AMD Athlon X2 370K Socket FM2 65W Dual-Core Desktop Processor @4.2Ghz.

[eternalone]

AMD Athlon X2 370K Socket FM2 65W Dual-Core Desktop Processor

What do you guys think of this little guy he comes clocked @4.2Ghz. Hows this for a budget gamer?? Seems like this one flew under the radar.


http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16819113336

 

[strata8]

A Celeron G1620 will perform a bit better in single-threaded tasks, significantly better in multi-threaded tasks, and consume less power. Single module Piledriver chips are something you'll generally want to avoid.

 

[Vesku]

Quite a niche product considering it has no IGP. Most people who have or plan to have a dedicated GPU would be much better off with the x4 versions of the modern Athlon line.

 

[SPBHM]

Celeron G1610 makes more sense, faster and cheaper...

this is single module trinity/richland with no IGP, for $60... no thanks.

 

[seitur]

AMD Athlons X4 are very good deals.

AMD Athlons X2 are NOT and better to take G1610 then.

Simple as that.

 

[DominionSeraph]

G2020 is $62 at Amazon.
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00B4G70RU/?tag=pcpapi-20

 

[Enigmoid]

At this point in time dual core is beginning to not be quite enough for gaming. Even i3 (dual core + HT) is beginning to be lacking. That is less than a dual core (Module penalty) and so I would recommend a celeron/pentium.

 

[bbhaag]

Has anyone mentioned Celeron/Pentium chips yet?

 

[2is]

Athlon X2's are horrible gaming processors.

 

[Torn Mind]

Athlon X2 +discrete 6670 costs about the same or more than an A10. Once you go into 7850 or higher territory, the GPU is probably going to be bottlenecked. Sure, a 7750, 7770, or GTX 650 Ti could be paired with it. Despite its clockspeed, the performance per clock of the Athlon probably just on par with a Celeron G1610 or maybe slightly better.

 

[Yuriman]

Athlon X2 +discrete 6670 costs about the same or more than an A10. Once you go into 7850 or higher territory, the GPU is probably going to be bottlenecked. Sure, a 7750, 7770, or GTX 650 Ti could be paired with it. Despite its clockspeed, the performance per clock of the Athlon probably just on par with a Celeron G1610 or maybe slightly better.

Without looking at benchmarks, I'd peg that Athlon as performing somewhere similar to a Core2Duo E8xxx (overclocking included). I'm not sure I'd even want to pair a 7770 with it.

 

[AnonymouseUser]

Athlon X2's are horrible gaming processors.

So are Celerons and Pentiums. 4-thread is minimum for gaming.

 

[seitur]

So are Celerons and Pentiums. 4-thread is minimum for gaming.

Still diffrence between X2 and even a lowly G1610 Celeron is staggering. Enormous. While Athlon X4 are nice processors, X2 are preety bad. They lose in all scanarios I can think of. Office, gaming, NAS, microserver, etc Actually losing in gaming most.

 

[T_Yamamoto]

X2 isn't any good.

The X4 and the G2020 are the sweet spot CPUs for a budget build

 

[2is]

So are Celerons and Pentiums. 4-thread is minimum for gaming.

No argument from me there. Though a Pentium is quite a bit better than an Athlon X2

 

[AnonymouseUser]

X2 are preety bad.

Though a Pentium is quite a bit better than an Athlon X2

Not gonna argue either of those statements.

 

[sm625]

This is just a slightly faster X2 340. Here is a comparison of a 340 to an old regor core 270:

http://benchmarks-tests.com/reviews/processors/amd_athlon_x2_340_review/graphics/

It's pretty bad. In some cases it gets totally demolished by the old regor core. And we all know how good regor is compared to a 22nm pentium. This kind of stuff has bankruptcy written all over it.

 

[rainy]

Generally speaking, it's a good idea to avoid those single module Piledriver chips no matter if we are talking about desktop or mobile models.

http://www.cpu-world.com/benchmarks/AMD/Athlon_X2_370K_single.html
http://www.cpu-world.com/benchmarks/AMD/Athlon_X2_370K.html

Btw, it is a bit shocking to see a 6-year old Windsor (Athlon 64 X2 6400+) performing slightly better than X2 370K in multi-thread despite of 25 percent lower clock base.

 

[formulav8]

I got 1 a month or so ago to play around with. Got it to 4.8ghz with a strong boost in voltage. Its not dirt slow at all. With an ssd drive there is no big difference between it and my Intel Quad doing the things most people do with a computer. Nothing wrong with the cpu at all at its intended market. A breeze to overclock. I also used it on an $25 Biostar board.

 

[Vesku]

Having no IGP its intended market is pretty much budget gaming for which it isn't a very good option. I suppose its true intended market is to try to sell the dies with not only a bad module but a bad iGP rather than trash them.

 

[Chiropteran]

Garbage product.

 

[inf64]

Garbage product.

Ok.

 

[Chiropteran]

Ok.

It literally is. Just broken parts that have broken GPU and a broken processor module. AMD just trying to sell a few instead of putting them into a landfill.

 

[Torn Mind]

I got 1 a month or so ago to play around with. Got it to 4.8ghz with a strong boost in voltage. Its not dirt slow at all. With an ssd drive there is no big difference between it and my Intel Quad doing the things most people do with a computer. Nothing wrong with the cpu at all at its intended market. A breeze to overclock. I also used it on an $25 Biostar board.

It may not be slow, but relative to other CPUs, it is slower and provides less than similarly priced CPUs. You have pony up cash for a discrete card yet buying a video card that costs over $60 doesn't make sense because you can get an A10-5800K for $120 instead.

 

[AtenRa]

It may not be slow, but relative to other CPUs, it is slower and provides less than similarly priced CPUs.

At 4.8GHz ??? do you have data to show against Celeron G1620 which is at the same price ??