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I'll be honest, when I started this review I was not expecting much, but AMD have delivered a great product here.
The power draw results are very impressive, given that it is mostly changes in the microcode and the performance you get for the price is fantastic.
I just wish AMD could hang with the big boys again, as soon as they do it I'll build an AMD rig. I'd love to but I'm not really on the market for budget components as good as this may be for the price. :\
Haha, AMD has tweeted my review. Well chuffed.
I just wish AMD could hang with the big boys again, as soon as they do it I'll build an AMD rig. I'd love to but I'm not really on the market for budget components as good as this may be for the price. :\
Don't let the fanboys hear you say that, According to the fan boys an 8 core CPU from AMD is the perfect match with an Nvidia GPU and with Intel you're only paying for the lower power consumption, Not even kidding I've actually witnessed people spewing this garbage and get violent when questioned XD
Don't let the fanboys hear you say that, According to the fan boys an 8 core CPU from AMD is the perfect match with an Nvidia GPU and with Intel you're only paying for the lower power consumption, Not even kidding I've actually witnessed people spewing this garbage and get violent when questioned XD
Ok.... I'm following AMD more than do with Intel or Nvidia (well I follow Intel too a bit) But I never say stupid things like this. I know people who do though, piss me off everytime
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Hey Mark, how easy was for you to hit 4.8Ghz on that CPU? Did you have to tinker a lot with the NB/Base Clock to get it? I just noticed that this little behemoth unlike his brothers that cost around 200+Euros in greece, costs 150Euros that's 50% the price of the latest i5 seriously a value for money. Did you feel that the 970 chipset was a limitation to the overclocking? I'm now considering the UD3 990FX board by gigabyte, with that cpu and that board I will have saved myself a ton of money that can be invested in games. I've just realised that a new title goes for around 60E at launch. It would be silly to own a 1.5K euro machine and just have LoL CSGO and a few more games installed...