AMD Vishera FX-series CPU gets pricetag

by Hilbert Hagedoorn on: 09/22/2012 07:37 AM | source: | 22 comment(s)

Pricing of AMD's upcoming Piledriver-based "Vishera" FX-series processors have hit the web. These prices aren't official though, they are the pre-order prices from a store named BLT. BLT store recently started to take pre-orders on four AMD FX "Vishera" chips, models FX-8350, FX8320, FX-6300 and FX-4300 that are priced at $253, $242, $175 and $131, respectively. While the FX-8350 and FX-6300 were expected to be released in the first group of the new FX processors, the other two were not supposed to be launched in the first consignment, which shows that AMD has adjusted its plans.

According to CPU World world web-site, specifications of the chips currently listed for pre-orders are as follows:

AMD FX-8350 - eight-core, 4.0GHz/4.20GHz, 8MB L2 + 8MB L3 cache, 125W - $253
AMD FX-8320 - eight-core, 3.50GHz/4.0GHz, 8MB L2 + 8MB L3 cache, 125W - $242
AMD FX-6300 - six-core, 3.50GHz/4.10GHz, 6MB L2 + 8MB L3 cache, 95W - $175
AMD FX-4300 - quad-core, 3.80GHz/4.0GHz, 4MB L2 + 8MB L3 cache, 95W - $131

Tagged as: FX-series, Vishera, pricetag

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alientorni
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#4415711 Posted on: 09/22/2012 10:08 PM

Let's see what the price/performance is like. Hope AMD got this one right.

can't be slower than bulldozer.. :rolleyes:

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#4415821 Posted on: 09/23/2012 02:05 AM

$250+... ridiculous. AMD really aren't aiming for competitive prices. They're hoping big numbers sell. Most people don't know clock speed and number of cores don't mean squat.

Or, maybe AMD is trying to cover the cost of R&D, production, shipping, etc.....

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#4415826 Posted on: 09/23/2012 02:17 AM

these chip have to be real good for those prices, and not the 10-15% improvement over BD. Reviews should be out soon.

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#4415830 Posted on: 09/23/2012 02:23 AM

regardless of performance, AMD has to cover costs and make a profit....

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#4415834 Posted on: 09/23/2012 02:25 AM

never said they did not

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