AMD Phenom II X4 945 Deneb 3.0 GHz 4x512 KB L2 Cache Socket AM3 95W Quad-Core Processor - Retail HDX945WFGMBOX

I ordered this product, but turns out it wasn't compatible with my system. Tere are two different AMD Phenom II X4 945 Deneb cpu's, this one, the HDX945WFGMBOX is a later revision of the 945 which uses C3 stepping, there is also the HDX945WFGIBOX which uses C2 stepping. It may or may not affect compatibility for your system, but I the HDX945WFGMBOX did not work for my Dell Inspiron 570, I had to return it to the vendor and they sent me a HDX945WFGIBOX that worked perfectly...and yes, the vendor did operational check the one I sent back, it was not defective! I knew before ordering that there were two types of this processor ("I" and "M") but I didn't know that my computer would only recognize the "I". I just wish I had the information in this review prior to ordering or I would've oredered the HDX945WFGIBOX right off the bat. Please just research your specifict system to determine compatibility, as I said earlier the issue I had may be isolated to Inspiron 570. I just wanted to get this word out for other Dell Inspiron 570 owners to save them some aggravation. The cpu itself was easy to install, the computer recognized the new cpu immediately on start up and I noticed a HUGE increase in speed and performance. Highly recommended cpu for an upgrade.

I bought this to upgrade an older AMD dual core processor (on my CQ5210F) . The install process was fairly easy and strait forward. I did it myself in under an hour. My computer is somewhat faster, but nothing like when I upgraded my RAM from 3 GBs to 4. I'm hoping this gives me another year with my desktop.

I'm not a computer guy, just a parts changer (just like my automotive repair skills). This was delivered sooner than expected, and I think I spent all of 15 minutes to install. My concern was being able to use a Google Chromecast, because that is the most CPU intensive thing I do (not a gamer). Watched an on-line BBall game last night for over two hours, casting to my TV, and the resolution was HD, no buffering/jitters. I had read some reviews about high temps, so I also purchased and installed a blade fan, $6 on Amazon. My scientific checks (hand behind the fan exhaust) did not indicate to me abnormally high temps. I have not upgraded from the 4MB of RAM, doesn't seem to me I need to for what I am doing. Using my Norton Security program, the CPU/Memory usage monitor never went about 50%. For me, this $141 upgrade, including the fan, seems to be a good deal, especially considering that an upgrade to a computer that had the processor speed, RAM, and a 1 TB hard drive that I would want was pushing into the $500 to $600 range, minimum. Still need to see how things run long term, but overall, I'm very happy with this!

Great product work great right out of the box thank you

I bought this to replace my Athlon II x3 2.9GHz that had been struggling with newer games, or couldn't run them at all. For the few weeks I used it, it worked really very well. This is an oldie and antique by today's standards, but here's a fun fact: it still runs just about every game out there. Well, every game but those requiring SSE4.1 that is. Only a couple of games have had issues with this, and those have been fixed as far as I'm aware. After I bought this, I read that you could stream and play games on the new Ryzen chips. Having wanted to start streaming for a long time, I decided to finish the rebuild of my computer, so I upgraded to a Ryzen 5 1600X, with a matching mobo and 16GB DDR4 RAM. I'm having fun streaming to twitch now!

Pins were bent upon arrival

I purchased this item because it was the best upgrade for my computer, and the highest level processor for my motherboard. I originally had a AMD Athlon II X2 240 Dual Core processor, and after purchasing this one, I accidentally bent most of the pins. In addition, I spent two weeks straighten them out, and finally got the processor to fit into the ZIF socket. Afterwards, it has yet to impress me in the performance department...my Windows Index barely changed. Maybe for a gamer, it works better!

its not bad for pc gaming and its a really good upgrade to my other cpu,but i did not receive any thermal paste i'm a bit disappointed on that.its was in good condition when i got it,no bent pins and looks brand new.