AMD Athlon II X2 270, 3400 MHz, Socket AM3

AMD Athlon II X2 270, 3400 MHz, Socket AM3 I plan to buy it costs about 75,50$... I wonder if its a goob buy, I am from Croatia so I dont know really. Is it a good CPU?

The dual-core AMDs are behind in todays software so I dont want to see how much they'll be underpreforming in the future. I would steer clear of it and try to get ahold of one of the Phenom II quads instead, preferably a 955 BE or similar. They have a lot more performance and are still a viable option for the future especially once overclocked.

the Athlon II X4 CPUs are actually pretty good for a budget system

almost all of the performance of the phenoms except with no L3 cache

Yes although the OP is refering to a dual core in particular.

Well I have a limited bugdet... Right now I am checking the hardware available... I try to keep my bugdet under 2000, its kinda hard since there arent much hardware diversity in my country so it sucks...

if you are on a super low budget i would say get one of the G41 motherboards with Xeons from ShenZhen

http://www.dhgate.com/cheapest-g41-xeon-dual-core-cpu-3-0g-l5160/p-ff8080813be0c630013c1d7130a23143.html#s1-2-null

http://www.9channel.com/taobao/product-1112647970795-Second-killing-new-class-%2B3.06G-G41-Motherboard-CPU-Xeon-dual-core-set-%2BDDR3-memory-2G-support-dual-channel.html

they work ok, i have used one before, and get a used 9800GT 1GB card to go with it

When I mean under 2000 i meant 400$... Lol I mixed the currency. My bad... Lol kinda frustrated. Thankts for the info.

http://pcpartpicker.com/p/zBMv

If you dont mind about looks etc and just want it to play some games, nothing too complicated. (no OS). If you have a old HDD lying around you could swop the Western digital for a SSD of a similar cost.

Just gives you an idea of whats around

Thanks... Sadly it will cost even more with taxes, probavly... I hope I could spend more if possible... I make a post about a possible rig, 350-400 rig...

Its not bad when you will take a peak at it. for the future... >_>