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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 industry’s first 32nm 8-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 8-Core Processor The industry’s first and only native 8-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. Immerse yourself in the most advanced 3D games. Achieve extreme mega-tasking with ease.
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-8150 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.
Pros: - I ran this thing for 5 years at 4.2 ghz and it has now passed on
Cons: none
Pros:
- One of the first 8 core processors out in the wild.
- FAST
- Stable at 4.2ghz OC'd
Cons:
- Power hungry, especially if paired with ATI GPU.
- HOT, liquid cooling is a must even at stock speeds.
Overall Review: - I built this into a machine that lasted me from August 2012 to Dec 2017. It's a good processor, but in 2017 it just can't cut it anymore.
Pros: Good performance
Cons: runs super hot. be sure you've got a good sink and fan.
Overall Review: had some issues with operating temperature a few times during heavy load. really just needed to invest in a better heatsink. tried to be greedy and it ended up burning out on me. i knew it was running too hot but i was a cheap-o. Got several years out of it regardless, but could've gotten several more. don't skimp on cooling.
Pros:
Built my machine 5 years ago. Primary use is to run virtual machines (VMware Workstation) in my lab environment. I run as many as 5 virtual Windows Server machines at a time; this processor is able to handle that load. Workloads include SQL, ConfigMgr, WSUS, and Operations
Manager.
Cons: None. The processor does everything I need it to do efficiently and at a great price point.
Pros:
-Great workhorse
-8 cores
-Fantastic for virtualization
-AMD DUH!
Cons:
-Bulldozer architecture didn't quite deliver in many people's eyes
-Runs really hot
Overall Review:
AMD processors have always run a bit hot in my experience, and this chip is no exception. Be sure to have a good cooler ready to go and lots of air flow. That said, this thing handles the loads and high temperatures like a dream. I don't like seeing temps above 32C and this thing has spiked all the way up to 70C and it's still nice and happy even after almost 5 years of abuse.
I'm about to build a new system and will not be using another one of these processors, but that's only because I'm going to be building with the new Zen architecture AMD is releasing in 2017. If you don't want to wait for Zen, but don't want to throw money at Intel, these are definitely worth a look. I run numerous virtual machines on my system, some even with CPU intensive loads (e.g. high IOPS database servers) and this thing blows through it without an issue even while I'm gaming and streaming movies. I know people like to knock Bulldozer, but I've been very happy with this CPU overall.
Pros:
I cant complain. I replaced the stock fan initially with a corsair H100, but have since changed Noctua NH-U12S 120x120x25 ( NF-F12 PWM) SSO2-Bearing CPU Cooler . It hovers around 16-19c. Cant even hear the thing.
Processors are cool to look at.
Cons: None.
Overall Review: For the price, this was a good buy. Im still able to upgrade to a better am3 processor later.
Pros: This thing is wicked fast. Coupled with the rest of my hardware, I've had no problems what so ever. Easy to overclock (But I don't)
Cons: It runs pretty hot... I'm pretty sure its my mosfets that are the actual culprit on my HWmonitor, but the other temp (which I believe to be my processor) still shows around 70C under load (With the other sensor going up passed 90C!)
Overall Review:
My setup is Air cooled, but I have one of the best Air coolers that were on the market when I bought it. A ZALMAN CNPS9900MAX-B. All the benchmark tests showed this to be pretty much the best option for me unless I went to water cooled (But this keeps up with H60's and in some cases H70's!) Still, the CPU stays hot as ever when under stress.
Can't complain to much though as its been working just fine at these temps, at 24/7 operation for the last 4 years. But I do fear that the temps might kill it one day.
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Pros: This processor is a champ! I have put this thing through the wringer over the years. For 5 years and counting now, with 0 issues. I upgraded the heatsink shortly after purchasing it and it runs full bore without breaking 65c @ 4.2-.3. Still plays many games on Ultra and max settings. Some AAA high end titles med to med-high.
Cons: None
Runs quite hot with stock coolers. (duh it's amd)
Overall Review: Example: Plays Ryse: Son of Rome, on Max settings, ESO medium setting and BF1on medium.
Great processor for a good price.