AMD A8-3850
Manufacturer: AMD (Advanced Micro Devices) Part number: CNETAMDA83850
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AMD A8-3850 price range: $84.99 - $263.55
- Reviewed by: Rich Brown
- Reviewed on: 06/30/2011
The good: The new AMD A8-3850 desktop chip offers strong budget gaming and multicore performance at a reasonable price.
The bad: AMD's new chip doesn't outperform its Intel equivalent on many standard programs.
The bottom line: We recommend the AMD A8-3850 to mainstream desktop PC users in search of capable gaming power and multithreaded application performance.
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8 stars
Efficient in gaming and overall performance
by aspirem3802 on November 14, 2011
Pros: Beats the Intel HD 2000 Graphics easily, and even more with the HD 6670. Also power efficient considering it uses up only 100W.
Cons: lower processing performance compared to i3 2100.
Need new socket(FM1) - not compatible with AM3.
Summary: Recommended if you are a casual gamer and you don't want to sacrifice a lot of money. It is fast, inexpensive, better cost-ratio than the i3 2100 and power-efficient. ...
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Summary: Recommended if you are a casual gamer and you don't want to sacrifice a lot of money. It is fast, inexpensive, better cost-ratio than the i3 2100 and power-efficient. Pair it up with the Asus F1A75-V Pro for extreme GPU and CPU overclocking.
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10 stars
I like it, and I like the price even more.
by LBEnCon on September 9, 2011
Pros: Inexpensive, works for me, good at running multiple graphics intensive programs.
Cons: Haven't found one in a laptop yet.
Summary: Have been using an A8-3850, also on F1A74-V Pro motherboard with HD 6670 graphics card, for a little over a month now. Original built it as an inexpensive computer to ...
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Summary: Have been using an A8-3850, also on F1A74-V Pro motherboard with HD 6670 graphics card, for a little over a month now. Original built it as an inexpensive computer to use with the HDTV in my wife's craft room, but after playing with it for awhile I decided to donated the i3 on my desk to the craft room, keeping the A8-3850 as my home office desktop. Benchmarks aside, for my day to day use AMD hit this one out of the ballpark. I use two monitors a 24" Asus and 42" 240Hz HDTV often running Auto Cad, Solid Works, Word, Excel, Access, Photo shop and/or Corel Draw, while streaming music or a movie in a small window. Sure the differences in motherboard/ram and cooling have allot to do with it too and I'll have to see how it holds up over time, but for now the A8-3850 has stomped the i3 I was using in the home office and if truth be told is not noticeably slower or less reliable than the hideously expensive so called "graphics workstation" station I use when I'm forced to actually drive to the office.
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10 stars
very efficient gaming.
by clundber on July 5, 2011
Pros: Kills dirty bridge in graphics, which is what I need the most.
Cons: I wish this processor would have come out a year ago before I put together my last rig.
Summary: I just finished my build with an ASUS F1A75-V pro with an HD 6770 in crossfire. This computer is so quiet, so fast, and was so inexpensive to build. I ...
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Summary: I just finished my build with an ASUS F1A75-V pro with an HD 6770 in crossfire. This computer is so quiet, so fast, and was so inexpensive to build. I would highly recommend this configuration.
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- Manufacturer: AMD (Advanced Micro Devices)
- Part number: CNETAMDA83850
- Description: AMD's A-Series processor combines dual-core and quad-core CPUs and AMD Radeon graphics on a single power-efficient chip to enable premium performance and low power consumption.
General
- Packaged Quantity 1
- Product Type Processor
Processor
- Type / Form Factor AMD,
A series A8-3850 - Number of Cores Quad-Core
- Cache Memory Details L2 - 4 MB
- 64-bit Computing Yes
- Processor number A8-3850
- Compatible Processor Socket Socket FM1
- Clock Speed 2.9 GHz
- Processor Qty 1
- Architecture Features Integrated memory controller,
AMD64 technology - Thermal Design Power 100 W
- Manufacturing Process 32 nm
- Architecture Features Integrated memory controller,
AMD64 technology Cache Memory
- Installed Size 4 MB
Integrated Graphics
- Type AMD Radeon HD 6550D
- Base Frequency 600 MHz
Expansion / Connectivity
- Compatible Slots 1 x Processor - Socket FM1
Miscellaneous
- Package Type AMD Processor in a Box (PIB)
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