Advantages: Cheap,Fast,Easy to Install
Disadvantages: None

...it only uses 65 Watts of Electric, Better for the environment  and cheaper for my bills. In Windows Vista the Processor gets rated 4.9 out of 5.9 on the Windows Experience Index which you can tell is very good for such a low priced CPU. I would recommend getting a Power Supply of at least 400Watts for this processor and it must have a 24 Pin Power connector and a P4 Connector for the Motherboard, if you do not the computer may not start. You will also need to find a compatible motherboard for this as well but if you are building your own PC I would suspect you know which parts to use. The CPU Runs at 2.3 GHZ it is overclockable but I did not try this as the computers were not for me. The other features this beast has are 64 bit Technology, 3Dnow!, Streaming SIMD Extensions, Streaming SIMD Extensions 2, Integrated memory controller... Read review

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Advantages: reasonable high spec, plenty of USB ports, wireless LAN, firewire, very good price
Disadvantages: missing operatin system CD-ROM for that batch, took a long time to get it

...I bought this system back in August from ASDA electricals (on behalf of Elonex) for £464.95 (+ £12 delivery charge) with standard 1 yr warranty. The system arrived 3 days later. Around that time only and at that price I got AMD Athlon 64 X2 6000+ Dual Core Processor, integrated 256mb PCI Express Graphics card and 7.1 Surround Sound, 2GB DDR2 667Mhz RAM, 320GB Maxtor DiamondMax 21 SATA-II Hard Disk, 18x Samsung DVD-Rewriter Multiformat inc. dual layer, 20" LCD monitor with speakers, Multi-Card Reader, Microsoft Keyboard & Optical Mouse. The Operating system (OS) is XP Home (XP Pro would be nice, XP Pro 64-bit even better). All software and drivers are pre-installed. The system is ready to run and doing well until one day I wanted to install some foreign fonts for my web browsers. It asked for the system CD-ROM and it is missing... Read review

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Advantages: Integrated Memory Controller
Disadvantages: TDP, Price, Relative performance

...AMD has been on the decline after Intel introduced its core 2 Duo line of processors. It has been late on 65 nm process and they are paying for that. They had the market under total control just one year ago, but now they have lost even their loyal customers. AMD has to produce something very powerful and should be done quickly or they will even lose the small share that they has got. Coming to the processor, Athlon 64 X2 6000+ is a midrange processor to compete Intel in the midrange segment. It is powerful but not enough to beat Intel's counter parts. I got this processor in the PC which my uncle gifted to me. So, I have got it free. If I were given a choice before it was gifted to me, I certainly would have asked for an Intel processor in the same price range. Looking at the processor, we note that it's speed is 3 GHz. It has... Read review

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Advantages: price
Disadvantages: quality

...useful and even though i don't make it out to be one, it is rather "ok". Plus, who can turndown an offer that cheap when it also comes with a 19 inch screen, which is MASSIVE (in my opinion). The Dell Inspiron 531 can handle 6 usbs at one time, takes normal memory cards and has easy and accessible jacks for headphones etc. Furthermore it already has Dvd writer capabilty and you can add another disk drive your self. General MPN: D08517-UK Type: PC Product Form Factor: Tower Width: 17 cm Depth: 43.5 cm Height: 36.2 cm Weight: 12.7 kg Localisation: United Kingdom Processor Type: AMD Athlon 64 X2 4400+ Multi-Core Technology: Dual-Core 64-bit Computing: Yes Installed Qty: 1 Max Supported Qty: 1 Cache memory Type: L2 Cache Installed Size: 1 MB Cache Per Processor: 1 MB ( 2 x 512 KB ) Mainboard Chipset Type: NVIDIA Ge... Read review

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Advantages: Great multitasking speed and reliability
Disadvantages: Minimal overheating

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Advantages: 80gb hdd AMD duo processor 64x2 , 1024 DDR2 RAM
Disadvantages: No firewire, intergrated graphics, No S-Video Port

...This is a excellent computer for either home or small office. The downside to it is that it has no firewire installed, and no S-Video port, also intergrated graphics , which uses some of your memory , therefor reducing speed a little. Having said that the AMD 64x2 dual processor make multi - tasking easy. It has Vista Home installed , this makes finding and using programmes much easier.It has a good quality DVD writer for dual format discs. It is lightweight for mobile use and very robust. For a good value laptop this is about the best for its price. It also has some software added such as Roxio for copying cd's and dvd's, it also has a 60GB hard drive for storage. All the components such as graphics card and firewire ect can be added for additional price, as all Dell laptops can be built to specification of buyer. As standard... Read review

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...that we are interested in come in the following flavours :- Athlon64 Socket 754 :- These include 2800+,3000+,3200+,3400+,3700+. These Are the Best Price/Performance CPUs. I'd personally suggest the 3200+. They utilize Single Channel Memory. The best chipset for this would be Nforce3 250GB Athlon64 Socket 939 :- These, So far, include 3500+ 3800+ They are based on the Socket 939 platform. They have DUAL Channel Memory and 512 L2 Cache. They are rather pricey but their performance/price is better than the top-of-the-line offerings from Intel. Athlon64 FX Socket 939 :- This Just has the FX53. Its the Top of the cream and the World's fastest performing processors [Except it looses to the P4 3.0ghz + CPUs in some tests]. It has Dual Channel Memory Controller and 1MB L2Cache. It works with both ECC and Non EEC registered Ram. EEC... Read review

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Advantages: looks great, does everything
Disadvantages: nothing

...I had this laptop for a while and it was the perfect machine i could ask for whilst it was mine. Before you ask, NO, i did not throw it away! i gave it to my sister and brought another desktop pc for myself. The Design Acer always seem to make nice looking machines in my opinion and this is no exception.The Travelmate 5520G-5A1G12 is a stylish laptop in full black casing apart from the mouse scrolling interface. I love the shiny finish and the toolbar of crystal blue quick launch buttons below the screen. It comes with a superb 15.4 inch widescreen TFT screen that is large enough for your working requirements and provides fantastic images in its 1280 by 800 resolution. It weighs 2.9 kg which is not very much, justifying its designation as a 'travelmate' laptop for on the move people. The Processor It's an Athlon 64 X2 TK... Read review

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Advantages: fast in processing with sophisticated features.
Disadvantages: might not be known by every body.

...This is the first time of using an athlon processor for a long time; I have been used to Intel processor since using personal computers. Well I bought this because of the processor type of the computer, which is athlon AMD 64x2 5000+/2.6ghz. It has tower production form factor, which means that it has a tower CPU type. Well I got this because of two major factors; the number one factor is because of the processor type, which is athlon, and second because of the window vista certification in it. I have observed one major thing between Intel and athlon processor and found out that the athlon processor is much faster than the Intel processor but Intel being the oldest computer chip makers must have dominated the market. The personal computer has one of the recent advances in computer and the most sophisticated feature, which... Read review

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Advantages: Good price well designed and user freindly
Disadvantages: None that I have found

.../ usability of the PC has been well thought out. Advantages I have found plenty, disadvantages so far I have found none! ++++++++++++++++++++++++++ FACTS AND FIGURES ++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Dimentions: Width 18.3 cm Depth 45.5 cm Height 37 cm CPU: AMD Athlon 64 X2 4000+ (Dual Core 64bit) RAM: Maximum accepted -- 4 GB (max) PC2-3200, 400 MHz Installed configuration: 2 x 512Mb (1 GB) Hard drive: 1 x 160 GB - standard - Serial ATA-150 Storage Controller: 1 x 2 channel Serial ATA RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 10 Optical drive: DVD±RW (+R double layer) Graphics controller: Integrated NVIDIA GeForce 6100 128Mb Audio controller: Integrated 7.1 channel surround High Definition Audio Interfaces: 6 x Hi-Speed USB - 4 PIN USB Type A ( 2 in front ) 1 x parallel - IEEE 1284 (EPP/ECP) - 25 pin D-Sub (DB-25) 1 x serial... Read review

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