I know, it's AMD and therefore not to peoples' taste this weather. However, it's very cheap and scores a PCMark score of 5,500 (although my experience benchmarks it 10% higher at just over 6,000).
Performance-wise? A quick gross comparison puts it into the same general league as a lower level i3 for about 40% of the price.
The downside, of course, is that it consumes 95Watts of power at peak, and it's floating-point performance is markedly worse as all current-generation AMD processors appear to be. It's also pretty much the end of the upgrade path for this platform, but might offer a cheap performance upgrade (2-3x) for those who have an AMD A4 or something similar.
Let's hope this dip in price will herald in the latest generation of AMD Zen processors that the world has been waiting for for the last wee while.
This is largely a AMD 7850K APU without the GPU and at around half the cost.
Note you can also try flubit for an instant offer of around 4% off (your mileage will vary of course).
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Sunni
8 Jun 1617#25
Why are you typing with a CPU?
thecresta
8 Jun 164#54
Terrible comment, why would anyone take any notice of this?
ollie87
8 Jun 164#26
My suggestion for a budget gaming build based around this deal:
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler (£26.99 @ Novatech)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-F2A78M-HD2 Micro ATX FM2+ Motherboard (£34.49 @ Ebuyer)
Memory: Corsair Vengeance Pro 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-2400 Memory (£32.18 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£37.98 @ Novatech)
Video Card: Gigabyte Radeon R9 380 4GB SOC Video Card (£159.98 @ Amazon UK)
Case: Zalman ZM-T4 MicroATX Mini Tower Case (£15.98 @ Novatech)
Power Supply: EVGA 600W 80+ Certified ATX Power Supply (£42.98 @ Novatech)
Other: AMD Athlon X4 860K 3.7GHz Quad-Core Processor (£39.99)
Total: £390.57
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-06-08 09:27 BST+0100
vulcanproject
8 Jun 164#18
Wat.
i3 6100 does duff this up and uses about the half the power while doing it. Even G4400 is a better bet if you building a cheap budget system, because at least it has an upgrade path.
But obviously so much here hinges on what board you have. This is really like an end of the line upgrade for those with obsolete boards, FM2+ is a dead end. For this price for those specific people, it's a no brainer.
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JimBobJr
7 Jun 162#1
Should be roasting hot, great CPU for the price!
If only the G3258 was this price too :disappointed:
thekanester
7 Jun 16#2
Yeah, when it was £55 the G3258 was a better prospect. Way better power consumption, general better gaming performance, good overclocking potential, built-in (though limited GPU) and wide upgrade path. But £40 is good for what it is.
JimBobJr
7 Jun 16#3
Absolutely, if i didnt have a H97 board i would be all over this. I need a G3258 (and waiting for a price drop) but most people will suit this
Insider9
7 Jun 161#4
If you're brave enough you can get a used G3258 from CeX for £38 plus £2.50 delivery. Note it doesn't come with a cooler as a new one would.
Regarding Athlon great price and super find.
oUkTuRkEyIII
7 Jun 161#5
Fantastic price. This bad boy is still running the latest games. I use it with the Asus A88X-Gamer. I actually believe the CPU will live longer than the MB.
Mega heat added. (Which is 6)
ironfist
7 Jun 16#6
I have one of these. works pretty good for the price
popoyaya
7 Jun 161#7
"A quick gross comparison puts it into the same general league as a lower level i3"
Hardly. There's not a faster i3. Lower level i5 more like.
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Opening post
https://www.cpubenchmark.net/cpu.php?cpu=AMD+Athlon+X4+860K&id=2362
It's also the cheapest on the three camels that it's been. Big drop of £15, about time.
http://uk.camelcamelcamel.com/AMD-Athlon-Quad-Core-Desktop-Processor/product/B00MU00IOQ
Performance-wise? A quick gross comparison puts it into the same general league as a lower level i3 for about 40% of the price.
The downside, of course, is that it consumes 95Watts of power at peak, and it's floating-point performance is markedly worse as all current-generation AMD processors appear to be. It's also pretty much the end of the upgrade path for this platform, but might offer a cheap performance upgrade (2-3x) for those who have an AMD A4 or something similar.
Let's hope this dip in price will herald in the latest generation of AMD Zen processors that the world has been waiting for for the last wee while.
This is largely a AMD 7850K APU without the GPU and at around half the cost.
Note you can also try flubit for an instant offer of around 4% off (your mileage will vary of course).
Top comments
PCPartPicker part list: http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/list/M8frHN
Price breakdown by merchant: http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/list/M8frHN/by_merchant/
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-F2A78M-HD2 Micro ATX FM2+ Motherboard (£34.49 @ Ebuyer)
Memory: Kingston HyperX Fury Blue 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1866 Memory (£27.48 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£37.98 @ Novatech)
Video Card: Gigabyte Radeon R9 380 4GB SOC Video Card (£159.98 @ Amazon UK)
Case: Zalman ZM-T4 MicroATX Mini Tower Case (£15.98 @ Novatech)
Power Supply: EVGA 500W 80+ Certified ATX Power Supply (£38.44 @ CCL Computers)
Other: AMD Athlon X4 860K 3.7GHz Quad-Core Processor (£39.99)
Total: £354.34
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-06-08 09:25 BST+0100
If you want to overclock:
PCPartPicker part list: http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/list/89V3Cy
Price breakdown by merchant: http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/list/89V3Cy/by_merchant/
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler (£26.99 @ Novatech)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-F2A78M-HD2 Micro ATX FM2+ Motherboard (£34.49 @ Ebuyer)
Memory: Corsair Vengeance Pro 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-2400 Memory (£32.18 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£37.98 @ Novatech)
Video Card: Gigabyte Radeon R9 380 4GB SOC Video Card (£159.98 @ Amazon UK)
Case: Zalman ZM-T4 MicroATX Mini Tower Case (£15.98 @ Novatech)
Power Supply: EVGA 600W 80+ Certified ATX Power Supply (£42.98 @ Novatech)
Other: AMD Athlon X4 860K 3.7GHz Quad-Core Processor (£39.99)
Total: £390.57
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-06-08 09:27 BST+0100
i3 6100 does duff this up and uses about the half the power while doing it. Even G4400 is a better bet if you building a cheap budget system, because at least it has an upgrade path.
But obviously so much here hinges on what board you have. This is really like an end of the line upgrade for those with obsolete boards, FM2+ is a dead end. For this price for those specific people, it's a no brainer.
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If only the G3258 was this price too :disappointed:
Regarding Athlon great price and super find.
Mega heat added. (Which is 6)
Hardly. There's not a faster i3. Lower level i5 more like.