Whats up with the amd a10?

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Griffsbrown

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So I see its 3.8ghz but its so cheap. But then another cpu of this ghz will be like 200$+. Why is it so cheap for what your getting. Just was going to buy one and wanted to make sure I am indeed getting what is described. For the record I'm describing the a10 apu 5800k
 
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The A10-5800K is good only if you're working with a relatively small budget, and only need an entry level platform for your needs. It is cheap because, despite being one of the better APUs available, it still is a fairly low-tier product. It "only" has four cores, half of high-end AMD CPUs, and those cores are paired by their floating point processors. In other words, it actually has two "modules" with each module having two cores. It could also be described (poorly) as a dual-core processor with physical hyper threading.

It trades blows with the FX-4170, and the FX-4300, though both have a slight edge for gaming since they actually have level 3 cache.
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CPUs aren't priced according to their ghz.

It's good, but an A10 6800k would be better. The 5800k is the "flagship" of the previous generation, whereas the 6800k is the "flagship" of the latest generation.

Obviously, the 6800k is better, but the 5800k is still good, especially if you're getting it cheap.
 
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Calculatron

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The A10-5800K is good only if you're working with a relatively small budget, and only need an entry level platform for your needs. It is cheap because, despite being one of the better APUs available, it still is a fairly low-tier product. It "only" has four cores, half of high-end AMD CPUs, and those cores are paired by their floating point processors. In other words, it actually has two "modules" with each module having two cores. It could also be described (poorly) as a dual-core processor with physical hyper threading.

It trades blows with the FX-4170, and the FX-4300, though both have a slight edge for gaming since they actually have level 3 cache.
 
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