AMD Athlon x4, Richland FM2

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I have heard about a recent AMD CPU (NOT APU) for the FM2 socket. An Athlon x4, based off of the Richland arch. But I cannot find where to buy it in the US. Only found one place: amazon.co.uk Help?
 
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Seeing as how the amd athlon x4 cpus are just amd's quad core apus that had a defect in their igpu, it could take a bit of time for them to show up. If AMD has a good production run, it might just be OEM only, but I doubt it. Give it time and they should get released. After all, AMD doesn't make Athlons anymore, they make APUs and repackage ones that fail the igpu tests.
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I suspect he's referring to the Athlon x4 750k, which was on the Best Gaming CPUs list this month (http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/gaming-cpu-review-overclock,3106-2.html). If that's the case, here's a list of all the places it can be acquired in the US of which PC Part Picker is aware (though there are likely others): http://pcpartpicker.com/part/amd-cpu-ad750kwohjbox
 
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Seeing as how the amd athlon x4 cpus are just amd's quad core apus that had a defect in their igpu, it could take a bit of time for them to show up. If AMD has a good production run, it might just be OEM only, but I doubt it. Give it time and they should get released. After all, AMD doesn't make Athlons anymore, they make APUs and repackage ones that fail the igpu tests.
 
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The Phenom X4 965 is still a decent processor. You get 4 true cores and L3 cache. It is a processor that has aged pretty well and is well worth the 100.00 cost. It can overclock up to 4 ghz (a little low to be sure but for 100.00, not bad). However, since on the same socket you can get an fx-6300 or 6350 for just a bit more, I wouldn't recommend the phenom.

Clock for clock i would expect the phenom to have a slight (very slight) advantage in gaming over the 750k due to the L3 cache and 4 full cores. The new richland 760k would probably be a bit better tho due to the newer architechure and minor improvements that richland brought.
 
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I would tend to concur, at $100. However, I've been able to find Phenom x4 965s at $80-90, which makes them much more competitive. At $100, it's not optimal, but down at $80 I'd definitely consider it a strong option.

Fair point about the 760k, though. I'd be quite interested in seeing those two compared.
 
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The regular price is usually around 100.00 but yes when it goes on sale for 80-90 it is a great cpu to consider for a budget build. Then again I'd like to see the 965 and 750k and 760k go head to head at 3.5 ghz and 4.0 ghz. It would be insteresting to see which one scales better with OCing.

My gut tells me the phenom would scale better, but the 750k would probably be very close in gaming performance to the phenom, especially at stock speeds. Too bad enthusiasts don't really care enough to bench these processors in such detail hehe
 
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