AMD Athlon™ XP 3200+, 2.2 GHz (AXDA3200DKV4E) OEM / Unboxed Processor

If you have an nForce2 motherboard and are looking for a performance boost then I'd highly reccommend the Athlon XP 3200+
It runs at 400MHz FSB which maximises the performance of the board.
I'm currently running Windows Vista (32-bit) with an ABIT NF7 v2 mobo with the Athlon XP 3200+ and 2GB OCZ Dual Channel DDR400 (CL2 turbo timings) and the performance is astonishing, no need to overclock.

Those who buy used computer components know well the excitement it gives to see the screen "firing up" and seeing the evidence of the new part perform as it should. The XP3200+'s response time seems faster than the humbler AMDs even on undemanding processor tasks. This particular one has not had anything demanding yet though. Perhaps it is just nice to know that you have the best processor of its class from an earlier era. My main point though is to acclaim that this high performance processor is also very robust and has been very tolerant of my own careless mistakes in installation. Of course I am aware of the damage static electricity can cause and always touch a tap to be earthed before and during an installation procedure. Fine, use not too much thermal grease on the heat sink and a non-magnetic screwdriver to remove and replace the heat sink and fan. Finally ensure the cable to the fan is plugged into the motherboard. To cut a long story short, this is my message - please be careful to plug the FAN into the motherboard. I had stupidly and inadvertently plugged a power connector into the fan socket on the motherboard. All went well for a few minutes until the alarm squawked and fortunately the computer shut down. Still not realising my mistake, the PC health part of the BIOS showed that a fan was working (but not the CPU fan as I later discovered) and I blithely watched the temperature reach 90 degrees centigrade before I shut the computer off. I think the "V" in the model number refers to 80 degrees maximum operating temperature. I realised my mistake and with the heat sink fan connected of course, the processor operates very happily at around 54 degrees. Perhaps I was lucky but this highly tuned CPU must be very robust as far as over-heating is concerned. I am happy and I hope you don't make the same mistake.