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CPU "FX" INVESTIGATION

Researching different AMD FX processors and find out their differences

In the AMD industry, one of the most families of processor unites of AMD is the FX. The FX CPUs are made for people that want high power for a low budget price, also, it gives the users and gamers than want a high number of cores that will lead them to better efficiency at multitasking and rendering.

The problem starts when the users don´t understand the difference between each "member" of the FX family.



Launch image of FX-8 cores series
http://soft9000.com/blog9000/images/AmdTinBox01.png 

Main questions:
-Does more or less cores mean more or less efficiency at single-core performance?
-Is the FX family a low-cost/low.quality processor unit?
-Does the AMD CPUs waste a brutal amount of energy?
-What are the difference between FX 4 cores, 6 cores and 8 cores series? And the FX-9 series?
-What´s their power against the i7-4770K

Starting with the weakest... 

FX-4300 3.8Ghz 4X

This CPU is really interesting, the weakes of the FX family and with a price that rounds the 60-80$, this processor unit.

This low-price CPU is made for mini servers, low cost computers and simple gaming machines. The most attractive part of this CPU is its core clock and its 4 cores, will it will make it just fine for basic computing and if you put a small graphics card you can play games at really low qualities.
In the end complementing this with a cheap motherboard will give you a decend machine that can fight against medium cost laptops.

ESPECIFICATIONS:

-Model number FX-4300
-Frequency 3800 MHz
-Turbo frequency 4000 MHz
-Package 938-pin micro-PGA package
-Socket Socket AM3+
-Architecture / Microarchitecture
-Platform Volan
-Processor core Vishera
-Manufacturing process 0.032 micron
-Data width 64 bit
-The number of cores 4
-The number of threads 4
-Floating Point Unit Integrated
-Level 1 cache size
-2 x 64 KB shared instruction caches
-4 x 16 KB data caches
-Level 2 cache size 2 x 2 MB shared exclusive caches
-Level 3 cache size 4 MB shared cache
-Multiprocessing Uniprocessor
-Features
-MMX
-SSE
-SSE2
-SSE3
-SSE4
-SSE4a
-AES instructions
-Advanced Bit Manipulation
-Advanced Vector Extensions
-AMD64 technology
-Virtualization technology
-Enhanced Virus Protection
-Turbo Core 2.0 technology
-Low power features PowerNow!
-On-chip peripherals Dual-channel DDR3 memory controller
-HyperTransport technology
-Electrical/Thermal parameters
-Thermal Design Power 95 Watt

Pccomponentes image of the fx4300
http://fotos.pccomponentes.com/procesadores/procesadores_amd_socket_am2_am3/amd_fx_series_fx_4300_3_8ghz_4x.jpg

CPUBOSS SCORE AGAINST i7-4770K

The FX-4300 shows a great performance against the i7-4770K, the FX is even more valuable for its price than de i7. We should also consider the computing errors that ocurr in this CPU and it´s big brother the FX-6300, this ones were quickly exchanged by the 4350 and the 6350, that doesn´t suffer computing errors. I mean by computing errors moving Unigine Valley to the desktop and waiting 2 minutes for the CPU to calculate the action of moving it.

Computer build for this CPU (pieces at spanish stocks in PcCom):

AMD FX Series FX-4300 3.8Ghz 4X - 77€ - 85$

Asrock 970 Pro3 R2.0 - 79.95€ - 88.63$

Asus DRW-24F1ST DVD 24X - 15.95€ - 17.68$

Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO - 29.95€ - 33,21$

Cooler Master K280 USB 3.0 - 39.90€ - 44.25$

Corsair VS650 650W VS Series 80 Plus - 68.00€ - 75.31$

G.Skill Ripjaws X DDR3 1866 PC3-14900 4GB 2x2GB CL9 - 39.00€ - 43.18$

Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB SATA3 - 53.95€ - 59.73$

TOTAL PRICE: (GPU NOT INCLUDED): 403.70€ - 447.00$

GPU´s RECOMENDED:

Sapphire R7 240 2GB DDR3 - 71.95€ - 79.70$

Sapphire R7 250X 1GB GDDR5 - 107.00€ - 118.59$

Sapphire R7 260X 2GB GDDR5 - 129.00€ - 142.97$

Starting with the weakest... redeveloped

FX-4350 4.20Ghz 4X

The beast, called by some overclockers, made for gaming and for extreme overclocking, reaching the 5.0Ghz and even more. It´s price rounds the 80-110$.

This low-price CPU is made for gaming machines and small servers.Its 4 cores made it versatile at gaming and complementing with a ddecent grafics card you would play all the games. The greate difference between his small brother the FX-4300 is that the FX-4350 has 0.3Ghz more power, it has much better technologies integrated and it´s enormous overclocking range.










Pccomponentes image of the fx4350
http://fotos.pccomponentes.com/procesadores/procesadores_amd_socket_am2_am3/amd_fx_series_fx_4350_4_20ghz_4x.jpg