AMD Athlon 64 X2 7750 Black Edition 2.7GHz Processor

VERY fast Black Edition Dual-Core CPU for a very cheap price. Can't go wrong!!, March 28, 2009

This won't be my FULL review of this item. I've only had it for about 4 days installed in my new computer build. WILL update this after I've spent more time using it trying to get it to slow down.

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First of all, this thing is FAST. I come from a...read full review This won't be my FULL review of this item. I've only had it for about 4 days installed in my new computer build. WILL update this after I've spent more time using it trying to get it to slow down.

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First of all, this thing is FAST. I come from a AMD Athlon XP 3200+ on an eMachines. It's like night and day.

Let me just state that I'm not a PC gamer. This processor is able to handle everyday multitasking with ease. I've had an HD movie running, while having a Firefox instance open with between 5-8 tabs, listening to music on iTunes (heavy program imo), AVG doing a full system scan and I don't believe I've seen it go past 35% CPU usage.

Another thing is that it runs VERY cool. I've never seen it go past 40C. That's with all that stuff going at the same time. Idle it runs at about 24C-28C and that's with the stock heat sink. **NOTE**

As I said, for now I'm using the stock cooler which I thought would be really bad at keeping it cool enough for my liking but seems to be doing a very good job so far.

It is a Black Edition processor so it is VERY easy to OC. I'm a newbie at the whole overclocking thing but even I was able to get it to 2.9ghz from the stock 2.7 by just making the clock multiplier x14.5

According to most hardware review sites, they've been able to get a stable 3.2Ghz with ease but a more experienced builder recommended I don't go past 3.0 on the stock cooling. Even at the stock 2.7Ghz it is a speed demon for my purposes.

I am using this processor in my new build while I wait for the Phenom II processors to come down in price a bit. I do highly recommend this processor for those looking for performance/price bang for your buck.
Will try to update review in a few months to see if it's still performing like a champ!



***NOTE****

These temperatures I'm getting with the CPU OC'd to 2.9Ghz. I believe my case has a lot to do with it. Plenty of airflow which is most likely responsible for such low temperature readings. I used AMD Overdrive to read the temperatures BTW.

SYSTEM SPECS:

- ANTEC Nine Hundred Two Case
- Gigabyte GA-MA790GP-UD4H
- AMD Athlon 64 X2 7750 Kuma 2.7Ghz OC to 2.9 with stock cooler.
- G.Skill 2x2GB Pi Black DDR2 800 CAS4 RAM
- Western Digital Black Caviar 640GB SATA HDD
- Corsair 450W PSU
- Samsung 223Q SATA DVD+/-RW

Hope this helped some :) minimize

Great Buy, May 22, 2009

I'm glad in the end I went with this processor. Overclocks easily to 3ghz with stock heatsink an no heat problems. You can get 3ghz by setting the multiplier to 15.

Does what it says on the tin...., April 24, 2009

Great product, cheap price... Very happy with the performance. Been burning in for the last 72 hours... no problem.. Oh and did I mention it is quick! For the price you really can't go wrong.

Buen rendimiento, excelente precio., April 16, 2009

Trabaja de manera fluida, perfecto procesamiento multitarea.
Tal vez se puede considerar comprar un cooler diferente del que trae de fabrica, pero se puede subsistir con el que trae.
Buena inversion, 100% recomendado.

A very decent price/performance lower cost CPU, October 26, 2009

I've been using the Athlon x2 7750 BE in my main home system for a few months now with absolutely no complaints. At stock speeds, it's roughly equivalent(a little faster) to my older Athlon 5200+.

The CPU is built off of the K10 core - like the AMD Phenom. This means you've got the added benefits of the newer micro-architecture and...read full review I've been using the Athlon x2 7750 BE in my main home system for a few months now with absolutely no complaints. At stock speeds, it's roughly equivalent(a little faster) to my older Athlon 5200+.

The CPU is built off of the K10 core - like the AMD Phenom. This means you've got the added benefits of the newer micro-architecture and smaller production process. Also, because the K10 architecture was made with higher clock speeds in mind, there's a lot of overclocking potential in this chip. I'm personally running mine at 3.2 Ghz at stock voltage - though I have a feeling that there's a lot more speed to squeeze out (I work on computers all day - so sometimes it's the last thing on my mind to tweak multipliers, FSB speeds and voltages). The CPU runs very cool - even at the current overclock. It's currently averaging about 35 degrees C.

The 7750BE is essentially a quad-core part with 2 cores disabled. There are some people out there claiming that you can utilize certain AMD 7xx chipset motherboards to "unlock" these other two cores using the Advanced Clock Calibration feature - I've not had any luck on this front, but I haven't put much effort into it. minimize