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Today brings AMD’s next evolution of Fusion technology codenamed Trinity. Trinity is AMD’s first mobile APU mixed with their reworked Bulldozer cores named Piledriver. It features up to four cores plus a better graphics package than Llano. It is coupled with a Radeon 7650/7660D on-die GPU with up to 384 CoreNext stream processors. We are excited to have AMD’s A10-5800K desktop APU in the lab to share with you guys. We are anxious to see what this new tech is capable of, so let’s get it unboxed and check out the performance of AMD’s new Piledriver cores combined with AMD’s Fusion technology.
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Last edited by Drdeath; 02-10-2012 at 01:36.
CPU: AMD FX-8350 @ 4.6Ghz |
M/B: Asus Crosshair V Formula |
RAM: 16GB Corsair Dominator GT 1866MHz (9-10-9-27) |
GPU: XFX HD 7970 Black Edition 3GB and Diamond HD 7970 3GB both @ 1125/1575MHz |
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Freaking fantastic read Jim. I really enjoyed reading this. Your writing style has really come a long way and your reviews are just outstanding. Great, great job my friend. You have every reason to be very proud of this review. Thorough, informative, and entertaining. Top notch.
As for this chip, I have to say AMD delivered much more than I thought. The A10 is an awesome budget chip. In fact, I would probably buy one if I hadn't just built an HTPC using an A6-3650. Based on the performance this chip delivered, it seems like AMD worked really hard at improving Bulldozer. This bodes very well for the FX-8350. Maybe their claim of a 30% improvement over Bulldozer isn't completely far fetched. Can't wait for the 8350 review next. It will help me decide whether to upgrade, but I'm thinking I might. Any idea when you'll get an 8350 for review, Jim?
2nd Rig: AMD FX-8120; Corsair H105 ; Gigabyte 990FXA-UD3; 16GB G.Skill Ripjaws X Series 1600MHz; 2 x PowerColor HD 7870 Myst. Ed. (Tahiti LE); Fractal Design Arc XL; SeaSonic X Series 850W3rd Rig: AMD A6-3650; Asetek 550LC; Asus F1A75-M Pro; 8GB Kingston HyperX; XFX HD 6670 1GB GDDR5; Antec 300; Thermaltake TR2 650W
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CPU: Intel Core i7 3930K @ 5GHz |
M/B: ASROCK X79 Extreme 6 |
RAM: 16G G.Skill Trident 2400MHz |
GPU: 2 x Radeon 2G 7970 Liquid cooled |
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Well here is my thoughts: Bulldozer was not what anybody anticipated. I really hit hard that the instruction sets were not right with BD and got bombasted by many. On paper, Bulldozer looked great with 2 cores on 1 module and shared resources. Piledriver does not look much different the Bulldozer and they are the same family so AMD figured out the instruction sets, did some fine tuning and increased the core frequency. I read some articles, and the A10-5800K is on par with Intel's 3550 which is a $180 processor. As seen in this review, the A10-5800K ownes the i3 3220. So, Steamroller or whatever is next, should be a big jump on Bulldozer but will not be as good as Sandy or Ivy but I feel AMD will close the gap until Haswell.
I have no clue on future release dates. Stan would.
Last edited by Drdeath; 02-10-2012 at 02:17.
CPU: Intel Core i7 3930K @ 5GHz |
M/B: ASROCK X79 Extreme 6 |
RAM: 16G G.Skill Trident 2400MHz |
GPU: 2 x Radeon 2G 7970 Liquid cooled |
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So far, of all the reviews, Pure Overclock owns the others in Overclocking. I saw 4.4 and 4.5GHz.... That's friggin 400MHz more...
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CPU: Intel 4960x @ 4.3ghz |
M/B: MSI x79 GD45 Plus |
RAM: 16GB Patriot Viper Ram @ 2133mhz |
GPU: Nvidia GTX Titan 6GB |
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this would be good for my parents. they are in serious need of an upgrade.
You don't know me and that's the way i like it!
CPU: AMD FX-8350 @ 4.6Ghz |
M/B: Asus Crosshair V Formula |
RAM: 16GB Corsair Dominator GT 1866MHz (9-10-9-27) |
GPU: XFX HD 7970 Black Edition 3GB and Diamond HD 7970 3GB both @ 1125/1575MHz |
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I read on line that the 8350 should release very soon, as in before the end of this month. If that is true, my guess is you should be getting a review sample very soon. I'm curious to see how close AMD can get to the i7-2700K or similar Ivy chips (3770K?). Seems like there is a decent chance they've closed the gap considerably and that this architecture could be the next big thing in coming generations (I think Steamroller follows Piledriver). But then Intel will release Haswell and it starts all over again. However, if AMD prices the chips right, they could be a very viable option for someone not wanting to spend north of $300 on a CPU that performs well.
2nd Rig: AMD FX-8120; Corsair H105 ; Gigabyte 990FXA-UD3; 16GB G.Skill Ripjaws X Series 1600MHz; 2 x PowerColor HD 7870 Myst. Ed. (Tahiti LE); Fractal Design Arc XL; SeaSonic X Series 850W3rd Rig: AMD A6-3650; Asetek 550LC; Asus F1A75-M Pro; 8GB Kingston HyperX; XFX HD 6670 1GB GDDR5; Antec 300; Thermaltake TR2 650W
CPU: Intel i7 5930K / Intel i7 4820K / Intel i7 4790K |
M/B: ASUS X99 R5E / ASUS X79 Sabertooth / ASUS Z97 MVIIF |
RAM: 32GB Kingston DDR4 3000MHz / 32GB Corsair 1866MHz / 16GB HyperX Savage 2400MHz |
GPU: EVGA GTX780 TRI SLI Classy / EVGA GTX 780 SLI / XFX R9 290 (xfire) w XSPC WB |
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Great review Jim!!! The new A series processors really performed great, Esp for those looking to use the on-board graphics. Even being able to use the hybrid crossfire with very little money to spend on graphics is well worth it.. The new processing power is great!
CPU: Intel Core i7 - 4770K |
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RAM: 32 GB DDR3 2400 G.SKILL SNIPER |
GPU: 2X- EVGA GFORCE GTX 960 4GB FTW |
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able to OC to 4.2 using turbo right out of the box is pretty impressive
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I really enjoyed this review Jim thanks and great to see AMD starting to make an impact excellent review
I will be looking at maybe picking up the 5800K for my next build.
CPU: i7 3770k De-Lidded@4.7 |
M/B: MSI Z77 M-Power |
RAM: 8GB G.Skill TridentX @2933 |
GPU: 2x EVGA GTX 680's |
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CPU: intel 5960x |
M/B: rampage 5 extreame |
RAM: Corsair Dominator Platinum 64GB DDR4 2800MHz Timings are 14-16-16-31 Voltage: 1.35V |
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CPU: Core i7 3930K |
M/B: ASRock X79 Extreme9 |
RAM: 64GBs Kingston Beast 2133MHz |
GPU: Two EVGA GTX 690s in Quad SLI |
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Good review Jim, great chip for $122 that can hit 4.9GHz with water
CPU: Intel Core i7 3930K @ 5GHz |
M/B: ASROCK X79 Extreme 6 |
RAM: 16G G.Skill Trident 2400MHz |
GPU: 2 x Radeon 2G 7970 Liquid cooled |
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The only saving grace for pricing will be an improvement with AMD's next release in higher end CPU's and a $200 price point. This could keep Intel's pricing in check.
CPU: Intel i7 5930K / Intel i7 4820K / Intel i7 4790K |
M/B: ASUS X99 R5E / ASUS X79 Sabertooth / ASUS Z97 MVIIF |
RAM: 32GB Kingston DDR4 3000MHz / 32GB Corsair 1866MHz / 16GB HyperX Savage 2400MHz |
GPU: EVGA GTX780 TRI SLI Classy / EVGA GTX 780 SLI / XFX R9 290 (xfire) w XSPC WB |
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I agree... Even if the chip is not a 100% competitor of intel's top end chip as long as pricing is good, Intel will have to keep there prices where they are, or even hopefully lower..
But we will see once the chip is reviewed and see how the performance is...
But I am having high hopes that AMD does release a good chip that can keep up with at least ivy-B 3570k and 3770k.
There is no point in trying to compete with 2500k, 2600k and 2700k since Intel has announced that they will be discontinue those early next year..
CPU: Intel Core i7 3930K @ 5GHz |
M/B: ASROCK X79 Extreme 6 |
RAM: 16G G.Skill Trident 2400MHz |
GPU: 2 x Radeon 2G 7970 Liquid cooled |
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CPU: Intel i7 5930K / Intel i7 4820K / Intel i7 4790K |
M/B: ASUS X99 R5E / ASUS X79 Sabertooth / ASUS Z97 MVIIF |
RAM: 32GB Kingston DDR4 3000MHz / 32GB Corsair 1866MHz / 16GB HyperX Savage 2400MHz |
GPU: EVGA GTX780 TRI SLI Classy / EVGA GTX 780 SLI / XFX R9 290 (xfire) w XSPC WB |
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Yup, I know; but if they are going to compare processing speed/power I am just stating that it should be compared to more recent architecture vs ones that will be Discontinuing soon... not that the Sandy-B isn't good. lolz.. I still love all my Sandyb chips.. and I have 5 of them..