AMD Bulldozer's have arrived! FX-8150, FX-8120 & FX-6100

[jaquith]

NewEgg

$280 FX-8150 Zambezi 3.6GHz 8MB L2 Cache 8MB L3 Cache Socket AM3+ 125W Eight-Core
$220 FX-8120 Zambezi 3.1GHz 8MB L2 Cache 8MB L3 Cache Socket AM3+ 125W Eight-Core
$190 FX-6100 Zambezi 3.3GHz 6MB L2 Cache 8MB L3 Cache Socket AM3+ 95W Six-Core

Link -> http://www.newegg.com/Product/ProductList.aspx?Submit=ENE&N=100007671%20600213781&IsNodeId=1&name=Socket%20AM3%2b

TigerDirect

$260 FX-8150 Zambezi 3.6GHz 8MB L2 Cache 8MB L3 Cache Socket AM3+ 125W Eight-Core
$220 FX-8120 Zambezi 3.1GHz 8MB L2 Cache 8MB L3 Cache Socket AM3+ 125W Eight-Core
$190 FX-6100 Zambezi 3.3GHz 6MB L2 Cache 8MB L3 Cache Socket AM3+ 95W Six-Core

Link -> http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/category/guidedSearch.asp?CatId=22&sel=Detail%3B112_174_73055_73055

NCIX

$289 FX-8150 Zambezi 3.6GHz 8MB L2 Cache 8MB L3 Cache Socket AM3+ 125W Eight-Core
$239 FX-8120 Zambezi 3.1GHz 8MB L2 Cache 8MB L3 Cache Socket AM3+ 125W Eight-Core
$203 FX-6100 Zambezi 3.3GHz 6MB L2 Cache 8MB L3 Cache Socket AM3+ 95W Six-Core

Link -> http://www.ncix.com/search/?categoryid=0&q=bulldozer+fx

Microcenter

$199.99 FX 6100 Black Edition 3.3GHz Hexa-Core Socket AM3+ Boxed Processor
$129.99 FX 4100 Black Edition 3.6GHz Quad-Core Socket AM3+ Boxed Processor

Link -> http://www.microcenter.com/search/search_results.phtml?N=4294966995+4294965455+4294931860&

Thanks - Tecmo34

Cores/Modules - 8/4:
FX-8170 3.9 GHz, FX-8150 3.6 GHz, FX-8120 3.1 GHz, FX-8100 2.8 GHz

Cores/Modules - 6/3:
FX-6120 3.6 GHz, FX-6100 3.3 GHz

Cores/Modules - 4/2:
FX-4170 4.2 GHz, FX-4120 3.9 GHz, FX-4100 3.6 GHz

ref - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bulldozer_(processor)#Processors

 

[iam2thecrowe]

at those prices they really arent worth buying compared to an intel setup. remove another $10-15 from the 6 core and it might be worth it....... still not available in AUS though

 

[jaquith]

If I've heard it once, I've heard it a million times all the hoopla over the Bulldozer - we'll folks they're here?!

Interesting Review and the recommendation is Buy Core i5-2500K - http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/fx-8150-zambezi-bulldozer-990fx,3043-24.html

I knew but I had hoped AMD would either leapfrog the Intel Sandy Bridge in speed or, preferably AND, under-priced it by $100

 

[Onus]

Those prices are way too high for gamers. They can only possibly be justified if this turns out to be a great server chip, and we're not the ones who will be buying it. As I commented on another thread, AMD engineers who purposefully designed a fantastic server chip have just had their natural rage toward sales and marketing droids thoroughly stoked.

 

[jaquith]

Frankly, IMO AMD Blew a good opportunity. If anything I had hoped the price-to-performance would have sparked REAL competition to Intel.

IF so (WE) would have had a Win-Win!

Makes you wonder how much Intel owns in AMD stock

 

[Rizlla]

still not available in AUS though

They are already in RSA since yesterday.

FX 8150 - R 2880.00

FX 8120 - R 2450.00

FX 6100 - R 2040.00

FX 4100 - R 1490.00

 

[saint19]

Mine on the way.

 

[Chef_Boyardee]

Mine on the way.

Nice! Sound investment.

 

[saint19]

Nice! Sound investment.

Just for extreme overclock, my current setup is fine for me and my family.

 

[4Ryan6]

Just for extreme overclock, my current setup is fine for me and my family.

You going to write an AMD FX overclock guide?

 

[jaquith]

I'm still trying to find any SQL benchmarks FX-8150 vs i5-2500(K). I know Opteron vs Xeon but I never assume

 

[saint19]

You going to write an AMD FX overclock guide?

Thinking on that, but I'm trying to do somethings for get the CPU in a easy way.

I'm still trying to find any SQL benchmarks FX-8150 vs i5-2500(K). I know Opteron vs Xeon but I never assume

Maybe this can help you. Post #620

http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/showthread.php?275786-AMD-FX-8150-Bulldozer-finally-tested&p=4973353&viewfull=1#post4973353

 

[jaquith]

Problem: a small SQL test run can be 20~30+ minutes for a County. Therefore, the small tests are done during the Working Hours and 5% or 20% difference cost ME money. The link is an homage of excuses.

I have to KNOW and the ONLY test that I give a hoot about is "SQL benchmarks FX-8150 vs i5-2500(K)". I could care less if the games better/worse or zips a file 3ms faster.

Background blah blah:

Spoiler

Just to give you a glimpse of what I do - the Servers we stitch together a 'Master' database of County, State, and MLS data. The County for example can be from (10+) separate Tables some with 100K~1M+ records x 100+ fields, and a State can have 40+ Counties. The MLS is updated daily including photos (10-20 JPEG) and 2000~5000+ updates/new per day per Region and there can be (10~30+) MLS per State; I tend not to use the older/7 day 'State' compilations. Currently, we are running data for 6 states. It's a ton of Enterprise data. Then the final data is formatted for each client.

The testing rigs are used for: office apps and as a terminal to the servers which ANY CPU can handle. However, we are constantly testing the County and State data against 'updated calculations' and 'integrity' checking; i.e. improving and double-checking. I also have 4 Testing Servers for the larger runs. A 'Regional', generally MLS driven can run for 4~8 hours.

 

[iam2thecrowe]

They are already in RSA since yesterday.

FX 8150 - R 2880.00

FX 8120 - R 2450.00

FX 6100 - R 2040.00

FX 4100 - R 1490.00

thats nice but, i guess unless they pull off some miracle BIOS update/windows patch that brings them up to speed (not likely though), you would have to be an idiot to buy one for home use anyway.

 

[Rizlla]

thats nice but, i guess unless they pull off some miracle BIOS update/windows patch that brings them up to speed (not likely though), you would have to be an idiot to buy one for home use anyway.

I would have to agree with you there. I am sure the BIOS update will come, but we will have to see how much of an improvement it will make. That is why I'm not going to jump on any bandwagon just yet. I am rather going to hold out with my current setup and see what happens.