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Looking to upgrade my computer in the next months.
Looking for something fairly cheap but also reliable and a bit powerful.
Going from a AMD Sempron 3000+ by the way.

Looking through AMD Dual Cores on Newegg I found this one for 74.99

http://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product.aspx?...N82E16819103687
AMD Athlon II X2 245 Regor 2.9GHz 2 x 1MB L2 Cache Socket AM3 65W Dual-Core Processor - Retail

Plus some of the combo deals look interesting.

CPU + 4GB OCZ DDR2 800 RAM for 130
CPU + GIGABYTE Mob for 150

Main Uses are Gaming and for School.

Anyone Have it or had experiences with it?

No I don't have such things inside my house.:P. But by the look of them and the pros and cons on the site. I say buy them if you got the money. The motherboard is a good one Gigabyte always makes good mobos. Also the CPU showed there should work like a charm with that motherboard.

Aye the combos are good priced.
Might go for a full size motherboard though not a Micro. And get the 4GB DDR2 800 RAM/CPU combo.

Mostly Pros and not many Cons so thats always a good thing.

I just got the black edition that is a 3.4 dual at my house. It runs freaking great. I went with the msi motherboard and not a hitch... go ddr 3.

win 7 gets a 7.4 on mem with crap kingston value ram ddr1300

' Wrote:I just got the black edition that is a 3.4 dual at my house. It runs freaking great. I went with the msi motherboard and not a hitch... go ddr 3.

Black Edition of the Above Processor?
It seems you can OC to 3.3 on Stock Cooling easily with low voltage and temp on a stock Cooling from reading the reviews. I can just always do that to get a speed fix.
DDR2 is cheaper and fits in my budget. I'm going with a MSI motherboard however that supports the Socket needed.

around 70 bucks is not a bad investment consider your hopping of point to get a decent/good dual core