AMD Whips Up Two New FX Processors
Turkish website Donanimhaber got its hands on a leaked roadmap of sorts and it shows AMD slotting in the FX-4130, a quad-core CPU clocked with a base frequency of 3.8GHz and a 3.9GHz Turbo clockspeed. It will feature 4MB of L2 cache and 4MB of L3 cache, a 125W TDP, and reside at the lower end of AMD's FX lineup.
The other upcoming chip is a six-core FX-6130. This one has a base frequency of 3.6GHz, Turbo clockspeed of 3.9GHz, 8MB of L2 cache, 6MB of L3 cache, and a 125W TDP.
Pricing hasn't been announced for either chip, though the FX-4130 sits below the FX-4100, which sells $115, and the FX-6130 falls in between the $145 FX-6100 and $165 FX-6200, so probably figure around $100 for the former and the $150ish for the latter. Both are scheduled to launch in the second quarter of 2012.
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AMD saturates the market at every price point. I like that too. I can buy the most CPU power that I can afford every time. I only wish that these BD CPU's had a little more under the hood. |
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Agreed. The computer parts can make a decent gaming computer for $900ish. FX 4core - $100 - $120, Cooling - Cosair 70 ($70 -80) or Nautica AMD edition ($70 - $100) HDD $80 (500Gb, 5400rpm), 4Gb memory $30,CD drive (free, burrow from old computer), 7770 graphic card $130 - $150 (480 Steam cores?) , or Ti 550/560 (196 CUDA core?) $150 motherboard $150, The Case pick $40 - $100, PSU 520watt $50 -$90. Total $900 - $1000 (+) ; if you are upgrading the parts)
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it is good that the AMD processors is satisfying the supply-demand ratio. If it beats i5 (65 watts, 2.4ghz) I am amazed. But the processor is power-hungary (4/6/8 cores @ 125 watts, 4.3 Ghz(max)) - needs powerful coolants systems to lower heat tempretures... Still the price is good for overclockers or average joes that builds an above-average+ gaming computer. |
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