AMD Athlon II X2 240 Regor 2.8GHz 2 x 1MB L2 Cache Socket AM3 65W Dual

mohit_kakkar

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Hi,

One of my friends wants to buy a new computer to do web browsing and burn DVD's. He does not want to spend a lot of money.
MY research shows that the AMD Athlon II X2 240 Regor 2.8GHz 2 x 1MB L2 Cache Socket AM3 65W Dual-Core Processor seems pretty good to run Windows 7 for his needs. Does anyone have any comments to make about this processor? No one I know uses AMD processors and I do know in the olden days they had heat issues.
 

C00lIT

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It's a fantastic processor... Will even run videogames fairly well if matched with a Radeon4670.

Also it is at the bottom of the AMD Performance list so with a fair motherboard you can upgrade really easily in the long run.