Reviewers Liked

  • Overclocks well
  • Stable
  • Cheap
  • Very fast clocked budget Quad Core
  • Lots of computing power in multithreaded applications
  • Compatibility with older chipsets
  • Excellent price/performance ratio
  • AM3/AM2 compatibility
  • Great Overclocker
  • DDR3 and DDR2 support
  • Virtualization Support
  • Four Cores

Reviewers Didn't Like

  • Cheaper Propus core used for Phenom II branding
  • Lack of L3 cache is noticeable in some cases
  • Oscillating performance
  • Calling it a PhenomII makes me want an L3 cache