Monday, February 27th 2012
AMD Intros the FX-6200 and FX-4170 Processors, Cuts Some Prices
Sunnyvale-based AMD Inc. has today launched two new FX Series processors, the FX-6200 hexa-core and the FX-4170 quad-core, and announced price reductions for the October-released FX-8120 and FX-6100.
The FX-6200 and FX-4170 are made on 32 nm process technology, and feature an AM3+ package, a TDP of 125 W, and 8 MB of L3 cache. The FX-6200 has a base clock of 3.8 GHz (4.1 GHz Turbo) and is up for pre-order @ 152.70 Euro while its quad-core sibling is set to 4.2 GHz (4.3 GHz Turbo) and is selling for 120.60 Euro.
The updated FX-8120 and FX-6100 prices stand at $185 and $145, respectively.
Source:
The Tech Report
The FX-6200 and FX-4170 are made on 32 nm process technology, and feature an AM3+ package, a TDP of 125 W, and 8 MB of L3 cache. The FX-6200 has a base clock of 3.8 GHz (4.1 GHz Turbo) and is up for pre-order @ 152.70 Euro while its quad-core sibling is set to 4.2 GHz (4.3 GHz Turbo) and is selling for 120.60 Euro.
The updated FX-8120 and FX-6100 prices stand at $185 and $145, respectively.
62 Comments on AMD Intros the FX-6200 and FX-4170 Processors, Cuts Some Prices
I bought one a few weeks ago and put it to work in my main rig- it is a beast for multi-tasking :pimp: I've got a slight o/c to 4.0ghz and NB@2400 and am doing the following w/no slow downs:
- WCG crunching- All 6 cores @90%
- Web browsing w/multiple windows open
- Looking at photos
- Watching the news on my TV tuner
All that with temps at 44-47C Max on air with the case fans on quiet :toast:
I've even ran a DVD in addition to all of the above and no slow downs, hiccups, or stutters on anything.
Overall it's better than the 960T I was running at 3.6Ghz
Give these chips work to do and you will see them shine!! :cool:
They really need to focus on getting their "Piledriver" to the market.
The only CPU worth buying is the 8120, and that is if you ignore the fact that you cant overclock an i5 2400
You gotta realize they have to sell what they have to maintain market and profit shares. This is a Company after-all.
And Honestly Intel and AMD are in the market to make money, they dont care about the end user, they Care about Big business buying their stuff
Same With AMD. It was literally a Kick in the teeth to x58 users, now they are stuck
Other major corporations are following suit Also constant socket changes like they have been doing since P3. Only Socket that may have had a Good Chance was 775 but after that nope. I felt 1366 was the Ideal Socket but Intel Abandoned it for 1155 and 2011 and now 1155 will be replaced by 1150
Only a few here Dont forget how the CPU operates. It was the same situation when the First Dual and then Quad and Hex Core CPUs came out. Not enuf work to go around the CPU would chew through the single thread task that it wouldnt even register on the CPU load and CPU would idle on end
I run AMD at home as this is the third processor to run in the motherboard and now hits 4.2Ghz under load easily.
3 situations are all the FX-8150 beats the i7-2600k in. x264 Second Pass (by 1.5 fps), SYSmark 2007 E-Learning (whatever that is), and 7-Zip. The i7-2600k sweeps the gaming benchmarks (with upwards of 30-40% more fps, 300% in one of the Civ V benchmarks), rendering benchmarks, productivity benchmarks, and most of the encoding benchmarks. I don't think it keeps up that well. Maybe if you overclock it, but then you are adding extra expenses, and you could just overclock the i7 to be even further ahead.
The FX-8120 is a good value, but almost the entirety of the FX line outside of that isn't worth a purchase.