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Increase your performance by up to 80% with the AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual-Core processor. Work or play with multiple programs without any stalling or waiting. Dual-Core technology is like having two processors, and two working together is better and faster than one working alone.
Quick Glance
Processor Class: AMD Athlon 64 X2
Processor Socket: AMD Socket AM2 PGA-940
Processor Type: Dual-core
Processor Speed: 2400
Summary
Product Title: AMD Athlon 64 X2 4600+ 2.4GHz Processor
Manufacturer: AMD
Power Score: 4.4 | 23 Reviews
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Product Reviews (12)
Well priced and fully capable CPU.
Strengths: Affordable dual core alternative to Intel processors.
Weakness: Relatively high power usage.
I wanted to try a HTPC (Home Theater Personal Computer) build, found a motherboard (ASUS M2A-VM HMDI) that I wanted to use, and that called for an AMD Socket AM2 processor. The AMD Athlon 64 X2 4600+ provided a nice trade off in speed (2.4 GHz) and price (under $100), especially considering it is a dual core processor. The installation was easy, but the included heatsink required a bit of effort...
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By denco - Aug 19, 2007
Absolute Best Deal for the dollar
Strengths: Price, Duo Core Architecture, lightning fast, great stock HS/fan
Weakness: 89W power, 90nm technology
Normally in life you get what you pay for - not the case with this AMD X2 4600+ I upgraded from an AMD Barton 2800+ and was literally blown away by the speed increase. Coupled with a new SATA drive and 2GB of Corsair Memory, I now see Windows XP load in roughly 10-12 seconds from power on. Price for performance dictates that this is the sweet spot. If you are like me and you want a solid CPU...
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By davelux - Apr 16, 2007
Fast, solid, stable
Strengths: Fast speed, DDR2-800 full-speed compatibility, easily overclockable, doesn't break the bank
Weakness: Heat, Aluminum heatsink (will expand on that later)
This processor is amazing for gaming. The 512K per core cache gives slightly less performance than its 1MB per core counterpart. The difference is negligible (2 - 3% in most tests). Because the processor runs at a speed divisible by 400, you can run DDR2-800 ram at its full speed, rather than some other number (e.g. 667). One of the weaknesses of the product is that it generates a lot of heat....
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By Sythro - Sep 1, 2006
Powerfull CPU
Strengths: Faster than the 939 at the same speed. OCs easily to 2.6G High memory bandwidth, even with budget DDR2-667 (9400+ mb/s). A lot of bang for the buck.
Weakness: Gets hot, needs a good heatpipe heatsink. The stock sink
By far this is a big improvement over all the previous X2s. I've run semprons, XPs, Athlon 939s and an Opteron. This is by far the best performer so far. Will easily OC to HTT=215 at stock Vcore running at 2580 Mhz. Sandra scored 18657/15788 on the Aritmetic Cpu score and 9480/8960 on the ram bandwidth. 1M superPi in 36s. ECS RS485-M_M mobo, Windsor 4600 X2, 512M PQI DDR2-667 Value. Fortron...
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By alabamacajun; - Aug 19, 2006
Incredible Processor!!!
Strengths: Very fast, dual core (good multitasking), AM2 socket, 64bit compatable (Vista ready), price
Weakness: none
I upgraded from an Athlon 3400+ and the difference is amazing. Windows starts up faster, games load quicker, and ripping cd's to my library takes half the time now. The multitasking is great as well. I have had aim open, windows live messenger with video call active, burning a dvd, ripping music and playing music all at the same time without any problems, simply amazing. For the price, this is a...
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By jjtitus - Aug 23, 2006