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AMD FX-9000 - FX-8770 CPU's.

Wow that is some wattage. I am going to be doing a new build next month, was intending to go with Haswell, but beginning to think AMD may be the way to go.

Is it clear how long the AM3+ Socket will be supported for? Thought going 8350 for the build and have the upgrade path in the future.
 
Martini1991 said:
Unfortunately then you'd get people buying them with crap coolers.
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Yeah but i suppose thats just life. People buy high power CPUs and see their budget board bust or throttle it at stock. Offering them with just an AIO cooler would be way too pricey for an AMD piledriver, some people will pay it. Releasing it without the cooler as well as with an AIO would be the way i would do it.
 
Avenged7Fold said:
Yeah but i suppose thats just life. People buy high power CPUs and see their budget board bust or throttle it at stock. Offering them with just an AIO cooler would be way too pricey for an AMD piledriver, some people will pay it. Releasing it without the cooler as well as with an AIO would be the way i would do it.
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These aren't going to be normally priced chips, all the rumours put it at costing hundreds, it'll almost certainly cost more than a 4770k.
Then again, who knows, I certainly don't.
 
If the 8770 is just factory OC, the 8350 and also probably the 8320 will do 4.6 without issues.

These processors should come with a health warning about motherboard power support though. No cheesy 4+1 phases, 6+2, 8+2 and above ONLY.

Cooling, high end air or closed loop or a custom loop only.

PSU should not be an issue from my own testing. 350W from priming on eight cores at 4.7GHz and heaven on a single GPU would require a 500W 80% efficiency unit. Most gaming PC's would spec at least that.
 
It seems the CPUs have been released to system integrators under the FX9590 and FX9390 names:

http://translate.google.com/transla...ecials/FX-9590-FX-9370-AMD-Centurion-1073412/

This might confirm the 220W TDP:

http://translate.google.com/transla...p://diit.cz/clanek/amd-fx-9000-5-ghz-tdp-220w

Looking at the cooling solution suggested though,which are an H80i or Kuhler 920,these seem no worse than many people use for overclocked higher end AMD and Intel CPUs.

It also seems any decent 970 motherboard should be OK with the CPU.

The Asus M5A97 EVO has a VRM which can handle 275W:

http://www.techpowerup.com/reviews/ASUS/M5A97_EVO/13.html
 
AMD returning to the Ghz race simply because it can't compete on efficiency and needs to do something to save face and even then it is problematic.
 
AMD Unleashes First-Ever 5 GHz Processor

The new 5 GHz FX-9590 and 4.7 GHz FX-9370 feature the "Piledriver" architecture, are unlocked for easy overclocking and pave the way for enthusiasts to enjoy higher CPU speeds and related performance gains1. Additionally, these processors feature AMD Turbo Core 3.0 technology to dynamically optimize performance across CPU cores and enable maximum computing for the most intensive workloads
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Ermigawd that has made my choices harder.

Choices

1. Steamroller top chip. Problem there is having to wait / might not be worth it, but it will go into my lovely ROG mobo. Let's say £200-250 as a guess.

2. Intel 2700/3770/4770k + Mobo. Going to be expensive as I would want a nice mobo + cpu so say £400+.

3. FX-9590 / 9370. Easier than getting Piledriver and OC'ing it. Will perform very will on BF3 (hope BF4 too). However I am guessing these will be £250 so it would make more sense to sell my current rig and go Intel...hmm.

Helpsh pleeash
 
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