AMD CPU

AMD FX-4130 Black Edition Processor Review

" Mid last year, AMD announced that they were going to be giving their FX line of CPUs a little boost of energy and a little face lift to rekindle their budget appeal and performance for the entry level markets. The FX line of CPUs, also known as Bulldozer, has always filled in the gap between entry level processing power and top performance with chips that are able to give performance on a budget. "

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Intel Core i5-3570K vs. i7-3770K Ivy Bridge

" Intel, the world's largest semiconductor company, released a new series of CPUs called Ivy Bridge several months ago. The Ivy Bridge processors are the successors of the Sandy Bridge series, but they use the same LGA1155 socket. Furthermore, Intel has been using the K domination for a while now on their product names to identify an unlocked processor with the ability to increase the multiplier beyond those of normal models. The new product line includes two unlocked CPUs, just like with the Sandy-Bridge series. In today's comparison, you will have the opportunity to see and compare the two unlocked processors of the Ivy Bridge series: the Core i5-3570K and the Core i7-3770K. "

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AMD A10 5700 and 5800K Review

" Coming in at the top of the pack, the A10 APUs mark the next step in mainstream computing. Though the CPU cores are identical to what we have seen previously in the A8-5600K, the A10 5700 and 5800K have the 384 core HD 7660D GPU strapped to its side. Claiming to give 25-45% performance over the previous generation within the same power frame, The A10 APUs are pushing performance per Watt in a positive direction. The A10-5800K is the top flight APU and being an unlocked black edition, it may provide new heights in integrated performance, to find out let's put it to the test. "

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AMD A10 5700K review

" It's time for another AMD A10 series APU processor review. You know, back in May AMD introduced a series of AMD A10 'Trinity' APUs as mobile and notebook solutions. The new APU series is based on a new architecture that should bring its performance above previously released Llano based products from that same A series. The new chips came with a codename that you all will recognize, Trinity. Trinity will thus be the successor of the current AMD A4, A6 and A8 Llano-processors. First and foremost, we are a bit of an enthusiast based website so I need to make it very clear here, the A10 and A8 APU processors are entry level to mid-range targeted processors, please do understand that very clearly. That means you are looking at reasonable desktop CPU experience versus a greatly enhanced integrated GPU, and all that for very interesting prices. "

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Sapphire Vapor-X Universal CPU Cooler Review

" Meet the Sapphire Vapor-X Universal CPU Cooler. Launched just a couple of weeks ago and now available at £50, this is Sapphire's first-ever CPU cooler and, as you might have guessed, it uses the company's Vapor-X technology to cool your choice of Intel or AMD CPU. Sapphire's pricing puts the cooler up against a long line of established competitors, but on paper the Vapor-X has plenty of promise. The 135mm x 110.4mm x 163.5mm tower incorporates a vapour chamber that has direct contact with the CPU surface, four heatpipes (all of which are 7mm thick) and a reasonably-tall block of aluminium fins. "

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AMD Piledriver FX-8350 Review

" Today, we have our hands on the latest CPU from AMD - Piledriver. It is a revision of Bulldozer which promises to bring increased performance. Since Bulldozer was released, AMD have struggled to match Intel for their performance, even though Intel were only using half the number of cores on the chips. AMD have quoted that there will be an upwards of 20% increase in performance and we will be putting that to the test today to find out whether that is the case or not. We certainly hope so, AMD need to regain their lost ground that Intel have increasingly gained over the past number of years with their Core family of processors. Piledriver is meant to bring us better performance over Bulldozer, but the thermal side of things have not been improved just yet. It is still rated at 125w which is a lot of power to be chewing through but if the performance/watt ratio increases, it may be justifiable. We will have to see how much of a gain there is in terms of performance before we jump to any conclusions. Without any further ado, lets dive in. "

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AMD Bulldozer FX-8120 Review

" AMD Bulldozer is the worlds first native, eight core, desktop processor. Since the days of Intel releasing their Core2Duo CPUs and later on, their Core2Quad CPUs, AMD have been trailing behind. Although they have been able to offer CPUs with more cores than Intels' equivalent for a similar or cheaper price, they have not been able to match Intel in the performance sector. Intel have been consistently improving their designs and they have left AMD in the dust. Whilst Intel have been focusing on driving down their wattage that their CPUs run at and increasing the performance at the same time, AMD have stuck to a similar wattage specification whilst trying to increase their performance at the same time. "

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AMD FX-8350 – Piledriver – CPU Review

" Like Bulldozer before it, the Piledriver CPU (code named Vishera) is composed of two, three and four module CPUs. A module consists of two integer cores and one floating point core, so when AMD references a “core”, that mean an integer core. Traditionally, before Bulldozer (and currently on Intel CPUs), a core was one integer core and one floating point core. Things are different on the AMD side of the fence now. "

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AMD FX-8350 8-Core Black Edition Processor Review

" Right on the heels of the AMD Never Settle game bundles and the latest Catalyst 12.11 driver announcement last night, AMD is making yet another big announcement tonight! The new AMD flagship processor has arrived! The new flagship codenamed 'Vishera' is the first new highend part is a roughly a year. The new AMD FX-8350 features the same 'Piledriver' cores that we saw a few weeks back with the AMD A10-5800K APU. One of the upsides to the new AMD FX-Series of processors is that we aren't looking at a whole new platform like we did with the AMD A10-5800K APU, we can continue to use the AMD 990FX/SB950 chipset motherboards that we have come to love over the past year or so. "

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AMD FX-8350, -8320, -6300 'Vishera' review

" The first generation processors based on AMD's Bulldozer architecture did not meet expectations, so AMD is making a second attempt today, with FX 2.0 or Vishera. The Piledriver cores are a refinement and further development of Bulldozer, that are supposed to address the shortcomings. Hardware.Info extensively tested the new processors to find out how successful AMD's second attempt is. We had to wait almost four years for the original FX processors, and when the chips finally arrived their performance was a real letdown. "

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