piledriver - Official AMD FX4300,FX6300 and FX8350 review thread

[CAT-THE-FIFTH]

How is power consumption when running actual games??

 

[Martini1991]

It only has 4 threads

4 threads 8 cores

It's 8C/8T

To use 4 cores, you'd just set Prime to use 4 threads, it'd use the 4 cores. (2 modules)

I figured you were trying to be clever, but you failed at it, it'd be 4C/8T (If you call the modules cores)

 

[humbug]

It's 8C/8T

To use 4 cores, you'd just set Prime to use 4 threads, it'd use the 4 cores. (2 modules)

I figured you were trying to be clever, but you failed at it, it'd be 4C/8T (If you call the modules cores)

right i see, set 4 cores in prime, yes, but you can't do that in heaven.

I wasn't trying to be clever, you misunderstood.

I was saying the chip has 8 integer and 4 threads, your talking about the software.

 

[Martini1991]

You'd just change the affinity and set them to the cores not being used by Prime.

 

[humbug]

You'd just change the affinity and set them to the cores not being used by Prime.

Right, what i want to know is what the power consumption is with everything in the chip running.

 

[Martini1991]

At 4.6GHz prime 8 cores - 350W

Unless I'm being silly?

 

[humbug]

Unless I'm being silly?

Its confusing,

350w on one rig with 8 cores but with an unmentioned GPU (prime-95 only)

420w on a different setup, 6950 (Prime-95 and heaven) only 4 cores.

PII x6 @ 3.8Ghz (unmentioned GPU) prime-95 = 290w

PII x6 @ 3.8Ghz (unmentioned GPU) heaven = 420w

Have i got that right?

If i assume the unmentioned GPU in the x6 heaven run is the same 6950 he used in the FX run with only 4 cores then the FX-83## / 4 cores / 4.6Ghz uses the same power as a 3.8GHZ PII x6.

What i would like to know is what will the FX-83## use with the 6950 on heaven with all its 8 cores running at 4.6Ghz

 

[Hagar]

What i would like to know is what will the FX-83## use with the 6950 on heaven with all its 8 cores running at 4.6Ghz

480 watts

Piledriver 8350 at 4.6GHz 8 threads on prime95 large FFT
MSI Hd 6950 running heaven 2.5 benchmark 4x antialiasing full screen 1680 x 1050. (OCUK test spec)
8GB DDR3 at 1840MHz
Sandisk extreme 240GB
WD Black 1 TB
WD RE2 500GB
ASUS M5A99x
4 x 120mm fans
DGX Soundcard installed
2x DVB-T card installed
Seasonic 650x Gold PSU

Anything else?

Looking at the above, I am at 73% of the PSU, so a 650 gold would be about the minimum spec you would want if everything was as shown. This is unlikely in my opinion but may be possible in some games. A 7850 would use less power for about the same performance but if you are going for max on the graphics with SLI, x-fire, you would want more, a 750W upwards.

 

[CAT-THE-FIFTH]

Is there any chance you could load up a game,say, BF3 and see what system power consumption is like??

 

[Hagar]

Is there any chance you could load up a game,say, BF3 and see what system power consumption is like??

I would do if I had any up to date games, maybe when or if I set up the free games with the processor.

 

[humbug]

480 watts

Piledriver 8350 at 4.6GHz 8 threads on prime95 large FFT
MSI Hd 6950 running heaven 2.5 benchmark 4x antialiasing full screen 1680 x 1050. (OCUK test spec)
8GB DDR3 at 1840MHz
Sandisk extreme 240GB
WD Black 1 TB
WD RE2 500GB
ASUS M5A99x
DGX Soundcard installed
2x DVB-T card installed
Seasonic 650x Gold PSU

Anything else?

Looking at the above, I am at 73% of the PSU, so a 650 gold would be about the minimum spec you would want if everything was as shown. This is unlikely in my opinion but may be possible in some games. A 7850 would use less power for about the same performance but if you are going for max on the graphics with SLI, x-fire, you would want more, a 750W upwards.

Thanks

@ 4.6Ghz the FX-83## uses 60 Watts more than a Phenom II x6 at 3.8Ghz

Thats not bad, thats really not bad at all.

 

[Hagar]

I am going to save my 4.6 profile in bios and use 4.2 as a 24/7 clock on this processor. Core temps will drop down to 40ish from 55 with my current cooling and the fan profiles will be at 30%, nice and quiet. The project is 'silentpiler' after all. Following lots of testing on software I use, I am very pleased with the processor performance, the system is highly stable, responsive and at stock very quiet.

I sold my 1090T at a bargain price of £60 (£55 nett) so if I sell the 'free' games, the actual cost will be £168 - £55 - say £35 for the games = £78. This is acceptable to me as although the stock performance is not a huge amount different to the x6 @ 3.8, the processor is newer, the potential performance with overclocking and the two extra cores is there to use and if I watercool at some stage possibly more.

 

[Elfmeister.]

£35!, try at least £50 if not more

 

[Martini1991]

£35!, try at least £50 if not more

You won't get 50 for the games, you're lucky to get 35.

 

[Elfmeister.]

Granted if it gives me individual keys, I will.

Hitman Absolution and FarCry3 aren't even released yet?, £20 for a spanking new game is good deal tini.

 

[Martini1991]

I just sold 4 lots.
Far Cry 3 isn't a Steam code, you get about 12 quid for it.
Sleeping Dogs? 8-9 quid.
MOH 20% off you can't sell.
Hitman 15 quid.

 

[Elfmeister.]

Way to have your pants down tini, give me a heads up next time your selling something, I might get a bargain.

 

[Martini1991]

Well that's the going price on the MM, because there's so many people going to have them.
Your expectations are just too high.

I assume with Nkata's own 35 pound prediction, he's aware of the pricing.