This is an amazing CPU, admittedly I upgraded from a AMD 2x Athlon, but it is amazing, before using Pinnacle Studio to burn a movie on a DVD-RW would take 2 hours plus, while at the whole time it would be on 100% usage, on both cores, this beauty literally owns that, taking an hour tops at 60% usage, maximum!
It is rated 7.5 (out of 7.9) on my computer Windows Experience Index (stock clock), it is an absolute king in the AMD CPU market, and a really high contender out of all CPUs, especially on a cost to power ratio.
Have yet to over-clock, but will probably look at it into the future.
As a note, playing Crysis 2 on highest with a HD 5870 GPU, the temperature, with stock cooler, reached 50 degrees Celsius, maximum, at the end of 3 hours playing.
Overall, this is an amazing product, and I am glad I went for the best AMD has to offer, it is the brain of my new pc build, and I am glad to say that this really has made my computer smart :D
5/5 for me!
Brett Walter