Tuesday, September 2nd 2014
AMD Announces Three New FX-8000 Series Eight-core Processors, New Pricing
AMD made three additions to its FX-8300 series eight-core socket AM3+ processors, along with adjustments to the series' overall pricing. The company launched a new performance-segment part, the FX-8370, along with two energy-efficient eight-core chips, the FX-8370E, and the FX-8320E. The FX-8370 features the same 4.00 GHz nominal clock speed as the FX-8350, but a tiny bit higher TurboCore frequency of 4.30 GHz, compared to the latter's 4.20 GHz. This chip is priced at US $199.
The FX-8370E, on the other hand, features the same maximum TurboCore frequency of 4.30, but its nominal clock speed is much lower, at 3.30 GHz. Not all cores run at TurboCore frequency simultaneously. The FX-8320E features a maximum TurboCore frequency of 4.00 GHz, same as that of the FX-8320, but a lower nominal clock speed, of 3.20 GHz. Both these two parts feature rated TDP of 95W, compared to 125W of the other parts in the series.
With the introduction of these three parts, AMD came up with an all new pricing scheme. The top-end FX-9590 is now priced at US $230, competitive with the Core i5-4690K. It's followed by the FX-9370, priced at $211. These two 220W TDP chips are supported on a limited number of AM3+ motherboards, owing to their high power requirements. Next up, is the FX-8370 at $199, the FX-8350 at a new $180 price tag, making it a compelling alternative to the likes of Core i5-4440, and the FX-8320, at an attractive $150. All chips mentioned in this article feature unlocked base-clock multipliers, allowing you to overclock them.
The FX-8370E, on the other hand, features the same maximum TurboCore frequency of 4.30, but its nominal clock speed is much lower, at 3.30 GHz. Not all cores run at TurboCore frequency simultaneously. The FX-8320E features a maximum TurboCore frequency of 4.00 GHz, same as that of the FX-8320, but a lower nominal clock speed, of 3.20 GHz. Both these two parts feature rated TDP of 95W, compared to 125W of the other parts in the series.
20 Comments on AMD Announces Three New FX-8000 Series Eight-core Processors, New Pricing
But hey, they do have the consoles, which will probably outsell traditional desktops (not laptop or tablet) 10 to 1 over the lifespan of the PS4 and XB1.
Bash away, but I just had to add that.
Updated MoBo chipsets might be a good idea.
I see the FX 8370E did have a clock reduction...Oh well either way this is quite a cool addition being a 95Watt TDP but they desperately need a refresh on the 990FX platform and to move on already to the 1090FX platform.
More troublesome thing is AMD's financial situation ( they had to cut man power several times ) and they have to tech disadvantage now while intel can use low nm tech .