AMD Athlon 64 FX-62 2.8GHz Processor

Very fast, reliable, and cool

Strengths: Fast stable works great

Weakness: not as fast as the latest chips

At this point, this CPU can be had for a very reasonable price, giving you 90% of the speed of the latest very expensive dual core chips. It's very reliable, and runs fairly cool. I don't know about the heat sink/fan it comes with, since I'm using the Thermaltake V1 for optimal cooling with least noise.

By scottegos2 - Aug 31, 2007

AMD Athlon FX-62

Strengths: Powerfull 64bit Processor with Dual Core for Added Performance.

Weakness: Nothing that I can think of right now.

I purchased this process and matched it up with an Asus M2N-SLI Deluxe motherboard with 4 gig DDR2 800 Mhz (PC2-6400) memory, ATI X1950 Pro 256mb Video card and a Seagate 500gig SATA harddrive. This thing ROCKS!!! I replaced my AMD 3200+ with this and I should be set for a couple more years now. I run XP Pro, Linux (64 bit) and Vista Ultimate (64 bit) edition on this system. I can run serveral...
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I purchased this process and matched it up with an Asus M2N-SLI Deluxe motherboard with 4 gig DDR2 800 Mhz (PC2-6400) memory, ATI X1950 Pro 256mb Video card and a Seagate 500gig SATA harddrive. This thing ROCKS!!! I replaced my AMD 3200+ with this and I should be set for a couple more years now. I run XP Pro, Linux (64 bit) and Vista Ultimate (64 bit) edition on this system. I can run serveral resource intensive applications with no hesitations at all. I've always purchased AMD products because of their cost/performance ratio compared with Intel.

By mschatz - May 6, 2007

amd processor review

Strengths: fast fast fast

Weakness: Have not found any problems!

Best in it's class for the buck! Finding this item on pricegrabber for a great price was the catch. It is pretty cut and dry with this product. It is fast. My machine burns through games, and video editing.

By seym20 - Mar 11, 2007

Simply The Best! There Is No Equal!

Strengths: First AMD Athlon 64 FX Dual Core Processor to have the new Socket AM2 platform for the latest, high-end motherboards, as well as able to use the new SDRAM DDR2 architecture, for future upgradability.

Weakness: ONLY works with SDRAM DDR2 Memory and is NOT downward compatible with the DDR(1) type, so be prepared to get new RAM modules and throw out your old ones. Hard to find many motherboards that have AM2.

Unlike the old Socket 939-pin AMD FX Dual Core processors, this one uses the new Socket AM2, to provide better stability, higher clock rates, & future upgradability. The 3-year warranty is fairly generous, ancluding its technical support, just so long as you use their Fan/Heatsink that came included with the CPU. As for the Fan, I was worried it'd be loud, even with the Cool-'n-Quiet etch....
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Unlike the old Socket 939-pin AMD FX Dual Core processors, this one uses the new Socket AM2, to provide better stability, higher clock rates, & future upgradability. The 3-year warranty is fairly generous, ancluding its technical support, just so long as you use their Fan/Heatsink that came included with the CPU. As for the Fan, I was worried it'd be loud, even with the Cool-'n-Quiet etch. features, and that I'd need to replace it, but it runs ultra-silent compared to my older one. It's ease of use for installation is very simple, and includes visual instructions so you can't get it wrong. So far, since I purchased it a while back, it hasn't had any errors or problems, and has run very smoothly.

By Ultimate_Entertainment - Feb 1, 2007

FX-62 Processor simply the best

Strengths: Dual Core 11X Multiplier. Price finally coming down makes entry to the FX AM2 processors not as difficult to handle financially. Much faster than my old single-core pentium 4 3.4 ghz processor.

Weakness: Nothing major you get what you expect from it. Performance is great, heatsink is a bit of a pain to put on.

Dual Core 11X Multiplier. Price finally coming down makes entry to the FX AM2 processors not as difficult to handle financially. Much faster than my old single-core pentium 4 3.4 ghz processor. I cannot complain about anything in particular as I said early kind of difficult to clip on the heatsink but overall there is no reason to be upset with this unit, considering how quickly it has dropped in...
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Dual Core 11X Multiplier. Price finally coming down makes entry to the FX AM2 processors not as difficult to handle financially. Much faster than my old single-core pentium 4 3.4 ghz processor. I cannot complain about anything in particular as I said early kind of difficult to clip on the heatsink but overall there is no reason to be upset with this unit, considering how quickly it has dropped in price I see no reason why anyone would not jump on getting one of these before they are sold out. I was able to overclock the unit significantly on my Asus board. This is top-notch.!

By Gaminpc - Aug 13, 2007