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AMD Bulldozer FX-8150 8 Core Processor 3.6GHZ Socket AM3+ 125W Retail Box

AMD Bulldozer FX-8150 8 Core Processor 3.6GHZ Socket AM3+ 125W Retail Box
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AMD Bulldozer FX-8150 8 Core Processor 3.6GHZ Socket AM3+ 125W Retail Box
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Rating: 8.72/10
AceOnRiv@NCIX
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Review Date: 02/03/13
AMD Bulldozer FX-8150 8 Core Processor 3.6GHZ Socket AM3+ 125W Retail Box
Cons:price premium for the metal case or guarantee of overclocking capacity ?

Pros:Good CPU, good overall system price
Comment:
I do some development and this beast is good for me.FYI, timed linux kernel compilation (my cfg): 2min vs. 17 min for my previous (temporary) CPU (Athlon II X2 245).A nice thing is that it gets very quiet when idle (1.4GHz).When busy+overclocked (currently very stable at 4.062GHz), my Antec Earthwatts 650W PSU is making new noises.So you can know when the computer has finished its work !I took this one over the 8120, because I'm stupid and I don't want AMD to die.
Jim_L@NCIX
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Review Date: 12/26/12
AMD Bulldozer FX-8150 8 Core Processor 3.6GHZ Socket AM3+ 125W Retail Box
Cons:none

Pros:very fast cpu
Comment:
Very good processor for the price. This is a processor that is designed for overclocking it does get up to some pretty high speeds.
CounterSnipe@NCIX
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Review Date: 12/24/12
AMD Bulldozer FX-8150 8 Core Processor 3.6GHZ Socket AM3+ 125W Retail Box
Cons:-tons of heat-does not perform as well as a i5 2500k in gaming

Pros:-faster than my old CPU-packaging saved the CPU
Comment:
Good processor overall if you are to upgrade from a older chip but id get ivy bridge or piledriver if they are not much more
jlwright1966@NCIX
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Review Date: 11/12/12
AMD Bulldozer FX-8150 8 Core Processor 3.6GHZ Socket AM3+ 125W Retail Box
Cons: runs a little warm stock heat sink woefully inadeaquate

Pros:nice and fastno hassle 8 cores of power
Comment:
all in all a nice upgarde from the quad core althoough the heatsink issue causes concen for all out performance. my upgrade to a hyper212+ coolermaster cooler cured that. this with a 7850 ati 2 gb card put my futurebenachmark 11 scores to 5900.(also the 2 hotfixes from microsoft for the fx were a big help) prices have come down for this cpu and i would recommend for any multimedia system
Brian_S@NCIX
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Review Date: 10/16/12
AMD Bulldozer FX-8150 8 Core Processor 3.6GHZ Socket AM3+ 125W Retail Box
Cons:Horrible stock fan

Pros:Great price and performance
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A lot of people have some bad things to say about this cpu's performance. It's true that it does not perform as good as others for single threaded applications (but is still fast), but for multi-threaded apps it is amazingly fast. I use this cpu for 3d rendering and if I wanted just a little more performance, I would have to spend almost double. The stock fan that comes with this cpu is horrible and should be replaced. I will definitely buy this processor again.
Brenda_S@NCIX
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Review Date: 10/08/12
AMD Bulldozer FX-8150 8 Core Processor 3.6GHZ Socket AM3+ 125W Retail Box
Cons:Extremely poor heatsink and fan.

Pros:Powerful right out of the box, only gets better.
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This processor is awesome. Out of the box you get wicked performance, and it only gets better. However the heatsink and fan included are extremely poor quality, I would highly recommend getting a bitter heatsink if you are going to overclock this.
eduardo_p@NCIX
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Review Date: 09/07/12
AMD Bulldozer FX-8150 8 Core Processor 3.6GHZ Socket AM3+ 125W Retail Box
Cons:amd

Pros:overclocks price bench 8 cores ,,,
Comment:
this is very good overclocker , very good price 8 cores unlocked 3.6 ghz very very very nice
Gabriel_F@NCIX
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Review Date: 08/22/12
AMD Bulldozer FX-8150 8 Core Processor 3.6GHZ Socket AM3+ 125W Retail Box
Cons:None Yet

Pros:Runs super fast ! Overclocked to 4.9GHZ !
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Super awesome CPU that runs everything without any problems ! I also overclocked it to 4.9GHz using my Corsair H80 CPU cooler. Best CPU I ever had yet ! I recommend it to everyone who can afford it !
Eric_T@NCIX
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Review Date: 08/16/12
AMD Bulldozer FX-8150 8 Core Processor 3.6GHZ Socket AM3+ 125W Retail Box
Cons:expensive

Pros:Stable, fast
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Good product, stable and fast. I didn't see any problem with this processor. It's working well
Jake_M@NCIX
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Review Date: 08/14/12
AMD Bulldozer FX-8150 8 Core Processor 3.6GHZ Socket AM3+ 125W Retail Box
Cons:Can't think of any.

Pros:Fast, nice packaging, runs great, good price.
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Great product for it's price. Would definitely recommend buying this.
Louis_G@NCIX
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Review Date: 07/25/12
AMD Bulldozer FX-8150 8 Core Processor 3.6GHZ Socket AM3+ 125W Retail Box
Cons:-A little costy for the $/mhz ratio.-Heatsink is utter crap.

Pros:-No more heat than a quad-core or a 6-core.-Works perfectly.
Comment:
Awesome benchmarks, easy overclock, ultra fast processor. If you have the budget to buy this, then you will not regret it, but make sure you buy a heatsink because the stock heatsink is crap.
justin_b@NCIX
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Review Date: 07/19/12
AMD Bulldozer FX-8150 8 Core Processor 3.6GHZ Socket AM3+ 125W Retail Box
Cons:it could be faster but the only way to get a better deal from intel is to steal it. more cores than anything knows what do do with and isnt much better than the 100 dollar cheaper ones atleast via windows score

Pros:price per preformance runs pcsx2 nicely though its meant for a diffrent architecture, the turbo core fills the gap. cooling it runs a few degrees hotter than some previous models but purchace or modify a case with a 200+ mm fan and problem solved
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all and all i dont regret buying this model it works well i look forward to my next years using this replacement for my i3 laptop. and the upgrade was well worth it runnen 60 fps on crysis 2 no problem maxed with dx 11 and high rez texure patches. when used with a radeon 6950 and the olde amd preformance atleast
Daemauk@NCIX
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Review Date: 07/17/12
AMD Bulldozer FX-8150 8 Core Processor 3.6GHZ Socket AM3+ 125W Retail Box
Cons:heat

Pros:great performance in key functions such as office/Internet Apps, and Photoshop filters, low price, vast motherboard selections
Comment:
I got this CPU clocked to 4.2GHz stably on liquid cooling, stock voltage and under full load for a few days straight. There's probably more headroom if I was willing to tolerate the loudest radiator fan setting or if I spent the time, but that wasn't the purpose of this build. For $209 + difference in mainboard costs, it's hard to find a competitive i5 that can keep up in Adobe Photoshop and other benchmarks.
MVCC@NCIX
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Review Date: 06/04/12
AMD Bulldozer FX-8150 8 Core Processor 3.6GHZ Socket AM3+ 125W Retail Box
Cons:Very Good-Would Purchase Again

Pros:this is a great CPU
Comment:
Very Good-Would Purchase Again
austin_l@NCIX
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Review Date: 05/20/12
AMD Bulldozer FX-8150 8 Core Processor 3.6GHZ Socket AM3+ 125W Retail Box
Cons:heat output, price-performanceneeds a new goddamn motherboard for it.

Pros:great overclocker8 coreshigh clock
Comment:
It's a high performer, people just bash on it because there was so much hype, yes it does perform worse than the i5 2500k, but can be better at extremely heavily threaded applications. Good gaming CPU, not the best obviously, not the worse, a good and fast performance CPU.
Steven_C@NCIX
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Review Date: 05/17/12
AMD Bulldozer FX-8150 8 Core Processor 3.6GHZ Socket AM3+ 125W Retail Box
Cons:none

Pros:efficient processor and reliable
Comment:
i got this as a replacement for my intel and foremost, this was reliable. it got the power i needed and the taskforce. really worth the value
Nickolaj_W@NCIX
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Review Date: 05/13/12
AMD Bulldozer FX-8150 8 Core Processor 3.6GHZ Socket AM3+ 125W Retail Box
Cons:slowish

Pros:cheapgood value
Comment:
This is a great processor for the price. Overclocks very well and its price/performance ratio is better than similiar priced Intel chips. i.e. the i5-2500k.
Keenan_C@NCIX
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Review Date: 05/02/12
AMD Bulldozer FX-8150 8 Core Processor 3.6GHZ Socket AM3+ 125W Retail Box
Cons:still not optimized very well

Pros:fast, 8 cores, cheap
Comment:
this cpu screams and at a very fair price. if you can't afford intel or just love amd i highly recommend this cpu. one draw back is that you'll want to make sure your bios are as up to date as possible because this cpu is so new some software/games have issues with it
calvin_w@NCIX
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Review Date: 04/23/12
AMD Bulldozer FX-8150 8 Core Processor 3.6GHZ Socket AM3+ 125W Retail Box
Cons:none yet

Pros:great price and good quality
Comment:
i expected faster cpu that intel ut wasnt really the case
Logan_B@NCIX
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Review Date: 04/18/12
AMD Bulldozer FX-8150 8 Core Processor 3.6GHZ Socket AM3+ 125W Retail Box
Cons:none.

Pros:great price/performance ratio. overclocks well. great deal right now
Comment:
This is a great processor for the price. Overclocks very well and its price/performance ratio is better than similiar priced Intel chips. i.e. the i5-2500k.
trena_r@NCIX
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Review Date: 03/10/12
AMD Bulldozer FX-8150 8 Core Processor 3.6GHZ Socket AM3+ 125W Retail Box
Cons:none so far

Pros:price and performance
Comment:
I love this cpu runs fast and cool. I am using an H100 liquid cooler with push pull config and idles at 7c at times. Have it ocd to 4.4ghz and never goes over 35c.Maybe it will not bench like some of the intel chips but who cares I play bf3 on ultra in 3d with my gtx570 what more do you need. I plan to try to reach 5ghz but for now i'm happy with 4.4 lol. My last chip was a phenom 1100t which I loved does seem to be improvement and excpect more when windows 8 comes out.
Matthew_T@NCIX
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Review Date: 03/06/12
AMD Bulldozer FX-8150 8 Core Processor 3.6GHZ Socket AM3+ 125W Retail Box
Cons:none

Pros:PricePerformance
Comment:
Can OC great. Cheaper then i7-2600k. Really more power then I need but spoiled myself
Alain_F@NCIX
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Review Date: 02/19/12
AMD Bulldozer FX-8150 8 Core Processor 3.6GHZ Socket AM3+ 125W Retail Box
Cons:Run a little hotUnder perform under single threads app

Pros:Great PriceTons of overclocking potentialSuper-Fast on multi-threadingNice Packaging (tin box)
Comment:
The little processor that could. Price right with tons of overclocking option this CPU is ideal for the tinkerer. Still not as fast at the competition, but priced accordingly.
Mel_B@NCIX
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Review Date: 01/22/12
AMD Bulldozer FX-8150 8 Core Processor 3.6GHZ Socket AM3+ 125W Retail Box
Cons:Really can't think of any. Maybe that Windows 7 supposedly can't use all the cores??

Pros:Great price performance ratio. Great overclocker. Feels good to support some Intel competition.
Comment:
I have mine overclocked to 4.4 Gz now and I just got my H80 cooler. I just set it at 4.4 and didn't do anything else yesterday and its been running perfectly since. Windows now gives an experience level of 7.8 for cpu and 7.8 for memory. Ya Baby Ya! Running Tracktion-3 recording software perfectly with nary a hiccup and super low cpu load levels.
Lucas_M@NCIX
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Review Date: 01/16/12
AMD Bulldozer FX-8150 8 Core Processor 3.6GHZ Socket AM3+ 125W Retail Box
Cons:None

Pros:Very fast chip
Comment:
This CPU is a great choice if you're looking to build a fairly power machine on a budget. I put it into an ASUS SABERTOOTH 990FX and I couldn't be happier with it. Runs fast enough at stock speeds for my needs (Never really got into over-clocking - maybe down the road)
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