AMD A10 5800K Black Edition CPU (3.8GHZ, 4MB Cache, 4 Core, HD7660D, Socket FM2, 100W, Retail Boxed)

I am gob-smackingly gob-smacked. I have this paired up with my Nvidia GE-FORCE GT 640 graphics card and Grand Theft Auto 5 runs on ultra settings, but I don't care what a game looks like so much, just want my games to run properly and not having to keep lowering the settings, in order for a game to run. This processor is brilliant, it comes with stock cooler which people pipe on about their processor, getting too hot. Why do you want a processor to process so much on screen activity? Why do Processors get so hot? Is because of all the processes it has to undertake, in order to do what it says on the tin, takes a lot of time and resources up. From when you switch on your computer it's processing, reading all sorts of things, from your Windows machine for instance, the last session, settings through to what speed it should process what apps you open at.Everyone goes on about that they should get a better cooler, yes I agree if you are using this processor to play ultra settings, where your characters are actually human, instead of graphics, but let's face it. Does a game really need so many visuals, that it takes the fun out of actually playing?This processor though, which is what I'm meant to be reviewing and suddenly, I went down a cul-de-sac.I love the visuals, while watching films through Kodi are truly amazing, I can see everybody's bogies they have up their noses, so much detail on peoples faces. Cannot fault it.My games machine is now well and truly finished, unless I have to fork out for the next big processor, because gaming is getting way too advanced. This I must say for my first Quad Core processor I have no qualms, installation was easy peasy, follow the triangle that is in the corner of the processor, slot it into your AMD slot, then with the stock cooler, clip it into position. Already comes with glue on the under side and away you go. Delivery took a while for Amazon to get more of these in stock, but I am again like that cow over the moon, love that saying so much I use it all the time in my reviews, well for most of them anyway.I guess the reason why, people go for a better cooler, is because they don't have enough fans on their cases. I have 5 case fans, which blow all the hot air out. Not only for the processor, but for the motherboard too and as these gaming motherboards come with simpler mouse controlled BIOS'S, so it's easier to set up fan controls. The stock processor fan heat sink, is made for the processor, no matter what AMD processor you have, the stock fan is made for that particular processing unit. Unless you are dabbling in the world of on-line gaming , where sometimes the visual settings are set and you, yourself have no control over them, then yes your processor, will get hot.People fail to realise, that their gaming PC's needs ventilation. I recently took two glass panels out of mine, to let more air in and vice versa to let more air out.If you are thinking of building a gaming machine, then I highly recommend this processor, it has on board graphics, which will run Playstation 2, Xbox 1 graphically visually type games. Where as if you twin this up with a decent Nvidia Graphics Card I have GE-FORCE GT 640, you cannot go wrong. It'll run all the latest games, although still cannot understand why Resident Evil 6, Nvidia Experience Gaming driver program for Windows, still says I do not have the recommended hardware to run this game properly. I have 16 GB of Ram, this processor, plus it's on an ASUS motherboard F2A85-V PRO. Then I thought maybe it has something to do with size of my monitor, which is only 19" TECHNIKA TV come PC monitor HD and VGA. I don't know, but I have completed that game.I'm not going to bother over clocking this processor, the visuals are stunning enough, even at normal settings I can see the blemished details, on Michael Santos's face in GTA 5. Frame Rates are perfect, no stuttering, no tearing either. The only tearing I get is through Kodi, when characters move quickly on screen. That is through Linux, though, where Nvidia drivers are limited. Although there are some clever programmers, out there whom at this time are looking into tweaking the Nvidia drivers for Linux users, for better gaming and on screen visuals.What people don't also realise, is when you're playing games on ultra settings, your processor has to work harder. I play a lot of games in windowed mode. I can keep an eye on the local time and know when to take a break. Where as playing in full screen mode I tend to carry on and feel weird, after hours of game play.The harder your processor has to work, the more power it has to use and that is when it starts getting hot. Yes this is Quad Core, so in my opinion use it wisely, with it's default settings. My Asus motherboard is environmentally friendly, or tries to be. So to summarise, make sure you have enough case fans, cooler your motherboard and processor, the better the performance.

I got this for my entry level gaming set-up, and I have to say I'm impressed. This CPU is plenty fast for most peoples needs, and it certainly isn't bottlenecking the system.I chose this over the Intel Core i3 because of three main reasons:-Overclocking-LGA1155 is a dead socket, FM2 has support for Richland and Kaveri APUs-The iGPU would enable me to have more graphics performance from a 6670 DDR5.So it performs like a core i3, pretty much meeting it in every test apart from single threaded applications, but they are often basic now and can run off most CPUs without problem.It would have been nice to see L3 cache on this CPU- I do feel that the lack of it is a bit of a bottleneck (however this could be challenged as the FX4100 does have L3 cache, and is outperformed by this APU) but what you really have here is a £50 Quad Core CPU and a £45 GPU. So no complaints.I would reccommend anyone looking for an entry level gaming solution to pick up this chip, it will also suit office and HTPC needs.The stock cooler included in the box whilst being all aluminium (suggesting this APU doesn't run hot) does a good job of keeping the processor cool, I'm yet to hit 50 degrees C.

This APU handles most games on fair to decent graphics settings upto 1080p. Knocking the resolution down to 720p and you can run most titles on max settings. For the casual gamer this is great. It handles titles such as LOTRO and FALLEN EARTH on max settings.The multi threading capabilities on the CPU leave much to be desired, I've upgraded from an old Phenom 9950BE 2.6GHz quad core ( 4 cores not 2 modules ). That processor handled multi threading FAR better than this.In real world terms, the processor is much faster than the old phenom. However encoding a video into x.264, while watching a film and playing a game in a virtual machine this APU crumbles and cannot cope. The Phenom could handle this situation.Single tasking or doing no more than 2 tasks and the APU is superior.Overall encoding times are basically the same between the 2 chips.This chips power saving features are far better than the power hungry 140 watt phenom, plus it has an inbuilt GPU to further reduce general power usage.basing my experience from the phenom 9950BE to this APU i'll list the following pro's and cons.PROS:Good power saving over the phenomGood single task processing over the phenomFair/Decent ( mainstream/budget ) graphics capability ( this is NOT top end by any means ).CONS:Crumbles under heavy multi taskingSummary:If your looking for a low cost system thats capable of every day tasks such as watching videos, playing music and browsing the web then this chip can handle that easily. The graphics capabilities are not spectacular for a gaming machine but they are capable of gaming experiences similar to that of the PS2 and XBOX, and if you lower the resolutions to 720p they can also compete with the XBOX 360. It can handle free to play LOTRO on maxed settings at 1080p, with some compromises due to driver issues it can handle Fallen Earth near maximum settings as well. It can also handle more mainstream titles such as the mass effect series, skyrim etc all maxed out at 720p resolutions.If however you do a lot of cpu heavy multi tasking then you need to look elsewhere, this chip was not designed for this purpose and the current generation of operating systems and software cannot make full use of the additional integer cores, therefore you get little more than dual core performance at present.Overall great system on a budget and also a power saver ( no dedicated card needed ). This chip really has no competition for its intended market place far surpassing anything offered elsewhere.If you are willing to splash on a dedicated card and the power saving aspects of dual-display between this and a 6670 aren't that important. But price is still important then you may want to look into an INTEL chip with a supporting graphics card ( intels GPUs still suck big time ).

Well, the thing is, I love this APU, building my first Gaming PC and without a graphics card, I get a solid 40+ Fraps with no over lock. If I overclock I get a solid 4.0Ghz which I didn't actually expect. It is a solid APU wish I didn't go so cheap but hey it does the job for the first build.

TL:DR: This chip performs well, you can overclock it modestly, and you can game on it. It's not the new A10-6800, but that's OK. Buy it if you're looking for mainstream gaming and don't have a real upgrade future with this chip.What I Like: I use this chip in a super-modest media and gaming PC (read: Steam Box and Multi-Console Emulation) with no discrete GPU. As far as playing mainstream games at mainstream settings, this chip is solid. I took this chip's iGPU from stock 800mhz to 900mhz with no voltage increase. That's not the world's most aggressive overclock, but it does make a difference. I've played Sleeping Dogs, Skyrim, GRID, and the Dolphin (Gamecube and Wii) Emulator with it and the results were pretty good. Without posting any benchmarks, all above played @1080p resolution at very playable framerates with mainstream detail options dialed in.I'd be happy to share some benchmarks if anyone's interested... But I will say from memory, games that are 90-100% emulated properly in Dolphin ran at 60fps+ @ 1080p: an improvement over Gamecube/Wii hardware. Emulating lesser hardware (NES, SNES, Sega Master System/Genesis/32X, MAME) was flawless. I have yet to try PS2 gaming on it, but I'd expect that it could.So for my application, this thing is pretty awesomeWhat I don't like about it: It just kind of sucks that 6 months into ownership, AMD comes out with a more refined version of this chip: The A10-6800K. But honestly, if you want to save yourself $20 or $30 this chip isn't THAT much worse than the 6800. With proper cooling and a little overclocking, you can get this chip to match Richland's GPU performance. The 300mhz CPU defecit under Richland really doesn't make that much difference... which is kind of a sad commentary on CPU performance as a whole. Also from the gaming perspective, another underwhelming aspect is the Hybrid Crossfire options the iGPU has with discrete GPUs. If you're going that route, the best card you can pair with this is a 6670. And that's OK... I guess. But it would have been nicer if you could pair the card with a newer dGPU from the 77X0 line. Also, if you do put a more powerful dGPU in the system it automatically disables the iGPU. I believe that AMD really dropped the ball on what could have been a huge power saving opportunity, especially if you're using an AMD video card especially when the tech exists in the laptop versions of this chip. But that's a rant for a tech blog somewhere else. But if you want to "start small and build up"... you may want to go with an Intel platform (Ivy Bridge or Haswell) because those sockets (socket 1155 and 1150) have a lot more chip options, better CPU performance overall, and make more sense if you're planning on buying that $300 to $600 video card later.Overall: This chip is a good choice for a value gaming/TV PC where you don't plan on upgrading too far past what you have. You can do most games @ 1080p with some @720p with good results. And if you want more GPU power you can drop in a ~$70 card and get improved results (especially since AMD is about 1 month away from fixing their Crossfire issues). Plus if you're NOT using this for gaming, you'll still get plenty of value for the price, although you may want to consider the A8-5600k for cheaper. But as whole, I'm very pleased with mine after 7 months of ownership.

Es el primer PC medio (Casa/Gamer) que monto con AMD y esta vez quería ajustar mucho el presupuesto sin perder potencia (el PC total por unos 300 y con discos SSD). La verdad es que en rendimiento es excelente (ver comparativas) vale la mitad o mas que un Intel i5 y rinde bastante mejor mejor. Al llevar incorporada la gráfica menos consumo y menos ruido, apenas se calienta. Creo que a partir de ahora voy a ver con mejores ojos a AMD, el siguiente que monte ya no será Intel. Se pude jugar a todos los juegos recientes (no en full pero bajando un poco las prestaciones del juego) y para uso doméstico un 10 de 10.

Je n'ai jusqu'à présent aucun problème de performances avec ce processeur. Il convient parfaitement aux amateurs de jeu video ou à ceux qui aiment de temps en temps faire fonctionner des programmes à lourde charge sur leur ordinateur.Rien à redire sur l'emballage, la livraison, le prix. C'est parfait.

Configurazione:case Techsolo TC-300 - Alimentatore LC-Power LC6550 V2.2 550W - Asrock FM2A85X EXTREME4-M - Kingston 8 gb DDR3 1600 Mhz cl.9 - HD seagate barracuda 500gb - Masterizzatore LG Gh24Ns95 - Win 7 64 bit. Questa APU è rivolta a chi vuole giocare a dettagli medio-alti (dipende dai titoli) con i più recenti giochi.Un plauso ad AMD per aver integrato un modulo grafico di alto livello, si può giocare per es. a GRID2 a dettagli alti e FAR CRY 2 a dettagli medio-alti, il tutto senza l'acquisto di una GPU discreta ma all'occorrenza si può integrare con il dual graphics da catalyst. La parte CPU lavora di default a 3.8 Ghz con turbo core a 4.2 Ghz che da un lato rendono la cpu performante dall'altro aumenta in modo considerevole il calore prodotto che in alcuni casi registra temperature di oltre 73° ma ciò dipende anche dalla posizione (non molto areata) del mio case HTPC. Ho sostituito il dissipatore stock con il Xilence COO-XPCPU.AM2.HP (vedi mia recensione) per tenere a bada le temp. inoltre da bios ho abbassato le frequenze 3.9 - 4.1 (turbo core) ghz con una tensione CPU base di 1.27 v e aumentando la frequenza del northbridge a 2.0 ghz e la relativa tensione di uno step. Le temperature non superano i 60° dopo oltre 1 ora di gioco con temperatura ambiente di 28°, in case più areati le temperature sarebbero decisamente più basse ma nella mia situazione è un buon compromesso rumore/prestazioni, in virtù della posizione nel mobile in salotto. In definitiva faccio i complimenti ad AMD e la invito a proseguire su questa strada cercando di migliorare una tecnologia ancora su certi aspetti acerba, dò 5 stelle per essere una valida alternativa a Intel per la realizzazione di un PC gaming economico dalle buone prestazioni. Consiglio case ben areati. In definitiva con qualche accortezza (nel mio caso) si è rivelato un ottimo acquisto!Pro GPU integrata potente Buone prestazioni CPU EconomicoContro Calore prodotto Potenza CPU migliorabileAggiornamento : dopo 8 mesi di uso intenso sono soddisfatto di questa cpu. Ho trovato il giusto compromesso la cpu lavora a 3.9 - 4.1 ghz a 1.35 v e la gpu 950 mhz e northbridge 2000 mhz 1,21 v. Il sistema non supera i 53 gradi in full load.