AMD A8-5500 Trinity 3.2GHz (3.7GHz Turbo) Socket FM2 65W Quad-Core Desktop APU (CPU + GPU) with DirectX 11 Graphic AMD Radeon HD 7560D AD5500OKHJBOX

Pros: -Great Cost
-Great APU graphics
-Quad Core
-Low TDP
-Fast CPU 3.2ghz

Cons: No Cons. Its a great all round CPU

Other Thoughts: Great for users who need multitasking abilities on low cost and need graphics good enough to play 1080p movies with minor gaming

Pros: Decent performance for a quad core. No need to buy an extra video card or rely on poor motherboard video chipsets. Low power consumption. Stock fan is quiet.

Cons: Not any faster than my three-year-old Athlon x4 at 2.8-GHz on the AM3 platform.

Other Thoughts: This is a value CPU. Know what you are buying. If you need a spare PC, or an office PC, or an HTPC, then this or any other APU is great. Low power. Has decent video performance. Great for girlfriends, wives, mothers, dads, anyone without performance requirements like gaming or video editing or number crunching.

Pros: Great for a budget workstation. the integrated video is light years ahead of Intel's integrated, the quad-core is more than enough for basic work tasks.

I did several Llano FM1 builds and these Trinity cores definitely are noticeable quicker.

Cons: All my recent reviews of APU's I've done recently get thumbed down heavily because of this, but I'll say it again because it's true. This APU is not for gaming. If you disagree you just have different standards than me.

Other Thoughts: It's not for gaming

Pros: fast, easy install, Over clocking can be done easily. Low power consumption

Cons: The fan and heat sink seem a little small, so if you plan to over clock, spend some money on a bigger fan.

Other Thoughts: Price was great for a quad core , easily over clocked, nice when paired with a video card, on board graphics are ok but dont expect gaming.

Pros: I have to say every desktop and server I have ever built in the last 10 years has been the other brand CPU. I am very impressed by the ease of installation of the AMD cpu. I was unsure because it was a PGA type CPU that it would be easier to damage. But I am very impressed by the overall design of these CPUs. Someone with out much or any tech experience could install these without any fuss.

I bought this for a High use Freenas build, and it performs very well! it stays around 40 degrees C with stick Cooler and Thermal paste. the built in GPU is a very nice feature for a build like mine that doesn't great a dedicated video card. Under heavy load of the freenas server this CPU is only about 50% or less utilization. Highly recommend this product.

Cons: it was not free

Pros: This thing seems to run cool and perform pretty hot. I am not really pushing it, but stays cool with stock fan and performance seems very good. All for 65W power for CPU & graphics and a cheap price

Cons: Not as fast as the latest, but uses less power

Pros: It works! hardly uses any power. am using a 250w PSU.. (didnt worry about only using a 4 pin connector on the 8 pin CPU power socket on the mobo). but I plan to do further testing to see what my system draws as a whole.. was a perfect cheap way to replace my parents old computer.

Cons: stock fan is noisy. was slightly confused about the lack of the realtek lan driver. (again more an issue with mobo) needed to download that and use a usb drive to get that installed. It wasnt until I did that, that I could connect to internet and activate our retail copy on win 7. my tech knowledge is limited so things like that throw me off. easy tune 6 software isnt very good.. again thats a gigabyte product. but I think thats the only way I can learn what temps are going on at the cpu lid. some other software I tried doesnt seem to give correct temps for the cpu. initial install of all drivers and software seemed to be a bit of a pain but after that and all the windows updates happen its smooth sailing. which isnt really a con. :D

Other Thoughts: well I bought this because my parents needed a new desktop and these APU's looked like an attractive option. I was able to buy an inexpensive 250w gpu to run this thing with all the other hardware. It even has enough power for some light gaming like minecraft and a few other steam games that arent too demanding on hardware. In short this thing is performing really well. very pleased.

Pros: Excellent value, integrated GPU is (theoretically) perfect for a home theater PC

Cons: The latest Linux drivers (v 13.4 at time of writing) for the integrated GPU make this APU useless for a Linux HTPC. In the older driver version included in Linux Mint 14.1, the HDMI audio passthrough would not work. After installing the latest driver, HDMI passthrough is working, but acceleration of video decoding hangs the computer, requiring a hard reboot. Everything is peachy on Windows though I would much rather be able to use a free platform with lower maintenance.

Other Thoughts: Assuming driver issues were resolved, this would easily be a 5-star product for an HTPC.

Pros: Best bang for the buck APU in the Trinity line. Runs cool, has 256 video cores, low watt usage, total power consumption of my rig is 55 watts.
This CPU matches the Phenom 965 in Ghz, has built in video, and runs cooler by 30 watts, for only $10.00 more. I can play all my DX 9.0 games just fine. For heavier gaming buy a card and Crossfire system.

Cons: No, you can't play heavy games on it, but it handles the five common tasks of the internet-Facebook, Youtube, Netflix, Skype, and email-just fine. Office work would probably put half the cores to sleep. Save your money and get a dual core APU for that.

Other Thoughts: My rig:
Asus A55FM2 board
Antec 835 series 2 Workstation case.
OCZGameExtreme 600 watt PSU
Thermaltake K8 Silent Boost CPU cooler
Seagate 160 gig HDD
Generic DVD Burner.
2 80 mm Enermax cooling fans

Power draw via UPS monitoring software- 55 watts. Running 24/7.

Pros: quad core that uses 65w, great low power consumption. this thing performs much better than the 3870k I use to have. This thing with integrated graphics handles League of legends, which is the primary game I use with this build, handles at about 55 fps solid. at 1600x 1050

Cons: none so far, great cheap rig using integrated graphics.