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About a month ago Advanced Micro Devices unveiled several new FX-series eight-core microprocessors that featured either increased performance, or lower power consumption compared to previously released chips. Apparently, since then the company has also quietly rolled-out a new affordable eight-core chip that costs $125 now in the U.S.
The AMD FX-8310 microprocessor (which was discovered in AMD’s database by CPU-World) features four dual-core Piledriver modules (eight cores in total), 3.40 frequency (no dynamic acceleration technology, according to AMD’s database), 8MB L2 cache, 8MB L3 cache, dual-channel DDR3 memory controller and 95W thermal design power. The new chip features unlocked multiplier (which means, it can be easily overclocked) and is compatible with all AM3+ mainboards.
The new CPU costs $125 (£79/€99) in the U.S. at TigerDirect and is naturally positioned as the world's most affordable eight-core solution for those, who plan to overclock it eventually. Since the chip has emerged on the U.S. market, it is likely that it will eventually show up in Europe and the U.K.
AMD did not comment on the news-story.
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KitGuru Says: Affordable chips with good overclocking potential were bestsellers back in the days. Nowadays overclocking requires rather advanced mainboards and cooling systems, which, in many cases, reduces viability of overclocking in general. As a result, low-cost chips for overclocking today are not as popular as back in the early 2000s.
I might actually try building a rig with the FX-8310 since the price is so low! I would be mainly using it for light gaming and maybe some video editing.
edit: Well unsurprisingly, my wallet won’t seem to agree to purchasing more computer parts.
There is also 8300 OEM on tigerdirect, even cheaper than 8310.
Nothing new here really if you can find them and buy them only on tigerdirect.
Mine gets used for heavy gaming, You dont need an i7 to play games maxed out at 1080p with all AA and AF 😉
Yeah this thing would easily keep your GPU occupied even if you had a very high-end GPU setup and 4K screen.