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Reviews for AMD Athlon 64 3500+ Processor2.2GHz, 512KB, 800MHz Bus, Socket 939 - MPN: ADA3500BIBOX 
By member:
daveMcc
- Nov 20, 2004
AMD Athlon 64 3500+ ProcessorStrengths: Best BANG for your $$$. Much more stable than the Newcastle core 3500+. Overclocks very well. This new Winchester core is Killer! Weakness: N/A, 0, Notta, None! Great AMD Athlon 64. I went from the Atlon 64 3200+ Sckt. 754 to this Sckt. 939 and the Winchester 3500+ with a MSI Neo2 Platinum and to my surprise it was a much greater increase in power than I really expected. My next upgrade will definitely be the FX55. AMD has it going on. 95% of readers found this review helpful. Did you find it helpful or unhelpful? Top
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netman88
- Nov 25, 2004
AMD Athlon 64 3500+ ProcessorStrengths: It's also Socket 939 (90nm) at 2.2GHz and 3500+ compared it INTEL. CPU comes with a 3 year Processor in a box warranty. Window XP SP2 virus protection. Ships with Box Fan (Easy installation) Weakness: Instructions for insulation is not very straight forward with diagrams instead of written English. The Winchester CPU is a newer CPU than the Newcastle but both are labeled as 3500+. But the Winchester (90nm) runs much cooler and consumes far less energy than its 130nm Newcastle one. 93% of readers found this review helpful. Did you find it helpful or unhelpful? Top
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petercp6
- Nov 10, 2004
AMD Athlon 64 3500+ ProcessorStrengths: Socket: Socket 939 dual chanel,Core: Winchester,1Ghz FSB Voltage: 1.5V Process: 90nm Weakness: none This is an awesome processor. I was an Intel fan but i decided to go for this chip instead after some further reading. I was not disappointed, it runs so smoothly and i play a ton of games..ut2004 on full everything,doom3 on a high res, high everthing and the processor eats it all up. My temps reach 45-50 while playing games..but right now it's running at 34*Celsius. for cooling I have a Chenbro Xpider case with 80mm rifle bearing intake fan, and a Antec 120mm smartfan in back. i think the cache is fine at 512k they did it for a reason. Cool & Quiet is a nice feature also. 92% of readers found this review helpful. Did you find it helpful or unhelpful? Top
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burningrave101
- Jan 5, 2005
AMD Athlon 64 3500+ ProcessorStrengths: These Winchester 90nm cores overclock better then the 130nm Newcastle cores. It only dissipates 67w of power in comparison to the Newcastle 3500+ which dissipates 89w. Weakness: Multitasking on the Athlon 64's isn't as good as a Pentium 4 w/ HyperThreading. If your building a gaming rig then this is the processor for you! It has an on-die memory controller which decreases the latency from the memory and improves areas such as fps in games. The 90nm Winchester cores run much cooler then the 90nm Prescott cores from Intel. The processor supports 64-bit windows so your ready for Windows XP-64 next year. The floating-point strength of an Athlon 64 is MUCH stronger then a Pentium 4 so this improves performance alot in areas that are FPU depedent. GREAT PROCESSOR, GO BUY NOW!!! 92% of readers found this review helpful. Did you find it helpful or unhelpful? Top
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norman888
- Dec 1, 2004
AMD Athlon 64 3500+ ProcessorStrengths: Awesome processor for price, newer 90nm , 3 year warranty, good price/performance ratio Weakness: none This Athlon64 3500 is just a great processor. Easliy installed in my MSI K8N Neo2 MB and my computer just flies. 92% of readers found this review helpful. Did you find it helpful or unhelpful? Top
By member:
jlspence
- Jan 5, 2005
AMD Athlon 64 3500+ ProcessorStrengths: Socket 939; utilizes the newer 90 nm production process, which results in much lower power requirements AND a cooler running processor compared to the 130nm Newcastle processors Weakness: None The 3500+ Winchester was a breeze to install in my Asus AV8 Deluxe motherboard. The graphic "how to" guide was sufficient for this first time computer builder. The retail version comes with a more than suitable heat sink fan and a manufacturer's 3 year warranty. This processor anchors my new computer, which blazes through Doom 3, Half-Life 2, UT 2004 and FarCry. 83% of readers found this review helpful. Did you find it helpful or unhelpful? Top
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ClaudeC
- Mar 23, 2005
AMD Athlon 64 3500+ ProcessorStrengths: Fast....very fast! Very cool temp wise. Weakness: Be warned, if you move from Intel to Athlon and keep exisiting Windows HD installed, you may have a Windows loading error due to the different "snapshot" of the Windows set-up of the two processors. Moved from P4 2.4 to this fast boy. Teammed with a ASUS A8V Deluxe MB and 1 Gig of Corsair 3200DDR ram. Games I used to get some stutter now run smooth on even higher settings. I didn't change my GF5700 vid card, but video in-game is much,much clearer. I got it for $300 retail box at Zipzoomfly, but see it has gone up $20 by today. 75% of readers found this review helpful. Did you find it helpful or unhelpful? Top
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jpant_84
- Mar 1, 2005
AMD Athlon 64 3500+ ProcessorStrengths: Fast and works great for my video editing needs. Weakness: None. Performs well and Easy to install on my ASUS A8N-SLI DELUXE MOBO. Considering it's my first time to assembly a PC. The heatsink and fan was designed very well to fit the motherboard slots. Checked the CPU temp after running 24 hrs. and everything was normal. AMD really makes great CPU's. 56% of readers found this review helpful. Did you find it helpful or unhelpful? Top
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EliSlider
- Mar 23, 2005
AMD Athlon 64 3500+ ProcessorStrengths: fast, solid, 64-bit, oc's well, good stock fan. good price for speed Weakness: 512k instead of 1mb. this cpu is really fast and although its not the fastest on the market, its still quite impressive. 64-bit is always a plus. this cpu comes with the amd stock cpu fan, which is pretty good and quiet (although i got a thermaltake Venus 12 fan with speed controller and it works even better and quieter) 50% of readers found this review helpful. Did you find it helpful or unhelpful? Top
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Brannigan
- May 7, 2005
AMD Athlon 64 3500+ ProcessorStrengths: Great speed for a decent price. Dual channel memory controller. Weakness: None noticed. With this processor I can now burn a dvd in about 25 minutes as opposed to 1hr 10mns on my old AMD 2500+. Did you find it helpful or unhelpful? Top
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valcir
- Apr 21, 2005
AMD Athlon 64 3500+ ProcessorStrengths: Very fast, heatsink and fan easy to install. Weakness: none I bought this CPU to build a new computer. Very easy to install in a ASUS A8N-SLI Deluxe. I really loved the new way to fix the heatsink over the CPU. Runs very cool with the standard setup (35C). I didn't try overclock yet, but I sure will! Did you find it helpful or unhelpful? Top 
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AMD Athlon 64 3500+ Processor
Strengths: Newer Winchester core (90nm) runs cooler and has lower power requirements than the Newcastle core.
Weakness: None
Note that all the boxes will be labelled 3500+ but the Winchester cores are newer and tend to be more stable when overclocked, compared to the Newcastle. Check carefully before buying. From what I'm told the Clawhammer cores overclock better than the Newcastle as well. The AMD 64s are more value for money compared to the Intel processors, with the option to run Win XP 64bit if you get your hands on a copy.
I've been running my newly built system for around 3 months now, fast, cool and quiet. No complaints! :)
System setup:
Shuttle SN95G5
AMD Athlon 64 3500+ 90nm
Corsair XMS 512MB PC3200 x 2 (1 GB total)
Radeon 9800 Pro 128MB
Seagate 300GB SATA
NEC ND-2510A
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