AMD Centurion FX priced at 795$ coming ?

by Hilbert Hagedoorn on: 04/12/2013 03:45 PM | source: | 45 comment(s)

We have a nice and tasty filled with flavor and juicy rumor just before the weekend starts. Now it is known that AMD's FX processors have a bit of history. And also please do keep in mind that AMD will not confirm this officially whatsoever, we tried so consider it to be a steep rumor. But the rumor is that AMD will soon release an evolved FX chip. Based on the same 'Vishera' Piledriver architecture used in the current FX-8350. More after the break.

So the FX-8350 runs at up to 4.2GHz, this new FX, codenamed 'Centurion', is to be made available in very limited quantities and could be clocked at 5 GHz. As the colleagues over at Hexus reported this earlier today as well:

This so-called Centurion is guaranteed to run at 5GHz, on air, though we don't know exactly what voltage or supporting hardware will be required for this lofty speed. Here's the kicker; our sources indicate that this limited-edition chip is set to cost a whopping $795 - this is not a typo! Yup, back to the pricing of FX chips of old.

Okay so that is the rumor ... we're curious as always, and we'd love to know how much power a processor like that would consume if 5 GHz is guarranteed. But hey, fast is good .. bring it on AMD, bring it on !

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krayzieNRG
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#4575441 Posted on: 04/12/2013 04:14 PM

Oh, you didn't get the FX-74?

That was there fastest cpu at the time.
had a Asus Crosshair(1st gen)(think i'd pay 260-70usd for that) and 2 gb of corsair ddr2(4-4-4-12) for $315usd at the time.....Gosh looking back things are really cheap now lol

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#4575443 Posted on: 04/12/2013 04:16 PM

so these are cherry picked vishera that are guaranteed to run 5ghz on air?

benqbiggis
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#4575447 Posted on: 04/12/2013 04:18 PM

AMD only rising the clock

another chrap

probably downclocking to 3.2 will be slower than a PX6

mine 3770k @ 4.6ghz still much faster

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#4575463 Posted on: 04/12/2013 04:40 PM

Could be either cherry-picked FX-8350s or a new chip, hopefully the latter.

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#4575468 Posted on: 04/12/2013 04:42 PM

Could be either cherry-picked FX-8350s or a new chip, hopefully the latter.

AMD is tight on money and would likely pull a move like that, but I don't think they'd put such a huge price point on it.

Also, does anyone know if the FX8350s are able to run stable on air at 5GHz? Without a pricey heatsink?

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