AMD FX-8350 Black Edition Vishera 8-Core 4.0GHz (4.2GHz Turbo) Socket AM3+ 125W FD8350FRHKBOX Desktop Processor

Pros: 4.0GHZ out of the box
Unlocked
8 cores

Once more games start supporting more cores, this baby will really shine.

Cons: Rumor has it that it runs hot on the stock heatsink.

Other Thoughts: My rig have 4 120MM fans running on it, that's not counting the CPU heatsink.

People are saying this is supposed to run hot, but it idles at 8C. After spending a hour playing Batman Arkham Origins on high settings, it peaked out around 33C. That's pretty acceptable in my book.

I am using the stock heatsink.

Pros: I got this ship 2 days ago and overclocked it to 4.5 and is so stable i bet if i get a more powerful psu i can get it higher but for now is fast running all my programs at lightning speed, this chip and 2 graphic cards running sli is unstoppable.

Cons: when reaching higher ghz gets hot no problem upgrade to a good water cooler u all set.

Other Thoughts: none, just sad the 990fx shipsets are not express 3, come on AMD u lagging behing intel dont let me down.

Pros: -cheap
-decent performance
-doesn't regulate usb hubs like Intel (less errors)

Cons: -single core performance is weak
-bought originally for 220, 16gb ram for 180. compared to my 5820k for 325 and 16gb ddr4 for 94.
-chokes on many games, especially total war, grand theft auto, assassins creed, and far cry.
-overall bottlenecks anything over a htx 760...and bottlenecks the gtx 760 some.
-not as fast as an i7 when editing and rendering.
-not too good with virtual machines.

Pros: Price/Performance Ratio
8 Cores, unique on the die Cores
Major upgrade from my 10 year old dual core, lol!

Cons: None

Other Thoughts: Don't believe the hype, and use your head. If you want to run applications that fully utilize multiple cores than you can't beat AMD's performance for the price.

For most situations the slight advantage of an Intel Processor is so slight most people won't notice. And those that do notice the difference will have a nice cushion of money saved to ease their pain.

Pros: It worked perfectly out of the box. The ASUS motherboard I paired it with had no problem working with the CPU. The cost made it a better choice this time around with a smaller budget for upgrading.

Cons: Performance was a little lower than I expected. I have two systems, one AMD and one Intel. Intel system has I7 3.3ghz CPU but neither are OC'd. Both systems have the same video card and AMD system has newer SSD and three times as much memory but the Intel System scored better on Benchmark testing regardless.

Other Thoughts: AMD seems capable but I still believe Intel has them beat on performance processing. AMD just needs to put a bit more money into research and design and they would be as good if not better than Intel.

Pros: Plays XCom, Skyrim or Rome: Total War II on a basic Biostar board, picking up the slack of a dusty old GTS 250 512MB and 8GB RAM on very high, with a music player, and a download, while still taking a nap. I think this will last awhile. We'll see how it does Mad Max when I get a DX11 card.

Good CPU cooler, fan never revs up so it must be staying cool in there. Not big either by any means.

Cons: Fans are loud on POST at 100%; thankfully they never need to do that even with the overworked GPU.

Does seem a bit overkill for a budget minded gamer like me. Like I could have gone a couple steps down and not noticed. Not yet anyway. Not sure yet if trying to run up the scale toward 4k will make a difference.

Other Thoughts: If it lasts as long as my last AMD chip, some ancient AM2 dual core cranked up to run Skyrim til it killed the mobo (there was an actual puff of smoke, which was of course the magic escaping from the capacitors), it might be significantly worked someday.

Pros: Got this with a package deal a little less than a year ago. No OC yet. Just got my Hyper 212 a week ago. Gonna see what this bad boy can do soon. Look up Tek Syn on youtube. He'll tell you how monstrous this thing is. I love mine. No issues so far. It has destroyed any game I've thrown at it so far.

Compare this to an i5 or i7 like Logan (Tek Syn) does. For the money, it kills. 8 cores. Loads of Cache. With a liquid cooler, this thing can be pushed to 5GHz. And it kills all the Intel stuff (in the price range) for MOST games. Not all, but most games run smoother with this monster.

I saw someone on a thread compare this proc and an i5 to car engines. AMD = Massive V8 muscle car. Loads of power. Guzzles gas (power). But you don't care about the gas. It's so freakin powerful.
Intel = Super efficient I4 with a turbo. Very efficient. Squeezing as much power as possible out of the engine.
And from what I've seen, I have to agree with the comparison.

Last thing I want to go over. The stock cooler. Compared to the Intel stock coolers, this thing is pretty good. It's not nearly as bad as most people say it is. You're not gonna break the world record for over clocking any time soon, but it works. It has a copper plate with a decent amount of aluminium "blades". The fan is the only drawback. It's tiny and gets loud at load. With a different fan, the stock cooler actually wouldn't be that bad. I personally went with a 212 evo... Have not OCd yet, but thats coming soon. If you want to go full blown nuts, get a good liquid cooler and push it to 5GHz...

Cons: Not as good as Intel for most productivity work. I don't care about productivity as much.. So it doesn't bother me

Other Thoughts: Best gaming value. Horespower per dollar it murders just about everything else.

Pros: First off, this will not be as fast as a Core i5 in single-threaded applications. But, for things like 3D rendering and video processing it is fantastic! Lot of power for the price, and easy to overclock. With a good water cooling setup you can challenge an i7.

Cons: Power hungry when pushed. Make sure you have a good cooler though and everything will be fine.

Pros: 8 core
Fast
Amazing

Cons: HOT HOT HOT! (I suggest you buy an aftermarket cooler.)
Loud cooler.

Other Thoughts: Really awesome CPU.

Pros: Everything. I upgraded from a 939 dual core setup to this and it is a nice upgrade. All 8 cores read, and currently run at 4.3GHz on air.

This is my 3rd amd platform in 12 years, I have never had issues with their chips.

I use i5s at work and this is noticeably faster.

Cons: Cooler could be nicer i guess, but it is much better than the old socket a coolers