so I have an unboxing today of a CPU this is an AMD A8 CPU and what's
different about this versus an AMD A8
CPU that I looked at before that I'm actually going to go get the box of in
fact I've got a bunch of AMD boxes oh it's hey didn't have to show me doing
that but there you go so there's the A8 3850 there's the FX 81 50 so this is a
3870k so what is the difference between a 3870k and a 3850 which I'm pretty sure
this is a 3850 please tell me it's a
3850 yeah okay it's a 3850 um the
difference between this is a you have a
higher stock frequency so this guy's clocked at 3 GHz versus 2.9 GHz on its
predecessor you also get a sticker which I believe was also included with the
previous generation product it's got a three-year warranty which is typical of
AMD products comes with a little manual for installing it this is an fm1 socket
product so that means it is an APU just like its predecessor they both are but
the key difference there's your included heat sink the key difference
is this right here the K in the part number so the K in the part number means
that in addition to 3 GHz quad core
processors that is CPUs so to speak uh four Megs of total cash uh o I hope this
is a 6550d I believe it's a 6550d I'll be
back so yes it does have a 6550d GPU so
really those terms are what AMD would consider to be obsolete because this is
not a CPU or a GPU it is an APU which means it has a quad core
processing component as well as a direct
X11 Graphics core and it's all built onto this chip that goes into the socket
of your motherboard so your motherboard is at the point now where it contains almost no logic at all other than your
storage controller you know USB that kind of stuff and almost everything is
done right on the CPU including integrated Graphics
so right in addition to all that you get
K which means it is unlocked this is unlocked just like an fx Class part just
like an Intel K Class part that means
you can overclock more easily than you could with the
3850 so in terms of your sheer speed you
know just out of the box these are going to be very very similar however once you
start overclocking this starts to make sense now how does it compare to the
competition Intel has their core I3 dual core processors they do have
hyperthreading in some cases and honestly in some applications where you
need faster but fewer cores it doesn't stand up that well however if you are
going to need the extra cores or if you're going to need the graphics power
and you can see they got like all these pictures and stuff like Dirt 3 if you're going to need the graphics power AMD's
Apu absolutely smokes an Intel
sandybridge processor with its integrated hd2000 or HD 3000 graphics in
games I've actually done a video about this where I had the 3850 and I compared
it directly against I think it's the 21105 from Intel that's Elsewhere on my
lineus tech tips Channel if you Google like Apu Linus Tech tips or something it
should come up and uh so you can see how
drastic the difference is between these guys and the Intel competition so
basically what this is is an unlocked little bit faster easier to overclock
perfect CP Apu for Gamers on a budget