AMD Athlon 860K Black Edition CPU Review

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Whatsyourproblem's first review boys and girls!

If you want a budget gaming system, does AMD's budget oriented Athlon CPU cut the mustard?

AMD Athlon 860K Black Edition CPU Review
 
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The review looks awesome Mark! And so does that Athlon Performance... Although there are much cheaper boards around for a88x
 
The review looks awesome Mark! And so does that Athlon Performance... Although there are much cheaper boards around for a88x

Cheers man. The MSI i used the MSI board to show that you can make a very nice looking system for a budget price. It's hard to beat the MSI A88x Gamer in terms of looks when it comes to FM2+ boards.
 
Considering most people are going to buy this chip together with a mid-range graphics card like an R9 270 or 750 Ti for budget gaming builds, I think it's a shame you had none of these cards at hand to test it with. Would've also liked a lot more gaming benchmarks cause, as said, the main purpose of the CPU is budget gaming machines.

Nice write up though!
 
Considering most people are going to buy this chip together with a mid-range graphics card like an R9 270 or 750 Ti for budget gaming builds, I think it's a shame you had none of these cards at hand to test it with. Would've also liked a lot more gaming benchmarks cause, as said, the main purpose of the CPU is budget gaming machines.

Nice write up though!

The review was mostly a comparison to an APU and a APU Dual Graphics build.

Who knows, we might see more of the Athlon in the future.
 
Nice job Whatsyerproblem, good review. Its good to see that FM2+ platform CPUs are competitive at this price segment. I had to build many computer at that price point so they are really good choice for me.
 
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