AMD HDZ720WFGIBOX Phenom II X3 720 Black Edition Triple-Core Processor - 2.80 GHz,7.5MB Cache,Socket AM3,95w,3 Year Warranty,Retail Boxed

This cpu works very very well with the Gigabyte GA-M720_US3 (I have also written a review on this motherboard)

Ok people are always asking about the 4th core that you can unlock well i can honestly say yes it did unlock and it wasn't very stable at all.
After unlocking it i got constant shutdowns,constant Dump Memory errors and sometimes just not even turning on.
Also the cpu runs at 2.8ghz and that did not change at all with all 4 cores which i assumed it would.

The cpu is very easy to overclock and i got a stable 3.4ghz with a Zalman Cooler (read the review on the motherboard again to find out how to overclcok using the gigabyte motherboard and also a 3dmarko6 result).

I had alot of issues with the 4th core and overclocking to start with but that was my own fault i guess people get giddy and want to push things that little bit more.

So as i said previously the 4th core unlocked was a no go and a pain in the backside to lock again but after updating the motherboards bios the cpu came alive.
I have read reviews that this can go way past 4ghz obviously with good cooling or even water cooling.

My opinion is you are looking for a cheap way of upgrading to the Phenom 2 then really this is it but on the other hand if you are wanting a quad core then don't assume that this cpu will unlock and work perfectly just buy the X4 instead.

This is probably the best cpu i have had upto now an trust me i come from the AMD 6000+ (3ghz) and that lasted me years and still played the latest games.
The only downfall which i could say is that it feels limited by the sluggishness of Vista.

Without trying it in windows 7 I honestly cannot say but what i can say is when i did try it with the old cpu the difference in speed was very clear so i can only imagine that this would be like a perfect partnership.

Hope this helps people and sorry i cannot review it on windows 7 which is a shame.

I was lucky enough to have an unlockable motherboard (Asus M4A79XTD EVO) + a working 4th core to offer me a quad core phenom II :D
Which unlike the above review is running very stable, so I suppose I got lucky with that too :P
I can say this processor runs very cool on my 3rd party cooler(mine is a ocz vendetta)

This cpu has more than enough power for current games ect, and so has handed the bottleneck back to my HD4850

Unfortunately I haven't tried overclocking it yet, but I guess thats because so far I really don't see the use (unless for the challenge of course)

Overall, Running on Windows 7 (64-bit) I have had no issues on what has been my first build with this item.
Used to be a bit cheaper also, but I think its still worth it :)

Jonas