Llano 3870K Appears at Newegg

[BaronMatrix]

Yes, after being officially launched on Dec 26, the unlocked 3GHz Llano has shown up. Also, all of the APUs that were Sold Out are now back in stock, so it does look like the shortages are over.



Check it out.

 

[de5_Roy]

cool!
3870k is in stock right now. i hope toms benchmarks it.

 

[nforce4max]

I expect people to be hitting at the very least 4ghz with this one.

 

[bawchicawawa]

anyone see any overclocks/benchmarks yet? If so, link them to me =]

 

[esrever]

I actually want one of these but Ill need to save up a bit lol.

 

[amdfangirl]

http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=article&item=amd_a8_3870k&num=1
http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=article&item=amd_3870k_6550d&num=1

Linux reviews...

And yet we still don't have a review done on Windows...

 

[swifty_morgan]

anyone see any overclocks/benchmarks yet? If so, link them to me =]

hardware heaven had something today. not sure if it was any over clocking though.......... they might be at newegg but not yet for sale. that's why they're "out of stock".

 

[amdfangirl]

http://www.hardwareheaven.com/reviews/1365/pg1/amd-fusion-a8-3870k-overclocking-and-dual-graphics-performance-review-introduction.html

Not on my RSS feeds. Don't blame me .

 

[bawchicawawa]

Swifty, they are actually for sale on newegg... I can put it in my cart and check out...

 

[de5_Roy]

@amdfangirl: thanks for the harwareheaven link.
i noticed that the minimum fps didn't increase that much when the radeon hd 6950 was used. does that mean there's still some cpu bottleneck with the 3870k?
3870k+6670 looks more appealing for entry level, though.

 

[deadjon]

SWTOR kills GPUs, I get 22FPS minimum on my 2 GTX460s @ 850mhz core, they reach 100% load...both of them...

There should be no CPU Bottleneck on SWTOR.

 

[BaronMatrix]

hardware heaven had something today. not sure if it was any over clocking though.......... they might be at newegg but not yet for sale. that's why they're "out of stock".

It's not out of stock and now the 3670K is available also.

 

[nforce4max]

It's not out of stock and now the 3670K is available also.

First come first serve.

 

[bawchicawawa]

For a little over the price of 1 i5 2500k, you can have a cpu/gpu combo that can max out skyrim 1920/1080 with an average of 28 fps. 0AA, though. Love how well these APUs perform.

Can't wait for trinity to come out. hopefully they release what gpus will be compatible with them soon.

 

[esrever]

this is a lot cheaper than the i5

 

[bawchicawawa]

I meant the crossfire of the 3870k+6670. My bad, should have been more clear to what i meant.

 

[jaguarskx]

this is a lot cheaper than the i5

But the CPU core is also weaker so for people looking for processing power, the less expensive Llano comes at a price. For hardcore gamers having a more powerful integrated graphics core than Intel doesn't really make too much of a difference since they are likely to install a discrete video.

Of course, not everyone can afford or want to spend money on a Core i5-2500k, so these unlocked Llanos are good for those people who want a quad core on a budget that can be overclocked easily.

 

[BaronMatrix]

But the CPU core is also weaker so for people looking for processing power, the less expensive Llano comes at a price. For hardcore gamers having a more powerful integrated graphics core than Intel doesn't really make too much of a difference since they are likely to install a discrete video.

Of course, not everyone can afford or want to spend money on a Core i5-2500k, so these unlocked Llanos are good for those people who want a quad core on a budget that can be overclocked easily.

This post was not about which chip is better. It was informing people that a certain APU has reached retail. Leave it alone.