fast for standard web-intensive tasks across high bandwith networks (and the Internet) using a broadband connection. However, I wouldn't expect this to satisfy any serious gamers or videographers out there but then again that's not the market for which it's intended.

I know the e8400 is faster ,but honestly when I play games I don't see much of a difference. For everyday task it does its job well. I like the price and performance . My first pc was Intel then I switched to AMD all of AMD processors have been good to me. No need to overclock this processor its fast enough. Play almost any game without any trouble. I recommend you buy ddr3 memory to go with the processor it makes a world of difference.

the best processor. it works great and really good too when i play games so if you are building a computer and want to start somewhere go for it with the price u cant beat.

If you need a good processor, but don't want to drop a lot of cash on really expensive one, then this is a good solution. It's a dual core, but it's a 3Ghz so it's up there with the expensive ones in terms of power per core. Keep in mind most apps (and games) cannot use more than 2 cores at once. I also like that this CPU is rated at 65W since it is going in a server that will be on 24/7.

I'm currently using this in a server running VMware ESXi 5. It's a server that runs multiple virtual machines at once. So far it has not had any issues with about 3 VMs running at the same time. Of course I am not really pushing the server, so if you were planning a similar setup and wanted to run many VMs a quad core might be in order. Anyway, my point is this thing runs fine running ESXi, so for simple desktop use it should be way more than fine for most people.

At the price Amazon has it at you would be hard pressed to find better.

Compared to similar Celeron/Pentium Dual Cores (Wolfdale series) you get more Mhz per dollar and this chip has a 2MB L2 cache compared to the 1MB L2 cache on some of the Intels.

For those who are wondering: it seems that this chip is made from an actual dual core process (i.e. it's not a quad core with 2 cores disabled) and thus more cores cannot be unlocked. Mine would not unlock.

Excellent item (I have purchased AMD whenever possible since 1990) and meets my needs for this application.

Very happy with expeditious service

For a budget tower, this is probably the best processor on the market. You won't get too much out of it, but you aren't paying much for it either.

Works good for what i use it for. It runs games ok i guess it's pretty fast honestly i can't complain. Eventually I'll upgrade to a hexacore or a quadcore but for now this dualcore processor is just fine.