AMD Athlon X4 860K - Athlon X4 Kaveri Quad-Core 3.7 GHz Socket FM2+ 95W Desktop Processor (BLACK EDITION) - AD860KXBJABOX

Pros: Price is low for such a capable CPU. will Overclock to 4.5 Ghz stable at close to 1.5 volts. 1.435-1.45 volts (motherboard dependent) for 4.2 Ghz. That voltage may not be needed, but for 24/7 benching and stability test I found that's close

Cons: It is a budget CPU. Although very good for price range, you might want a better model if you plan to do video encoding. That's not a con for me, but might be for others.

Overall Review: If you're a gamer this CPU will do just fine. All games now are GPU bound. 2013 and up anyway. I have been running nothing but bench, calculating, heat, and operation test since this CPU arrived. If you are worried about GPU bottlenecks, don't. It will bottleneck a 290x in crossfire and maybe a 28x in crossfire, but single GPU testing showed no bottleneck. If you don't crossfire the most expensive video cards on the market then you should have no issues in gaming. If you are such an enthusiast that you have a 290x crossfire setup, then you probably was not looking at this CPU anyway.

Pros: - Cheap
- 4 Physical cores
- Great clock speed
- Overclockable

Cons: - Toasty warm (I'd advise getting an aftermarket cooler)
- Not all that powerful ($80-100 CPU, not surprising)
- Not very power efficient
- No upgrade path

Overall Review: Extremely limited processor, didn't seem like a huge step up from my AMD X3 445

With all the other processors out there, I'd recommend the Intel i3-6100 over this one. It's a minor step up in price but a huge step up in performance. (It may only have 2 cores, but it has hyperthreading)

I got this processor when it was less than $80, which was a good deal then. It seems to have gone up in price since then, ruining most of its appeal.