Reviews of the AMD Athlon 64 X2 5000+
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CNET Review
The Good: Faster than Intel's current fastest, more expensive desktop CPU; beats even AMD's more expensive FX-60 chips on some tests.
The Bad: Requires new motherboard and memory; Intel's new, potentially faster CPUs are right around the corner.
The Bottom Line: AMD's new high-end dual-core CPU offers plenty of bang for the buck, outpacing Intel's Pentium 965 Extreme Edition, which costs $200 more. Sounds like a good deal, but wait to see what Intel's next-gen Core 2 Duo chips have to offer when they debut later this year.
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alaTest.com
Review Summary: Experts rate this product 71/100 and users 96/100. Comparing these reviews to 27689 other Processors & Motherboards reviews gives this product an overall alaScore™ 94/100 = Excellent.
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pcformat.co.uk
Review Summary: An interesting sideshow for the multicore main event, but Intel still holds the centre stage
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techradar.com
Review Summary: In professional applications - for audio, video, photo and 3D editing, for example - multi- threading is already the norm and as we found in our Kenstfield reviews, performance in optimised applications scales very nicely as you add more processors.
Manufacturer: AMD (Advanced Micro Devices)
Part number: ADA5000CDBOX
General
- Product Type Processor
Processor
- Type AMD Athlon 64 X2
- Processor Qty 1
- Clock speed 2.6 GHz
- Level 1 cache size 256 KB
- Architecture Features HyperTransport, AMD64 technology
Cache Memory
- Installed Size L2 cache - 1 MB
Expansion / Connectivity
- Expansion Slots Total (Free) None
- Compatible Slots 1 x Processor
Miscellaneous
- Package Type AMD Processor in a Box (PIB)
Manufacturer Warranty
- Service & support type 3 years warranty
- Service & Support Details Limited warranty - 3 years
Warranty
- Service / Support Details Limited warranty 3 years
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