Hi guys
Ive been looking at the AMD Athlon X4 760K Black Edition cpu due to its amazingly low price and its decent clock speed ... at 3.8ghz and quad core this cant be too bad,and it has to be better than my current "PENTIUM g620" which is only clocked at 2.6ghz .... it also comes with a turbo mode that ramps the Athlon X4 760K up to 4.1ghz,and most guys can get this running at 4.6ghz using stock voltages
however ive heard some negative reviews on this processor and personally i think its because its a cut down APU that AMD would of binned if they couldnt find a market for it .... but is the Athlon X4 760K really a waste of silicon and not worth buying
theres only 4mb of cache ( G620 has 3mb cache ) but surely a 3.8ghz quad core processor cant be that bad ... granted against the core i5 its a non starter but as a cpu for a budget gaming pc it must have something going for it
basically i want to get the Athlon X4 760K and pair it up with the MSI A78-G41 PC Mate A78 FM2+ Motherboard ( around £42 ) which has crossfire support .... i will then add a second HD5770 and add another 8gb of ram ( allready have 8gb ddr3 (2 x 4gb) )
so whats your views on the AMD Athlon X4 760K Black Edition ?

cheers guys !
Ive been looking at the AMD Athlon X4 760K Black Edition cpu due to its amazingly low price and its decent clock speed ... at 3.8ghz and quad core this cant be too bad,and it has to be better than my current "PENTIUM g620" which is only clocked at 2.6ghz .... it also comes with a turbo mode that ramps the Athlon X4 760K up to 4.1ghz,and most guys can get this running at 4.6ghz using stock voltages
however ive heard some negative reviews on this processor and personally i think its because its a cut down APU that AMD would of binned if they couldnt find a market for it .... but is the Athlon X4 760K really a waste of silicon and not worth buying
theres only 4mb of cache ( G620 has 3mb cache ) but surely a 3.8ghz quad core processor cant be that bad ... granted against the core i5 its a non starter but as a cpu for a budget gaming pc it must have something going for it
basically i want to get the Athlon X4 760K and pair it up with the MSI A78-G41 PC Mate A78 FM2+ Motherboard ( around £42 ) which has crossfire support .... i will then add a second HD5770 and add another 8gb of ram ( allready have 8gb ddr3 (2 x 4gb) )
so whats your views on the AMD Athlon X4 760K Black Edition ?
cheers guys !
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