AMD 45646788 FD8350FRHKBOX FX-8350 FX-Series 8-Core Black Edition Processor

JUNE 12, 2013 UPDATE I've had this CPU for going on four months now. It's still rocking it! Runs the latest "Metro Last Light" with a breeze. TO fixing my heating issues I mention below, I have upgraded the fans on my radiator to the Corsair SP120 high performance fans. As of now I have this thing running at exactly 5018Mhz stable right now. Also over time I experimented with RAM. Believe it or not, decreasing my RAM speed actually gained me some FPS in all of my games (its running slightly below 1600Mhz now). I recommend doing FPS benchmarks if you are aiming for gaming with this. Also I wanted to add in my last Power Supply blew up on me. I am now using the gold rated Corsair HX750 that seems work better with this CPU overclocked in terms of heat/stability. Let me skip all the BS. This is a BEAST of a CPU! I've had an AMD Phenom II x6 1045t for the past year now. Although I loved the 1045t CPU, it simply wasn't the greatest for gaming. My stock speed was 3.9Ghz and I overclocked it to 4.5Ghz via the turbo, but with turbo on the Phenom II chips, only three cores would activate. I also was gifted recently an XSPC Raystorm rs360 liquid cooling kit and with that high end cooling I simply wanted the best overclockable chip out there. For about three month's I eyeballed this CPU up on various websites. I wanted it desperately, but I had a few issues and asked myself the following questions. Was it a big enough upgrade over the 1045t? Was it worth buying over the cheaper 8320 model? Lastly should I consider saving up for an intel system instead because of AMD's rocky future in the CPU world (reports say the excavator models are pushed back to 2014 at least)? I took the plunge - I ordered this CPU and could not be happier. The base speed of 4Ghz is awesome, it's nice to see something like that right out of the box. Furthermore the overclockability of this chip is absolutely astounding. You can overclocked it to the Moon assuming you have proper cooling. With the Raystorm rs360 I was able to get this chip to a stable 5Ghz, liquid cooling the CPU and the VRM's on my motherboard. Overclocking is nothing without performance though - how does the CPU perform? Excellent! I got a very noticeable framerate increase in all my games. Crysis 3 I can run completely maxed out with msaa on medium at 60fps (which some intel users can't even handle :o) Some minor pet peeves/issues with this CPU: 1) If you're doing overclocking, you will absolutely need a custom cooler. This is a very power hungry, very hot CPU at overclocked speeds. This thing has scarily overheated on me a few times already, I've gotten this to a stable 5Ghz, although I can run it at speeds of up to 5.4Ghz it simply gets too hot at anything else. Although the stock cooler is actually impressive having copper on it, it's still not going to do the job. Here's what I recommend per the speeds you are trying to reach based on my own experience and from what I've read on the web: - Coolermaster Hyper 212 EVO or similar: 4.6Ghz - Closed loop cooler (such as the h100i): 4.8Ghz - Custom cooling kit: 5Ghz+ - At least a 600w PSU for anything above (this thing consumes alot of power overclocked) 2) AMD STILL SUCKS WITH HIGH SPEED RAM. If you're overclocking this thing even slightly, good luck getting the specified 1866Mhz RAM to work with it. I can only run mine at around 1700Mhz. I tried two modules at 8GB and four modules at 16GB. Could never get this to stably run 1866Mhz, even at stock CPU speeds. If you'r buying RAM stick with a 1600Mhz kit. Other than the power/heat issues and the RAM, this is a great CPU. I paid for a $200 CPU and it felt like I got what I paid for performance wise. Vs. Intel you will see alot of users complain that the "per core" performance isn't as good, and than an Intel i5 3550k will outperform this. Personally I don't give a crap. I'm not reverting my whole system over to Intel just because some silly benchmarks are slightly better. Besides the multi-threading of this CPU will blow away an i5, especially in DX11 games which do utilize all 8 cores. One more thing - vs the AMD 8320 I think this is a much better buy - $10-20 more and you're getting a CPU that's going to be much better in the overclocking department and the increased speeds are going to be much better in gaming. Overall definitely worth the money. Great CPU that will last years to come and AMD's future is rocky if you're waiting for the "next" best thing I think you should just go with this... My build: 8350 @ 5Ghz, 1.5v core, 250Mhz bus speed, 20x CPU multiplier Gigabyte 990FXA-UD3 XSPC Raystorm rs360 water cooling Primoflex tubing w/ deionized water Enzotech wmst-81 VRM Water Block G Skill Ares 1866Mhz (4x4) 16GB RAM (@ 1700Mhz) MSI Radeon Twin Frozr III 7950 overclocked Corsair Force 120GB SSD Thermaltake 600W PSU LG Blu Ray reader/writer NZXT Phantom Full Tower case (white)

Previous to this processor, I had an FX 6100. It worked for the time, but I was having problems with recording gameplay (particularly at 1080p) and video editing (though, this may not have been at the fault of the processor). I was debating between this processor or an i5 of similar price (and leave room for an i7 in the future?). As far as if I made the right decision between these two options, I'm not sure. So, I'll just get into what it can do on it's own. The immediate differences I noticed with this upgrade would be with game recording. I use a Radeon HD 7850 with 2 GB video memory, and it was a decent fit with the FX 6100 and most gaming goes on a 1600x900 resolution. I upgraded to a 1080p monitor, and that was when certain problems where becoming more apparent. An example would be recording Borderlands 2 at 1080p. Even with practically all settings turned down, at 1920x1080, the game would move somewhat slowly from time to time, but especially when viewing larger areas. Another issue I had was with video editing. My FX 6100 would not be able to keep up with major splitting and cropping of videos in VideoPad. Though, one thing I should mention. When it comes to certain problems in video editing and game recording, make sure you're using proper software. You're better off spending the extra money on something well made like Bandicam or Sony Movie Studio before upgrading your processor (something I've learned from trial and error). As far as game recording goes with the FX 8350, I can now go with 1080p on Borderlands 2 and many other games at medium higher settings. It should be noted with my 4 mbps upload speed, sharing 1080p videos on the internet is actually more trouble than it's worth. So, before upgrading your processor in hopes of making incredible 1080p videos, take into consideration the additional hassle vs benefit of these much larger file sizes. With these considered, I don't see much reason to stick with 1080p over 720p, but that's just a personal preference (and probably not even necessary for my audience (myself being my biggest fan (WE LOVE YOU JASON))). One more thing to consider is your hard drive configuration. I found having a separate hard drive for recording helps improve game recording, as well as having the additional space. When it comes to video editing, I'm still learning the best way to get my system to perform these given actions. Still, to give you an idea, a video I split and cropped with Sony Vegas Movie Studio Platinum 12, with very little effects, running about an hour long, and recorded at 1080p will take my system a good three hours to render (but can sometimes be as little as two hours). This is even with 16 GB of 2133Mhz DDR3. Though, I'm guessing with very little effects, my system is not utilizing this memory nearly as much. That, or I haven't quite gotten my system to utilize it yet. A quick test run of over 5 hours of video at 1080p being rendered was estimated at taking over 12 hours to finish. I plan on doing a bit more testing as far as 720p video is concerned in these renders in the near future (and may update this when I do). Another note (note after note after note) is that I only have one drive array close to RAID and that would be a striped setup I have some games installed. I also use this for my render to path while exporting my video, and have tried my SSD as a location for temp files, but I'm still guessing I need to find a proper configuration for optimizing my hard drives for video editing (and suggestions are welcome!). One last note for video editing should be, I only render with the CPU. Not because I can, but because the HD 7850 does not seem to do anything, even when given the option. Might be because of the speed of the CPU as it is. As overclocking goes, I have an AMD 970 series chipset on my motherboard, and it does not want to get over 4300 Mhz on the clock without trying to cook my socket. I may be able to get it to 4500 with a lot of effort, but the performance gains vs temperatures do not not make me want to exceed what the base clock + turbo core already have to offer. If you want to overclock this up to a decent speed, I would recommend doing a bit of research before getting this CPU for overclocking. I wish I had more to offer in regards to how my overclocking experiences went with this processor. I've heard the 990 series is better for a decent overclock, and there's probably other considerations to make. Again, sorry I don't have more to offer aside from trying to make Vishera stir fry. When it comes to only gaming at 1080p, I don't see myself needing much more than this processor at stock speeds. Games like Dead Space 3, Resident Evil 6, Borderlands 2, Tomb Raider, and Saints Row IV can be handle at near optimal settings between my FX 8350 and the HD 7850. If anything, I can only assume my video card is holding me back in regards to peaking out everything on Ultra with no problems. Any bit of a higher resolution than this and I don't really have much for feedback. I would say I'm happy with this purchase and don't see myself needing an upgrade for a while (past maybe the mainboard). It would be nice sometime in the near future to try out an Intel i5 with similar tests and see how both machines stack up (would be nice to have real life comparisons and see where I landed with this build). So, this is everything I've tried with my FX 8350 I can think worth mentioning. If anybody has any corrections they'd like to make or suggestions in any regards, I'm more than welcome to them. Last note among the many notes: Right now, my FX 6100 is in a machine with 8 GB 1600 Mhz DDR3 (Corsair Vengeance Low-Profile 2 GB sticks, to be more specific) and an Nvidia GTX 560 Ti. For gaming on a 1600x900 resolution, this setup works fine (only reason I replaced the 560 Ti was because of peculiar driver problems found in certain games, but that's another story for another time). So, before making the huge step to a FX 8350, an FX 6300 might be better for sub-1080p resolutions, and mostly likely for anything that isn't game recording.

this processor is just like the other amd fx chips, it does NOT have a throttling issue! you simply see it go to 1.4ghz if your system is not running any programs, but you can make it 4.0ghz all the time, just change power settings in the bios, ie, cool n quite and the c settings, also change power settings in windows and you should no longer see the "throttling" UPDATE. My hard drive is a slow one from 2008. it is bottle necking my system and causing my whole system to perform worse! also my video card is the GTS-250 1GB and may also be slowing things down, all else is up to date.... So when i get a faster harddrive and better video card i will update this to show just how much better this cpu is than the 1055T and fx 6100, as those were my previous AMD processors. but in my opinion if anyone has the 1055T it was what i wish I had and stuck with the whole time. but not getting the 8120 or 8150 was the smart choice i did make! the 1055T was a BEAST but the fx-6100 was the BEST overclocker, got it up to 4.7GHZ @ 6cores and 5GHZ @2 cores. the stock power of the 8350 will make you feel good if you do not have liquid cooling for overclocking. I have liquid cooling and with it you will be happy with any of these processors. stick with the 1055T if you already have it go with the fx-6100 if you love overclocking and have liquid cooling (and you are a cheap) dont let the stock clock make you think this is better than the 1055T!!! go with the 8350 if you do not already have the 1055T BUT if you want the 8350 and have comfy money for it , get it, ifnact the best amd fx is the 8320 @150 dollars.... but this is a cost ratio, so get the best processor to suit your budget and tech wants. im not an intel guy or amd guy, i am a price guy, and the 8350 hit the spot for me and i have done research with the 3 different CPUs. compare to intel? heck no those cost too much and are not worth the quality increase that is if there is any for real world use anyway! i wish i had known all of what i do now, i would have stuck with the 1055T, and got the 8350 when the price hit around 150 dollars, other wise price per money, get the 8320. my research will save you from spending money on a cpu that does not fit your tech needs, face it, all these cpus do what you will need, but you want to be the next god among your friends with this new cpu purchase! ORIGINAL REVIEW BELOW......... The only problem i had with this was it needed a fresh install of windows 7.... saw a huge increase in performance and i am working to make sure i see it the whole time i use this processor, one person somewhere said it was not any better than the 6100, fact is it sometimes performs about the same, but is capable of a lot better performance. Like i say, i just need time to figure what the settings should be. So far, the 6100 hundred cant even perform equal at a full overclock. the 8350 0n stock is a real treat in itself! and the odd thing is how you change no settings only a reboot and the performance drops to the 6100s level. I am seeing this as being the reason why intel fans hate this cpu line as it is not fluent in its highest performance.......... but in the future i am optimistic about . I dont go by benchmarks, i go by what i saw for the programs i was using and how consistent the programs ran each time i booted my computer for a use with unchanged settings. this processor is surely capable of more than what i have, as i have seen its promise even without the hotfix installed as of now however if you are looking to build a cheap pc , go with the 6100, but if you want the best there will be, the 8350 is a great idea . for its cost increase it was easily worth it for me

I've been building gaming PCs a few years now (So understand my review is based on its Gaming performance, not productivity), since I was about 13, working with the cheapest parts I can get my hands on, but also the most powerful for that money. Now that I'm 19 however, I get a bit more cash, but I still tend to go for the "Best performance for the money" camp of PC parts. My latest build was using a EVGA GTX 670 with an AMD Phenom II x4 @ 3.0Ghz with some decent 8GB of RAM. This wasn't a terrible setup, playing all the latest games at usually max settings, but typically falling into 30FPS, sometimes less. While this was fully playable, I couldn't help but feeling I wasn't getting the full Oomph from my system. I was on a budget, and came across the AMD FX-8350 as being nicely powerful for the money. I bought it from Amazon for about $190 ($216 with tax and free shipping) and was fairly confident, after reading reviews, that this would be a very welcome upgrade for my PC. I typically for that most games had an FPS increase at max settings of about 10-30 FPS when compared to my quad core. While this doesn't give me my dream 60 FPS in all games, it's a welcome increase none the less. Here are a few differences with my new cpu: Far Cry 3-Max settings, 1080p: average of about 45 FPS, a low of 35 FPS. (Used to be average of 40 FPS, a low of 26 FPS) Borderlands 2- Max settings, full Physx, 1080p: Average of 60 FPS easily, found nothing lower (Used to be an average of 60, but would quickly drop to 20-30 FPS due to Physx. With the new CPU, that's no longer a problem) GTA 4- Max settings, 720p: Average of about 50 FPS, a low of 38 FPS (Used to be an average of 40 FPS, with a low of 24 FPS) Just Cause 2- Max Settings, 1080p: Average of 60 FPS, a low of 55 FPS (Used to be an average of 50 FPS, with a low of 38 FPS) DayZ- Max settings, 20 player server, 720p: Average of about 50 FPS, a low of 35 FPS (Used to be an average of 45 FPS, with a low of 22 FPS) As you can see, I got some nice increases in all the listed games, and still have a few more to test. While I wasn't blown away by the performance increase, I was very happy to see a difference in games. As far as negatives go, the fan sucks. Bad. It gets REALLY loud when it gets to about 50C, and it can get pretty hot, with the highest so far I've seen being 60C on very CPU intensive games. I plan on buying a new cooling unit, and so should you unless 60C really doesn't bother you. Overall, for under $200, it's a decent CPU, and seems to outperform my friends i5 in most games, especially if it support more than 2 or 4 cores (such as Crysis 2 and 3)

I decided to buy this CPU because my Phenom II x4 965 BE has aging architecure and it was starting to show in more modern games. Yes, it can still keep up FPS-wise, but stuttering is there, and that's annoying to a gamer. So, I got this. I had my 965 clocked to 3.8 pretty much its whole life. And the 8350 is clocked stock to 4.0. Night and day difference. Don't let the 200mhz clock difference fool you, if you have your 965 clocked to that (most everyone does), it's seriously night and day. Although the FPS is of course higher with the 8350, the stuttering is not there anymore. And it doesn't bog down. Heavy AI based game put strain on your CPU, and I love to play Men of War: Assault Squad. This CPU improved that drastically. Yes, the 965 can keep 60 FPS in games a lot, but with the 8350, there's hardly any of no dips in the fps at all. Diablo 3 is a prime example with max settings, this thing blazes through it. Now, with temperatures. I have this thing setup with a Cooler Master Hyper 212+ with 2 Cooler Master 120mm 2000rpm fans hooked up to the PSU to keep them at high speeds all the time. My idle is at 15-16c and video game load it's 30c. Compared to the 965 which ran at 34c idle and 45c under gaming load. Always keep in mind that AMBIENT TEMPERATURE is important to what your CPU temperature is going to be! I like to keep my room around 77F to get these temperatures. With the AC off and this CPU heating my room to 80 within an hour, temperatures rise to 25c idle and 34c under load. Although the FX CPUs run cooler, they get A LOT hotter than the Phenoms. They just spread the heat better to the Heatsink than the Phenoms did. Oh, and throw away the stock cooler. Save yourself the worry and get an aftermarket HSF setup with a push-pull if you can with your case or a water cooling setup. Extend the life of the CPU. Sorry for the long review, but anyways: Pros: -High stock clock and easily overclockable -Disperses heat very well through aftermarket Heatsink(never tried stock, too many reviews against it) -8 cores for super multitasking, yaaaaay! -Can easily play new games at 60fps at max settings when paired with a good GPU. -Very affordable for its performance it gives. -Got it for $179 -Finally got something to replace my aging Phenom II x4 965 BE :D. Cons: -Still can't keep up with any of Intels high end CPUs -Will heat up a room in a jiffy with a case that moves a lot of air -Garbage stock HSF for gaming. -ZERO protecion for the pins on the CPU in the retail box. It actually worried me quite a bit. The CPU is just snapped into plastic holders. My other CPUs usually came with a type of foam for the pins to contact into just in case. My build: Cooler Master HAF X(Blue Edition) w/max fans. Seasonic SS-760XP2 760W, 80 PLUS PLATINUM ASRock Fatal1ty 990FX Killer AMD FX-8350(at stock clock) w/ Cooler Master Hyper 212+ w/push-pull Gigabyte Radeon HD 7970 OC ADATA Gaming Series 8GB(motherboard specified clock) ASUS DRW-24F1ST CD DRIVE ASUS VX238H Monitor @1080p Logitech G230 Stereo Gaming Headset Logitech G15 Keyboard Logitech M510 Mouse Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit Steelseries StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty Gaming Mousepad

Powerful and Reliable CPU That Still Holds Up I’ve been running this AMD FX-8350 for a while now, and it’s been rock solid. It’s an 8-core processor from AMD’s Black Edition line, and while it’s not the newest chip on the market, it still delivers very capable performance for multitasking, productivity, and even gaming when paired with a decent graphics card. Installation was straightforward, and it dropped right into my AM3+ motherboard without any issues. I really appreciate that it comes unlocked, giving you the flexibility to overclock if you want to squeeze out a little extra performance. The chip has plenty of headroom for enthusiasts, though it does generate a fair amount of heat under heavy load, so a good aftermarket cooler is a must if you plan to push it hard. In day-to-day use, I’ve noticed it handles multiple programs, video streaming, and light editing without lag. It’s also been a fun processor to tinker with because of its overclocking potential. Power consumption is higher than some of the newer CPUs, so that’s worth keeping in mind if efficiency is a priority. Bottom line: This is a tried-and-true workhorse CPU. If you’re building or maintaining an AM3+ system, the FX-8350 is one of the best chips you can get for the platform—fast, reliable, and a great value for what it offers.

First let me provide some background; i had updated from a AMD Phenom II X4 940 @ 3ghz, 8 gigs ram and a Radeon HD 7970, and I use my PC mostly for gaming and web stuff IE chatting online and browsing. My old PC seemed to be running poorly in games despite having such a high end card, so i figured it was time to upgrade. I chose the FX 8 core due to consoles being 8 core AMDs, substantially increasing the likely hood PC Ports will be built off that AMD Tech going forward as has been the case in previous generations. I had red the reviews and propaganda all saying buy Intel's Core I5 or I7, so i was a bit leery of AMD but ultimately I stuck with them, and I am ever glad I did! This thing is a monster! It runs so fast and well, and really makes my HD 7970 shine. Its said in games like Skyrim due to poor single thread performance it wont run well and thats a crock. I noticed immediately buttery smooth gameplay at the highest settings, which my Phenom couldn't do. Same with running games and my web browser with multiple tabs in the background along with a chat program. It just takes the abuse and keeps on ticking. About the cooling, since I dont overclock, the Stock cooler is doing a great job, no overheating or anything, but to be fair this might be due to the Rosewill Blackhawk case with its great airflow and multiple fans, and the Asus Motherboard with its thermal design. Final thoughts: It seems to me, unless your a benchmark junkie, that loves running them all day and seeing the high rating, your not going to notice the difference between this and Intel. In the real world, theres no difference and I'll explain why. Say your FX boasts 65-70 FPS and intel might manage over 100 fps, guess what? Its all wasted FPS! Unless you own a 120 hz monitor, your not seeing anything over 60 FPS in the first place, the most common PC monitors run at 60 and if you hook your PC up to a LCD, its likely only running at 30-50 fps. So in the end, unless your only doing benchmarks and love seeing high numbers, for a vast majority of people the FX is a great thing and worth the buy. It might use more power then intel, but your not going to see it unless you leave your PC on all day and night, a easy fix is just putting the PC to Sleep or Hibernation when your not using it. BAM, no electric bill issues.

I have been in IT for over 10 years. I have been highly involved in virtual environments. I also use to run a LAN party group years back. I still enjoy gaming but I also run entire virtual environments on my desktop using VirtualBox. It is kind of a sandbox I use before putting VMs into my VMware environment at home. The computer I have is made up of the following. Processor: AMD FX-8350 Motherboard: MSI 890FXA-GD65 rev3.0 Memory: G.Skill Ripjaw 4x8GB Hard Drives: x1 Samsung 830 SSD 256GB, x2 WD 640GB Blacks OS: Windows 7 Pro and 8 Pro Display: x2 XFX 5850 Black Edition in crossfire LAN: Onboard and Intel 4 Port Gigabit Adapter I have had as many as 8 VMs running in the background and I was still able to play WoW, Crysis, CS: Global Opposition, etc. My Windows Score is CPU: 7.9 Memory: 7.9 Graphics: 7.8 Gaming: 7.8 Disk: 7.9 with Samsung SSD only and 6.0 with WD BE drives online I use to sit at about 7.5 with my AMD 1090t in there. Not only did my processor rating go up but so did my Memory which was at about 7.7 with the 1090t in. The upgrade was well worth it. --------------------------------------------------------------------- Cost, Compatibility, Enginuity, Quality, etc. --------------------------------------------------------------------- When it comes to cost I see how long my hardware can last me. I have to admit even if Intel is cheaper to run I have over come that with AMD. There is not a chance in heck I could of dropped a new Intel CPU into a 2yr old system without replacing the memory, motherboard, etc.. My motherboard is from 2010 (Jan) and one of the XFX 5850 are from late 2009, my memory, other XFX 5850, and my WD 640GB drives are from 2011. I have gone from a dual core, to a quad, to a six core and now have dropped in an 8 core. Well (4core/4module) CPU. Basically 4 cores with 4 helper modules from processing more threads. So yes you can compare this CPU to a Quad core Intel. What the heck do think Hyperthreading is? Granted they are not a full core but they are not hyperthreading either they are closer to a full core but not fully functional. It was hard at first to get my 1090t fully utilized but I was able to do it but this processor has way more to give :). In gaming I have gone from a mix of High/Very High in Crysis 2 to EXTREME. Which is nice. Every other game I have have been playing thanks to the Steam Holiday Sale is on Very High/Ultra just because they done have EXTREME. None the less the settings are maxed and this puppy doesn't flinch. After getting this CPU my last Intel (Core i5 2500K) is out the door. I have used both and I know the benchmarks (not real world) statistics are higher. I however have always had snapper response from AMD with Virtual Environments and multitasking. I have been extremely pleased with my AMD systems. They have saved me countless $$$$ during upgrades. As of right now the pauses I would get while playing games on my 1090t are all gone and this thing just sits there in the performance monitor like it is having a snack. I could go on forever but I don't have that much time. Buy and enjoy this processor will devourer whatever you throw at it. When building don't skim the bottom of the barrel and do your research on the components you buy. I did when I built the system I use now and I have had parts for well over two years. Buy quality components and they will last and save you money in the long run. I usually buy somewhere between mid-high to high end range components. THANKS AMD - Awesome Platform (No new socket every 6 months)

You were one of the lucky ones to have bought this back when it was first released. In all honesty, this chip still run's today's games! But, DO NOT BUY OR upgrade now as ryzens & better are out. About the CPU? This CPU plays well in 1920x1080 GTX 1660 AMP todays video cards in games like Monster Hunter World 60fps with about 70% CPU utilization at 4.2Ghz or higher The Division 2 GTFO Road Redemption Killing floor 2 Fortnite Resident evil 2 remake Pretty much any game released yesterday with the right setup. My system specs other then videocard & cpu: RAM: ripjaws x2 16gb ram with ares x2 16gb ram XMP @ 1600mhz PSU: 750w Corsair HDD's x2 MB Gigabyte 970 rev 2.# GPU's tested with this processor: GTX 960 AMP gddr5 & GTX 1660 AMP gddr6 Some games are broken as they are older or are frame limited. Other games may work better on single core performance as well such as ARMA 3 & Escape from Tarkov. However. The AMD FX 8350 series still is one of the best chips on yesterdays market for the FX series. It also holds the highest OC online 8.1Ghz! Meaning, the RAM speeds & other components is whats actually slowing it down at this point. Since there is no DDR4 am3 socket MB, there is actually no telling how far this CPU could go. P.S. I do not recommend trying to overclock pass 6ghz at all lul. On the box, yes, it says you can achive 6ghz. WARNING: DO NOT USE or BUY WITH STOCK FAN! You will expierence so many issues from noise to BSOD to freezes, lockups, shutdowns. The Stock fan cooling is way too TINY for this power hungry CPU & it will slow it down performance wise & may cause damage over time due to lack of cooling. If you do use the STOCK fan, I recommend disabling Turbo Mode right away & keeping all cooling options enabled. Power options for windows, set CPU cooling policy to PASSIVE. & be sure its always on Balanced mode in power options. This will keep things better.

Trae un ventilador que responde perfectamente si no vas a usar el PC para juegos potentes (no lo he usado con juegos). Compré un ventilador más potente antes de probar el que viene junto con el procesador y ahora me arrepiento. El procesador da un excelente rendimiento. Lo uso fundamentalmente para fotografía y video y hace los procesamientos muy rápido. Le di muchas vueltas a la cabeza antes de decidirme a comprarlo (de entrada ni se me habría ocurrido comprar un AMD), porque dudaba entre éste, un i5 o un i7. Una vez montado, me arrepiento de la compra, sobre todo pensando en el ahorro de precio frente a los Intel. Yo no lo sabia pero no es necesario que compréis pasta térmica aparte porque ya viene preparado con su propia pasta térmica. En definitiva, muy satisfecho con la compra.

Good Product....delivery was good...the packaging was good enough...got the original product... Now about the processor....its a very good budget processor....Octa-core with 4.2ghz stock clockspeed per core isn't a matter of joke..besides that, this processor supports overclocking upto 5.0 Ghz.....don't know about new games..but slightly old games like...COD , Arkham knight etc...even new game PUBG run smoothly in this system with a decent graphics card....I love FX-8350..

Jetzt geb ich auch mal meinen Senf dazu. Erstmal für alle Legastheniker unter uns DIE CPU (central processing unit), da ich immer mehr User sehe, die den CPU schreiben. Doch nun zum Wesentlichen. Bin seit einer Woche im Besitz des neuen Flaggschiffs von AMD und habe damit meinen alten Phenom II X4 965BE mit einer 140 Watt TDP ersetzt.Ich habe aufgrund der mehr oder weniger negativen Testungen lange überlegt und vom eigentlichen Bulldozer erstmal Abstand gehalten. Die neue Piledriver Architektur hat mich letzlich doch überzeugt und zum Kauf bewegt. Verbaut in einem AM3-Board von ASUS, dem M4A89GTD-Pro/USB-3, lief die Erkennung mit neuem BIOS-Update problemlos und die CPU wurde sofort erkannt. Danke gleich auch an ASUS, denn nicht jeder Boardhersteller stellt ein passendes BIOS für den Sockel AM3 bereit. Die automatische Übertaktung schraubte den Takt auch sofort auf 4,7 Ghz hoch und alles läuft absolut stabil, wobei da noch nicht das Ende der Fahnenstange erreicht ist. Bei Zimmertemperatur und mit einem Prolimatec Armageddon mit zwei 140mm Lüftern wird das gute Stück im Idle nicht wärmer als 28 bis 32 Grad und unter Vollast nicht mehr als 51 Grad. Die Benchmarks haben gezeigt, dass der Sprung vom 965 BE zum 8350 wirklich groß ist, trotz der überall zitierten schlechten Performance in den Singlethreads. Von den Multithreads fang ich gar nicht erst an, denn da ist im Allgemeinen bekannt, dass selbst der Urbulldozer eine gute Performance liefert, die von Piledriver teils nochmals deutlich überboten wird. Ich kann jedem nur raten, von den intelgesponsorten Testungen Abstand zu halten, denn von der reinen Rohleistung, von SMT (Hyperthreading) mal abgesehen, kann der 8350 durchaus auch mit Intels Spitze mithalten. Wie gesagt von Programmen die für intels Hyperthreading optimiert wurden mal abgesehen, zumal das eh nur eine handvoll sind, die in Privatanwendungen meisst eh keine Anwendung finden. Die CPU ist sehr schnell, jeder aktuellen Aufgabe mehr als gewachsen und betrachtet man den Preisunterschied von fast 800,- Euro zwischen Intels und AMDs - Topmodell, so nehm ich die ein oder andere Kilowattstunde mehr gerne in Kauf. Konkurenz belebt das Geschäft und wenn es nur noch Intel geben sollte, dann kann ich für jeden Prozessorwechsel bald nen Kredit aufnehmen. Daher Preis - Leistung geht absolut an AMD und ob ein Spiel, das zum Wesentlichen natürlich auch von der Grafikkarte limitiert wird, nun mit 120 oder 110 Frames läuft ist mir persönlich absolut schnuppe und rechtfertigt auch keine knapp 1000,- Euro für Intels Topmodell. Is nur meine persönliche Meinung. Ich kann eine klare Kaufempfehlung für die neuen Piledriver CPUs aussprechen, denn man bekommt einen Menge Leistung für wenig Geld.

FX8120 → FX8350に交換しました。 仕事で複数の重い処理をさせることが多いのですが、交換前のCPUでCPU使用率が常に100％近くになり、時折パソコンが再起動してしまうなどの症状が発生し始めたので、FX8350に交換しました。 交換後、パソコンで同じ様な処理をさせてもCPU使用率が100％近くになってしまう事も無く、非常に安定して動作しています。 現時点では古いソケット仕様のCPUですが、11000円台で購入できたので満足しています。