Testseek.co.uk have collected 224 expert reviews of the AMD FX-8150 Black Edition 3.6GHz Socket AM3 Plus and the average rating is 67%. Scroll down and see all reviews for AMD FX-8150 Black Edition 3.6GHz Socket AM3 Plus.
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The editors liked
Innovative architecture design
Very overclockable
Power efficient using Cool 'n' Quiet
Improved Turbo modes
Great overclocking
Serious multi-threading chops for less than £200
Eight cores and loads of clock speed at a reasonable price
Modern design
Elegant modular architecture
Attractive pricing
AM3socket is backwards compatible
Performance in applications makes effective use of multiple cores
Two Turbo modes
Architecture design
Multipliers are unlocked out of the box
Overclocks well
Good scaling
Faster than the Core i5 2500k
Performs exceptionally well with modern gaming engines
The editors didn't like
Weak single thread performance
Often outperformed by Phenom II
Only fast in ideal scenarios
Only slightly faster at stock than 1100T
Struggles against 2500K
And is pricier
Performance is unimpressive
And the power draw is too high.
Not as fast as Thuban (1100T) in lightload apps
Underload powerdraw not ideal
Arguably still behind Intel's SB as an allround chip
Power consumption
Performances should be higher compared with competitors' CPUs and AMD's older models
Expensive
Performance left us wanting more
UK pricing is high
Putting it head to head against Core i7 2600k
When Core i5 2500k is overclocked it is closely matched
overclocks well, good scaling, faster than the Core i5 2500k, performs exceptionally well with modern gaming engines,
UK pricing is high, putting it head to head against Core i7 2600k, When Core i5 2500k is overclocked it is closely matched, and costs less, 990FXA motherboards are still expensive, Kitguru says: A high performance processor, but the launch is hampered wit
The AMD FX 8150 Black Edition is certainly a high performance processor, although I have to admit that for the majority of applications on test today, it failed to really get me excited. I am loathe to give the impression that I am a ‘jaded reviewer', but...
Innovative architecture design, Very overclockable, Power efficient using Cool 'n' Quiet, Improved Turbo modes
Weak single thread performance, Often outperformed by Phenom II, Only fast in ideal scenarios
It's clear now that AMD have taken a different approach to making an enthusiast CPU than ever before. AMD FX concentrates on delivering performance in highly threaded applications, games and content creation. Coupled with new and AMD-specific instruct...
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Abstract: We will be running each through a selection of real world tests to establish how they compare to the latest offerings from AMD, and finding out how well they overclock using the unlocked multiplier.
You may wonder why it took us so long to review the FX-8150? We received the processor last month and had to cover the Haswell Core i7-4770K first along with Computex 2013 which had put alot of load on me. But here we finally have the Bulldozer review and...
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Abstract: To no real surprise at all, bdver1 led to the best results for this AMD FX-8150 Bulldozer processor, the only interesting facts are the improvements by which the resulting binaries were faster for the different workloads compared to the other compil...
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