AMD A10-5800K Trinity 3.8GHz (4.2GHz Turbo) Socket FM2 100W Quad-Core Desktop APU (CPU + GPU) with DirectX 11 Graphic AMD Radeon HD 7660D AD580KWOHJBOX

Pros: Quad core. Powerful, Fan isn't loud.

Cons: Not free

Other Thoughts: I feel like I got a good value

Pros: Discrete level GPU
Quad core
Price

Cons: Too many issues: lockups under very light load, graphical flaws in right click menus, frequent display driver crashes, page fault error BSOD screens pointing to the GPU drivers.

Other Thoughts: Words can't express how disappointed I am with AMD. I purchased this CPU in a time of extreme need and on a tight budget. Unfortunately I've had issues since day 1. Yet any diagnostics produced 0 results. Now this APU is on the fritz through no fault of my own. I also happen to be self studying for 3 different subjects, which was precisely the reason for choosing this CPU. I can not stress how important having a working PC is to me. It literally is the difference between failing and succeeding. Now even if I RMA this CPU, I'm forced to play a game of Russian roulette with my computer because after this experience (my first with AMD), I'm really not sure I trust them. I'd read some very convincing arguments from tech enthusiasts and reviews alike, only to be personally disappointed. I can not afford errors like this because success in my classes depends solely on having a fully functioning PC to work with. Because of this, I risk severe setbacks and failing these courses entirely. This is an impressive APU (when it does work) but I can't recommend it overall.

Pros: I absolutely love this APU. I picked one up and crossfired it with a 6670. Runs all of my games like a dream including Battlefield 3 at high settings. I bought this one instead of the A10-5700 because it was only a 1 dollar difference in price for overclockability. Won't need an upgrade for a long while.

Cons: Nothing I can note as of yet. Will change if I can find a reason to.

Pros: Economical, and easy to use, the A10 APU is a dream for desktop workstations and web browsers. Casual games might find the graphics restrictive compared to a discrete graphics card, but bang for your buck, you cant go wrong.

Cons: NOT COMPATIBLE WITH WIN XP 64BIT. This has been verified by AMD. After a 3 month long investigation, AMD has concluded that a fatal flaw in the DirectX drivers for the A10 5800k is not fixable, and is withdrawing their support for the WinXP 64bit OS for this APU. Please be aware of this.

Pros: Chip is fast and can be overclocked easily. Updated by AMD website. Nice not to have to buy another graphic card. Great price.

Cons: None yet

Pros: I can't think of a better way to spend a hundred bucks. I'm using this in a HTPC build for mostly XBMC playback with some light gaming. You can check out the rest of the rig below but I have to be honest I am genuinely impressed with how responsive the system is overall. I've only done some light gaming, but both WoW and Arkham Asylum both put up very respectable numbers running on high settings at 1080p. I use a i7 3770k paired with a GTX 660 on my main rig and for basic things like basic browsing and uncompressed blu-ray playback I genuinely can't tell the difference.

This thing is at the heart of a sub-$400 build and I couldn't be happier. It's snappy for everything I need it to be.

Cons: Sure, it's not going to push through benchmarks or rendering processes in the same way my main system does, but for a 1/4 of the costs its more than holds its own. Plenty of people have said it, but the stock heatsink is basically garbage. I had very limited height restrictions in my case so it was tough to find any reasonable replacement. If I was OCing this one I'd have gone with something like the Shuriken but to just get something that was going to be a bit quieter and bring my temps down I went with the Arctic Alpine 64 GT (http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16835186062) and it's done fine...

Other Thoughts: Full boot from cold takes less than 15 seconds and is barely louder than my DirecTV DVR.

Full System:
AMD A10-5800K
MSI FM2-A75MA-E35
G.SKILL Ares Series 8GB DDR3 1866
SanDisk SDSSDP-064G-G25 2.5" 64GB SSD
Old 320GB WD HDD I had laying around
ARCTIC Alpine 64 GT Rev. 2
Silverstone ML03B HTPC Case
Windows 8

Pros: It's awesome! I got this thing on sale for around 115 bucks! I didn't have space for a discrete gpu in my custom wooden mini itx case i built so this fit the build nicely.

Cons: as most have said, the heat sink that comes with this thing works if you aren't overclocking. However it is noisy at stock clock speeds and if you want to overclock you will definitely need to buy aftermarket cooler.

Other Thoughts: for the price with intel you would only get a dual core i3 cpu with sub-par graphics. A++ AMD

Pros: For the price, you cannot beat this degree of performance.

Cons: Make sure to get a better heatsink/fan since all AMD stock heatsinks are rubbish.

Pros: I have this chip in 4 of my in-house servers. Couldn't complain. They reboot quick and are as sturdy as a rock. Ran a little hot initially but the thermal paste set and they cooled down some.

Cons: Isn't an Intel.

Pros: Works well. Great CPU (APU) for the price. APU graphics work well too.

Cons: I wish "instructions per clock cycle" were better but not worth taking an egg off cause I knew that before buying.

Other Thoughts: Second one I've used. Great in both builds. Excellent for budget builds.