AMD FX 8-core

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Snesboy said:

It is a good CPU. It's just not as good as Sandy Bridge.

However, Bulldozer has been in development since forever and most of us were expecting Bulldozer (AMD FX) to well, bulldoze Intel's line of Sandy Bridge processors.

Apparently, Piledriver (the successor to Bulldozer) is coming in the next few months so most of us are hoping that those are going to be better than Sandy Bridge, hopefully match Ivy Bridge (but probably not). Since I don't really care for Intel, either way, my next CPU is going to be AMD FX8150 or a Piledriver CPU.

Here's a link to newegg. I mean, you are getting a pretty good processor for much less money than an i7 2500k.

Intel i7 six-core: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819115079 999.99 USD

AMD FX 8-core: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819103960 279.99 USD

You decide man.

You can't really compare those 2 cpus as they are in a different class. Bulldozer's 8 core cpu can barely hang with Intel's 4 core SB cpu's. (In single thread processing it's worse than AMD's older Phenom II series)

You should probably compare it to the Intel i5 2500k (4 core cpu): http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819115072 $219.99 (promo on right now for $15 off so can be $204.99) Although, comparing it with the FX 8120 cpu would be better as it's the same as the 8150 just at a lower clock speed.

I like AMD, but they've failed to deliver on all the stuff they promised with Bulldozer. Hopefully they can do better with Piledriver. I remember contemplating whether to build my new system a few months ago when SB released or wait until Bulldozer came out. I guess I'm glad I didn't wait and went with the SB i7 2600k. (I do have 2 x AMD 2gb 6950's crossfire'd in my system )