Question 1

Do I have to put thermal paste on the cpu, or does the fan already have it preinstalled?

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Quick answer:  the cooling fan has thermal paste pre-applied.

Longer answer: In the past, processors burned so much energy that getting the thermal paste "just right" was quite an art and there was a lot of hoopla about getting the paste perfect, not too thick, not too thin.

For this processor, the heat sink is a rather small hunk of aluminum with a very, in my opinion, quiet fan.  This processor really doesn't use much energy so going with the pre-applied thermal grease is perfectly adequate.

Question 2

Does this have an HDMI port?

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This particular part does not technically have an HDMI port since it is a CPU. The integrated R7 graphics however are very compatible with most motherboards' HDMI ports. When choosing a motherboard, make sure it has an HDMI port and you should be just fine. 
I currently use HDMI with my A10-7850K on an ASUS A88X-PRO MB and have no issues whatsoever. Hope this clears it up!

Question 3

What graphics card does the integrated GPU perform similar to?

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I had found a website which had already done the testing of the A10-7859k against several Radeon HD gpu and a few GeForce GT's. It won't let me link to that here so here is the websites conclusion of those results:

"Of the handful of low and mid-range graphics cards tested, the A10-7850K "Kaveri" APU with Radeon R7 Graphics was most often comparable to NVIDIA's GeForce GT 240 graphics card. The GT 240 is no longer being sold but it was NVIDIA's $50 USD graphics card. The Kaveri graphics did much better than the Radeon HD 6450 and GeForce GT 520 low-end graphics cards. In this comparison the A10-7850K graphics aren't too incredibly convincing if you're doing any frequent gaming, but is certainly enough to make pleasant use of a hardware-accelerated desktop and video acceleration. For the native Linux games tested the A10-7850K was at least generally pushing above 60 frames per second at 1920 x 1080."

Hope this helps.

Question 4

Run in AM3 socket?

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No, this has to run on a FM2/FM2+ Socket motherboard. More details: The AM3/3+ has pins throughout the bottom of the chip, edge to edge. The FM2/2+ has no pins in center. Also the guide spacers don't line up.

Question 5

Will the Enermax ETS-T40-BK Black 120mm Twister CPU Cooler with TB Apollish Blue LED PWM Fan be ok for cooling with this processor?

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From the enermax specifications page:

The ETS-T40-BK includes a universal bracket for Intel LGA775/1150/1155/1156/1366/2011 and AMD AM2/AM2+/AM3/AM3+/FM1/FM2. The bracket also supports Intel’s latest 4th Generation processors.

Since it supports FM2 processors, i'd be willing to bet it supports the FM2+ processor, which is the A10-7850K. The FM2 and FM2+ are 100% visually identical but if it weren't for the 2 extra pins, the A10-7850k would fit in a FM2 Motherboard.

My bottom line is though, I don't understand why you'd want or need to. The stock fan that comes with this APU works fine. Ever since I've installed it, I've never seen temperatures higher than 60 degrees C, even when playing games like Skyrim on ultra settings. But then again, I do have a discrete graphics card.

If you're going to go APU alone, then it might be a good idea to get a more powerful fan.

Question 6

Which APU has the best performance and graphics the AMD A10-6800K Richland or the AMD A10-7850K Kaveri? THANK YOU fr the answer

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Depends on how you utilize the processor. The A10-7850k is more a future investment toward HSA technology. However the A10-6800k performs exactly the same as the A10-7850k at stock, but is more efficient. When future HSA applications come out, and they will, the processor will be leaps and bounds faster than an i7-4770k at those supported applications. It offloads majority of it's threads to the iGPU which become computational cores instead of traditional GPU or CPU cores. Mantle API games which many are coming out will support full HSA abilities as well as using the iGPU as a physics processor.

Purchasing this product completely and totally depends on your willingness to support a new architecture like this with currently limited application.

Question 7

Does this come with a cpu Fan?

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Yes, it does, but you should consider an aftermarket cooler if you intend to overclock.  Extremely happy with this APU.  I can't wait for the next generation.  Beware Intel!  AMD is catching up.

Question 8

Will this card run as a standalone VGA adapter or do I need to purchase an additional VGA adapter?

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The APU chip has both the CPU and it's cores and the GPU and all of it's cores together.  It is the mother board that supplies the video ports.  The ports may be VGA, DVI, DVI-D, HDMI or Display Port.

The last two ports, HDMI and Display port, are the more powerful ports to use.  Most APU motherboards support at least 1 of each VGA, DVI and HDMI.

A separate and discrete graphics card can be added or installed to replace the GPU of the APU.  But this is not neccessary unless you plan on driving more than 2 monitors.

Question 9

Does the AMD A10-7850K Kaveri 3.7GHz Socket FM2+ 95W come with a heatsink and fan, or do I need to buy those separate. If it comes with them, will it be able to fit an Asus a88x-pro motherboard with all four memory slots populated?

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Yes, it does come with a stock heatsink and fan.  There will be no problem installing all 4 films on that mother board. I have the same MB. Not sure how good the stock heatsink fan works for cooling.  I did go with an after market heatsink and fan (cooler master EVO 212) which is HUGE. I was still able to use all 4 dimm slots, although I had to put the fan on the opposite side of the dimms so it would fit. My memory had tall heatsink. I just put the fan on so it would pull the air from the heatsink rather than blow the hot air onto the memory.

Question 10

which version of windows does it have?

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Whatever you end up installing on your hard-drive. You get to choose, really. After you build your computer and get it to POST, you use a CD or USB to install whatever operating system you'd like. Currently supported Windows OS's are from Vista to 8.1. I recommend Windows 8.1 or 7. You also may install a Linux distro if you would like.

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