Wing Tat_Y
05/03/13
Experience: 1 Months
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Unlocked multiplier, decent price.
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Runs very hot.
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Cannot really overclock it too much, otherwise it would lock, only able to overclock GPU to 760 with no CPU overclock
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iTouchYou
03/21/13
Experience: 2 Months
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Great price relative to performance
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Lives up to expectations. Great for a PC that primarily plays multimedia. This APU can play games at low resolution. Price is great relative to performance. Haven't run into any issues (no over heating issues). I would recommend this to others and would purchase again.
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Matthew_P
03/06/13
Experience: 6 Months
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Very cheap for a great processor
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This is a great processor especially for a multimedia PC. It has great graphic capabilities that will do some decent gaming for being integrated. I haven't run into any issues with this processor.
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_-Artash-_
02/16/13
Experience: 2 Months
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-fast for general use.
-cheap
-simple
-onboard gpu
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-Had problems with a msi bundle on ncix.
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Got this as a replacement for my moms 9 year old Pentium 4 machine. Had problem with a bad MSI mobo for a couple of weeks, then paid a bit more of a Gigabyte one and everything worked like a charm.
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Cecil_W
02/07/13
Experience: 2 Days
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it overclocks
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none so far
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with the stock cooler can get a nice little overclock with it. with a aftermarket cooling system can get a really nice overclock currently running cpu at 3.795Ghz
and the built in video card is nice too
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i_g
01/09/13
Experience: 1 Days
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terrific value
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none so far
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excellent budget processor with terrific onboard video that can bu crossfired and upgraded.
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John_C
12/28/12
Experience: 2 Days
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fast iGPU and cpu
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not much
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Love this processor its fast and doesn't overheat if you are not over clocking. I don't like the heatsink that come with them always buy a aftermarket one for best results.
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CenturionX
11/30/12
Experience: 1 Months
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Outstanding Value
Good Performance
Radeon Graphics Are Excellent
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A perfect processor for high end budget builds. Picked this up in a bundle deal and built a complete machine, taxes in, for less than $350. Works great, Win 7 flys. Customer very happy with it.
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Jishin
10/15/12
Experience: 2 Days
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Small Monster
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non so far
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The APU its good for the price and the need i have right know.
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Esg
10/03/12
Experience: 7 Days
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Price
Great video for price
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Lack of mobo options
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Great CPU for its price and for a budget build. Plays some games on low-medium, which for $100 is amazing. Only issue with it is the lack of mobo options for this socket, I only found 5 FM1 mobo on ncix, unless another socket works for it in which case disregard this.
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rickem
09/07/12
Experience: 2 Days
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Great price, Fast, Built in grafix
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Can't believe the power of this chip with the built in grafix. The heatsink is a little taller than I wanted but works great and keeps cool. Leaves me the option to upgrade video later. Editing videos with AVS has increased 10 fold from using my laptop.
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Mike D
09/01/12
Experience: 7 Days
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Great bang for the buck
Discrete-level integrated graphics
Runs cool
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Linux installation issue (solvable).
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Bought this APU for a cheap build for my mom who only uses skype and the internet. Dropped it in a Gigabyte board with 4GB RAM, 500GB HDD and an inexpensive Cooler Master case. Installed Kubuntu (KDE version of Ubuntu) and the proprietary Catalyst drivers and it runs like a dream.
Note that when installing linux, grub boot options may need to be set to nomodeset and /etc/default/grub may need to be updated to GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT="quiet nomodeset" and GRUB_GFXMODE=. Otherwise my monitor would go blank (in standby) when booting both the liveCD and post-installation.
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Joey_G
09/01/12
Experience: 6 Months
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Very Fast, Efficent, easy to Overclock.
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Gets alittle to hot while gaming with stock cooling.
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Overall, it's an amazing Processor. Usually with stock cooling, a user will probably be able to get 3.6ghz no problem.
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Jody_M
08/25/12
Experience: 10 Days
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Price vs Performance is excellent, great for a workstation and casual gaming, works great with Guild Wars 2, Adobe Premiere Elements 7
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4 motherboard manufacturers to choose from and none of them have IDE connectors
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Great choice for a workstation or casual gamer. Guild Wars 2 and Adobe Premiere Elements 7 both ran like a top. I would highly suggest getting Corsair 8Gb 1866 for better video performance. This is my 3rd build on this APU and planning on doing more.
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Gab100
08/24/12
Experience: 1 Years
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Inexpensive
Good graphics
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CPU performance is mediocre.
Included heatsink isn't good enough for 100% load.
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Basically the only reason I chose to go with this cpu is the price. Its good enough to play COD games and it just barely works with After Effects but everything else I do on it works perfectly. The main problem I've had with it is the temperature doesn't stop rising if its at full load...Otherwise it usually idles at about 32C.
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Michel_B
08/14/12
Experience: 6 Months
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Cheap, fast, stable, easy to overclock
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none ... but I guess a better integrated GPU would be even better?
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Everyone says it plays all recent games at 1080p with medium settings. I say you buy this CPU, a cheap MoBo and some RAM and you have a nice ESXi 5.0 Server!!!
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Jonathan_P
07/31/12
Experience: 2 Months
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Inexpensive for the processing power;
Low electrical power draw;
Good onboard video processor
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AMD socket FM1;
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I used this to build my Dad a new computer for around $500 total. 6GB DDR3 RAM, 40GB Sata2 SSD, this AMD A8-3870 processor, mATX case, power supply, Windows 7.
The AMD A8-3870 processor has onboard Radeon 6550D HD GFX, the onboard graphics of this computer are great for non-gamers, it drives a 1080p TV over HDMI or DVI without a problem. I didn't try any 3D, but I expect it would work well for slightly older 3D games, especially at lower resolutions.
I wouldn't buy an AMD socket FM1 motherboard/processor for anything other than a low-cost, low-power build. So far it looks like there won't be much of an upgrade path for socket FM1 processors, but this build should last my Dad a half decade as it stands.
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donimo
06/29/12
Experience: 24 Days
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bang for buck champ
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not as powerful CPU as intel counterpart
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I got a mobo, ram and this CPU for 250 to my door. Hard to top that and still be able to game.
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David_K
06/28/12
Experience: 3 Weeks
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High performance IGP, decent CPU performance, cool, quiet, cheap
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The entire Llano is an extremely well rounded APU for those who work with medium to low workloads as well as enjoy some light gaming.
The A8-3870K is a great performer and overclocking it really opens it up to perform well in high-end games.
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Rahzel
06/19/12
Experience: 1 Days
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Good integrated graphics for light gaming
Decent CPU for gaming
Great at multitasking
Good high-end HTPC option
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The IGP is good enough for most games on low-mid settings. It can even run some games with high settings. Currently the best IGP as far as I know.
This will also work great for a high-end HTPC, although it's a little overkill. An A6 3650 or even A6 3500 would suffice.
Recommended for light gaming builds.
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Shahid
06/17/12
Experience: 3 Days
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Cheap for what you get, low power usage, 6550D graphics, unlocked multi.
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crappy overclocker
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Was able to get it up to 3.5Ghz with a bit of voltage. 3.3 seems to be the max on default vcore. GPU core does about 800. Paired with at least 1600mhz ddr3, and you get a decent gaming rig on a budget. Assuming you OC the gpu and use fast ram, the gfx are almost equivelent to about a 240 GT, 9600GSO, 8800GS
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Christopher_L
06/07/12
Experience: 7 Days
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Fast CPU--so easy to overclock. Built-in graphics completely adequate for Ultra-settings in WoW!
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Bought this CPU for use for low-mid lvl gaming. Radeon 6550d will change your mind about integrated gpus. Will also work in Crossfire with Radeon 6xxx cards. Best partnered with compatible 1866mhz ram. Really performs!!
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austin_l
05/27/12
Experience: 4 Weeks
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Very cheap!
DX11 High-end integrated graphics.
Unlocked n unleashed
really fast in my opinion
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Need a new mobo.
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The integrated graphics in the apu is far better than any sandybridge processor. It can run DiRT 3 100+ FPS! You don't even have to chip in the money for a GPU, or get a mid-range gpu and put it in hybrid crossfire with it like I did, runs like a beast, overclocks like one also. Really surprised by the price.
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thedrewsterr
05/15/12
Experience: 1 Months
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great speed, easy set up
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nothing negative about it
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great processor, the speeds are fantastic and I have no complaints
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Roark_N
03/24/12
Experience: 4 Days
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-Bang for buck
-Scored 7400 CPU mark (Passmark) Stock clock
-Decent GPU on board for casual gaming
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-heatsink (i never use the oem ones for long anyways)
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Pleasantly surprised with the CPU performance. It just outscored my QX9650 Extreme processor! I got a good bundle deal for the APU, MB and RAM. ($229.99) If that isn't value, I don't know what is. :)Will have to play with the GPU portion more, but I'm already happy with the CPU performance at the price point.
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ZITAO_Z
03/14/12
Experience: 1 Months
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Great for entry level gaming
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Stock HSF a bit weak
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At this price point, it has no competition. Its GPU has enough power to run most games at reasonably high settings in 720P. With a little bit of overclocking, you can even run some in 1080P smoothly. You have to change the HSF though, it runs way too hot otherwise.
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james_c
03/10/12
Experience: 7 Days
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bang for buck
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stock heat sink (id rater have none and it be 10$ cheaper)
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got in a bundle with a gigabyte board for an htpc, so kind of overkill but runs cools and with a shunken 2b quiet the combo was 200$ there are cheaper options out there but i wanted a little juice for converting videos and usb 3
ps fm1 uses am2 / am3 coolers
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KrUsHeR™
03/05/12
Experience: 1 Weeks
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-graphics capability
-price isn't to bad
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-factory heatsink is weak
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Put this cpu in a little gaming build and the integrated graphics seems to be handling itself pretty well. The heatsink that comes with it is really weak and I would suggest an aftermarket cpu cooler. If you are looking to put together a gaming system on a budget, get this and avoid buying a seperate video card.
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Briar_R
02/03/12
Experience: 3 Weeks
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Good Processor, integrated GPU, Quiet Stock Fan
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No cons that I can think of off hand.
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Bought this to use in my latest build. It is a very efficient processor, and I would definitely purchase again.
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