AMD Athlon™ 64 3500+, 2.2 GHz (ADA3500DAA4BW) OEM / Unboxed Processor

i bought this product to upgrade from a slower one and this is a 64 bit item the item was new and in good condition.on the whole a great buy altogether.

My Athlon XP1600+ PC was struggling a bit with video capture and editing, but my motherboard was capable of supporting a faster chip. After careful examination of the motherboard manual and the availability of compatible chips on ebay, I chose a second-hand 2800+ variant from the same family of processors as being the most cost-effective upgrade. I needed faster RAM too, to accommodate the faster FSB speed, also found on ebay and imported from the USA for a total cost of half the equivalent from UK sources.
The processor chip had been retrieved from another system, and needed careful cleaning to clear the heatsink of old and dry thermally conducting gunk before adding some fresh. The pins were shipped embedded in expanded polystyrene, which I thought was not good electrostatic protection, but it worked as new.
So now I have a machine with twice the speed, all for under £50!