AMD announced that they are cooking up 3 new CPUs- The AMD FX 8370, 8370E and the 8320E. Personally, I am excited for the 8320E because it is essentially a more power efficient 8320. It can still turbo to 4ghz (and further of course). I am interested on how these new processors will OC. What do you guys think? And please, no "AMD sucks because I have Intel".
Not really.
I never understood the obsession people have with power consumption. Especially because it will be pretty much meaningless in everyday use. Nearly unnoticeable. These things will still draw more power than any AM3+ mATX board can handle so not really too appealing.
I have an 8350 and I love it but I feel like this is just something to help people remember AMD does FX Enthusiast grade CPUs. Basically just to keep the FX brand fresh in the minds of the consumer so they will buy the FX APUs coming and maybe the new FX processors in a year or two.
Much more excited to see how well the 860k will compete with the G3258
And are you sure there's 3? I've only heard of the FX 8300, but I haven't been following it too closely.
Until I see a High Performance and Quality mATX board I just don't care. AMD needs to stop ignoring the Enthusiast Market. they need to balance both markets. Make APU's for Budget PCs and have an FX Processor for those who want Impeccable Price to Performance. not changing the clock speed on the same old bloody processor and selling it back to you.
Here's the source good sir
http://wccftech.com/amd-introduce-x86-piledriver-based-flagship-fx-8370-processor-fx-8370e-fx-8320e-95w-tdps-launching/
Less power used usually means less heat.
I just want a 16 core processor that isn't server grade. THAT SUPPORTS MORE THAN 32 GIGABYTES OF RAM!
I mean come on.. I'm a RAM hog, but even Intel's new processors don't even support past 32GB's of RAM (that aren't server grade mind you).
yeah, need bettter am3 boards.
Less power is the latest buzzword in the hardware industry. People are magically enthralled by the very uttering of the word and they forget it's meaningless in the desktop market.
Less power consumption is less heat? Open the window or buy air conditioning if it's getting too hot in your room. Or a plain, old-fashioned room fan.
If by less heat you mean that your components are running cooler, you're wrong. The FX, with its 125W TDP, runs cooler than an i5 with at 84W TDP. Why? More surface area means better heat dissipation.
EDIT: What AMD needs is better mobos in a smaller form factor.
Yeah Yeah TDP and all that junk but really I have never had a problem with cooling an FX. The stock coolers do an okay job at stock speeds and a hyper 212 EVO is plenty for most people. Mine is water cooled yes but thats only because I wanted to OC really high. Even at 4.8 it never goes above 55C.
So really I don't think heat output is much of an issue either. Especially when Intel CPUs consistently run in the 70s under load and can even hit like 95-100C. Which is down to the architecture, manufacturing process and surface area.
Me too. The 760k already beats it in most synthetics although that doesn't mean much and they are about the same in game.
Should be interesting.
What do you mean? How can they be better? I have the Asus Crosshair V Formula-Z motherboard. It's the best right now. Is there really any other?
Actually on second thought we do need more ITX or Mini ITX.
i would love a dual slot am3 board.
what is the point of the AMD FX 8370? the AMD FX 8370E is at the same price and better power consumption/temperatures
Which new AMD cpu´s? They still are just FX8350´s there is totaly nothing new about them.
They're the same CPU's with lower clock-speeds and TDPs
http://wccftech.com/amd-introduce-x86-piledriver-based-flagship-fx-8370-processor-fx-8370e-fx-8320e-95w-tdps-launching/
I'm just waiting for the 860K myself. Though if I had been able to find a decent deal on an AM3+ board with the features I wanted I would have gone AM3+ but for my needs it would be over kill anyway. I seriously doubt I'll stress the 860K to the max as I'm not planning on streaming or pushing it to hard. It is nice to see them keeping the FX series alive for now though.
Yup the real thing to be somewhat excited about is the 860k. I think that with a mild oc that thing will be pretty sweet.
No, I'm not, i only recently jumped off the amd ship after only building amd pc's since i started building computers (my first computer used a athlon 3700 and my last amd computer was 8350 fx) and before i go back ill need to see some big improvements, so we will see what there new up and coming architecture has in store in late 2015-early 2016
Nope. disappointed is the right word.