the fx 8150 is a good update for the HP h8-1414pc (gigabyte motherboard) I have an AM3-b socket (this is the same as an AM3x socket, both are black ,this will not work in a "silver" socket) at 40% cpu usage it runs between 3.4 and 4.0 ghz the stock AMD fx 1650 cpu will not. At $120 ($220-$280) more for a used fx 8350 (about 6% speed increase)this fx 8150 (fd 8150) is a bargin I put this on a ASUS M5A97 LE R2.0 motherboard and added Cool Master 240 liquid cool on processer and it runs at 4.2 MHz
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This OEM part is indeed somehow better on thermals than the retail box version.Please be aware that this processor can only safely withstand temperatures around 62C,way lower than the Intel competitors.This means that if you intend to OC it(and to catch up to similarly priced Intel processors you will need a 10-15% OC),you will absolutely need to buy an aftermarket heatsink or water cooler. Runs at 55C on install on stock cooler compared to 57-60C for the retail version in the shop.After installing Win7 and doing a Windows 7 Assessment Test it warned me that my CPU was over 75C,and that was like a 2-3 minutes test. Could not run Prime95 over 2 minutes without going over 80C and cores failing with the stock cooler and Cool and Quiet feature disabled in the BIOS.Even after using some AS5 grease it was still hot. I had it up to 83C in two and a half minutes of Prime95 before 3 cores shut down. The turbo-core function is ridiculously high on power and the fan noise is going up and down while you work. I had to disable turbo-core function all together for my sanity. I had tested myself this FX-8150 overclocked @4.6 Ghz+ against a Core i5-2500k overclocked @4.8+Ghz running a DUAL/TRI SLI 580s configuration and the Intel 2500k was always capable of 50-100% more fps in some major games. On the AMD system there was no absolutely no performance difference at all between the GTX 580 Dual-SLI and GTX 580 Tri-SLI running the FEAR3 game benchmark.Absolutely no real performance benefit by adding a third GPU on a Crosshair V or a Gigabyte 990FXA-UD7 motherboard was seen, and both performed rather poorly, below 30 FPS with 16X AF in 2560 resolution. If you are running dual-GPUs,such as a 2-way SLI system,performance again will be very dependent on the game itself,but also the resolution if higher than 1600.There are several games that show some major performances gaps between the AMD and Intel CPUs,even with 2-way SLI,such as ARMA 2,ROME 2,Crysis Warhead,Crysis 3 and Civilization V.On the other hand there are games that do not,games like DiRT 3, Dragon Age 2,Metro 2033 both. Please keep in mind that internal temperatures and motherboard socket temps are not the same thing.The AM3+ socket is farther away from the heatsink and it will be 10-20 degrees hotter than the actual AMD processor.Core temp usually finds the motherboard sensor. AMD Overdrive is a reliable program that will only see the internal sensor,chances are that you would see that 10-20 degree difference with the Core temp program. With that in mind, AMD states the max Cpu safe temp as 62C for this model,meaning the internal temperature,so the motherboard sensor could see up to 80-82C,depending on how much heat is trapped under the board. A well ventilated spacious case is a must for this CPU,also some good water cooling would fit it very well. The Passmark score is indeed very good in Windows X64 OS with added 8GB RAM in the 1800 range,also the rendering,archiving and multitasking performance is very good compared to the i3/i5 models. Please bare in mind that the very rare FX-8120 95W Zambezi has much better thermals,hence it is a more reliable processor in the long run.Also the newer cousin FX-8320 it is 5-10% faster for a similar price now. Comparing all these facts together I will give it a score of 70 out of 100Read full review
First time buying used computer parts. So far so good. The part was what I was looking for. It is clocked at 3.9GHz. no issues so far.
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I bought this used for my system and received it quickly and in excellent shape with the unused fan/heatsink. Installed it and it worked flawlessly. This is a great processor and works very well.
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Running this on a Asus crosshair formula IV motherboard with air cooling and unmatched ddr3 ram I am using Asus Turbo V Evo program in win 7 I have overclock this CPU from 3.6 GHz to 4.626 GHz Temps in speedfan are showing 39C to 43C at idle and max out at 60C running prime 95 It has been stable for almost two weeks playing Destiny 2 and normal computer usage I highly recommend this cpu even if you don't overclock it it is a big upgrade from my AMD Phenom II X4 965 So far no cons just pros for this cpu
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