I have been told its garbage and it helps gaming? with a better one I plan on upgrading this weekend to this but wouldnt it figure with my luck in the few places they have it in limited stock its where I live... but ill call tomorrow and maybe they'll reserve it for me but I doubt it
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Have you checked with any of these retailers AMD Black Edition - AMD Athlon X2 2.8 GHz Processor#
Fabe
That CPU is OK - for 65nm model. It is a bit shy on L2 cache (only 1GB in lieu of 2GB). For a bit more money you could get this one which fits your socket. Newegg.com - AMD Phenom II X4 940 Black Edition Deneb 3.0GHz 4 x 512KB L2 Cache 6MB L3 Cache Socket AM2+ 125W Quad-Core Processor HDZ940XCJ4DGI - Processors - Desktops
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