AMD Athlon processor 3700+ Socket 939

by AMD

Product Details

• Item Weight: 1.1 pounds
• Shipping Weight: 1.2 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Shipping: Currently, item can be shipped only within the U.S.
• ASIN: B0009B0KIC
• Item model number: ADA3700BNBOX
• Average Customer Review: 3.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Date first available at Amazon.com: March 29, 2005

Product Description

Whether it is for business, school or play, with the AMD Athlon 64 processor, you can address your current and future computing needs. The new Athlon 64 stands for the next generation of AMD Athlon Technology. This processor is designed to deliver outstanding levels of performance and customer-focused innovation to hom and business users alike. The Athlon 64 is the pioneer windows-compatible 64-bit PC processor with HyperTransport. Extended cache memory for enhanced performance on large memory workloads Doubles the number of processor registers and dramatically increases the system memory addressability Integrated memory controller with peak memory bandwidth of up to 6.4 GB/sec, supporting PC3200, PC2700, PC2100, or PC1600 DDR SDRAM Native execution of 32-bit software, allowing today's PC software to provide leading-edge performance while enabling a seamless migration to 64-bit software Combines high-speed memory access and I/O connectivity to help ensure that end users can fully take advantage of a broadband connection to streaming video and audio, and a riveting online gaming experience Compatibility with Microsoft Windows XP, Windows 98, Windows ME, Windows NT, Windows 2000, as well as Linux and other PC operating systems For Desktop PC with compatible motherboard

Customer Reviews

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5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great Buy!, March 13, 2006

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C.M. (West Palm Beach, FL) - See all my reviews

This review is from: AMD Athlon processor 3700+ Socket 939 (Personal Computers)

This is a great product that AMD has put out. I have had it for a little over a month with no problems. My last computer had a Pentium 4 and the Pentium 4 processor is not even in the same league as the AMD Athalon.

If you want to have a computer for gaming and normal media editing this is the way to go. If you more into the higher end of digital editing check out other AMD processors. I mean this processor is good for what I do... but I don't think I would use it for professional digital editing.

I have been using my pc mainly for gaming (and a little bit of college work) and it has had superior performance. The only draw back is the price (but I would have paid even more for the athalon over the pentium 4). But even with the high price (okay I know that any decent processor is just plain out expensive) it was well worth it! Buy the processor!

4.0 out of 5 stars Great Single Core CPU, August 4, 2008

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James Clark (APO, AE United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: AMD Athlon processor 3700+ Socket 939 (Personal Computers)

I saw the current price on this ($400.00)? and just had to comment.

I purchased this cpu 2 years ago for around $139.00, and have to say it was (and still is) a great single core cpu. I have used it for intensive gaming and video editing as well as day to day internet,word processing etc. I have had it overcloced to 2.8ghz (up from the stock 2.2ghz) without a single problem. I still use it for video decoding/incoding and some internet, but my gaming has been turned over to an Intel Core 2 e6600.

All in all I am very pleased with this "older" single core cpu,and would recommend it or its AMD 64 4000 cousin (2.4ghz) if the price is right and you need a strong fast running single core set up.

0 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars fishy price, August 1, 2008

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Matthew Nichols - See all my reviews
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This review is from: AMD Athlon processor 3700+ Socket 939 (Personal Computers)

It was a great cpu back in the day, but 400+ dollars? Must be a glitch since I've seen this CPU sell for about 30-50 dollars elsewhere, hmmmm....