AMD FX-4100 Zambezi 3.6GHz (3.8GHz Turbo) Socket AM3+ 95W Quad-Core Desktop Processor FD4100WMGUSBX

32 nm Zambezi 95W
8MB L3 Cache
2 x 2MB L2 Cache

Unlock and load. Blow away the competition with the unrestrained power of an AMD FX processor. Experience unmatched multitasking and pure core performance with the 32nm 4-core desktop processor. Get the speed you crave with AMD Turbo CORE Technology to push your core frequencies to the limit when you need it most. Go beyond the limits of maximum speed with easy-to-use AMD OverDrive and AMD Catalyst Control Center software suites*. But the best part of all? You’ll get all this impressive performance at an unbelievable price. You’ll be asking yourself “what competition?” in no time.

Combine an AMD FX CPU with an AMD 9-series chipset motherboard and AMD Radeon HD 6000 series graphics cards to create the AMD “Scorpius” platform. Get lost in the action with ultra-responsive gameplay and insanely lifelike HD powered by VISION FX Technology from AMD. Overtake your rivals with the raw power and superior performance of an unlocked CPU*. Immerse yourself in an accelerated HD experience with AMD Radeon GPU and Microsoft DirectX 11 capable graphics. *Note: AMD’s product warranty does not cover damage caused by overclocking (even when overclocking is enabled via AMD Overdrive software).

Unlocked AMD FX 4-Core Processor The native 4-core desktop processor delivers unmatched multitasking and pure core performance with all-new “Bulldozer” architecture. New 32 nanometer die shrink was designed to reduce leakage for improved efficiency, increased clock rate headroom and better thermals. Watch rich, crisp HD video. Run multiple compute-intensive applications seamlessly.
AMD Turbo CORE Technology The AMD FX Processors come equipped with AMD Turbo CORE Technology, a performance boosting technology that helps increase performance on the applications that need it the most.
New Instruction Capabilities – AVX, FMA4 and XOP, AES Advanced Vector Extensions (AVX) increase parallelism tailored for scientific and 3D applications that use heavy floating point calculations. Floating Point Vector Multiply-Accumulate improves throughput and performance on many vector functions (integer and floating point). Advanced Encryption Standard noticeably increases performance on the latest encryption applications like TrueCrypt and benchmarks like PCMark.
AMD HyperTransport Technology HyperTransport Technology (HT or HTT) is a high-speed, low latency, point-to-point link which helps reduce the number of buses in a system thus reducing system bottlenecks and enabling today's faster microprocessors to use system memory more efficiently in high-end multiprocessor systems. With HTT, the AMD FX-4100 enjoys up to 37GB/s total delivered processor-to-system bandwidth (HyperTransport bus + memory bus).
Integrated DRAM Controller with AMD Memory Optimizer Technology The AMD FX Processor features a high-bandwidth, low-latency integrated memory controller that supports up to DDR3-1866 and new low voltage memories of 1.35V and 1.2V and provides new Pre-Fetcher improvements and direct communications to each core in Dual-Core module (APIC registers in each core).
AMD Virtualization (AMD-V) Technology with IOMMU Silicon feature-set enhancements designed to improve the performance, reliability, and security of existing and future virtualization environments by allowing virtualized applications with direct and rapid access to their allocated memory. IOMMU is an extension to AMD64 architecture to support address translation and access protection on DMA transfers. AMD-V with IOMMU helps virtualization software to run more securely and efficiently enabling a better experience when dealing with virtual systems.

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Model

Brand: AMD

Series: FX-Series

Model: FD4100WMGUSBX

CPU Socket Type

CPU Socket Type: Socket AM3+

Tech Spec

Core: Zambezi

Multi-Core: Quad-Core

Name: FX-4100

Operating Frequency: 3.6GHz (3.8GHz Turbo)

L2 Cache: 2 x 2MB

L3 Cache: 8MB

Manufacturing Tech: 32 nm

64 bit Support: Yes

Hyper-Transport Support: Yes

Virtualization Technology Support: Yes

Thermal Design Power: 95W

Cooling Device: Heatsink and Fan included

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Warranty

Limited Warranty period (parts): 3 years
Limited Warranty period (labor): 3 years

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N/A 5/17/2013 6:01:13 AM Tech Level: 3/5 Ownership: 2/5 Verified Owner	Rating: 5/5Great CPU Pros: Finished building my computer. Fast and easy to install. What I really like the most was the fan was easier to install compare to my last desktop. Definately worth the price. Cons: None 0 out of 1 people found this review helpful. Did you? Thanks for the valuable feedback you provided!
N/A 5/16/2013 7:18:45 AM Tech Level: 4/5 Ownership: 4/5 Verified Owner	Rating: 5/5Love me some amd! Pros: Good speeds Always nice to have the current line of processors. AMD will hopefully be taking betetr advantage of the FX series soon Runs quite cool even with just a stock HSF, and I'm running two gtx56s in SLI Cons: None Did you find this review helpful? Thanks for the valuable feedback you provided!
Keaton 5/15/2013 6:27:09 PM Tech Level: 4/5 Ownership: 4/5 Verified Owner	Rating: 2/5Overheats a lot.... Pros: Worked good for a little while but now overheats constantly. Cons: Worked good for a little while but now overheats constantly. Other Thoughts: I wish it would have worked for me but I guess I just got a bad egg... 0 out of 1 people found this review helpful. Did you? Thanks for the valuable feedback you provided!
Cbam101 5/15/2013 5:48:54 PM Tech Level: 4/5 Ownership: 5/5 Verified Owner	Rating: 4/5good Budget CPU Pros: It's a great CPU for any budget Build, clocks well and has little trouble running CPU interactive games at mid settings Cons: Doesn't benchmark as well as more expensive CPU's but that is to be expected. Did you find this review helpful? Thanks for the valuable feedback you provided!
bshaw 5/13/2013 1:44:09 AM Tech Level: 3/5 Ownership: 2/5 Verified Owner	Rating: 5/5processor Pros: It's cheap It's AMD Cons: none Other Thoughts: Might be a better option to spend a little extra on a higher clock or more cores. I bought this a day BEFORE the FX-6100 had an instant $15 off coupon. ARGH! Did you find this review helpful? Thanks for the valuable feedback you provided!
N/A 5/9/2013 11:10:58 AM Tech Level: 4/5 Ownership: 5/5 Verified Owner	Rating: 4/5Great Budget Buy Pros: I absolutely love this CPU. Amazing bang for your buck here. There is only 1 big con imo, and that will be listed below. This CPU has taken everything I throw at it. Im a hardcore gamer usually running many things at once. I play a somewhat demanding browser game (C&C Tiberium Alliances) and sometimes have 4-5 different windows of it open, along with YouTube, whatever game Im playing at the time (usually a steam game or SC II-HoTS) and this CPU handles it perfectly. Not even a hiccup. I can tell why its called the bulldozer. Im not even OverClocked and it can do this and then some. So for a first time builder, and/or a budget build take my word for it and look no further. Stop hunting all over for a good CPU and get this bad boy! Cheap, fast, and reliable. Had it a year and a half and it still runs as good as day 1. Cons: The only con (major one for me or any who plan to upgrade) with this CPU and the entire FX series, is I have yet to find an AM3+ socket motherboard with PCI Express 2.0x16. Which entirely cuts off the next generation of GPU's. Ill list my build below and yes for the time being it runs GREAT. but 6months to a year down the road I will defienetly need a GPU upgrade to keep up with the high end games. Well with this setup it just wont work as they are going to discontinue the GTX 500 series and I will only buy Nvidia cards due to very bad experiences with Radeon, and the GTX 500 series is their last to sport PCI 2.0x16 (If Im not mistaken please correct me if I am). Either way soon I want to get rid of my GTX 550Ti and get something from the GTX 600 series (GTX 650 maybe 660). In order to do that I need to seriously overhaul my build and switch to intel, to get a PCI 3.0 capable board. Which is a pricey endeavor one that if I would have known ahead of time I would've just gone intel to begin with. So if you are planning to upgrade to higher end graphics hardware in the future I would suggest going for a 3.0 capable board which means no AMD AM3+, hense no FX CPU's. Will post my build in other thoughts. Other Thoughts: AMD FX 4100 3.6Ghz Quad Core CPU Crucial 4gb dual channel DDR3 Ram 1333Mhz GTX 550Ti Fermi 1gb Gpu OCZ 700W Modular 80 Plus Bronze PSU WD 500GB Sata 6Gb/S 7200RPM HDD Gigabyte 970A-UDS Sata 6Gb/S PCI 2.0x16 Mobo Inside a Corsair 600T White edition 0 out of 5 people found this review helpful. Did you? Thanks for the valuable feedback you provided!
aldo 5/7/2013 6:38:24 PM Tech Level: 4/5 Ownership: 3/5 Verified Owner	Rating: 5/5good processor Pros: very cheap, works well. Cons: none Other Thoughts: is a little less fast than the intel the same size, but the price is very big, I recommend it! Did you find this review helpful? Thanks for the valuable feedback you provided!
N/A 5/6/2013 12:45:27 PM Tech Level: 3/5 Ownership: 3/5 Verified Owner	Rating: 5/5AMD fx-4100 Zambezi 3.6 quad core Pros: FAST VERY VERY FAST, i have tried athlon2 quads phenom x2 6 cores and this fx series is ,imo, faster then the rest Cons: imo,none! Did you find this review helpful? Thanks for the valuable feedback you provided!
N/A 5/2/2013 7:43:24 PM Tech Level: 3/5 Ownership: 3/5 Verified Owner	Rating: 4/5Reliable! Pros: -Fast! -Decent at multi-tasking -Inexpensive Cons: A few years ago, I purchased a 3.0 dual core Regor AMD processor, and in all honesty, it seemed to run just as fast whether running a single program or multiple. Did you find this review helpful? Thanks for the valuable feedback you provided!
N/A 5/2/2013 1:00:26 PM Tech Level: 4/5 Ownership: 3/5	Rating: 5/5Amazing CPU for the price. Pros: Easy to overclock. I got it running stable at 4.2 ghz without even touching the voltage, and it never goes above 35 C, which leads me into my next pro: A pretty nice stock cooler, which is great for a budget builder that's looking to max this thing out! Cons: None, this CPU works completely as intended, and then some! Other Thoughts: I have some regrets about some parts in my new build, but I have absolutely none about this CPU, it's quick and cool and does it's job perfectly, for a great price. Did you find this review helpful? Thanks for the valuable feedback you provided!
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